14:05 Lingfield

Friday 18 April 2025

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BetUK All-Weather Vase Middle Distance Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 2m 4.73s

(9)

Mr Baloo¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Joe Leavy⁽³⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 90

6/1

Career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 11/8) 18 days ago by ½ length from Son of Man. Can give another good account.

Form: 213111

(10)

Kind Of Kiss⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: L Morris| T: K P De Foy| OR: 88| D

4/1

80/1, good third of 12 in handicap at this C&D (AW) 49 days ago. Needs considering.

Form: 210-703

(4)

Koy Koy^t¹¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Jack Callan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Boughey| OR: 88WS

18/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in November. Last of 7 in handicap (15/2) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 113 days ago. Has since had a wind op so could easily bounce back.

Form: 0512P7-

(12)

Arcadian Nights⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Billy Loughnane| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 87| CD

13/2

C&D winner. 7/2, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 41 days ago, slowly away. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 725-111

(14)

Beraz²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Ryan Sexton| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 85| BF| D

10/1

5/2, creditable third of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (10.2f) 29 days ago. Makes polytrack debut and not ruled out.

Form: 7365-53

(6)

Silent Age¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Cieren Fallon| T: Ian Williams| OR: 84

9/1

Two wins from 4 runs last year. 16/1, good ¾-length fourth of 10 to Mr Baloo in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 18 days ago, running on. Ought to be thereabouts.

Form: 164-674

(8)

Son Of Man¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Paddy Bradley| T: J R Boyle| OR: 84

8/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2023. Good ½-length second of 10 to Mr Baloo in handicap (11/2) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 18 days ago. Much respected on his polytrack debut.

Form: 8766-32

(2)

Rogue Encore^p¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Mason Paetel⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Chapple-Hyam| OR: 84

33/1

Latest win at Newcastle in November. Creditable fifth of 12 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 11/1) 11 days ago. Up in trip. Shortlisted.

Form: 6114-05

(5)

Lordsbridge Blu¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: S De Sousa| T: S Woods| OR: 83

15/2

Only eighth of 10 to Mr Baloo in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 7/1) 18 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 31243-8

(7)

Cephalus^b⁵⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: T P Queally| T: G & J Moore| OR: 83| C

11/1

Four wins from 12 runs last year. Career best when winning 11-runner handicap (85/40) at Southwell (8.1f) 55 days ago, helped by being held up in strongly-run race. Back up in trip and he's not taken lightly.

Form: 0780-21

(11)

Paradoxical^p¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: J Candlish| OR: 82| BF| C

14/1

Course winner. Latest win at Wolverhampton in March. Raced wide when eighth of 9 in handicap (11/4) at Chelmsford City (10f) 15 days ago. Has good chance at these weights in his bid for a fifth win of 2025.

Form: 111128

(1)

Bajan Bandit¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 81

33/1

Latest win at Southwell in February. 6/1, creditable third of 12 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 14 days ago, well positioned. Up in trip and in the mix on his polytrack debut.

Form: 141643

(3)

Hitched^h¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Rob Hornby| T: D M Simcock| OR: 76| CD

22/1

Three wins from 10 runs last year. Creditable fourth of 8 in handicap (4/1) at this course (8f, AW) 17 days ago. Back up in trip. Can give a good account.

Form: 524654

(13)

Tribal Wisdom⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 8-7| J: Marco Ghiani| T: Ian Williams| OR: 74| BF| CD

28/1

C&D winner. Latest victory at Wolverhampton in October. Seventh of 8 in handicap (7/2) at this C&D (AW) 70 days ago so needs to get back on track.

Form: 1355-27

Forecasts

Kind Of Kiss (4/1), Mr Baloo (6/1), Arcadian Nights (13/2), Lordsbridge Blu (15/2), Son Of Man (8/1), Silent Age (9/1), Beraz (10/1), Cephalus (11/1), Paradoxical (14/1), Koy Koy (18/1), Hitched (22/1), Tribal Wisdom (28/1), Bajan Bandit (33/1), Rogue Encore (33/1)

PARADOXICAL is enjoying a fine 2025 and taken to bag a remarkable fifth victory having been undone by a wide berth when eighth at Chelmsford City last time out. Cephalus is feared most on the back of his career-best Southwell success but he's not the only danger in this wide open handicap with Arcadian Nights, Kind of Kiss and Koy Koy all in the picture too.