Lingfield preview: Aleator can collect in Coral Handicap

David Metcalf | November 25, 2015

Aleator ran a blinder last time out, and can get back to winning ways in the 1m 2f Coral Handicap at Lingfield today (14.35) now stepped back up in trip.

The Sir Mark Prescott trained gelding was last successful in an extended 1m 1f contest at Wolverhampton back in September when staying on strongly to score by a neck off a mark of 79.

Aleator backed that up with a solid second at Nottingham off 85, and after a below par effort at Chelmsford bounced right back to form at thie venue 11 days ago when third of nine to Mindurownbusiness over 1m.

After being held-up in the latter, Aleator finished with a real rattle to be gaining at the finish and beaten just two lengths.

The winner is a highly progressive sort who has since come out and bolted up at Chelmsford off a rating of 105, and the form looks rock solid in the context of this contest.

Judged on the way Aleator finished off the race, the extra two furlongs this afternoon look sure to suit, and off an unchanged mark of 86 the son of Blame looks weighted to take all the beating.

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