4 for Lingfield Park, 3 for Kempton Park and 2 for Dundalk

They are likely to place Oratorio’s Joy at the head of the market in Lingfield Park 1:30 by virtue of its LTO win that came over 9.5 furlongs at Wolverhampton and I see this as a different proposition. SINGZAK is likely to need every inch of Lingfield’s 12 furlongs and Graham Gibbons retaining the ride boosts my confidence for a big run.

The 2:00 is a tough race to unpick with TIDENTIME, Emkanaat and Kuanyao excelling over this trip with TIDENTIME given the nod purely on price at 18’s making it a good EW proposition.

Sounding more like a NH horse than a horse competing for a 6f sprint but LANCELOT DU LAC in the 2:30 continues to impress on this surface and over this trip. Forest Edge is also progressing at a rate of knots but will need to improve again to take this.

The 3:00 appears on times as a race between KEENE, SPECIAL MIX and IF I WERE A BOY. KEENE is 5-2 whereas SPECIAL MIX and IF I WERE A BOY trade at 10-1. I am happy to take all three at level stakes in the hope that one of the latter pair strike.

JALINGO set a reasonable enough standard in Kempton Park’s 5:10 and if the price is big enough I will happily take some.

Mr Burbidge has gone from 54 to 70 in winning its last 3 races and I believe that streak ends here in the 6:10 by the hand of SPIRITOFTOMINTOUL who we are yet to see the bottom of. As commendable as Clerks Choice LTO run was in its 2 length never nearer defeat to Pressburg this is ½ mile further and I would like to see it get the trip before it carried my money.

The Kempton Park finale looks a messy affair with Perfect Haven and Magical Rose having attained the best standard. I will be happier with a little EW on MY GIGI at 12-1. Back over a trip that saw a comfortable success before an abysmal effort over 1 mile that suggested something was amiss based upon passed efforts.

It isn’t until the 8:50 at Dundalk that the meeting poses any interests and JUARA’s win last time out looked a clever ride and the winning margin doesn’t do justice to the victory. JUARA may have a lot more up its sleeve.

In the 9:20 TEAJAYBE (14-1) returns to the distance where it was beaten only a neck in to second by on its penultimate start and this company looks a tad weaker. 14-1 looks good value for an EW play.  

Have fun :)

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