19:30 Lingfield

Thursday 16 June 2022

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Off time: 19:35 | Winning time: 1m 25.09s

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Vitalline²⁰⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: Callum Hutchinson⁽⁵⁾| T: Kieran Burke| OR: 76| CD

33/1

C&D winner. 11/1, eighth of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f). Off 6 months. First run for yard after leaving Ben James.

Form: 121148-

(1)

Global Warning³³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: George Wood| T: J Butler| OR: 75| D

28/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in January. Below par since but is now 6 lb below that last successful mark. Worth a betting check.

Form: 165087

(2)

Smart Start^p1¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: P Cosgrave| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 75

11/2

Fair form in light career so far. Off a year, fourth of 12 in novice at Kempton (7f, 12/1) 15 days ago, well positioned. Cheekpieces on first time. Makes handicap debut. Unexposed.

Form: 2/0-4

(7)

Handel²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Joey Haynes| T: C Banham| OR: 66

50/1

Ex-Aidan O'Brien inmate finished runner-up in Wolverhampton novice in January but looks to have gone off the boil since and is hard to fancy on current form.

Form: 6-27850

(5)

Red Showgirl^p¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: L Morris| T: A Watson| OR: 75| C

33/1

Course winner. Latest win at Kempton in February. 16/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at Chester (6f, good to firm) 19 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 42-1206

(4)

Rocket Yogi²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S Donohoe| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam| OR: 75| D

9/2

9/1, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Yarmouth (7f, good) 21 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Yard won this race last year. Respected.

Form: 60-51

(6)

Little Prayer^p1⁹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Andrea Atzeni| T: R Spencer| OR: 75

13/2

Below par at Wolverhampton (6f) when last seen in March but had been in form with 4 placed efforts prior to that. First-time cheekpieces replace blinkers on return. First outing beyond sprint trips.

Form: 4-32237

(8)

Mr Stanley¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S Hitchcott| T: R Hannon| OR: 73

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 40/1, fifth of 7 in handicap at Leicester (6f, good to soft) on reappearance14 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Needs more.

Form: 245-5

(10)

Take A Stand⁹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: F Norton| T: J Tate| OR: 70

14/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Blinkered first time, fifth of 12 in novice at Wolverhampton (7f) in March. Worth a betting check on handicap debut with yard among the winners.

Form: 335

(9)

The Covex Kid¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: S P Davis| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 65| CD

1/1

Much improved for this yard, making it 3-3 for the season in 7f Catterick handicap 13 days ago. Well on top at the finish on that occasion so a further 8 lb rise may not stop him with more improvement likely.

Form: 000-111

Forecasts

The Covex Kid (1/1), Rocket Yogi (9/2), Smart Start (11/2), Little Prayer (13/2), Take A Stand (14/1), Mr Stanley (25/1), Global Warning (28/1), Vitalline (33/1), Red Showgirl (33/1), Handel (50/1)

THE COVEX KID can defy the assessor again and stretch his unbeaten handicap record to 4. Rocket Yogi made a successful start to his handicap career at Yarmouth 3 weeks ago and can fight it out for minor honours with Godolphin handicap newcomer Smart Start.