18:55 Lingfield

Tuesday 23 April 2019

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Call Star Sports On 08000 521 321 Novice Stakes

Off time: 18:55 | Winning time: 1m 12.12s

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Habub²¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Jim Crowley| T: Owen Burrows| D

1/4

Off the mark at the first attempt when winningo ver 6f at Chelmsford on debut last September. Hails from a good yard and looks likely to prove hard to beat under a penalty.

Form: 1-

(8)

Maid Of Spirit²³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: A Kirby| T: C G Cox| BF

4/1

Novice stakes winner over 5f on debut at Windsor (good) last August and finished a decent fourth at Kempton (6f) the following month. Notable runner on seasonal debut.

Form: 14-

(3)

Farhhmoreexciting²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Jason Watson| T: D R C Elsworth

16/1

Well held 10L eighth of nine in a 7f novice event at Kempton on debut last month. Probably best watched dropping back in distance.

Form: 8

(4)

Gonzaga¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Racheal Kneller⁽⁵⁾| T: J Bennett

66/1

Beaten 14L when sent off 200/1 for his debut at Wolverhampton (7f) earlier this month. Others hold stronger claims on this occasion.

Form: 8

(6)

Physics⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Raul Da Silva| T: P & O Cole| BF

5/1

Decent efforts in defeat in two starts so far. Dropping back to 5f when 1¼L sixth over 5f at Kempton last time out and looks to have a bit to find with the principals in this contest.

Form: 56

(7)

True Belief¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Tom Marquand| T: B R Johnson| OR: 70

33/1

Best effort so far came when fourth over 6f in a valuable maiden at York (good-to-firm) on debut last May. Held in three subsequent starts including on stable debut over this trip at Kempton recently.

Form: 475-0

(5)

Turquoise Friendly⁸¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: K T O'Neill| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 70

8/1

Ran well to finish runner-up in a 5f novice event at this venue in early February. Given a break and gelded since and interesting to see how he fares.

Form: 47-2

(1)

Arvensis¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Charlie Bennett| T: H Morrison

66/1

Well held in two starts so far most recently when ninth over 7f at Kempton 13 days ago. Probably best watched at present.

Form: 09

Forecasts

Habub (1/4), Maid Of Spirit (4/1), Physics (5/1), Turquoise Friendly (8/1), Farhhmoreexciting (16/1), True Belief (33/1), Gonzaga (66/1), Arvensis (66/1)

HABUB can maintain his unbeaten record by following up at Chelmsford debut victory last autumn with victory in this novice contest. Maid Of Spirit is another to have won on debut and she can finish runner-up following a good AW fourth at Kempton during the autumn while third place can go to True Belief who can put a below par stable debut behind him.