18:05 Lingfield

Saturday 1 July 2023

All17:3018:0518:4019:1519:4520:1520:45

Kim Hatton 65th Birthday Celebration Handicap (AWT) (Div 1)

Off time: 18:06 | Winning time: 2m 4.4s

(1)

Platinum Prince^v¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-4| J: Paddy Bradley⁽³⁾| T: G & J Moore| OR: 62| CD

3/1

Unreliable type. Won 3 times last season, including when awarded race over C&D. Respectable fourth of 10 in handicap at Kempton (11f, 7/2) 17 days ago, though failed to see through finishing effort. Others preferred.

Form: 1338-84

(6)

Fravanco³²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: George Rooke| T: M Madgwick| OR: 60

14/1

Thrice-raced maiden on Flat. Seventh of 8 in minor event at Lingfield (9f, good to firm, 18/1) 32 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 557

(5)

Delvey¹⁷⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Laura Coughlan⁽⁵⁾| T: K Jewell| OR: 59

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ran moody race when last of 11 in handicap (18/1) at Kempton (11f). Off 175 days. Hard to fancy.

Form: 5737-0

(10)

Handel³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: Joey Haynes| T: C Banham| OR: 57| BF

7/1

Remains a maiden after 19 Flat runs. 4/1, another creditable effort when third of 7 in handicap at Yarmouth (8f, good to firm) 38 days ago, despite missing the break. Up in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: 897-633

(11)

Third Batch^p,h⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Robert Tart| T: S Woods| OR: 64

11/2

Again ran well when third of 11 in maiden at Chelmsford City (10f) 9 days ago, finishing strongly. Expected to be bang there back in a handicap.

Form: 448733

(2)

Codswallop^v1²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Charlie Bennett| T: A West| OR: 52| D

20/1

Ended 2022 with a pair of poor efforts and hasn't beaten a rival in 2 starts this season, so is very hard to have faith in at present.

Form: 9407-57

(4)

Zebra Star^p,h⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Oliver Stammers| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 61

7/1

Got back on the up from a reduced mark when third of 11 in handicap (33/1) at this C&D (AW) 9 days ago, nearest finish. Still potentially well treated on pick of last season's efforts.

Form: 73-4583

(9)

Gilded Moon^p¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Harry Burns⁽³⁾| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 58| CD

20/1

C&D winner in January. 13/2, ran creditably when third of 5 in handicap at Brighton (9.9f, good to firm) 18 days ago. Holds solid frame claims.

Form: 3-31573

(7)

Royal Design¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Josephine Gordon| T: P S McEntee| OR: 57

100/1

Well held in maiden and 2 handicaps this season and needs to leave that form well behind to figure prominently here.

Form: 05-880

(3)

Gasman^t⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: William Carson| T: C Hills| OR: 54

11/2

Formerly trained by Seamus Durack, ran respectable fifth of 12 in handicap at Salisbury (9.9f, good to soft, 5/2) on stable debut in May. Ran too badly to be true at Bath last time, so worth market check with tongue strap back on.

Form: 08-2857

(8)

Optik^v⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Georgia Dobie⁽³⁾| T: D M Simcock| OR: 47

9/2

Visored for 1st time, creditable second of 11 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 9/1) 9 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 00-4222

Forecasts

Platinum Prince (3/1), Optik (9/2), Third Batch (11/2), Gasman (11/2), Handel (7/1), Zebra Star (7/1), Fravanco (14/1), Codswallop (20/1), Gilded Moon (20/1), Delvey (40/1), Royal Design (100/1)

The highest-drawn pair make most appeal here, with the three-year-old THIRD BATCH fancied to build on a couple of promising placed efforts to get off the mark. Handel is a long-standing maiden but is going through a good spell at present and should be in the mix, whilst Zebra Star produced her best effort for a while last time and is potentially well treated if able to build on that.