17:15 Lingfield

Thursday 31 March 2022

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Betway Handicap

Off time: 17:18 | Winning time: 59.9s

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(3)

Storm Melody^b¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 9-9| J: R Havlin| T: A Stronge| OR: 67| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Four wins from 22 runs last year. Respectable third of 7 in handicap (14/1) at Wolverhampton (5f) 14 days ago, left poorly placed. Blinkers back on. Not taken lightly.

Form: 461-263

(1)

Aish²³³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Hollie Doyle| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 65| D

14/1

Winner at Brighton last summer. 11/1, fifth of 6 in handicap at Nottingham (5f, good to soft). Off 7 months. Makes polytrack debut.

Form: 761375-

(4)

Doc Sportello²⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 9-6| J: L Morris| T: A W Carroll| OR: 64| D

22/1

Three wins from 11 runs last year. 22/1, below form fifth of 9 in C&D handicap 29 days ago.

Form: 4743-45

(2)

Lothian⁶²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Rob Hornby| T: M J Attwater| OR: 64| D

3/1

Winner at Kempton in October. 11/2, respectable third of 10 in C&D handicap 62 days ago. Likely to be in the shake-up.

Form: 180-253

(9)

Porfin⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Josephine Gordon| T: P S McEntee| OR: 64| CD

7/1

C&D winner in January. Respectable third of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6f) 5 days ago.

Form: 322793

(5)

Equally Fast^h¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 9-5| J: Jason Watson| T: R Harris| OR: 63| CD

8/1

Four-time C&D winner. Last of 12 in handicap (28/1) at Southwell (5f) 16 days ago but had been runner-up over C&D prior to that.

Form: 216-920

(8)

Blissful Song^v1¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Theodore Ladd⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 62| D

11/1

Good third of 7 in handicap at Newcastle (5f, 20/1) 13 days ago. First-time visor replaces cheekpieces worn the last twice.

Form: 10040-3

(7)

The Defiant^t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Joshua Bryan| T: D Steele| OR: 59| CD

3/1

Quickly found his feet for new stable, making all in handicaps over this C&D and at Kempton (5f) this month. Further 3 lb rise may not prevent the hat-trick.

Form: 744-711

(6)

Hope Springs²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-2| J: Georgia Dobie⁽³⁾| T: J R Boyle| OR: 45

14/1

9/2, not seen to best effect when 5¾ lengths sixth of 10 to The Defiant in C&D handicap 26 days ago, hampered.

Form: 83439-6

Forecasts

The Defiant (3/1), Lothian (3/1), Storm Melody (5/1), Porfin (7/1), Equally Fast (8/1), Blissful Song (11/1), Hope Springs (14/1), Aish (14/1), Doc Sportello (22/1)

THE DEFIANT is on a bit of a roll for the Daniel Steele yard and can complete the hat-trick. Storm Melody shaped as if still in good form last time and is an obvious threat back in a 0-65. Lothian and Porfin are others likely to have a say.