20:30 Lingfield

Saturday 18 June 2022

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Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 535 Handicap

Off time: 20:31 | Winning time: 2m 3.72s

(12)

Chief Of Staff¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Stefano Cherchi⁽³⁾| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 73

3/1

Good second of 7 in handicap on the turf course here (10f, good, 11/1) 19 days ago. Reproduction of that effort would put him firmly in the picture.

Form: 0830-32

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(2)

Semser^p¹⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Anna Gibson⁽⁷⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 72| C

14/1

Course winner. 7/2, creditable second of 6 in handicap at this C&D, unsuited by way race developed. Off 144 days. Likely to be in the thick of things once again.

Form: 0031-22

(10)

Stopnsearch²³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: William Carson| T: B R Johnson| OR: 71| C| D

20/1

Course winner. Tenth of 12 in handicap at Sandown (10f, good to soft, 16/1) 23 days ago. Others make more appeal from a win point of view.

Form: 432D80

(13)

Daphne May^h⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Aled Beech⁽⁵⁾| T: A West| OR: 70| C

16/1

Winner here in April. Creditable third of 12 in handicap (12/1) at Newbury (10f, good) 9 days ago. Not without each-way hope.

Form: 78-1353

(6)

Avarice²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Collen Storey| T: J Butler| OR: 65| D

25/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in March. Fourteenth of 17 in handicap (8/1) at Haydock (11.6f, good to firm) 22 days ago. Others look stronger.

Form: 0-33120

(5)

Le Forban⁴⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: T E Whelan| T: George Baker| OR: 76| C

3/1

Lightly-raced winner. Successful here in March. Respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at Goodwood (9.9f, good to firm, 5/1) 49 days ago. Big player back on this surface.

Form: 525-15

(4)

Boasty^v²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: L Morris| T: I Furtado| OR: 64| D

9/1

Latest win at Chelmsford City in March. 5/1, fourth of 7 in handicap at Newcastle (10.2f) 25 days ago. Should run his race, albeit without being quite good enough to emerge on top.

Form: 921254

(8)

Galileo Glass^e/s1¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Harry Burns⁽⁵⁾| T: J Parr| OR: 75

28/1

Eighth of 10 in handicap at Doncaster (8f, good to firm, 5/1) 14 days ago. Up in trip and eyeshields on 1st time. Would be in with a shout if on-song.

Form: 4-42488

(9)

Lost Of Love¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Finley Marsh⁽³⁾| T: R Hughes| OR: 74| CD

17/2

Lightly-raced C&D winner. 15/2, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at Doncaster (10.2f, good to firm) 15 days ago. 1 lb lower now and she's not discounted.

Form: 1754

(1)

Ocean Ruler⁷⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: F Norton| T: J Tate| OR: 69WS

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 5 in handicap (11/1) at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 70 days ago. Since undergone a wind op and he needs to raise his game a touch.

Form: 05-D5

(11)

Travesuras^h⁶⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Marco Ghiani| T: C Fellowes| OR: 67

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time, seventh of 9 in handicap (16/1) at Epsom (8.5f, good) 60 days ago. Makes polytrack debut and likely to come up short once more.

Form: 544-7

(3)

Midnight Train²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: J P Fahy| T: C G Cox| OR: 63| D

11/1

Two wins from 3 runs this year, the latest at Nottingham in May. 9/4, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Leicester (10f, good to firm) 26 days ago. Makes polytrack debut and will be a big player if able to bounce back.

Form: 948-110

Non-Runners

(7)

Waterloo Sunset²³³

Weight: 9-10| Age: 4

T: D J Coakley J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Le Forban (3/1), Chief Of Staff (3/1), Lost Of Love (17/2), Boasty (9/1), Travesuras (10/1), Midnight Train (11/1), Ocean Ruler (12/1), Waterloo Sunset (12/1), Semser (14/1), Daphne May (16/1), Stopnsearch (20/1), Avarice (25/1), Galileo Glass (28/1)

LE FORBAN shared the spoils with subsequent-scorer Giewont on his reappearance/handicap debut over a mile here in March, and he was by no means disgraced upped to this trip at Goodwood next time. George Baker's charge remains capable of better and gets the nod ahead of Midnight Train, who looked progressive prior to a no-show at Leicester last time and is well worth another chance. Chief of Staff also enters calculations, along with Galileo Glass.