13:30 Lingfield

Saturday 31 December 2022

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BetUK's Acca Club 5 Free Bet Handicap

Off time: 13:34 | Winning time: 2m 36.75s

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(2)

Uther Pendragon^p¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Jordan Williams⁽⁵⁾| T: J S Moore| OR: 62| C

12/1

Course winner. 3 wins from 18 runs this year. Improved on recent efforts to win 10-runner handicap (4/1) at Kempton (11f) 12 days ago, kept up to work. More needed up 6 lb but couldn't rule out in current form.

Form: 586111

(1)

Pablo Prince³³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: R Havlin| T: K Jewell| OR: 62| BF| CD

9/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in August. Creditable fourth of 12 in handicap at Kempton (12f, 85/40) 33 days ago, not knocked about. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 431554

(9)

Ship To Shore³³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Frederick Larson⁽³⁾| T: P R Chamings| OR: 60

16/1

13/2, eleventh of 12 in handicap at Kempton (12f) 33 days ago. Shaped pretty well at Southwell on penultimate start and each-way chance if reproducing that form here.

Form: 667-740

(5)

Fighting Poet⁷⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: S W Kelly| T: R T Phillips| OR: 60

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. 25/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap at Windsor (11.4f, good to soft) 75 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 9450

(10)

Where's Tom^p³³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: M Madgwick| OR: 60| CD

3/1

C&D winner. 13/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, respectable third of 12 in handicap at Kempton (12f) 33 days ago, left poorly placed. Place possibilities.

Form: 6-7V673

(8)

Vision Of Hope^h,t⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: W Buick| T: G Boughey| OR: 60| D

10/3

Promising individual. Hooded for 1st time tongue strap on for 1st time, career best when winning 9-runner handicap at Southwell (12.1f, 9/1) 9 days ago, driven out. Up just 3 lb and there should be more to come.

Form: 6681

(7)

Ruskin Red³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Tom Marquand| T: D J Coakley| OR: 54| BF

4/1

Good second of 14 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 10/3) 31 days ago. Remains on a workable mark following a 1 lb nudge and he's worthy of consideration.

Form: 139-582

(3)

Pledge Of Peace^p³²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: L Morris| T: Mrs L J Mongan| OR: 53

16/1

Remains a maiden after 18 Flat runs. 11/1, respectable fifth of 12 in handicap at this course (15.8f, AW) 32 days ago. Back down in trip and likely to find one or two too good once more.

Form: 5-44335

(6)

Mesbar⁷⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Levi Williams⁽⁷⁾| T: D P Quinn| OR: 56

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. First run since leaving Sarah Humphrey when eighth of 10 in minor event (300/1) at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 75 days ago. Hard to warm to for this handicap debut.

Form: 3068

(4)

Savoy Brown³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: William Carver⁽³⁾| T: M J Attwater| OR: 47| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Respectable seventh of 14 in handicap at this C&D (AW, 6/1) 31 days ago. Has fallen to a workable mark but looks vulnerable all the same.

Form: 526577

Forecasts

Where's Tom (3/1), Vision Of Hope (10/3), Ruskin Red (4/1), Pablo Prince (9/2), Uther Pendragon (12/1), Savoy Brown (12/1), Ship To Shore (16/1), Pledge Of Peace (16/1), Fighting Poet (22/1), Mesbar (80/1)

VISION OF HOPE clearly relished moving up to this trip when making a winning handicap debut at Southwell recently and, with the likelihood of better to come from this 3-y-o filly, she looks the way to go. Uther Pendragon has to be respected in his bid for the 4-timer and Ruskin Red likely has a part to play but Pablo Prince, who is just 1 lb higher than for his C&D success in August, is feared most.