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Rain Will Help Mull Of Killough in William Hill Lincoln
23/03/10

John Spearing is hoping a drop of rain can help the lightly-raced Mull Of Killough (12/1 with William Hill) land the £125,000 William Hill Lincoln (3.10pm) over a mile at Doncaster on Saturday, March 27.

The four-year-old, one of 76 five-day acceptors for the historic handicap, has registered three wins from six starts and will be having his first outing since defeating fellow William Hill Lincoln hope Light From Mars (33/1) by half a length on good to firm going over a mile at Haydock in September.

Spearing revealed today: “Mull Of Killough will go to the William Hill Lincoln on Saturday. I am pleased with his progress through the winter and it is a case of so far so good.

“He likes a bit of give in the ground - he is definitely better with a bit of cut so this rain that is around will all be on his side. I was pleased with his win over a mile at Haydock in September because Jamie Spencer rode him and said he hated the ground but won in spite of it.

“It is always difficult to say if they have improved from three to four until you run them but Mull Of Killough’s work is very good and he has had no interruptions or hold ups. He is working well at home and that is as much as I can say, really.”

Mia’s Boy (16/1) tops the weights on 9st 10lb for the William Hill Lincoln and trainer Chris Dwyer is hoping his stable star can improve upon his fourth place in last year’s renewal.

The six-year-old proved himself among the top bracket of mile handicappers last term with a third place in the Royal Hunt Cup among a bevy of fine efforts that included a second course victory in November’s robinhoodairport.com Conditions Stakes over seven furlongs.

Mia’s Boy was also tested in the highest company in 2009, finishing down the field behind Rip Van Winkle in the Group One Sussex Stakes at Goodwood in July, and was runner-up to subsequent Grade One winner and Dubai World Cup hope Gitano Hernando at Wolverhampton in September.

Dwyer revealed today: “Mia’s Boy has top-weight but he’ll be going there in good form. I was very pleased with his run at Wolverhampton and he has come out of that fine.

“He has always run well at Doncaster so hopefully that will continue on Saturday. He just wants nice ground. Good or good to soft would be fine but I would not like it to get heavy because that would just blunt his speed.

“He ran in some really good races last year and his second to Gitano Hernando at Wolverhampton looks particularly good. It would be nice to go to Doncaster on Saturday and run well again.”

Penitent is the 6/1 favourite for the William Hill Lincoln with the race sponsor and the William Haggas-trained four-year-old has yet to finish out of the first two in five starts, including when dead-heating in a mile handicap on Polytrack at Kempton in September.

The Brian Meehan-trained Manassas (9/1) has already scored over a mile on Town Moor, having scored in a handicap at last year’s Ladbrokes St Leger meeting. John Gosden, who sent out Expresso Star to victory in last year’s William Hill Lincoln, may this year rely on Newmarket handicap scorer Doctor Crane (10/1).

Collateral Damage (20/1) also boats winning form over the course and distance of the William Hill Lincoln, winning the final race of the 2009 Flat season for Tim Easterby, while Barry Hills has engaged last year’s Royal Hunt Cup runner-up Huzzah (20/1).

Other notable contenders include Tiger Reigns (16/1), who notched a hat-trick of handicap wins for Michael Dods last summer, Prime Exhibit (20/1), one of six entries remaining from the stable of Richard Fahey, and the Richard Hannon-trained Vitznau (20/1), who was an impressive winner of the williamhill.com Lincoln Trial at Wolverhampton on March 13.

Final declarations for the William Hill Lincoln, which has a safety limit of 22, must be made prior to 10.30am on Thursday, March 25. Horses that are eliminated from the feature race will be eligible to run in the £50,000 William Hill Spring Mile (2.00pm), run over the same distance.

William Hill bet: Penitent 5/1, Manassas 9/1, Doctor Crane 10/1, Mull of Killough 12/1, Collateral Damage 16/1, Extraterrestrial 16/1, Mia's Boy 16/1, Tiger Reigns 16/1, Vitznau 16/1, Albaqaa 20/1, Harrison George 20/1, Huzzah 20/1, Prime Exhibit 20/1, Dunn'o 25/1, Viva Vettori 25/1, Advanced 33/1, Audemar 33/1, Benandonner 33/1, Billy Dane 33/1, Black Dahlia 33/1, Captain Macarry 33/1, Chosen Forever 33/1, Dubai's Touch 33/1, Elliptical 33/1, Flipando 33/1, Full Toss 33/1, Inheritor 33/1, Irish Heartbeat 33/1, Kaolak 33/1, Kavachi 33/1, Kiwi Bay 33/1, Lang Shining 33/1, Laudatory 33/1, Light From Mars 33/1, Marajaa 33/1, Marvo 33/1, Miss Glitters 33/1, Mister Hardy 33/1, Mount Hadley 33/1, Mountain Cat 33/1, Moynahan 33/1, Reve de Nuit 33/1, Sohcahtoa 33/1, Spinning 33/1, Tartan Gigha 33/1, Tartan Gunna 33/1, The Osteopath 33/1, Ben Chorley 40/1, Charlie Cool 40/1, Charlie Tipple 40/1, Conry 40/1, Dhaular Dhar 40/1, European Dream 40/1, Indian Skipper 40/1, Ishetoo 40/1, Joseph Henry 40/1, Legal Legacy 40/1, Mangham 40/1, Smokey Oakey 40/1, Snow Bay 40/1, Sonning Gate 40/1, South Cape 40/1, Alakhan 50/1, Alsahil 50/1, Hawaana 50/1, Lucky Dance 50/1, Noble Jack 50/1, Royal Power 50/1, Shaws Diamond 50/1, Thunderball 50/1, Dubai Dynamo 66/1, Mishrif 66/1, Ours 66/1, Raptor 66/1, Classic Descent 100/1, Final Drive 100/1

