Talking Horses: Straight Right the best bet at all-weather championships


Lingfield can expect their biggest crowd of the year and there should be more than enough to keep everyone entertained

The early date for Easter last year did nothing at all for attendances at the three British meetings on Good Friday, with Lingfield, Newcastle and Bath suffering declines of 30%, 39% and 44% on their 2017 crowd figures as potential racegoers checked the weather forecast and decided to stay indoors.

The numbers should bounce back in style this year, however, with temperatures expected to be well above the mid-April average at all three tracks, so Bath which is racing for the first time this season and Lingfield can expect to welcome their biggest crowds of the year and there should be more than enough to keep everyone entertained.

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Lingfield 1.30 Starlight Romance 2.00 Amade 2.30 Gorgeous Noora 3.05 Kachy 3.40 Charming Kid (nb) 4.15 Wissahickon 4.45 Straight Right (nap) 

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