15:45 Lingfield

Friday 22 March 2024

All13:1213:4214:1214:4215:1215:4516:2016:55

BetUK. It's Where The UK Bets Handicap

Off time: 15:45 | Winning time: 1m 11.21s

(9)

Martini Nights²¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Dylan Hogan| T: Jack Jones| OR: 70

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eleventh of 13 in handicap (13/2) at Newmarket (7f, good to firm), finding little. Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving James Horton. Worth a market check but has improvement to find.

Form: 373/60-

Image of Stars that are filled with the colour gold

(6)

Darlo Pride^t,v¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: William Carson| T: A Carson| OR: 70| C| D

7/2

Course winner. Three wins from 18 runs last year. Good third of 11 in handicap at Southwell (5f, 7/1) 10 days ago. Back up in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 2-42123

(7)

Epic Express^p¹²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: S De Sousa| T: C A Dwyer| OR: 69| BF| D

9/2

Bit below form fourth of 8 in handicap (5/2) at Kempton (7f). Off 128 days. Likely to strip fitter for the run but he returns on a feasible mark.

Form: 263244-

(8)

Secret Handsheikh^v¹⁸⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: N Callan| T: J Gallagher| OR: 69| D

18/1

Latest win at Brighton in September. 12/1, fifteenth of 16 in handicap at Bath (5.7f, good). Off 6 months. Will probably come on for this.

Form: 625210-

(11)

Harb⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: S W Kelly| T: P Crate| OR: 69| C| D

5/1

Course winner. Bit below form fourth of 8 in handicap at this course (5f, AW, 11/2) 43 days ago, never nearer. Worth treating as still in form but has a tricky draw to contend with.

Form: 1376-34

(10)

Lilkian²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: David Probert| T: Darryll Holland| OR: 69| CD

10/1

4-time C&D winner. Three wins from 23 runs last year. Latest win here in October. Seventh of 10 in handicap (12/1) at Kempton (6f) 20 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 8147-77

(1)

Northcliff^p²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Harry Davies| T: M Murphy & M Keady| OR: 68

5/1

One win from 25 Flat runs. 9/2, won 12-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 28 days ago, just holding on. Should go well again.

Form: 3334-71

(4)

Alafdhal¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Josephine Gordon| T: P S McEntee| OR: 66| D

12/1

Latest win at Kempton in February. Creditable second of 6 in handicap at Chelmsford City (5f, 7/2) 13 days ago. Worth considering.

Form: 171382

(2)

Snuggle¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Kyle Strydom| T: L A Dace| OR: 65| D

33/1

First run since leaving Ed Walker when seventh of 8 in handicap at Kempton (6f, 12/1) 16 days ago. Something to prove.

Form: 45578-7

(3)

Come On Girl^b¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 8-6| J: Hollie Doyle| T: M Appleby| OR: 53| CD

7/1

4-time C&D winner. Twenty runs since last win in 2022. Below form fourth of 8 in handicap at Chelmsford City (6f, 9/2) 13 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 233424

Non-Runners

(5)

Kessaar Power¹⁷

Weight: 9-0| Age: 4

T: P S McEntee J: J F Egan

Forecasts

Darlo Pride (7/2), Epic Express (9/2), Northcliff (5/1), Harb (5/1), Come On Girl (7/1), Lilkian (10/1), Alafdhal (12/1), Martini Nights (14/1), Kessaar Power (16/1), Secret Handsheikh (18/1), Snuggle (33/1)

DARLO PRIDE arrives in top form and was unlucky not to finish closer at Southwell last time, so he's worth a chance to get back to winning ways in what looks quite a thin race on paper. Northcliff is respected on the back of success at Wolverhampton and Harb could feature if he gets a reasonable position from stall 11.