15:55 Lingfield

Wednesday 22 January 2025

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BetUK: It's Where The UK Bets Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 15:59 | Winning time: 2m 7.91s

(1)

Dubai Harbour¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Paddy Bradley| T: P Phelan| OR: 54| CD

6/5

C&D winner. Winner here in December. 3/1, good third of 8 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 13 days ago. Merits serious consideration off the same mark.

Form: 86714-3

(9)

We'renotreallyhere³²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Darragh Keenan| T: D Steele| OR: 54| C

10/3

Course winner. Ridden aggressively when ninth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 11/1) 32 days ago. Not written off from a lenient mark.

Form: 725389-

(2)

Empress Of Hope⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: David Probert| T: Harry Eustace| OR: 54

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 11 in handicap at Chelmsford City (8f, 28/1) 48 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 9530-

(8)

Foinix^b¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Billy Loughnane| T: J & S Best| OR: 53| D

5/1

Latest win here in August. Seventh of 11 in handicap (22/1) at Chelmsford City (14f) 13 days ago, left poorly placed. Back down in trip with blinkers back on. Weighted to go well.

Form: 11454-7

(5)

Baikal^p³²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Jordan Williams⁽⁵⁾| T: G Harris| OR: 52

18/1

Below-form sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Hereford (16.2f) 32 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 789/807-

(11)

Indian Romance⁹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: S W Kelly| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 52

50/1

33/1, first run since leaving Rae Guest when last of 7 in handicap at Yarmouth (10.1f, soft). Off 99 days.

Form: 966237-

(7)

Sir Laurence Graff¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Joey Haynes| T: C Banham| OR: 49| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in September. Eighth of 9 in minor event at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 10/1) 18 days ago. Can give a good account if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 63157-8

(6)

Crazy Maisie^b¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Jack Dace⁽⁷⁾| T: M R Hoad| OR: 47| D

50/1

25/1, ninth of 10 in minor event at Kempton (11f) 14 days ago. More is required.

Form: 49890-9

(4)

Limelight³⁶⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Hollie Doyle| T: Michael Keady| OR: 46

16/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Leicester 12 months ago on her final run for Stuart Edmunds. Others appeal more.

Form: 64985/6-

(3)

Rivas Rob Roy^b¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 9-0| J: Sam Feilden⁽⁵⁾| T: J Gallagher| OR: 45| C

22/1

4-time course winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2024. 22/1, solid third of 10 in minor event at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 18 days ago, doing too much too soon. One to consider.

Form: 76757-3

Non-Runners

(10)

Aspire To Glory⁷

Weight: 8-13| Age: 4

T: Alice Haynes J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Dubai Harbour (6/5), Aspire To Glory (3/1), We'renotreallyhere (10/3), Foinix (5/1), Sir Laurence Graff (15/2), Limelight (16/1), Baikal (18/1), Rivas Rob Roy (22/1), Empress Of Hope (28/1), Indian Romance (50/1), Crazy Maisie (50/1)

A few with chances but C&D scorer DUBAI HARBOUR comes here at the top of his game so is fancied to resume winning ways. Foinix didn't enjoy the rub of the green when seventh at Chelmsford last time so this course scorer rates the chief threat ahead of handily-weighted We'renotreallyhere and Sir Laurence Graff.