14:00 Lingfield

Monday 19 June 2023

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Royal Ascot On Sky Sports Racing Handicap

Off time: 14:01 | Winning time: 3m 23.44s

(1)

Yorkindness⁷^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Oisin Murphy| T: C Johnston| OR: 65

6/5

11/4, career best when winning 4-runner handicap at Pontefract (17.1f, good to firm) 7 days ago. Carries penalty but she's clearly in excellent heart.

Form: 242041

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(2)

Anisoptera⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: William Carson| T: B R Johnson| OR: 67| BF| CD

5/2

C&D winner. Latest win at Kempton in April. Good second of 7 in handicap at Kempton (16f, 13/8) 40 days ago, finishing well after a slow start. Major player from just 1 lb higher.

Form: 262182

(7)

Thibault^t⁸⁷

10/1

Sixth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Newbury (16.3f, soft, 10/1) 87 days ago. Given a break and this versatile performer is more likely than not to bounce back.

Form: 5129-47

(4)

Beat The Heat^p¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Charlie Bennett| T: J R Boyle| OR: 64

10/1

66/1, eighth of 9 in handicap at this course (12f, AW) 13 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Back to a potentially lenient mark and should strip fitter with that return under his belt.

Form: 3830/9-8

(5)

Tin Fandango^v⁴⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: Liam Wright⁽⁷⁾| T: M D I Usher| OR: 63| CD

16/1

C&D winner. 16/1, bit below form sixth of 11 in handicap at Goodwood (16f, heavy) 44 days ago. Visor replaces cheekpieces.

Form: 6010-06

(3)

Stormbomber^p³²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: David Egan| T: M Madgwick| OR: 61| C

33/1

Course winner. 100/1, third of 7 in novice hurdle at Fontwell (17.7f, good to firm) 32 days ago. Seemingly hard to train.

Form: 99731/0-

(6)

Bird For Life¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 8-12| J: J Mitchell| T: M D I Usher| OR: 54| CD

6/1

Unreliable type. C&D winner. 12/1, creditable seventh of 13 in handicap at Wolverhampton (16.6f) 14 days ago.

Form: 2-33557

Forecasts

Yorkindness (6/5), Anisoptera (5/2), Bird For Life (6/1), Beat The Heat (10/1), Thibault (10/1), Tin Fandango (16/1), Stormbomber (33/1)

ANISOPTERA could do with cutting out the tardy starts but she's a C&D winner in excellent heart and, now up just 1 lb for a narrow defeat at Kempton, she looks the answer. Yorkindness was better than ever when landing a small-field contest at Pontefract a week ago and she's the obvious danger under a penalty.