Finding the leader could prove key to solving this sprint puzzle

The 5f track at Lingfield lends itself to front-runners. Since the start of 2018, 26% of the races with eight or more runners have gone to the leaders. William Buick has ridden eight winners from 40 rides at the track this year. Bethersden Boy is the overnight favourite. He has good gate speed and pings the lids. It will be his first run over 5ft. Dean Ivory trains sprinter Yimou.

Yimou has a chance of ending a 27-year-long losing streak at Lingfield on Saturday. Dean Ivory believes Yimo is no longer the force of old but still has enough speed to score off his current rating of 70.

Conrad Allen is hopeful Mick's Spirit will trouble the judge at Lingfield. Adrian Nicholls is confident Pepper Streak will run well. Pepper's last start was at Wolverhampton. She finished fourth. The horse who finished second in that race, Politics, has won since.

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