GOLDSMITH is fancied to give his rivals weight and a beating in the Bet £10 Get £40 At BetMGM Handicap (1.20) at Lingfield Park today.
After a string of consistent efforts on the all-weather this winter, the Alice Haynes-trained son of Shalaa travels from Newmarket to Surrey on a hat-trick.
After a half-length second to Ninth Life over a mile and a quarter at Lingfield five days before Christmas, my selection went one better over Wolverhampton’s extended nine furlongs a week later.
And Kieran O’Neill’s mount went in again over this afternoon’s mile trip at Southwell last Thursday.
Hitting the front over a furlong out, Goldsmith ran on stoutly to the finish to hold Law Supreme by one length.
Newsboy’s Daily Double plus tips on every race from Monday’s four meetingsThe five-year-old makes a quick return to the fray under a 5lb penalty and, in his current mood, Goldsmith looks a rock-solid bet to rack up the threesome.
At Hereford, IMAC WOOD gets the vote for a second course-and-distance success when he locks horns with eight opponents for the Read Harry Cobden’s Blog At PlanetSportBet Handicap Chase (2.37).
Having beaten Ballinoulart here on his penultimate outing, Deborah Cole’s six-year-old came home strongly to take a close third to Prairie Wolf at Doncaster the following month and still has more to offer on his ninth attempt over fences.
Monday's selections
LINGFIELD PARK
12.50 RISING FORCE
1.20 GOLDSMITH (NAP)
1.50 MUMAYAZ
2.20 JENNI
2.50 VIA BLANCA
3.20 NIGHT ON EARTH
3.50 CHAGALL
HEREFORD
1.07 BILLY BOI BLUE
1.37 CRYSTAL MOON
2.07 ANNIE DAY
2.37 IMAC WOOD (NB)
3.07 BENNY SILVER
3.37 MAJOR FORTUNE
4.10 JACOBIN
WOLVERHAMPTON
4.30 REBEL REDEMPTION
5.00 BEAR TO DREAM
5.30 IT’S NOT RISKY
6.00 MASTER DANDY
6.30 GUSTAV GRAVES
7.00 ONE LAST HUG
7.30 LYNWOOD LAD
8.00 FOOTSY
8.30 STAR OF ST LOUIS
DOUBLE: GOLDSMITH and IMAC WOOD