15:45 Lingfield

Saturday 29 February 2020

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Betway Novice Stakes

Off time: 15:48 | Winning time: 1m 11.3s

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(6)

Clog Maker¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston| D

6/5

Exciting sort. Made no mistake on seasonal reappearance when justifying strong market support (1/2f) to win at Kempton (6f; standard to slow) under front-running tactics. Could be tough to beat if getting his own way in the early stages again.

Form: 4-1

(2)

Ahorsecalledwanda²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Joey Haynes| T: Mrs A J Perrett| CD

4/1

Improved from encouraging debut run to go two places better when successful over C&D earlier this month. Form of her stable is a slight concern, but on what she's done it is difficult to rule her out.

Form: 31

(1)

Dakota Moon

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: P J McDonald| T: R Hughes

18/1

70,000gns yearling. By Shamardal and a half-brother to a 1m-1m3f winner in Italy. Gelded ahead of debut. Yard run two. Represents leading trainer/jockey combo and interesting to see if there is market support for him.

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(7)

Rogue Tide¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: J Mitchell| T: S & E Crisford

7/1

Three-and-a-half length third behind Clog Maker on debut just under two weeks ago. Now receives 7lb from that rival, and should make a bold bid to reverse the form with experience now under his belt.

Form: 3

(8)

Vitesse Du Son²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Rob Hornby| T: W S Kittow

66/1

Only managed to beat the one rival at Wolverhampton (6f; standard) on debut at the start of the month. Beaten a long way that day, and this looks as competitive. Hard to have any confidence in him, and is subsequently best watched.

Form: 9

(3)

Flower Of Thunder¹⁰²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Hollie Doyle| T: R Hannon

20/1

Took a backwards step last time when only ninth at Chelmsford (1m; standard) after posting a promising debut effort back in October. Drops back to 6f on return from 102-day break. Very difficult task ahead of her.

Form: 59-

(4)

Handful Of Gold^p1⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Isobel Francis⁽⁷⁾| T: K Bishop| OR: 32

100/1

Possesses a basement mark of just 32 after showing next to nothing in five career runs. Failed to beat a single rival on each of her previous two starts, including when tailed off last time out. Impossible to make a case for.

Form: 070-00

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(5)

Karibana¹²⁸

Weight: 8-12| Age: 3

T: R Hughes J: S W Kelly

Forecasts

Clog Maker (6/5), Karibana (2/1), Ahorsecalledwanda (4/1), Rogue Tide (7/1), Dakota Moon (18/1), Flower Of Thunder (20/1), Vitesse Du Son (66/1), Handful Of Gold (100/1)

He has to concede weight all-round which will prove no easy task. However, CLOG MAKER showed a good attitude when grinding it out under a front-running ride to make a winning seasonal reappearance. He can only come on from that, and with similar tactics deployed again, he should prove tough to beat. Rogue Tide is a big danger after he finished third to the selection on debut, and gets a 7lb pull in the weights this time round. The in-form Richard Hughes' pair of Karibana and Dakota Moon are also well respected. The former held smart form in defeat last season, while the latter makes his racecourse debut and it would be notable if there was support for him.