Talking Horses: Rogue Bear can fire Flat season opener with Lincoln win


The lightly raced Tom Clover-trained gelding is an attractive bet for the first big race of the turf Flat season at Doncaster

William Haggas’s Mujtaba, the likely favourite for Saturday’s Lincoln Handicap at Doncaster, is a lightly-raced four-year-old with the potential to be a Group-class performer before too long, which is very much the profile of recent winners of this historic handicap.

That list includes Haggas’s Addeybb, who landed three Group Ones after winning on Town Moor in 2018, but while Mujtaba has obvious claims for this year’s renewal, several of his opponents arrive with similar records.

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