The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)

Little Sunflower to shine

- ANITA CHAMBERS

LIT T LE SUNFLOWER makes plenty of appeal in the Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boost Handicap at Lingfield, with Hollie Doyle again on board after the pair recorded a course and distance win last month.

Coming back to six furlongs, William Stone’s filly made all and stuck at it well when strongly pressed in the closing stages.

She has gone up 3lb for her winning effort, but had also run well prior to that when in front of a subsequent scorer when second at Chelmsford and a look back on her victory suggests she was always doing enough to come out on top.

Clearly in great heart, she might take a bit of stopping.

MAXINE should give her supporters a run for their money in the Play Ladbrokes 5- A- Side On Football Handicap.

The Harry Dunlop-trained filly is still a maiden after five tries, but there has been promise in defeat along the way.

That was again evident at Wolverhamp­ton before Christmas, where she put up quite a determined effort to stick to her guns in third, having raced on the outside of runners and led from some way out.

She was returning from a mini break, too, so should be spot on now and is 1lb lower into the bargain.

BLUE MOONRISE is expected to shine in the Betway Novice Stakes at Wolverhamp­ton.

Trained by David Evans, she made a perfectly respectabl­e start first time out over six furlongs at Newcastle and confirmed that impression when dropping to the minimum trip to win here next time out.

SELECTIONS:

LINGFIELD: 12.40 Maxine, 1.10 Melody Of Life, 1.40 Our Oystercatc­her, 2.10 LITTLE SUNFLOWER (NAP), 2.40 Ballydoyle, 3.10 Eastern Star, 3.40 Corofin.

WOLVERHAMP­TON: 4.10 Ballyare, 4.40 Gavi Di Gavi, 5.10 My Sister Jo, 5.40 Canimar, 6.10 Blue Moonrise, 6.40 Eldelbar, 7.10 Fard, 7.40 Bay Of Naples, 8.10 Complexo. DOUBLE: Little Sunflower and Blue Moonrise.

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