The booking of reigning Champion Lady
Amateur Jockey Serena Brotherton for a horse in a run-of-the-mill
lady amateur riders’ handicap almost guarantees that it’ll start
at short odds but, in the case of Starboard, in the Betway
Handicap (4.50) at Lingfield on Thursday, short odds look justified.
David Simcock’s eight-year-old escapes a penalty for winning an
apprentice handicap, over a mile, at Chelmsford last week in
convincing style and, with winning form over today’s extra two
furlongs, is difficult to oppose. In fact, the Zamindar gelding won
the Group 3 Prix Du Prince D’Orange, over 1 mile 2 furlongs, at
Longchamp as a three-year-old and, although clearly not the force of
old, remains well handicapped on his best form of the last season or
two. Unfortunately, he’s unlikely to slip in under the radar, but
Miss Brotherton can make what is, I believe, her first ride for David
Simcock a winning one.
Selection: Lingfield 4.50
Starboard to win
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