Hi all,
It’s the final day of the all-weather season. Lingfield hosts the All-Weather Championship Day. There are six Championship races on a seven-race card. There’s also synthetic action at Newcastle & Chelmsford. You can watch the best of the Lingfield & Newcastle action on ITV this afternoon.
There are aren’t many solid value selections at either meeting although I have two of interest at Lingfield.
Lingfield
3:10 – All-Weather Sprint Championships Conditions Stakes (Class 2) – 6f
I had really liked Irish raider Harry’s Bar for this but his draw in stall 12 is off-putting. Venturous is much better drawn in stall 4. The 8-year-old has been in excellent form winning four Class 2 handicaps this winter on the tapeta and deserves to take his chance here. The stronger gallop the better his chance. LAMPANG finished runner-up to Good Effort in a Listed race over C&D in November. The 4-year-old missed most of the last year’s flat season but the highly regarded colt has only had seven career starts and is capable of better. Stall 10 isn’t great but he will do for me.
1pt win – Lampang – 8/1 @ Ladbrokes
3:45 – Ladbrokes 3-Year-Old All-Weather Championships Conditions Stakes (Class 2) – 6f
There has been plenty of market support for Diligent Harry and the Clive Cox trained colt who was beaten just a short head over C&D 23-days and looks on the upgrade. APOLLO ONE, a useful juvenile winning two of his four starts, made a winning return as 3-year-old when winning a Listed race over 7f here last month. He showed a useful change of gear between the third and second furlongs to win that day so the drop back to 6f shouldn’t inconvenience.
1pt win- Apollo One – 4/1 @ Coral & Ladbrokes
Cheers
John