3:50 Lingfield: 2m7f Class 4 handicap hurdle
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A small field with one young, progressive and consistent stayer, a course specialist back from a long break off a lower mark, and the rest with questions about form or class. Only two have a solid recent line at this level, so this is not a deep race.
The runners
In order of our rating, best first. The rating is in pounds, so the gap says how far behind the top each one is: a 2lb race is open, a 10lb race is not. Press Form on any horse for its runs, the case for and against, and what suits it. Prices as at 10:00.
11Rebel Tribesman121321 · Gavin Sheehan · Jamie Snowden116120topevensBeaten a neck at Hexham over 2m7½f, behind a later OR 119 winner, then won at Wetherby; the most solid recent form in the race at this trip.class drop
At Hexham on 10 Oct over 2m7½f it was beaten a neck off OR 113 after making all. Shallow River, 4½L behind, has since won a Class 4 at Huntingdon off OR 119, and Imperial Merlin, 4L behind, was 2nd at Newcastle. It then won at Wetherby on 14 Oct off OR 113 over 2m3½f, though none of the rivals there have run again over hurdles. It had earlier won at Stratford on 20 Aug off OR 109, a race that has thrown up 3 winners since, including Kom Tu Voudras and Kittys Glance. Today it races off OR 116; at the trip it has 4 runs, 1 win and 4 placed, and it has never run at Lingfield.
Drops to Class 4 and steps back up to 2m7f, which it has proved it stays, on good ground that suits, with Gavin Sheehan for Jamie Snowden.
Its jumping has been untidy at times, and OR 116 is its highest mark yet.
Our figure (in testing): 1st of 6. The read has him 1st.
4 earlier runs
24Spike Jones tp3F747- · Benjamin Macey(5) · Samuel Drinkwater110117-37/2Won here off OR 114 and was beaten 0L in this race off OR 113, both after long breaks; races off OR 110 and is a major threat if fit.winning markc & d
It was 2nd, beaten 0L, in this race on 11 Nov 2025 off OR 113 after 296 days off, and it won over course and distance on 12 Nov 2024 off OR 114 after 339 days. Off earlier breaks of 60+ days it has 4 runs, 1 win and 3 placed, and it returns today after 264 days off OR 110. Its 2026 runs were in tougher spots. On 12 Dec 2025 it was 3rd beaten ½L in a Class 2 at Cheltenham off OR 116.
Drops to Class 4 and back to its best course and trip on good ground, off OR 110 with a 5lb claim and cheekpieces and tongue-tie on.
It is a 9yo returning after 264 days, and it has not run well since its Cheltenham third.
5 earlier runs
32Secret Trix t-32244 · Lewis Saunders(5) · Olly Murphy116112-811/22nd twice off OR 120 in the summer and down to OR 116 with a claim, but beaten 31½L and 16¼L in its last two runs.winning mark
Its last two runs were poor: 4th beaten 31½L at Worcester on 25 Sep after weakening 4 out, and 4th beaten 16¼L at Bangor-on-Dee on 4 Sep. The Worcester winner, The Egyptian Ginge, has since won a Class 2 off OR 130, but Secret Trix was nowhere near it. Earlier it was 2nd beaten 2¾L at Perth on 12 Jul and 2nd beaten 4L at Uttoxeter on 4 Jun, both off OR 120, though neither race has produced a winner since. It now races off OR 116, and at the trip it has 2 wins from 14 runs, including a win off OR 129 at Uttoxeter on 9 Jul 2024 on soft. Lewis Saunders claims 5lb.
Same class and trip as its last run, on good ground, off a mark 4lb lower than its summer seconds, with a 5lb claim and the tongue-tie on.
Its last two runs were well beaten at the business end, and it is a 9yo.
Our figure (in testing): 2nd of 6. The read has him 3rd.
5 earlier runs
46D'Jo Dela Barriere5565-1 · Miss Eleanor Williams(7) · Mrs C. Williams104110-107/1Won at Hereford on 26 Oct off OR 99 and runs off OR 104, the mark it won a Class 4 off; it hangs on the in-form win translating up a grade.
