UK Horse Racing Tips: Lingfield

Last-time-out winners Bulldog Drummond, Gunfighter and FIRST ENCORE are the ones to focus on and while the first pair shortlisted have improved significantly, the last-named shades the vote based on potential. Left unchanged in the ratings, despite landing a maiden at Wolverhampton last month, the Ed Walker-trained three-year-old is proven over this trip on synthetics and is fancied to cope with the rise in class on just his sixth career start.
Prediction : 1st First Encore 2nd Bulldog Drummond 3rd Gunfighter

Placed every time she has raced, ALEXANDRETTA hasn't done much wrong in any of her five previous starts and has a golden opportunity to break her duck. With blinkers replacing the cheekpieces experimented with last time, the Sir Mark Prescott-trained filly sets a reasonable standard and this could prove to be a straightforward task if the switch in headgear isn't an issue. King's Vanity is open to improvement and feared most, while West Bengal rates the most interesting of the three newcomers.
Prediction : 1st Alexandretta 2nd Kings Vanity 3rd West Bengal

With strong form scarce, GLEN HESTE looks worth chancing after going close over 1m at Kempton. That was a significantly improved effort from the David Evans-trained gelding, who could be a different proposition dropping back a furlong now he has proven he can get competitive from this sort of mark (up 1lb here). Birkie Boy holds a reasonable chance of breaking his duck on the all-weather, while Kempton nursery winner Aspire To Glory also enters calculations off just 2lb higher.
Prediction : 1st Glen Heste 2nd Birkie Boy 3rd Aspire To Glory

UPEPO made it two wins from three starts for his current yard when going in over 1m4f here 10 days ago, and a subsequent 6lb rise might yet underestimate Tony Carroll's Irish recruit. The gelded son of Roaring Lion is preferred to Geelong, who should find this easier than the class 4 he contested at Kempton last time, while Hill Station is most appealing of the remainder.
Prediction : 1st Upepo 2nd Geelong 3rd Hill Station

Narrowly denied by a bang in-form rival at Wolverhampton at the end of 2023, ONE NIGHT STAND remains competitively treated from 3lb higher and he is fancied to go one better. Count Otto must shoulder top weight but he's expected to go well, with a low draw a bonus. Recent Southwell scorer Tyke must enter calculations, while Tyger Bay is just one more to consider.
Prediction : 1st One Night Stand 2nd Count Otto 3rd Tyke

SO CHIC won over 7f here when last seen in November and the step back up in trip could help to negate a 2lb rise in the ratings. With that in mind, she gets the vote ahead of Edmund Ironside, who has filled second place in both starts since scoring over C&D. Others to consider are Split Elevens, Island Native and Blue Collar Lad.
Prediction : 1st So Chic 2nd Edmund Ironside 3rd Split Elevens

In a moderate event, HOLD THE PRESS just gets the vote after filling second place off this mark over C&D when last seen in November. Essme made the frame in classified company at Kempton earlier in the week and could prove to be the main threat to the selection based on that evidence, while Kodi Noir edges out My Kind Of Girl to be best of the rest.
Prediction : 1st Hold The Press 2nd Essme 3rd Kodi Noir