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Lingfield holds a mixed turf/all-weather card this afternoon and the concluding maiden on the polytrack gives the consistent [b]Jack Of Diamonds[/b] (17:30) a good chance to get off the mark at the seventh time of asking. Roger Teal's charge has raced four times with credit on this surface, showing better form than the rivals he faces today in all of them, and seems sure to benefit from the drop back to six furlongs here (didn't seem to get home over a mile on turf last time), with Richard Hughes an interesting jockey booking. In the opener at Kempton this evening, [b]Paphos[/b] (18:20) aims to repeat his success of 12 months ago in this corresponding race. Although winless since, there are sound reasons for believing a big run is expected from the Stuart Williams trained gelding, with...