14:45 Lingfield

Tuesday 20 September 2022

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Ben Woollacott Memorial Handicap

Off time: 14:46 | Winning time: 1m 10.70s

(12)

Swiss Pride^p²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Harry Davies⁽³⁾| T: R A Teal| OR: 75| CD

8/1

6-time C&D winner. Latest win here in June. Off 8 weeks before encouraging fifth of 10 in handicap at Chepstow (6.1f) 22 days ago. Player with that run under his belt.

Form: 263135

(6)

Chief Of Staff^p²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: David Egan| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 74

7/2

Eleven runs since last win in 2021. Only seventh of 11 in handicap at Redcar (8f, good to firm, 15/2) 24 days ago. Down in trip with more needed.

Form: 326827

(8)

Kodias Sangarius¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: P J Dobbs| T: R Hannon| OR: 75| CD

12/1

C&D winner. 12/1, below form fifth of 11 in handicap at Ascot (6f, good) 18 days ago. Can give a good account if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 253405

(11)

Michaels Choice^p¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 73| D

8/1

Latest win at Salisbury in July. Good second of 6 in handicap (6/1) at Kempton (6f) 17 days ago, just failing. Not taken lightly.

Form: 641652

(9)

Cashew¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: P Cosgrave| T: G Boughey| OR: 73| D

40/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2021. Seventh of 8 in handicap at Goodwood (6f, good to soft, 11/2) 14 days ago. Others appeal more.

Form: 304497

(2)

Yimou¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: Nicola Currie| T: D K Ivory| OR: 71| D

5/1

Respectable fifth of 12 in handicap at Windsor (5.1f, good to firm, 14/1) 19 days ago, slowly away. Twenty two runs since last win in 2020, though.

Form: 745035

(3)

Rebel Redemption^b³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 70| D

20/1

11/4, won 4-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 34 days ago. Had run of race there but he still enters calculations.

Form: 586071

(7)

Gidwa^p¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: K P De Foy| OR: 70

5/1

3/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, good second of 11 in handicap at Kempton (6f) 18 days ago. Needs considering.

Form: 226232

(5)

Nordic Glory⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Rob Hornby| T: M J Attwater| OR: 70| CD

16/1

C&D winner. 5/1, last of 6 in handicap at Salisbury (5f, good to firm) 41 days ago, lost all chance at start. Can bounce back now.

Form: 183456

(1)

Bethersden Boy^p¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Deon Le Roux⁽⁷⁾| T: R Hughes| OR: 69| D

10/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable 2 lengths third of 7 to Macchiavello in handicap at Kempton (6f, 15/2) 13 days ago. Solid claims in retained headgear.

Form: 0-07643

(4)

Peggoty¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Tom Marquand| T: E Walker| OR: 66| D

8/1

Winner at Chelmsford City in August. Creditable fourth of 11 in handicap at Kempton (6f, 4/1) 18 days ago. Not ruled out.

Form: 857214

Non-Runners

(10)

Macchiavello¹³

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: J Butler J: Callum Shepherd

Forecasts

Chief Of Staff (7/2), Yimou (5/1), Gidwa (5/1), Macchiavello (5/1), Michaels Choice (8/1), Peggoty (8/1), Swiss Pride (8/1), Bethersden Boy (10/1), Kodias Sangarius (12/1), Nordic Glory (16/1), Rebel Redemption (20/1), Cashew (40/1)

SWISS PRIDE shaped as though his recent Chepstow fifth after a break would put him spot on for this so this course specialist gets the nod ahead of recent Kempton scorer Macchiavello. Both Bethersden Boy and Gidwa showed the benefit of cheekpieces when posting good efforts at Kempton on their most recent outings and need shortlisting too.