1/4 Odds Place 1,2,3,4

THE WILLIAM HILL LINCOLN
Class 2, Heritage Handicap, £125,000 Total Prize Fund. Doncaster, Saturday, March 27, 2010. For four-year-olds & upwards, one mile (straight course). Entries closed February 9, entries revealed February 10 (97 entries), weights revealed February 17. Highest weight not less than 9st 10lb; minimum weight 7st 12lb. Penalties: after February 13, a winner 5lb. Scratchings deadline March 2 (91 remain), five-day confirmation stage March 22 (76 confirmations), final declaration stage 10.00am, March 25. Form figures supplied by Weatherbys and are correct up to and including Sunday, March 21.

Form Horse Age/Wgt Owner Trainer

00(2)12-(2) MIA'S BOY 6-9-10 Iraj Parvizi Chris Dwyer
01440-(4) ADVANCED 7-9-09 T Doherty and McHeen Kevin Ryan
(5/10001- MANASSAS (IRE) 5-9-04 Rebecca Philipps Brian Meehan
00001-(4) EXTRATERRESTRIAL 6-9-04 G J Paver Richard Fahey
033216- LIGHT FROM MARS 5-9-04 R K Arrowsmith Rod Millman
150(6)/41- DOCTOR CRANE (USA) 4-9-02 Rachel Hood John Gosden
21(2)(1)(2)- PENITENT 4-9-02 Cheveley Park Stud William Haggas
400100- DUBAI'S TOUCH 6-9-02 Salem Suhail Mark Johnston
60(5)405-(1) VITZNAU (IRE) 6-9-02 (5lb ex) Louis Stalder Richard Hannon
(2)02-(5)(2)(7) TARTAN GIGHA (IRE) 5-9-01 Exors of the late Isabel Bird Mark Johnston
506005- SMOKEY OAKEY (IRE) 6-9-01 Judi Dench and Bryan Agar Mark Tompkins
000(0)-(1)(0) FLIPANDO (IRE) 9-9-01 Jenny Hazell David Barron
111(3)11- COLLATERAL DAMAGE (IRE) 7-9-00 Middleham Park Racing XXV Tim Easterby
112301- MULL OF KILLOUGH (IRE) 4-9-00 Noel Lawless John Spearing
04-(1)(4)(6)(0) REVE DE NUIT (USA) 4-8-13 Jaber Ali Alsabah Alan McCabe
(5)3423-(3) ALBAQAA 5-8-13 Josephine Tattersall Richard Fahey
253615- HARRISON GEORGE (IRE) 5-8-13 P D Smith Holdings Ltd Richard Fahey
004600- LANG SHINING (IRE) 6-8-13 A Taylor Jamie Osborne
(6)(1)(3)(6)(9)(0) FULL TOSS 4-8-12 Sally Edwards David Evans
(0)(1)(1)(5)-(2)(0) BLACK DAHLIA 5-8-12 Paul Dixon & Brian Morton Jeremy Glover
000530- ISHETOO 6-8-11 John Sissons Ollie Pears
106030- DUNN'O (IRE) 5-8-11 Dennis Shaw Clive Cox
421114- TIGER REIGNS 4-8-11 Joe Buzzeo Michael Dods
240000- HUZZAH (IRE) 5-8-11 J Gale, J Finch, D Cole, R Dollar, D Powell Barry Hills
150-(5)(0)(0) KAOLAK (USA) 4-8-11 Simon Kerr John Ryan
060640- MISTER HARDY 5-8-10 The Cosmic Cases Richard Fahey
(2)(5)203-(1) VIVA VETTORI 6-8-10 (5lb ex) Mike Watson David Elsworth
4/4132-(6) PRIME EXHIBIT 5-8-09 Dab Hand Racing Richard Fahey
0(5)154-(6) TARTAN GUNNA 4-8-09 Exors of the late Isabel Bird Mark Johnston
600040- DHAULAR DHAR (IRE) 8-8-08 Middleham Park Racing XLV Jim Goldie
110000- THE OSTEOPATH (IRE) 7-8-08 Kevin Kirkup Michael Dods
(3)(1)(4)-(0)(2)(2) BENANDONNER (USA) 7-8-08 Phil Woods Mike Murphy
512(1)0(1)- CAPTAIN MACARRY (IRE) 5-8-07 Mrs S Quinn John Quinn
