AMAZING AMAYA is fancied to back up a last-time-out course-and-distance win by beating 10 rivals for the opening Read Katie Walsh On Betway Insider Handicap (4.25) at Wolverhampton.
Luke Morris’s mount doubled her career tally with a two-and-a-quarter-length defeat of Captain Ryan in a classified stakes at Dunstall Park on January 26.
The assessor put Derek Shaw's mare up 3lb as a result for her return to handicaps but Amazing Amaya, beaten a neck on her previous visit to the track at the start of the year, should give another good account.
At the end of the card, the Morris-partnered NORTONTHORPE BOY should continue his good run of form in the Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boost Handicap (7.30).
Having rounded off 2020 with a first career success - over this course and distance - the Phil McEntee trainee is two from three this year, scoring at Kempton Park either side of a close second at Southwell. Nortonthorpe Boy has an additional 6lb to carry after his victory under McEntee’s daughter Grace last time, but is expected to prove up to the job.
At Warwick, ALLMANKIND should tune up for Cheltenham’s Arkle Trophy by landing the Agetur UK Kingmaker Novices’ Chase (2.50), while BALLYMILSSY is the selection despite top weight in the From The Horses Mouth Podcast Handicap Hurdle (4.30).
LINGFIELD PARK
1.10 OKHOTSK
1.40 HAZARD COLLONGES
2.10 JUMPING CATS
2.40 POWERSTOWN PARK
3.15 BILLY’S ANGEL
3.45 EL BORRACHO
4.20 GETARIVER
4.50 BEAT THE JUDGE
WARWICK
1.50 STELLAR MAGIC
2.20 HASANKEY
2.50 ALLMANKIND
3.25 PAUL’S SAGA
3.55 ADMIRAL’S SECRET
4.30 BALLYMILLSY
5.00 KYNTARA
WOLVERHAMPTON
4.25 AMAZING AMAYA (NAP)
4.55 DUTCH DECOY
5.30 NATE THE GREAT
6.00 LAURENTIA
6.30 SKY DEFENDER
7.00 SAMMARR
7.30 NORTONTHORPE BOY (NB)
DOUBLE: AMAZING AMAYA and NORTONTHORPE BOY
