15:35 Lingfield

Friday 28 February 2025

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BetUK AWC Sprint Trial Handicap

Off time: 15:36 | Winning time: 1m 11.03s

(4)

Shartash¹³²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A Watson| OR: 107| D

11/4

66/1 and blinkered for 1st time, 17 lengths sixteenth of 20 to Kind of Blue in Champions Sprint Stakes at Ascot (6f, soft) when last seen in October. Looks vulnerable conceding plenty of weight all round on this belated handicap/AW debut. Headgear discarded.

Form: 183560-

(8)

Emaraaty Ana^p,t²⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 9-2| J: Saffie Osborne| T: J A Osborne| OR: 97| D

15/2

8/1, 5¼ lengths sixth of 10 to Romantic Style in listed race at Meydan (6f, good) 28 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Likely to find a few too good tried on this surface for the first time.

Form: 532-056

(3)

Ferrous¹⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Tom Marquand| T: J Channon| OR: 94| D

2/1

14/1, creditable third of 10 in handicap at Ascot (6f, good to soft) on final start of 2024. Resumes from a break on the same mark and AW record stands at 2-4, so he needs major respect from stall 3.

Form: 130053-

(7)

Mums Tipple⁹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 8-12| J: Joe Leavy⁽³⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 93| D

22/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2023. Creditable fifth of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 18/1) on latest start in November. On a handy mark (9 lb lower than for his latest success) but one or two of these are more appealing all the same.

Form: 808085-

(5)

Prince Of Pillo^h²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 92| CD

10/1

9/1 and hooded for 1st time, won 6-runner C&D handicap 26 days ago, despite breaking slowly. 6 lb rise tolerable and he has to enter calculations.

Form: 0677/8-1

(9)

Silky Wilkie²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: Billy Loughnane| T: K R Burke| OR: 90| D

10/1

Twenty-six runs since last win in 2023. Trailed in thirteenth of 15 in handicap (14/1) at Meydan (6f, good) 21 days ago. Has dipped to a potentially very handy mark but has a bit to prove following a strong of poor efforts in Dubai.

Form: 203-000

(1)

Rohaan⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 8-6| J: Hayley Turner| T: P D Evans| OR: 87| BF| CD

11/1

C&D winner. Fifteen runs since last win in 2023. 3/1, creditable second of 9 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f) 7 days ago. Denied a clear run at a crucial stage in that contest and, provided he avoids traffic problems this time, a bold show is likely.

Form: 088-542

(2)

The Thames Boatman^h⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-5| J: L Morris| T: R Hughes| OR: 86| CD

40/1

C&D winner. Three wins from 11 runs last year, the latest here in September. Fifth of 8 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 7/2) 41 days ago, left poorly placed. Looks vulnerable from a win point of view.

Form: 7176-25

(6)

Intervention^h⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 8-2| J: Jack Doughty⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 81| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Twenty-five runs since last win in 2023. Respectable fourth of 9 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f, 28/1) 7 days ago, doing too much too soon. 2 lb 'wrong' at the weights and others look stronger.

Form: 43576-4

Forecasts

Ferrous (2/1), Shartash (11/4), Emaraaty Ana (15/2), Intervention (9/1), Silky Wilkie (10/1), Prince Of Pillo (10/1), Rohaan (11/1), Mums Tipple (22/1), The Thames Boatman (40/1)

Stall one could end up being a blessing or a curse for ROHAAN, depending on how the cookie crumbles. Indeed, the threat of traffic problems are omnipresent for this come-from-behind sprinter, but he is 18 lb lower in the weights compared to when fifth in this last year and will surely go close if he gets the breaks. Ferrous put in a good shift at Ascot when last seen during the autumn and he is feared most ahead of last-time-out C&D winner Prince of Pillo.