15:30 Lingfield

Thursday 28 November 2019

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Bombardier Golden Beer Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 15:32 | Winning time: 1m 38.5s

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(7)

The Warrior³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Paddy Bradley| T: L Carter| OR: 58| CD

8/1

A whopping 15lb lower than when winning over C&D in September 2018; may revive eventually, but you'd be hard pushed to identify exactly when; others are more appealing.

Form: 705979

(11)

Brains^b³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Angus Villiers⁽⁵⁾| T: J A Osborne| OR: 59| D

7/1

Blinkered when landing a touch on handicap debut at Kempton (1m) in January; that same headgear is now re-applied following a comeback run at Chelmsford five weeks ago; on a workable mark.

Form: 790-10

(9)

Chetan²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Toby Eley⁽⁵⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 57| CD

4/1

Reasonably proficient in his grade at the vast majority of AW tracks (is a C&D winner); 1lb lower than when finishing 3L fourth to Beepeecee here (7f) in October.

Form: 752584

(2)

Subliminal^b³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen| T: S Dow| OR: 57| C

4/1

Frustratingly for connections is continuing to perform well below the best of his abilities; 7lb lower than when beaten 1¼L by Nawar over C&D (Class 5) in June.

Form: 279078

(3)

Vincenzo Coccotti^p²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: George Rooke⁽⁷⁾| T: P R Chamings| OR: 56

13/2

5lb higher than when beating Magicinthemaking by 2¼L at Chelmsford in August; has a similar chance to Chetan on the basis of recent course form (7f); stamina to prove at 1m.

Form: 252135

(5)

Kodiline^v¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Laura Pearson⁽⁷⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 56| C

12/1

Hasn't sparkled at Southwell (7f) or Chelmsford (6f) so far this month; 21lb lower than when winning here (7f) in January.

Form: 254809

(4)

Sweet Jemima¹⁷¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Georgia Dobie⁽⁵⁾| T: W R Muir| OR: 58WS

16/1

Cost 42,000gns as a juvenile; low-key in maiden/novice contests; 20-1 when ninth of 13 on handicap debut at Leicester (7f, soft) in June; absent since.

Form: 6-909

(10)

Huddle⁸⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin⁽⁵⁾| T: W J Knight| OR: 57

8/1

Eight-race maiden; reverts back to the AW following a short break (86 days); can she take advantage of a career low mark (57) in a particularly weak contest?

Form: 485457

(6)

Cookupastorm^h,t1²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Jacob Clark⁽⁷⁾| T: Martin Smith| OR: 55

66/1

Placed over 5f at Yarmouth (for Richard Spencer) in June; has scarcely beaten a single rival since joining Martin Smith for 6,500gns; stamina is far from assured at 1m; newly fitted tongue-tie accompanies a hood.

Form: 436000

(12)

Calima Calling^p1²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Cameron Noble| T: M Appleby| OR: 55

66/1

Folded very tamely from the furlong pole on handicap debut at Newcastle (6f) three weeks ago; cheekpieces are added over a new trip seeking some signs of improvement; essentially is risky.

Form: 5700

(1)

My Law^p¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Luke Catton⁽⁷⁾| T: J R Boyle| OR: 54

7/1

12-race maiden with bits and pieces of positive form in the context of this race; led and kept on at the one pace when third (beaten 4¾L) to Avorisk Et Perils over C&D 12 days ago; stablemate of Duke Of North.

Form: 364682

(8)

Duke Of North^b1¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: Isobel Francis⁽⁷⁾| T: J R Boyle| OR: 49| C| D

14/1

Went close on a couple of occasions during the summer (1m-1m2f, turf); hasn't won on the AW since 2015; in newly applied blinkers holds a broadly similar chance to stablemate My Law.

Form: 522575

Forecasts

Subliminal (4/1), Chetan (4/1), Vincenzo Coccotti (13/2), Brains (7/1), My Law (7/1), Huddle (8/1), The Warrior (8/1), Kodiline (12/1), Duke Of North (14/1), Sweet Jemima (16/1), Cookupastorm (66/1), Calima Calling (66/1)

An uninspiring finale. Jim Boyle is doubly represented with My Law and Duke Of North and a case of sorts can be made for either runner. Brains remains on a workable mark for Jamie Osborne, so he's one to monitor closely in the market exchanges in refitted blinkers (and with a recent run under his belt). However, with no real enthusiasm we'll chance the eight-race maiden HUDDLE in the hope that she can take full advantage of a career low mark (57) with the 5lb claimer Pierre-Louis Jamin taking over in the saddle.