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14:40 Lingfield Park

Mick Hughes 69th Birthday Novices' Handicap Chase (Class 4)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Heavy
  • Surface: Turf
  • £8,000 added
  • Winner: £5,198
  • 2nd: £1,526
  • 3rd: £763
  • 4th: £382
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 45.50s
  • Off Time: 14:40:26
  • 5 Ran
1
Silk - Red and White check, Black and White check sleeves, Royal Blue cap

Bawden Rocks

24 p BF
3/1
  • Form F8/01-22
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-12
  • Official Rating 102

tracked leaders, went 2nd 3rd, led 6th, headed 3 out, stayed on same pace

2
Silk - BLACK and WHITE check, YELLOW sleeves, BLACK and WHITE quartered cap
3/1
  • Form 225/072
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-10
  • Official Rating 100

led until 1st, tracked leader until 3rd, stayed handy, mistake and weakened 3 out, pulled up before last

3
Silk - Emerald Green, White diamond, diabolo on sleeves and diamond on cap
  • Form 0/P75-20
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-8
  • Official Rating 98

in rear, mistake 5th, behind next, not fluent 7th, closed 4 out, went 3rd before next, no impression, weakened 2 out, mistake last

4
Silk - Yellow, Emerald Green star, Emerald Green sleeves, Yellow stars, Emerald Green cap, Yellow star
4/1
  • Form 2-34813
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-12
  • Official Rating 88

pulled hard and very awkward early stages, led 1st until not fluent 6th, weakened before 3 out where mistake

5
Silk - Orange, Black diamond and armlets
3/1
  • Form 6076/F5
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-9
  • Official Rating 85

held up, 3rd when not fluent 5th, blundered next, went 2nd 8th, led 3 out, jumped left 2 out, not fluent last, driven out

In depth

Verdict

Fakenham scorer Entry To Evrywhere was made favourite to follow up at Leicester last month but refused to settle and dropped away tamely in the closing stages. He eventually finished 15 lengths behind DIAMOND LIFE and, only a pound better off, may struggle to reverse that form. Bawden Rocks is only 2lb higher than when second over course and distance in December but was beaten 25 lengths when filling the same spot at Wetherby last month. Chepstow fifth Gold Carrot is preferred to chasing debutant Zayfire Aramis of the others.

Formwatch

Bawden Rocks 6-4fav (10-9) Tracked winner, ridden before 3 out, no impression, 2nd of 4, 25l behind Astigos (11-12) at Wetherby 1m 7f hcp (4) hvy in Feb.

Diamond Life 7-1 (11-4) Prominent, led 7th, headed after next, led 3 out, jumped left next, headed flat, plugged on, 2nd of 4, 1/2l behind Global Dream (11-8) at Leicester 2m hcp (4) hvy in Feb.

Zayfire Aramis 7-2 (11-10) Held up towards rear, headway 4 out to chase leaders, weakening when mistake last, 11th of 12, dist behind Beyondtemptation (10-9) at Wetherby 2m hcp (5) sft in Feb.

Entry To Evrywhere (IRE) 11-8fav (10-7) Took keen hold, led briefly 1st, led after next, headed 7th, no impression 4 out, mistake 3 out, 3rd from next, 3rd of 4, 15 1/2l behind Global Dream (11-8) at Leicester 2m hcp (4) hvy in Feb.

Gold Carrot 7-1 (10-13) Prominent, mistake 4th, led 5th, hit 6th, mistake and headed 4 out, weakened and lost 3rd from last, 5th of 12, 19 1/2l behind Winged Express (10-13) at Chepstow 2m hcp (5) sft in Feb.