French raiders should not be underestimated on Lingfield's big day

Credit: Alan Crowhurst

Silvery Mist
2.30 Lingfield
1pt each-wayForza Capitano
3.05 Lingfield
1pt each-wayAshington
3.55 Newcastle
1pt each-wayArcanada
4.45 Lingfield
1pt each-wayThe French only started to take All-Weather Finals day at Lingfield seriously last season and they walked away with three of the championship prizes.

Whether they will regularly hit the target remains to be seen, but it might pay not to underestimate their challenge this term.

There's a relatively small pool of horses running at this level on the all-weather in Britain and it might be that some carry artificially high ratings because the competition is not so deep.

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Published on 18 April 2019inHorse racing tips

Last updated 16:05, 18 April 2019

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