Lingfield Saturday Preview - 08/05/21

With no bet in the first race of the day we move straight onto the Class 4 Handicap over 1m5f and the horse that takes the eye is the Venetia Williams trained Natty Night.

The five year old is making his debut for this yard, who do not have many flat runners, and having been a bright gelding for William Muir he could be a nice recruit.

The gelding was seen six times last season, winning twice and placing on another occasion and in the past he has winning form at the track.

He is versatile when it comes to ground performing well on both soft and good and last time out in October he was seen winning over 12.5 furlongs at Newcastle.

Should get the trip and an interesting runner for this national hunt trainer.

The first big race of the day at Lingfield is the Listed Oaks Trial Fillies' Stakes over 1m 3 1/2f and at a big price Sherbet Lemon for Archie Watson could out run his odds if handling the soft ground that is set to come.

The daughter of Lemon Drop Kid has been seen twice to date, getting off the mark over a mile in February at Newcastle and then in April finished a good fourth behind Noon Star at Wetherby.

That race looks to be a strong affair and she was unlucky finishing strongly into fourth that day coming from the worse position and it was over a shorter trip.

She is a half sister to a horse that finished third in the Melbourne Cup, which mean her pedigree suggests she will get this extra trip and having been an expensive purchase she could well outrun her odds.

Interesting contender at a value price.

The feature race of the day is the Listed Derby Trial over 1m 3 1/2f and the favourite Adayar for Charlie Appleby looks very tough to beat.

The son of Frankel has been seen three times to date, finishing fourth on debut in October at Nottingham over 8.5 furlongs when looking to learn a lot for the experience.

He then went back over the same course and distance later that month and got of the mark for his career, taking the event by an impressive nine lengths.

Saved for this season he made his return in the Group Three Classic Trial at Sandown in April and finished a staying on second behind a nice type for William Haggas.

Stepping up in trip is sure to suit and having won on soft ground in the past the bright star could firmly put himself into the Derby picture.

The penultimate selection of the afternoon comes in the Group Three Chartwell Fillies' Stakes over seven furlongs and if the rain comes, Isabella Giles is an exceptional price at 9/2.

The Clive Cox trained filly has won four of her five events to date, with her last two outings showing the best of her progression when winning back to back group races.

She landed the Group Three Prestige Stakes by seven lengths at Goodwood and then in better company stepped up again to take the Group Two Rockfel Stakes over seven furlongs at Newmarket.

She stepped up to a mile on her final run as a juvenile last term in Group One company at Newmarket and unfortunately got outclassed.

The filly returned at Newbury in the Group Three Fred Darling Stakes and looked to need the run back in sixth, also not handling the quick ground aswell as others.

Getting back to a surface that is more to her suiting and also having a run under her belt should see her go much closer.

If going from the front she could dominate in this weaker race.

The final selection of the afternoon is the James Fanshawe trained Turn On The Charm, who could dominate this small field if improving the form line of his last race.

The four year old ridden by William Buick was a smart horse at the back end of last season, winning twice at Nottingham and Kempton on differing ground and then went to Redcar and finished a fair fourth in a good event.

He came back and made his seasonal debut at Nottingham in a decent handicap that has since thrown out two winners and a second from the first four.

The form of that race warrants him to run a big one in this lesser event and at an odds above price he looks to be value.