13:30 Lingfield
Friday 1 March 2024
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- 4YO plus  |  Class 4  |  1m 2f  |  Standard  |  9 Runners  |  Polytrack  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 13:35Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 2m 9.12s
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Horse A-Z
Show odds
Won a Carlisle novice and Kempton nursery (both 1m) as a juvenile. Finished no better than midfield in handful of competitive turf handicaps last season but does return with yard amongst the winners. Still, others preferred back from 6 months off.
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Improved on form in novice/maidens when running out a good winner on handicap debut at Wolverhampton (9.5f) in January. Beaten only by one who had the run of the race at Chelmsford (10f) subsequently and he remains one to be firmly interested in for his leading yard.
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C&D winner who scored 3 times last year and confirmed positive signs of penultimate effort when running out a ready winner at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 21 days ago. 4 lb rise for that victory looks fair and he can be relied upon to give his running again.
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Changed yards/gelded, showed much-improved form when taking 8-runner Newcastle novice (1m) in December, impressing as he forged clear. Far from discredited conceding chunks of weight when runner-up under a penalty at that venue a month later and likely he can do better again now handicapping.
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4-time course winner who comes here on a losing run but did shape better than on return when close-up sixth of 9 in handicap here (1m) 11 days ago, finishing with running left. Return to this longer trip rates a plus.
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Fourteen runs since last win in 2022 here on Finals Day, but very much caught the eye when third from his much-reduced mark at Wolverhampton (9.5f) last month and steady gallop didn't play to his strengths back there 7 days ago. Good pace to aim at here will help and he's lurking on a handy mark.
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Didn't kick on as expected following maiden success last year but back on track equipped with blinkers of late, keeping on well for second in a C&D handicap 11 days ago. This is tougher but operating from a mark he can be competitive from.
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Cashed in off career-low mark to shed maiden tag over C&D in January and made light of 7 lb rise/step back up in class when following up at Wolverhampton (9.5f) last month. Good third back at this venue has followed (Abu Royal second) and another who can't be ruled out.
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Course winner. Four wins from 15 runs last year and rare below-par display when seventh of 8 in handicap at Kempton (11f) in September. Absent since and this rates a tough enough ask facing several in-form sorts.
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Forecasts
Inspiritus (9/4), Bystander (9/2), Arcadian Nights (9/2), Loyal Touch (6/1), Tribal Wisdom (13/2), Dembe (9/1), Party Island (14/1), Abu Royal (25/1), Daphne May (125/1)
An ultra-competitive opener and it may pay to take a chance on DEMBE. Having suggested he's coming to the boil in recent starts, he returns to the scene of his last success (in the Middle Distance Handicap on AW Finals day in 2022) lurking on a very handy mark and could be the way to go. Inspiritus and Arcadian Nights head up the dangers, with low-mileage Bystander another worth a look stepping up in trip.
- Dembe9/1
- Inspiritus9/4
Prize Money
1st: £7,851.002nd: £3,684.003rd: £1,840.004th: £921.005th: £459.00
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