Midnite: Built For 2025 Not 2005 Handicap.
Lingfield · Wednesday, 17 Dec · 19:20
· 1m 1y
· Class 6
· POLYTRACK
WEIGHEDIN
Status
15:20
Off time
10
Runners
Standard
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
VILLALOBOS (IRE
🥈 Second
BEAR TO DREAM (IRE
🥉 Third
POKE THE BEAR (IRE
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 12 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
2.63
13/8
02 · 🥈 2nd
6
5/1
03 · 🥉 3rd
6.50
11/2
04 · —
7
6/1
05 · —
8.50
15/2
06 · —
8.50
15/2
07 · —
8.50
15/2
08 · —
11
10/1
09 · —
21
20/1
10 · —
26
25/1
11 · —
41
40/1
12 · —
51
50/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | 1 | 3 |
Villalobos (G)
FAV
[V]
Four-time course winner, including making all over this trip under Finley Marsh 15 days ago. Good second back here last week. Leading claims.
|
Finley Marsh | S Hodgson | 6 | 61.2 kg |
2.63
13/8
|
| 8th | 2 | 8 |
Semser (G)
Temperamental sort but did win over C&D in August. Creditable sixth of 10 over C&D when last seen in September. Back from a 12-week break with his yard in good form.
|
Rhys Clutterbuck | G & J Moore | 8 | 61.2 kg |
8.50
15/2
|
| 6th | 3 | 1 |
Cuban Fiesta (G)
[VT]
One win from 21 starts. 20/1, below-form sixth of 14 in handicap at Newcastle (1m) 8 days ago. Tongue strap back on. Others are more persuasive.
|
George Wood | D P Quinn | 4 | 61.2 kg |
11
10/1
|
| 5th | 4 | 4 |
Warrnambool (G)
Caught too far back here on his last 2 starts, latterly on Monday. His hold-up tactics mean he needs things to drop right but he's nicely handicapped if they do.
|
Darragh Keenan | Michael Keady | 3 | 61.2 kg |
6.50
11/2
|
| — | 5 | 5 |
Bear To Dream (M)
7/1, good ¾-length second of 11 to reopposing Poke The Bear over C&D (AW) 9 days ago, clear of rest. Merits consideration off the same mark.
|
James Glennon | M J Attwater | 6 | 60.8 kg |
6
5/1
|
| 10th | 6 | 7 |
Saint Terry (G)
Sixth in a bumper on debut in April. Modest form in 3 turf outings for Tony Carroll over the summer. Has had a break ahead of this AW/handicap. Worth a second look in the betting.
|
Myla Coppins | A W Carroll | 4 | 59.4 kg |
41
40/1
|
| 3rd | 7 | 2 |
Poke The Bear (G)
[T]
22/1, career best when winning 11-runner C&D handicap 9 days ago by ¾ length from Bear To Dream. Effectively running off 3 lb higher here and should go well if in similar form.
|
Tyler Heard | Hayley Burton | 3 | 59.4 kg |
7
6/1
|
| 9th | 8 | 6 |
Straight Back Up (F)
[H1]
Modest maiden. Best effort for this yard when fourth of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 51 days ago, although she pulled hard. Has a hood added now. Also polytrack debut.
|
Charlie Bell | Dr R Newland & J Insole | 3 | 59 kg |
51
50/1
|
| 4th | 9 | 12 |
Monks Mead (G)
Twenty runs since last win in 2023. 7/4, respectable third of 8 in handicap at Brighton (1m, good to firm) in August. Off since.
|
George Bass | M D I Usher | 4 | 59 kg |
21
20/1
|
| 2nd | 10 | 9 |
Charlatan (G)
C&D winner but below par in 2 outings at Southwell since returning from a summer break.
|
Callum Shepherd | D M Simcock | 5 | 59 kg |
8.50
15/2
|
| — | 11 | 11 |
Supernova Steps (M)
NON RUNNER.
|
Non Runner | D Loughnane | 4 | 58.1 kg |
26
25/1
|
| 1st | 12 | 10 |
Royal Jet (G)
[H]
Fifteen runs since last win in 2023. 14/1, eighth of 11 over C&D 43 days ago. Others arrive with more obvious claims.
|
Marco Ghiani | A W Carroll | 5 | 58.1 kg |
8.50
15/2
|
Betting forecast: Villalobos (13/8), Bear To Dream (5/1), Warrnambool (11/2), Poke The Bear (6/1), Royal Jet (15/2), Charlatan (15/2), Semser (15/2), Cuban Fiesta (10/1), Monks Mead (20/1), Supernova Steps (25/1), Saint Terry (40/1), Straight Back Up (50/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 3140.0 GBP |
| P2 | 1474.0 GBP |
| P3 | 736.0 GBP |
| P4 | 368.0 GBP |
| P5 | 183.0 GBP |