Serial Lingfield winner to finish 2025 with a bang – Jason Heavey’s New Year’s Eve horse racing ideas
The Daily Star’s Chief Tipster reckons a Simon Hodgson-trained hope will notch a fourth successive win at Linfield on New Year’s Eve
PREPARE for the new year with some clarity by backing CLEARPOINT (1.30 nb) to continue his fantastic run of form in the Midnite, Building The Future Of Betting Handicap at Lingfield Park on Wednesday.
Simon Hodgson’s charge has won his last three starts over the minimum trip, with a couple of course and distance victories followed by a decisive all-the-way win at Wolverhampton.
Assuming the mount of Alistair Rawlinson is in the same form after a short break, he will take some pegging back despite a 4lb hike in the weights.
In the feature race at the Surrey track, TYRRHENIAN SEA (2.00) is backed to regain his title in the Midnite Quebec Stakes.
Roger Varian’s all-weather specialist was a decisive winner of this Listed contest in 2023 and found only the high-class Royal Champion too strong when trying to defend his crown last year.
Royal Champion went on to win the Winter Derby and is also now a dual Group Two winner, so there was certainly no shame in Tyrrhenian Sea’s performance and two wins and three runner-up finishes from five visits to Lingfield is clear evidence of his liking of the track.
In the finale at Lingfield, TWILIGHT MADNESS (3.30, trb) is taken to be the final all-weather winner of 2025.
Having tumbled down the weights, the seven-year-old returned to form when notching a quickfire brace over this course and distance and at Wolverhampton earlier this month.
He remains on a handy mark and is poised to complete the hat-trick.
Today’s top selection runs in the General Sports Worldwide Handicap Chase at Uttoxeter.
KEPPEL QUEEN (3.13, nap) was placed several times in handicaps for the Jonjo and A J O’Neill stable.
And the mare made the most of a good opportunity when winning a Warwick maiden hurdle on debut for her debut in the Olly Murphy yard in October.
Returning to chasing for only a second time – she fell early on her sole previous attempt – expect champion jockey Sean Bowen to take her straight into the winners’ enclosure.
New Year’s Eve tips
LINGFIELD
12.00 Eternity’s Sunrise
12.30 Wild Act
1.00 Up The Agenda
1.30 Clearpoint (nb)
2.00 Tyrrhenian Sea
2.30 Hitched
3.00 Lady Manzor
3.30 Twilight Madness (trb)
WARWICK
12.20 Captain Boudet
12.52 Coolkatie
1.22 Wiseman’s Prince
1.52 Roger Rarebit
2.22 Seatoit
2.52 Stick With Me Sam
3.22 Risky Obsession
UTTOXETER
12.42 Woodland Park
1.13 Bollin Thou
1.43 Lon Chaney
2.13 Kenzoko
2.43 Kalhandrion
3.13 Keppel Queen (nap)
3.43 Fern Gully
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