Lingfield
·
Free Tips On attheraces.com Handicap
Starts in
Awaiting result
Polytrack surface
All Runners — sorted by TrackLab Score
Good Value
TrackLab Insight
The market favourite despite never winning in 15 races — his rating of 65 puts him among the highest-rated horses in this field, and the editorial team rate him top of their figures, suggesting his form is stronger than his bare results show. He's drawn high (stall 13) at a course where the low draws have a slight edge, which doesn't help. Worth noting his odds have drifted sharply from where they opened, which is rarely a good sign for a horse being backed as the one to beat.
Market favourite (6.0)
TrackLab Insight
Priced similarly to the favourite at 6-1, but there's a significant problem buried in the data: Dashing Donkey has never won on normal ground in nine attempts on that surface, and today's conditions at Lingfield are exactly that. His four career wins have all come on wet or soft ground. Despite being well-fancied, his ground record here is a genuine concern that the market may be underweighting.
One of the more successful in the field (4 career wins)
Good Value
TrackLab Insight
The best win rate in the field — winning roughly 1 in every 5 races across a 39-race career — but he races again just seven days after his last run, which is a quick turnaround. More concerning is that he has never won on normal ground conditions, going 0 from 6 on this type of surface, which is a real red flag on today's card.
Runs again after just 7 days
Best career win rate in field (1 in 5)
Trainer Quotes
Apr 2025
"He was my all-weather winter horse. He won six races last year but then got an injury. He won horse of the month in December, getting a rather nice bonus, and had a two-month holiday after January. He's just started back in cantering and I'm looking forward to seeing him back on the turf. He's a 6f/7f horse and is owned by a great group of people who love him. 30-04-25"
TrackLab Insight
The lowest-rated horse in the field — five points below the average — and yet to win in five career races. He does carry the lightest weight, which is a small advantage in a handicap, but his recent runs of 5th, 5th and 4th suggest he's always finishing into the minor positions rather than challenging. Drawn in the widest stall (14) at a course where high draws have the worst record in the field.
Lowest rated, 4lbs below average
Carries lowest weight in field
TrackLab Insight
The most experienced horse in the field by some distance — 67 races compared to the field average of 23 — and crucially one of only two runners to have won over this exact course and distance. He landed a win just 66 days ago and ran second at Lingfield 39 days ago, so he arrives in solid recent form. A low draw (stall 2) plays to the slight course bias here, making this one of the more appealing profiles in the race.
Has won over this course and distance
Most experienced (67 runs, field avg 23)
Trainer Quotes
Sep 2022
"He's a bit of a character who tends to hold a bit back for himself. That said, he has done very well this season with three wins and is now 9lb higher than at the start of the year. I hope we can squeeze some more improvement out of him, possibly over a mile, as his only run when stepped up from 7f to that distance was a winning one last month at Brighton. 23-09-22"
TrackLab Insight
Finished second in each of her last two races, so she arrives here in the kind of consistent placing form that makes her hard to ignore. The concern is she has never won on left-handed tracks in nine attempts — Lingfield is left-handed — and her best ground has been away from the all-weather. She's drawn in stall 1, which is the lowest draw in the field and gives her a minor positional edge.
Placed in 2 of last 3 races
TrackLab Insight
The data makes for uncomfortable reading: Majestic Wave has never won on normal ground, has never won at Lingfield in six attempts, and has never won on left-handed tracks in seven tries — today ticks all three of those boxes. His last six finishes read 7-9-9-10-6-10, a sequence that points firmly away from confidence. Hard to find a reason to be optimistic.
Mid-range in the market (21.0)
TrackLab Insight
Has the best record among runners at seven furlongs specifically, but his preferred distances according to the data are actually much longer — over a mile and a half — so today's trip may not be playing to his strengths at all. His last run, beaten nearly 25 lengths at Bath, was a sharp step backwards from the third place he managed before that. Hard to make a case for him here.
Best record at this trip (1 from 3)
TrackLab Insight
Ran second at this very course 55 days ago, which is recent and relevant form, and the editorial team rate him as a genuine contender. He has a solid record on normal ground — winning 1 from 5 on this surface — and his draw in stall 5 is comfortably in the low-draw bracket that has the best record at Lingfield over seven furlongs. Jockey and trainer haven't yet managed a win together in four tries, which is a small but honest caveat.
Among the more experienced (30 career races)
TrackLab Insight
The longest absence in the field — not seen for 155 days — and 12 career races without a single win make this a very tough sell. His last four finishes are all 7th or worse, and he steps back into a 14-runner competitive field fresh off a long break. Trainers sometimes return horses refreshed and improved, but the evidence here offers little encouragement.
Absent 155 days (longest in field)
TrackLab Insight
The form figures tell a grim story: his last three runs produced finishes of 7th, 10th and 12th, with one of those beaten by 55 lengths. His four career wins have all come on wet or muddy ground, and today's normal conditions at Lingfield are exactly the type of surface on which he has never won in four attempts. It's hard to see where the improvement comes from here.
One of the more successful in the field (4 career wins)
TrackLab Insight
An eight-year-old veteran of 37 races, Equion has won 4 times and placed 14 more — but his wins have come on soft or wet ground, and he has never won on normal conditions in five attempts. The apprentice jockey claiming 7lbs does reduce the weight he carries, which is a small positive, but the ground profile is the bigger obstacle today.
One of the more successful in the field (4 career wins)
TrackLab Insight
The standout fact here is that Dancing Terror is the only horse in this field to have won over this exact course and distance — a rare and genuine advantage in a race this competitive. However, the market has almost completely dismissed him at 101-1, and his last three runs have been desperately poor, including a 12th and a 10th. A jockey riding this horse for the first time adds another layer of uncertainty.
Has won over this course and distance
Best record on this ground (1 from 3)
Unfancied in the market despite a high rating
TrackLab Insight
One of the least experienced horses in the field with just nine career races, and her most recent run at Kempton 68 days ago has no finishing position recorded in the data, so it's impossible to know how that went. Her one career win came over a shorter trip at Salisbury more than ten months ago, and at 81-1 the market has essentially written her off.
Relatively inexperienced (9 career races)
Your pick
—
—
What you'd get back
—
Odds
—
Bet type
Win (they finish 1st)
How much do you want to bet?
Your bet
£5
Your profit if they win
—
Total back in your pocket
—
How do odds work?
The first number is what you win, the second is what you bet. So 5/2 means you win £5 for every £2. 4/1 means you win £4 for every £1. The bigger the first number, the less likely bookmakers think the horse will win — but the more you'd win if it does.
Paid out by the bookmaker, not TrackLab.
Choose your bookmaker