Jonathan Bead
All-Weather Racing: Wolverhampton and Lingfield Finals Day Preview
If you’re a racing enthusiast, then you wouldn’t want to miss the Finals Day looming at Wolverhampton and Lingfield on Sky Sports Racing. Here’s a sneak peek of what to expect:
Wolverhampton 7.00 – Coco Jamboo leads the pack in feature Race
Marco Botti’s Coco Jamboo is the one to beat in the Class 2 It’s Time To Turn To Talksport Fillies’ Handicap (7.00) at Dunstall Park.
The three-year-old was last seen finishing well in second place here 16 days ago. However, she had won a classy event at Newmarket before that. If she can find that form again, she should be hard to beat on paper.
Jockey Kevin Stott will need a late flourish of winners to take the title race to Finals Day on April 7. He has a good chance with River Pride, who brings a lot of experience into the race. George Boughey’s filly will be making her 16th career start and this is a big drop in class from the company she has been running against recently.
Glorious Angel has been a revelation on the all-weather this winter. Last seen finishing fifth in a Listed contest at Deauville, young star Billy Loughnane will now be on board.
Wolverhampton 8.00 – King’s Gavi Di Gavi Faces Loughnane Contender Daheer
Alan King’s eight-year-old Gavi Di Gavi has been a hugely-consistent performer and arrives looking for an eighth career victory in the Top Odds Every Day With Betuk Handicap (8.00). Andrea Atzeni is back on board having steered him to a last-gasp victory here over the extended mile a month ago.
Mark Loughnane’s Daheer will have the in-form apprentice jockey Billy Loughnane in the saddle. His form seems to be trending in the right direction after a string of strong efforts in defeat. Winforglory will be making just his fifth career start and the two-time winner is coming here on the back of a 207-day absence.
Daheer ridden by David Probert (black and white) coming home to win the Play 4 To Score At Betway Handicap at Wolverhampton
Lingfield 3.15 – Course-and-distance winner Ermesinde returns
The It’s Time To Turn To talkSPORT Fillies’ Restricted Novice Stakes (3.15) sees 10 go to post, headed by Ermesinde who looks to make it two wins from two starts for Kevin Philippart De Foy.
The Golden Horn filly worked hard for that victory on debut, but she certainly showed scope for improvement. It would not be a surprise if she remained unbeaten here. One interesting feature of this contest is that Kirsten Rausing (breeder and owner of Arc star Alpinista) has bred three runners in this contest.
The most interesting of those is Alta Comedia, who is a half-sister to three winners. Franny Norton takes the ride on the Charlie Johnston-trained three-year-old.
Stay updated with the latest Monday racecards and Sky Bet’s odds. Catch every race from Lingfield and Wolverhampton live on Sky Sports Racing on Monday, March 27.
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