16:20 Lingfield

Monday 25 April 2022

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Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 1m 24.34s

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Blue Flame⁷^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Marco Ghiani| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 68| D

8/13

One win from 3 runs last year. 3/1, career best when winning 8-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 7 days ago, well on top finish. Carries penalty but still hard to beat.

Form: 621-251

(3)

Evasive Power⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Laura Pearson⁽³⁾| T: R Brisland| OR: 72| C| D

12/1

Course winner. Three wins from 14 runs last year. Fourth of 5 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 9/1) 9 days ago.

Form: 4877-84

(4)

Diva Dancer⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Oliver Stammers⁽³⁾| T: S Kirk| OR: 66

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fifth of 7 in handicap (40/1) at this course (6f, AW) 9 days ago.

Form: 45-445

(1)

Sir Sedric^t⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Harry Davies⁽⁷⁾| T: L Carter| OR: 66| D

7/1

First run since leaving Declan Carroll when very good fourth of 8 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 10/1) 9 days ago. Can give a good account having been eased 1 lb.

Form: 4-39694

(5)

Broxi²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Charlie Bennett| T: D K Ivory| OR: 66| D

12/1

Latest win at Yarmouth in October. 28/1, tenth of 13 in handicap at Leicester (7f, soft) 24 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 63817-0

(8)

Dourado^v²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: Rhys Clutterbuck⁽³⁾| T: P R Chamings| OR: 64| D

7/1

Thirty runs since last win in 2017. 18/1, respectable fourth of 9 in handicap at Windsor (8.1f, good) 21 days ago. Well handicapped but clearly needs everything to fall right.

Form: 02533-4

(6)

De Vegas Kid¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: J F Egan| T: A W Carroll| OR: 63| D

16/1

Fifteen runs since last win in 2020. 14/1, ninth of 10 in handicap at Bath (8f, good to soft) 11 days ago.

Form: 49959-9

(7)

Nick Vedder¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-1| J: L P Keniry| T: R Brisland| OR: 62| D

28/1

Three wins from 16 runs last year. Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. Last of 10 in handicap (22/1) at Bath (8f, good to soft) 11 days ago.

Form: 2856-00

Forecasts

Blue Flame (8/13), Dourado (7/1), Sir Sedric (7/1), Broxi (12/1), Evasive Power (12/1), Diva Dancer (16/1), De Vegas Kid (16/1), Nick Vedder (28/1)

BLUE FLAME is lightly raced for a 5-y-o and given he was better than ever when winning at Wolverhampton a week ago, he makes plenty of appeal under a 5 lb penalty. Dourado's losing streak stretches back to 2017 but he is certainly weighted to be bang there.