| Pos | Horse / Form | Age/Wgt | Jockey / Trainer | OR | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥉 3rd |
5y 137 lbs |
Billy Loughnane George Boughey |
88 | 6/5F | |
| 4 |
5y 137 lbs |
Kieran Shoemark Oliver Cole |
88 | 6/1 | |
| 🥇 1st |
4y 131 lbs |
Sean Levey Saeed bin Suroor |
82 | 5/2 | |
| 🥈 2nd |
4y 130 lbs |
Tom Marquand Charles Hills |
81 | 4/1 |
Classic Encounter is our selection for this Lingfield mile, sharing the top rating with Great Chieftain but boasting the sharper placings in defeat, including a runner-up effort last time out. He has raced over today’s distance and won three starts back, giving him solid claims to confirm that promise. Great Chieftain, unraced for 92 days, is the obvious alternative given the shared top rating, while Huscal, racing without much let-up, and the frustratingly consistent Desert Shadow round out the dangers. Confidence in the selection is high.
Great Chieftain tends to come to life at this time of year and I\’m happy to take a chance that he can return to the level of form he showed last summer. At the current odds, he looks the value play in what is a competitive contest.