14:00 Lingfield

Friday 4 January 2019

All12:3013:0013:3014:0014:3515:0515:40

starsports.bet Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 4m 8.20s

1^st

Arthington

611-7

13/8f

T: J W MullinsJ: Daniel Sansom (5)

Tracked leading pair until 4th, remained handy, went 2nd on downhill run before 2 out, led 2 out, soon clear, idled towards finish, always doing enough op 5/2

2^nd

Clayton

1011-0

2/1

T: G & J MooreJ: Joshua Moore

Led, clear when flattened 3 out, pushed along when blundered and headed next, no chance to recover, closed on idling winner towards finish, always held op 7/4 tchd 13/8

3^rd

The Game Is A Foot

1210-10

12/1

T: Miss Z C DavisonJ: Page Fuller (3)

Held up in last pair, modest 4th approaching 3 out, went 3rd before next, no chance with 1st 2 op 14/1

4^th

Final Choice

611-5

7/1

T: A WestJ: Lee Edwards

Chased leaders, went 3rd at 4th, 2nd approaching 3 out until long run before next, weakened into 4th before that flight op 8/1 tchd 9/1

5^th

Tara Bridge

1111-1

9/2

T: C GordonJ: Tom Cannon

Chased leader until ridden and weakened approaching 3 out op 3/1

6^th

Cabernet D'Alene

711-4

33/1

T: D C O'BrienJ: Thomas Garner

Always behind, weakened 4 out, tailed off tchd 40/1

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Non-Runners

Mr Fitzroy²⁷²

Weight: 10-1| Age: 9

T: Miss J S Davis J: James Davies

Fiesole¹³

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: O Murphy J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.30Pl:£1.40, £1.30EX:£5.80Trifecta:£25.70Tricast:£24.84SF:£5.55Swingers:£1.70, £5.40, £3.20

Forecasts

Arthington (13/8), Clayton (2/1), Fiesole (7/2), Tara Bridge (9/2), Final Choice (7/1), The Game Is A Foot (12/1), Mr Fitzroy (14/1), Cabernet D'Alene (33/1)

Doubts can be cast over each runner in the field and this far from a select line up. Fiesole and Arthington have claims on the pick of their past form and could easily bounce back in a low-key race such as this, while Final Choicehas a C&D win to his name and can also go close if his latest starts can be bettered. However, a chance is taken that TARA BRIDGE will relish being back over hurdles and, given that he's on a handy mark, the old boy doesn't have too much to find to put a weak race to bed.

Tara Bridge
Fiesole
Final Choice

Prize Money

1st: £6,267.002nd: £1,851.003rd: £926.004th: £463.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00