The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Lansky can claim cup glory at Lingfield
After Kempton success last year, blinkers back on today
LANSKY can take the next step up the ladder by winning the 32Red Spring Cup at Lingfield.
A 300,000 guineas purchase at the breeze-ups last spring, Lansky was off the mark at the first time of asking for Jeremy Noseda, overcoming a slow start at Windsor in August to win in cosy style.
That victory prompted a swift step up in class and he was hardly disgraced in finishing third in the Acomb before going on to claim fourth in the Mill Reef at Newbury.
Noseda evidently wanted to end the year on a high as he pitched the Dark Angel colt into an average novice heat at Kempton in October and Lansky duly obliged, defying a 7lb penalty and a tardy start to triumph in first-time blinkers.
The headgear is back on here and while Lansky has a little to find with Headway and a couple of others on the ratings, he looks a horse on the upgrade.
That certainly was not a bad run and Cartographer might be the one here.
HUMBERT is three from three this winter and can extend that to four victories in the Play For Free At sunbets.co.uk/vegas Handicap.
Hugo Palmer’s charge opened his account with the minimum of fuss at Kempton in December and has followed up with victories in competitive heats at Wolverhampton and Kempton.
SNOWY WINTER is sure to be a popular choice at Chelmsford given the recent cold snap, but she is certainly not without a chance in the totequadpot Races 3 To 6 Handicap at Chelmsford.
Her previous effort over this onemile-six-furlong trip last September can be forgotten as her last place finish was clearly too bad to be true.
She has been running consistently well since that disappointment and while a step back up is not certain to suit, she has been running well over 12 furlongs and may be worth another try.
SELECTIONS CHELMSFORD: 5.45 Kodiac Express, 6.15 Jellmood, 6.45 Snowy Winter, 7.15 Major Valentine, 7.45 Rock On Baileys, 8.15 The Lacemaker, 8.45 Ravenhoe.
LINGFIELD: 1.45 Humbert, 2.20 Attain, 2.55 Cartographer, 3.30 LANSKY (NAP), 4.00 Blastofmagic, 4.35 Porrima, 5.10 Silver Quay.
DOUBLE: Lansky and Humbert.