17:45 Lingfield

Thursday 5 October 2023

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Off time: 17:48 | Winning time: 2m 29.23s

(7)

Heathen¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: N Callan| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 76| D

5/1

Seventh of 9 in handicap at Catterick (12.1f, heavy, 7/1) 12 days ago. Not seen to best effect last time and return to polytrack should suit.

Form: 100867

(5)

Kyle Of Lochalsh^t⁶⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: H Morrison| OR: 75

7/2

Winner at Newbury in July. 5/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at Sandown (14f, heavy) 64 days ago. Looked promising prior to latest effort and is worth a chance to bounce back after a break.

Form: 085-417

(1)

Emperor's Clothes³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Finley Marsh| T: R Hughes| OR: 75

5/1

Lightly-raced winner. Career best when winning 8-runner handicap at Chepstow (10f, good to firm, 4/1) 31 days ago, pushed out. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 3221

(11)

Robusto¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 75| CD

7/2

C&D winner. 3 wins from 8 runs this year. 5/4, respectable second of 5 in handicap at Brighton (11.9f, heavy) 17 days ago, no match for winner. Likely to be on the premises.

Form: 134312

(8)

Fox Flame^v¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: J Mitchell| T: C Johnston| OR: 74| C| D

13/2

3 wins from 13 runs this year. 7/2, career best when winning 7-runner handicap at this course (13f, AW) 19 days ago. Should go well again.

Form: 464411

(3)

Down To The Kid¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Christian Howarth⁽⁵⁾| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 68| D

25/1

First run since leaving Ivan Furtado when seventh of 11 in handicap (18/1) at Kempton (11f) 13 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 002307

(9)

Millions Memories²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: William Carson| T: Mrs L J Mongan| OR: 67| D

125/1

Latest win at Salisbury in June. 40/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at Epsom (10.1f, good to firm) 21 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 397177

(4)

Sword Beach^v⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A King| OR: 66

15/2

Twelve runs since last win in 2021. Respectable fifth of 10 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 12/1) 45 days ago, faring best of those held up. Can't be ruled out.

Form: 507435

(2)

On The Right Track³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Joey Haynes| T: M D I Usher| OR: 66| D

18/1

Latest win at Bath in June. Ninth of 12 in handicap (25/1) at Goodwood (11.2f, good to firm) 30 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 841629

(10)

Seraphic^t1⁷⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: David Probert| T: S Pearce| OR: 70

40/1

21/10, won 9-runner juvenile hurdle at Clairefontaine (16.9f, soft) 70 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Hugo Merienne. Wears tongue strap. Makes handicap debut. Worth a market check back in this sphere.

Form: 92-446

(6)

Mirabello Bay⁵³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Billy Loughnane| T: J S Moore| OR: 63| C| D

18/1

Course winner. 40/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at Windsor (10f, good to firm) 53 days ago, slowly away. Others make more appeal.

Form: 445V77

Forecasts

Robusto (7/2), Kyle Of Lochalsh (7/2), Emperor's Clothes (5/1), Heathen (5/1), Fox Flame (13/2), Sword Beach (15/2), On The Right Track (18/1), Mirabello Bay (18/1), Down To The Kid (25/1), Seraphic (40/1), Millions Memories (125/1)

KYLE OF LOCHALSH was firmly on the up before an excusable run in testing ground at Newbury a couple of months ago, so he's worth a chance to resume progress. Recent Chepstow winner Emperor's Clothes is an obvious danger and Heathen is another one likely to bounce back to form under more favourable circumstances.