It came from the last few to win a Class 5 at Hereford on 26 Oct over 3m1½f on good to firm off OR 99, with Alan Bresil, 9¼L behind, since 3rd at Huntingdon. Only 1 runner from that race has run again, so it is untested. Before that it was beaten in Class 4 and Class 5 company: 5th beaten 19L at Ludlow on 30 Mar, and 6th beaten 16L at Hereford on 18 Mar. Today it runs off OR 104, the mark it won a Class 4 off at Ffos Las on 16 Oct 2025 over 3m. At the trip it has 8 runs, 1 win and 3 placed, and Miss Eleanor Williams claims 7lb.
Steps up to Class 4 and drops 2½f to 2m7f, on good ground, with a 7lb claim from Miss Eleanor Williams for Mrs C. Williams.
Its 2026 Class 4 runs off OR 104 and OR 107 were well beaten, and the Hereford win came a grade lower.
Our figure (in testing): 3rd of 6. The read has him 4th.
5 earlier runs
53That's It Paddy4P-646 · Joe Anderson(3) · Grace Harris111105-159/1Beaten 19½L at Chepstow and 5¾L at Downpatrick; nothing shown yet justifies OR 111 at a trip where it is unplaced.
On its British debut at Chepstow on 10 Oct it was 6th of 13, beaten 19½L over 2m3½f after untidy jumping. That race has since produced Class 3 winners Nimba and Coolnav, but both finished well clear of it. At Downpatrick on 9 Aug over 2m6f it was 4th beaten 5¾L, with Young Doran, ½L ahead, beaten in all three runs since. It led and was beaten 70L at Sligo on 12 May. Today it runs off OR 111 with Joe Anderson claiming 3lb, and in its 1 run at the trip it was unplaced.
Steps up 3½f to 2m7f on good ground with a 3lb claim for Grace Harris, and has never run at Lingfield.
No run shown is anywhere near the level OR 111 asks for, and its jumping has been untidy.
Our figure (in testing): 4th of 6. The read has him 5th.
65Lacrima t845145 · Nathan Andrews(10) · Nick Scholfield10698-2216/1Its only win came in a weak Class 5 off OR 102; beaten 19¼L and 74½L since and now rated OR 106, it has plenty to find.
It won a Class 5 at Worcester on 1 Jul over 2m7f off OR 102, with Roxboro River 7L behind, but the horses close to it have done nothing since. Back at Worcester on 10 Jul in a Class 5 it faded and was 4th beaten 19¼L. Its last run was 5th of 5, beaten 74½L, at Warwick on 22 Sep over 3m2f on good to firm. It runs off OR 106 today, above the mark it won off, and Nathan Andrews claims 10lb. At the trip it has 2 runs, 1 win and 1 placed.
Drops 3f back to 2m7f, where it won, on good ground, with a 10lb claim and the tongue-tie on, and has never run at Lingfield.
Its two runs since the win were well beaten, and it is now rated higher than that winning mark in a better grade.
Our figure (in testing): 6th of 6. The read has him 6th.
5 earlier runs
How to read this table
Rating is the read's own figure for each horse today, in pounds on one scale for the race. Our figure, a separate mechanical rating, is in testing and shows inside each horse's form until it has a record worth showing.
Days is days since the horse last ran. OR is its official rating. A small letter after the name is headgear (b blinkers, v visor, p cheekpieces, t tongue tie, h hood).
Key form lines
The past races that say most about this one, and what they mean today.
Rebel Tribesman was beaten a neck over 2m7½f by a field that has since produced a Class 4 winner off OR 119 and a placed horse, so it stays today's trip with something in hand.
Spike Jones was beaten 0L in this race off OR 113 after 296 days off, and it runs off OR 110 today.
Spike Jones was 7th beaten 12½L in a Class 2 that has thrown up 6 winners including Grade 2 winner Lud'or, so it was outclassed rather than out of form.
A strong race since, with Nimba and Coolnav winning C3s, but That's It Paddy was beaten 19½L in it, so it gains little.
D'Jo Dela Barriere won a Class 5 that has barely been tested since, with only 1 runner out again.
Where today's runners have met
Races two or more of today's runners have run in, the last 18 months first. "Terms" shows how the weights have moved since, against the best-placed of them that day.