15:30 Lingfield

Saturday 7 January 2023

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Top Odds Every Day With BetUK Handicap

Off time: 15:33 | Winning time: 2m 7.03s

(2)

Come To Pass²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: L Morris| T: A W Carroll| OR: 55| CD

5/2

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap at this C&D (AW, 7/2) 26 days ago by 1½ lengths from Hot Day, getting first run. Solid claims in hat-trick bid.

Form: 933911-

(6)

Hot Day^p¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Mr Taylor Fisher⁽⁵⁾| T: J S Moore| OR: 54

6/1

One win from 24 Flat runs. Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. 10/3, creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at Kempton (11f) 19 days ago. Not discounted.

Form: 099324-

(7)

Villalobos^p³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Finley Marsh| T: R Hughes| OR: 53| C| D

3/1

Course winner. Career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Chelmsford City (10f, 7/4) 30 days ago, pushed out. Not taken lightly.

Form: 421921-

(8)

Capla Blue^b1²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Billy Loughnane⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 53| D

25/1

Winner at Yarmouth in June. 16/1, tenth of 14 in handicap at Southwell (11.1f) 23 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 134670-

(12)

Dashing To You^b²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Collen Storey| T: W Stone| OR: 53

16/1

22/1, good fifth of 11 in handicap at this course (8f, AW) 24 days ago, best work finish. Back up in trip. Can't be ruled out from a handy mark.

Form: 597845-

(3)

Star Of St Louis¹⁰⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: T E Whelan| T: D P Quinn| OR: 51| D

40/1

Latest win at Chelmsford City in August. 11/2, eighth of 9 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f). Off 105 days. Others make more appeal.

Form: 221418-

(10)

Persian Wolf^b²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: K Stott| T: P S McEntee| OR: 51| BF| D

5/1

Latest win at Chelmsford City in December. Creditable 2¼ lengths third of 9 to Come To Pass in handicap (7/4) at this C&D (AW) 26 days ago, not ideally placed. Merits consideration.

Form: 533413-

(4)

Waleyfa¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Darragh Keenan| T: R Stephens| OR: 50

12/1

22/1, creditable third of 12 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 16 days ago. Back up in trip. In reasonable form lately and he's well handicapped on old form.

Form: 790563-

(9)

No Such Luck^h,t²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Rhiain Ingram⁽³⁾| T: R Ingram| OR: 49| BF| CD

12/1

C&D winner. 11/8, fifth of 7 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 26 days ago, doing too much too soon. Can't be ruled out having dropped in the weights.

Form: 573355-

(5)

Roman Tempest³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Paddy Bradley⁽³⁾| T: S Dow| OR: 48

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ninth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 16/1) 31 days ago. Must improve on recent efforts.

Form: 88059-

Non-Runners

(1)

Fly The Nest²⁹

Weight: 9-9| Age: 7

T: A W Carroll J: Rossa Ryan

(11)

Catch My Breath²⁹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 7

T: J Ryan J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Come To Pass (5/2), Villalobos (3/1), Persian Wolf (5/1), Hot Day (6/1), Fly The Nest (6/1), No Such Luck (12/1), Waleyfa (12/1), Dashing To You (16/1), Roman Tempest (22/1), Capla Blue (25/1), Catch My Breath (33/1), Star Of St Louis (40/1)

VILLALOBOS is going the right way and scored with more in hand than the bare margin suggested at Chelmsford last time, so he makes plenty of appeal in the follow-up bid up against more exposed types. The hat-trick seeking Come To Pass should give another good account and his stablemate Fly The Nest can't be ruled out.