243140- IRISH HEARTBEAT (IRE) 5-8-07 Mark & G H Leatham Richard Fahey
022220- BILLY DANE (IRE) 6-8-07 James Callow Barry Murtagh
215100- MARAJAA (IRE) 8-8-07 John Jacques Willie Musson
640000- JOSEPH HENRY 8-8-07 Billy Hughes David Nicholls
240(0)5(0)- MOYNAHAN (USA) 5-8-07 D S Lee Paul Cole
(4)(1)(3)-(1)(0)(3) AUDEMAR (IRE) 4-8-06 Gute Freunde Partnership Ed Vaughan
00150(4)- MOUNT HADLEY (USA) 6-8-06 Stef Stefanou Gerard Butler
(0)/111/50- BEN CHORLEY 6-8-06 Diamond Racing Ltd David Evans
310000- KAVACHI (IRE) 7-8-05 Bryan Pennick & Roy Martin Gary Moore
00/006-(0) EUROPEAN DREAM (IRE) 7-8-05 You Trotters Richard Guest
241322- KIWI BAY 5-8-05 Kiwi Racing Michael Dods
(0)(1)(0)-(1)(0)(4) SNOW BAY 4-8-05 (5lb ex) Pinnacle Bahamian Bounty Partnership Bryan Smart
66(6)4(0)(4)- LUCKY DANCE (BRZ) 8-8-04 Joshua Snellings George Foster
(3)/1(6)-(5)(0) ALSAHIL (USA) 4-8-03 R D Bickenson Micky Hammond
(4)(1)(1)(3)-(4)(0) SPINNING 7-8-03 Jenny Hazell David Barron
1013(6)0- ELLIPTICAL (USA) 4-8-03 Keen As Mustard Gerard Butler
5(1)(1)/340- SONNING GATE 4-8-03 Alf Heaney David Elsworth
600(2)(1)-(0) INHERITOR (IRE) 4-8-03 Richard Page Bryan Smart
14(4)(0)12- CONRY (IRE) 4-8-03 Mrs S J Kelly Pat Morris
152(1)30- MOUNTAIN CAT (IRE) 6-8-02 S Rudolf Alan Swinbank
(1)(1)-(1)(2)(1)(0) CHOSEN FOREVER 5-8-02 Reg Bond Geoff Oldroyd
54500(5)- SOHCAHTOA (IRE) 4-8-01 Sue Brendish Richard Hannon
063-(3)6(0) ROYAL POWER (IRE) 7-8-01 Leavy, McManus, Flood, Devaney & Reynolds David Nicholls
04(4)(4)(2)6- LAUDATORY 4-8-01 Peter Harris Walter Swinburn
P0-(5)(3)(1)(5) DUBAI DYNAMO 5-8-01 (5lb ex) The Bottom Liners Ruth Carr
200035- CHARLIE TIPPLE 6-8-00 Norman Jackson Tim Easterby
401050- MARVO 6-8-00 M P Bowring Mark Tompkins
(4)(4)-(1)(5)(6)(6) THUNDERBALL 4-7-13 Paul Dixon & Brian Morton Jeremy Glover
U03001- SOUTH CAPE 7-7-13 Heart of the South Racing Gary Moore
000(0)(0)-(5) MANGHAM (IRE) 5-7-12 Ron Hull David Brown
30(5)/-(1)(0)(6) NOBLE JACK (IRE) 4-7-12 M K George Gary Moore
5241(0)- ALAKHAN (IRE) 4-7-12 Patrick Kelly Ian Williams
0200(0)(6)- CHARLIE COOL 7-7-12 Middleham Park Racing XXIV Ruth Carr
111240- LEGAL LEGACY 4-7-11 D Vic Roper Michael Dods
00-(0)(5)(0)(4) RAPTOR (GER) 7-7-11 Winning Circle Partnership Mark Rimmer
604104- SHAWS DIAMOND (USA) 4-7-10 Lyndsey Shaw Derek Shaw
(2)(3)(2)(4)(0)(0) INDIAN SKIPPER (IRE) 5-7-08 Future Racing (Notts) Limited Richard Guest
(6)6(0)(1)(2)-(3) MISS GLITTERS (IRE) 5-7-07 Mary Morrison Hughie Morrison
(0)(5)(4)-(3)(4)(0) HAWAANA (IRE) 5-7-06 Kings Club Syndicate II Gay Kelleway
6(0)(0)(0)00- MISHRIF (USA) 4-7-04 Sheik Ahmad Yousuf Al Sabah John Jenkins
6(3)(1)-(1)(4)(3) OURS (IRE) 7-7-04 Peter Smith P C Coaches Limited John Harris
(6)0(0)-(6)(0)(6) CLASSIC DESCENT 5-7-04 David Chapman Ruth Carr
4(5)(6)(0)(1)(1)- FINAL DRIVE (IRE) 4-6-07 Par 4 Racing Eddie Creighton

76 Five-day confirmations