Saturday's free feature is the Trainer/Jockey Combo (TJC) report, which works by bringing together the form of trainers and jockeys into a single composite report that has produced excellent results for users. Basically, some trainers turn to specific riders when they have one ‘ready to win’ and this report quickly identifies the most profitable of those combinations. Clicking on any row will reveal the entries for that trainer/jockey pairing whilst clicking on the entry will open the race in a new tab.
HINT: Look for a good sample size – ideally five or more – combined with a decent win percentage (30%+), and a positive figure in the profit column and as ever, please refer to our User Guide for further information.
My own settings for the TJC Report look like this...
...and they have generated the following for me to consider...
...in addition to our selection of daily 'free' races...
- 1.50 Lingfield
- 2.40 Ascot
- 2.45 Haydock
- 4.20 Ascot
- 4.35 Hexham
- 5.45 Hexham
Of all those races above, the Class 1 Swinton handicap hurdle (3.15 Haydock) is the highest-rated, but the 1.50 Lingfield, the 4.20 Ascot and the 4.35 Hexham from the 'free' list also have runners on my TJC Report and from this trio of races, I'm going to focus upon the highest-rated, which is the 1.50 Lingfield. It's a 9-runner, Class 2, 4yo+ flat handicap over a left-handed 1m3f and 133yds on good ground and here's the line-up...
Flash Bardot has won three of her last four and along with Aimeric (2 from 5 and 3 from 6) arrive here on the back of wins last time out, but the former is turned back out quickest just a fortnight after winning at Doncaster on her return from a six-month break. Aimeric, on the other hand, has been off the track 252 days, which is longer than any other runner in this field and he could need the run here.
In fact, aside from Flash Bardot, Peking Opera (21 days) and Base Note (43 days), the rest of the field are all returning from lay-offs after finishing outside of the frame on their last outings.
Yard & UK debutant Kolossal and Peking Opera both make handicap debuts here and the latter will also wear blinkers for the first time, as he drops in class after a couple of unsuccessful Class 1 outings. Track of Time is another handicap debutant on his first UK run, If Not Now has been gelded whilst away from the track and Flash Bardot steps up a class.
None of the field have even raced on this track before, but all bar Peking Opera, If Not Now and Track of Time have already scored over a similar trip to this one.
INSTANT EXPERT...
True Legend, Aimeric and Global Heat have the best good ground records and Aimeric is probably the pick of the bunch off an admittedly fairly sparse amount of data. Flash Bardot is proven at the trip, as is True Legend and these are probably the four standouts from this piece of analysis, although Global Heat and True Legend do run off far higher marks than their last turf successes.
DRAW...
The inference here (to me, at lest) is that you'd ideally be berthed relatively centrally to high in stalls 3 to 7, perhaps? Runners in stall 1 have seemed to struggle, winning just one of the twenty-eight races, which isn't great news for Kolossal on his first run in the UK, but followers of Aimeric & Flash Bardot amongst others will be buoyed by the draw.
PACE...
Essentially, you don't really want to be on a hold-up type here at Lingfield, but that doesn't mean they can't win, it just makes life more difficult, That said, if those drawn centrally take the race on, then it might be wise for those either side to just drop in behind and wait for the right moment to attack. The field's most recent UK outings...
...suggest that Aimeric might have to pass all his rivals if he's going to win this, although several of them have raced in the rear of late. One thing I'm fairly sure of is that Global Heat will attempt to force the pace here.
Summary
The names that keep cropping up during the analysis are Flash Bardot, Aimeric and True Legend and as of 3.20pm on Friday, they were trading at 6/1 (Coral), 9/4 (Bet365 & Coral) and 11/2 (Bet365) respectively at the head of the market and at those odds, Flash Bardot is the one that interests me most. She's had a recent run, she's in good form and is drawn well.
Aimeric looks too short at 9/4 after a long lay-off and his running style might cause him a problem, although he's certainly good enough to prove me wrong, whilst True Legend might also need the run.
Global Heat (16/1 gen) and Base Note (14/1 gen) both featured fairly prominently in the analysis above and whilst unlikely winners here both could easily outrun those odds and make the frame. Base Note has had the benefit of a comeback run six weeks ago so might just be the better option of the two if you fancied a longer-odds punt.
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