Midnite Winter Derby Stakes (Group 3).
Lingfield · Saturday, 21 Feb · 18:00
· 1m 2f
· Class 1
· POLYTRACK
WEIGHEDIN
Status
14:00
Off time
5
Runners
Standard
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 5 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
1.67
4/6
02 · 🥈 2nd
6
5/1
03 · 🥉 3rd
6.50
11/2
04 · —
7
6/1
05 · —
34
33/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 1 | 4 |
Boiling Point (H)
Listed winner for Roger Varian and even better for this yard, including when winning 23-runner Cambridgeshire Handicap at Newmarket (9f) on final outing in September. Benefited from a good track position that day but looks more than capabl…
|
21-4313 | S H James | K R Burke | 5 | 58.1 kg |
6
5/1
|
| 2nd | 2 | 3 |
Chancellor (G)
FAV
Has returned a much-improved performer since gelding and breathing operations, starting with winning 7f handicap at Kempton in November. Shade unlucky not to follow up in a listed event there next time and made no mistake at Southwell subs…
|
712-125 | R Havlin | J & T Gosden | 4 | 58.1 kg |
1.67
4/6
|
| 3rd | 3 | 2 |
Military Academy (G)
[B]
Showed signs of temperament towards the end of a winless 4-y-o season for the Gosdens. Proved he retains a large chunk of ability on second run for new yard in January and again ran creditably in a small-field affair over C&D on his most r…
|
723055 | Billy Loughnane | Jane Chapple-Hyam | 5 | 58.1 kg |
34
33/1
|
| 5th | 4 | 1 |
Nebras (G)
[P]
Has taken well to front running, improving again to follow up his handicap win at Newcastle in a listed event over this C&D in December. Has more on his plate now, however.
|
69211-5 | R L Moore | J & T Gosden | 4 | 58.1 kg |
6.50
11/2
|
| 1st | 5 | 5 |
Sky Safari (M)
[T]
Signed off 2025 by winning pair of handicaps and 10-runner listed event here (8f, AW) in November. Had her winning run ended but improved again back in handicap company when second on her first start at this trip over C&D last month and is…
|
111-218 | Daniel Muscutt | J R Fanshawe | 5 | 56.7 kg |
7
6/1
|
Betting forecast: Chancellor (4/6), Boiling Point (5/1), Nebras (11/2), Sky Safari (6/1), Military Academy (33/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 56710.0 GBP |
| P2 | 21500.0 GBP |
| P3 | 10760.0 GBP |
| P4 | 5360.0 GBP |
| P5 | 2690.0 GBP |
| P6 | 1350.0 GBP |