The AW Champion Jockey thinks he has a good chance with one at Lingfield

Luke Morris previews his Saturday rides and has his say on the recent Goodwood Cup news…

There are still a good couple of months left of the all-weather season, but my mind couldn’t help but wander to the summer when the news came of about the changes that are being made to the staying programme on the Flat.

It’s about time something was done because people have been changing their attitudes at the sales and in racing towards speed, so hopefully enhancing the staying division with new races and upgrades will encourage people to breed and race stayers more.

Upgrading the Goodwood Cup to a Group 1 is a great move, I think. Stayers were just lacking that mid-season Group 1 and the Goodwood Cup looked the ideal race to boost from a Group 2. It’s at a big summer festival and hopefully it encourages people to take a chance with horses.

We’ve got St Michel to target at some of the big staying prizes this year and hopefully he can get to Goodwood in top shape at the end of July.

That’s a little while off yet though and I’ll be focusing on trying to ride as many winners as I can on a good card at Lingfield on Saturday.

12.50 Lingfield – Ubla

He’s just been struggling of late so the cheek pieces have gone on. He worked well in the week so if the headgear can just bring him back to his best then he could step up on what he’s been doing recently.

1.25 Lingfield – Miss Tiger Lily

Lingfield seems to suit her best as it’s a slightly quicker track then Kempton. What you see is what you get with her as she’s tough and honest, but she has no secrets from the handicapper. She’ll try and she’ll run her race, but if there’s something that’s better in at the weights then it will probably beat her. But she’s a solid each-way chance and I’m sure she’ll be involved.