7:58 Lingfield Tips

South West looks an interesting contender on his nursery debut after producing comfortably the best performance of his career at Catterick last time. He had shown steady improvement through his opening three starts before everything clicked over five furlongs, where he made all and pulled 4½ lengths clear to win comfortably. That performance was particularly encouraging because he appeared to have something in hand at the finish. His opening handicap mark of 75 presents a new challenge, but the manner of that victory suggests there could still be further improvement to come. Trainer Richard Hughes is in good form, while Finley Marsh already knows the colt well. Marsh was aboard when South West finished a close third at Leicester two starts ago, beaten only a length, so the partnership is well established. The main question is his first start on the all-weather, while several rivals remain open to improvement themselves. However, South West brings an excellent recent performance into this contest and has demonstrated both speed and progression at five furlongs. If transferring his recent improvement to this surface, he looks capable of making a successful handicap debut at Lingfield and continuing his upward trajectory.

Gelded son of Persian Force & Aunt Anny ( Dam's sire Exceed And Excel ) who was last seen contesting in the highly competitive Wetherbys Super Sprint Class 2 Stakes race at Newbury 26 days ago where finishing 23rd/24 however a line is best drawn over that last run as he wasn't ideally placed in what was an unsuitable assignment for this individual in my point of view and that was also his return run after a 75 break and is most certainly entitled to strip fitter with that run under his belt and now making his handicap debut on an attractive mark of 66 with the scope for better R Hannon's inmate looks poised to make a serious impact on his handicap bow especially as he is open to plenty of improvement and progress at this stage of his career and he is well preprepared for this handicap debut the blinkers are aslo applied for the first time here and they can have the desired effect jockey Joe Leavy takes the ride and can give From Me To You a promising ride here at Lingfield expect to see this chestnut thundering home with real purpose

Handicap debut today off a mark of 71. Her trainer is on record saying she is capable of winning off this mark, so I believe this represents good value. She was steadily improving until her last run, when she was well fancied but clearly didn't handle the course. This flat, tight track looks ideal for this speedy filly.