17:17 Lingfield

Wednesday 5 March 2025

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Off time: 17:18 | Winning time: 2m 13.9s

(2)

Sonic Pioneer⁹^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: Jack Morland| OR: 60

10/3

Much improved when making a successful handicap debut at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 9 days ago by length from Backer Bilk. 6 lb penalty to carry now but may be capable of better yet.

Form: 6571

(5)

Currahee¹²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Kaiya Fraser⁽³⁾| T: S Pearce| OR: 58

7/2

Thrice-raced maiden. Tenth of 11 in novice at Chelmsford City (7f, 250/1). Off 125 days. Significantly up in trip. Improvement required on handicap debut.

Form: 960-

(6)

Flaine^t,p⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Connor Planas⁽³⁾| T: D Loughnane| OR: 56

17/2

Latest win at Southwell in December. 25/1, fourth of 6 in handicap at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 9 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Others more persuasive.

Form: 310-344

(3)

All Cost^p1²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Darragh Keenan| T: Martin Dunne| OR: 56| BF

5/1

Back from 3 months off when close second of 8 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 2/1) 21 days ago. Just 1 lb higher now and must enter calculations. Wears first-time cheekpieces.

Form: 000-2

(1)

Itsgottobefun^p¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Charles Bishop| T: J S Moore| OR: 55

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, fifth of 8 in maiden at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 16 days ago, having run of race. Worth monitoring in market on handicap debut.

Form: 0-75

(8)

Backer Bilk⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Billy Loughnane| T: J & S Best| OR: 55| CD

7/4

Off the mark over C&D last month and backed that up when creditable length second of 11 to Sonic Pioneer in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 4/1) 9 days ago. Respected.

Form: 908-212

(4)

Perfect Parole^t²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Tom Marquand| T: T Ward| OR: 50

18/1

Winner at Wolverhampton in February. 9/2, seventh of 8 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 21 days ago. Up in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 504-317

(7)

Leading Star Girl²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Alicia Perkins⁽⁷⁾| T: M D I Usher| OR: 45

80/1

Fifth of 8 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 33/1) 21 days ago. Up in trip. Still looking for first success. 1 lb out of the weights.

Form: 900-575

Forecasts

Backer Bilk (7/4), Sonic Pioneer (10/3), Currahee (7/2), All Cost (5/1), Flaine (17/2), Perfect Parole (18/1), Leading Star Girl (80/1), Itsgottobefun (125/1)

ALL COST only narrowly failed to justify strong support at Kempton last month and remains low mileage. He gets the nod in the finale. Wolverhampton 1-2 Sonic Pioneer and Backer Bilk look the obvious dangers.