17:10 Lingfield

Monday 21 August 2023

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Off time: 17:13 | Winning time: 2m 28.44s

(3)

Turner Girl^p¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Oisin Murphy| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 68| D

5/1

11/2, career best when winning 9-runner handicap at Newcastle (12.4f) 18 days ago. This sharper track may not be ideal but a 4 lb rise looks fair and she has to be considered with Oisin Murphy doing the steering.

Form: 9-33321

(11)

Sword Beach^v³²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: David Probert| T: A King| OR: 68

12/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2021. 11/1, creditable third of 7 in handicap at Epsom (12f, good to firm) 32 days ago. Visor back on and remains on a handy mark but he's 0-6 on the AW.

Form: 450743

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One For The Frog^t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Luke Catton⁽⁵⁾| T: S Woods| OR: 68

50/1

Winner at Wolverhampton in April. 18/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 6 in handicap at Windsor (10f, good) 14 days ago, slowly away. Others preferred.

Form: 417586

(4)

Waterloo Sunset⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: George Bass⁽³⁾| T: D J Coakley| OR: 65| C

5/1

Course winner. Respectable fourth of 10 in handicap (10/1) at Kempton (11f) 54 days ago. Likely to again find one or two too good.

Form: 4-48324

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Socially Shady²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: J Quinn| T: J & S Best| OR: 65| C| D

100/1

Unreliable sort. Course winner. 125/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at Ascot (12f, good to soft) 24 days ago. Easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 031-947

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Murhib^h¹⁷⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 9-12| J: R Havlin| T: Mrs L Richards| OR: 65| C| D

40/1

13/2, won 9-runner handicap at this course (15.8f, AW) when last seen in March, always holding on. Back down in trip and this 3 lb higher mark could be enough to anchor him.

Form: V4-0051

(1)

Alshadhian¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Rossa Ryan| T: R M Beckett| OR: 71

3/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 17/2, fifth of 9 in minor event at Doncaster (10.2f, heavy) 16 days ago. Needs to get back on track but that's entirely possible now upped in trip for this handicap debut.

Form: 4-45

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Robusto⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S W Kelly| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 69| CD

9/2

C&D winner. 2 wins from 5 runs this year, the latest here in July. 10/3, fourth of 5 in handicap at Lingfield (13f, good to firm) 9 days ago. Each-way shout off the same mark.

Form: 6-13134

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Different Tone³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Tom Marquand| T: E Walker| OR: 65

11/2

Seventh of 10 in handicap (14/1) at Windsor (10f, good to firm) 35 days ago, again failing to build on his encouraging reappearance third at Salisbury in May. Still, eased 3 lb and it's soon to write him off.

Form: 759-207

(2)

Royal Athena²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: S M Levey| T: T Ward| OR: 62| CD

6/1

C&D winner in June. 9/2, respectable third of 9 in handicap at Windsor (11.4f, good) 23 days ago. Merits consideration returned to the AW.

Form: 851343

Non-Runners

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Charlie's Choice¹¹⁹

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: D M Simcock J: Callum Shepherd

Forecasts

Alshadhian (3/1), Robusto (9/2), Waterloo Sunset (5/1), Turner Girl (5/1), Different Tone (11/2), Royal Athena (6/1), Charlie's Choice (10/1), Sword Beach (12/1), Murhib (40/1), One For The Frog (50/1), Socially Shady (100/1)

ROYAL ATHENA has remained in good heart since opening her account over this C&D in June and she could be the answer to a tricky-looking contest. Given the promise he showed on his reappearance at Leicester, Alshadhian is worth another chance now pitched into a handicap, despite failing to fire last time. He is second choice ahead of Different Tone, Robusto and recent Newcastle winner Turner Girl.