17:40 Lingfield

Saturday 29 June 2024

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Truelove Trophy Handicap (AWT)

Off time: 17:41 | Winning time: 1m 38.94s

(3)

Egoiste²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Rhys Clutterbuck| T: D Menuisier| OR: 65| D

9/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in March. Sixth of 9 in handicap (14/1) at Nottingham (8.3f, good) 27 days ago, slowly away. Looks vulnerable from a win point of view.

Form: 241146

(4)

Hoornblower²⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Ray Dawson| T: D J Coakley| OR: 65

15/2

50/1, respectable sixth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (AW) when last seen 9 months. Entitled to come on for the run.

Form: 275056-

(7)

Roscioli^p,t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Laura Pearson| T: B R Johnson| OR: 59| D

18/1

Latest win at Chelmsford City in February. Creditable third of 9 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 25/1) 19 days ago. Place possibilities.

Form: 0-31803

(6)

Commander Crouch^p¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: P Cosgrave| T: J R Boyle| OR: 68

9/2

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable eighth of 13 in handicap at Goodwood (9.9f, good, 18/1) 15 days ago. Would have every chance if back to his best but others make more appeal all the same.

Form: 7-66708

(2)

Jazz Scene¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Jack Gilligan| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 67| D

6/5

Promising individual. Career best when winning 5-runner handicap at Hamilton (8.3f, good to firm, 7/4) 10 days ago, responding well. Very much the type to go on progressing for his ultra-shrewd yard and will prove hard to beat up 5 lb if taking to this surface.

Form: 7671

(1)

Persian Phoenix¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Jonny Peate⁽³⁾| T: C Johnston| OR: 63

22/1

Respectable third of 6 in handicap at Hamilton (8.3f, good to firm, 5/2) 10 days ago. Likely to give another good account, albeit perhaps without being quite good enough.

Form: 743243

(5)

Beach Point^v1¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: P J Dobbs| T: W J Knight| OR: 63| BF| D

9/2

Winner at Doncaster in May. 2/1, fourth of 7 in handicap at Salisbury (8f, good) 13 days ago. Now tried in a visor and boasts solid form claims but the worry is that he has failed to fire on all 4 previous starts on polytrack.

Form: 6-82124

Forecasts

Jazz Scene (6/5), Commander Crouch (9/2), Beach Point (9/2), Hoornblower (15/2), Egoiste (9/1), Roscioli (18/1), Persian Phoenix (22/1)

The well-bred and unexposed JAZZ SCENE is the clear head-turner in this line-up on the back of his recent handicap debut success at Hamilton. It's likely that he will benefit from a stiffer test in time but there's good reason to believe he can do some damage kept to this trip in the meantime. Persian Phoenix is probably summed up by his current mark but he's holding his form well and, with doubts surrounding Beach Point on this surface, he could be the one for the forecast.