Ante-post punters hit as Zaahid misses cut for Lincoln

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Now the Barry Hills-trained Zaahid will go to post for the consolation race instead, the William Hill Spring Mile, over an hour earlier.

Unfortunate: Barry Hill saw ante-post favourite fail to get in the Lincoln

Zaahid has been replaced at the head of the market by Prince Forever who is 13-2 with Hills.

The top 22 horses all stood their ground in a race where the draw has traditionally played a key part and this year's renewal offers more questions than ever as it will be the first running of the race since the track's redevelopment.

Richard Quinn rides sole Irish challenger, Little White Lie, who is 9-1 from 11-1 with Hills after landing stall six in yesterday's draw.

Former champion Ryan Moore, who was expected to partner the Ger Lyons-trained four-year-old, heads to Kempton instead to ride November Handicap winner Malt Or Mash in the Listed Dragonfly Stakes.

In the past, low numbers were favoured for the first big handicap of the new turf season when the going was on the soft side, and clerk of the course David Williams is expecting some cut in the ground.

He said: "The course itself hasn't changed but the new drainage system we installed means the ground is far more consistent now than it was in the past. It is good to soft at the moment."

Others who have been drawn low include 2006 winner Blythe Knight who is in stall three and will carry top weight after his unplaced run in last week's Champion Hurdle.

John Gosden's Escape Route (4) and last year's runner-up Rio Riva (5) are others with single-figure draws.

Donald McCain's Temple Place (8) took the final place in the 22-runner line-up and could provide the trainer with the first leg of the Spring Double as he will saddle Grand National favourite Cloudy Lane two weeks later.

Among those drawn high are last year's fourth, Raptor (19), the Spring Mile winner of 12 months ago, European Dream (20), and last year's victor Very Wise (17).