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14:00 Lingfield Park

Bet Direct Apprentice Handicap (Class E)

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Standard
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 33.11s
  • 12 Ran
2
Silk -
20/1

    1(12)
    Silk - Maroon, Light Blue triple diamond, Light Blue sleeves, Maroon diamonds and diamonds on cap
    • Form 146036-
    • Age 8
    • Weight 9-12

    mid-division, headway 4f out, ridden and every chance over 2f out, one pace over 1f out

    2(2)
    Silk - White, Royal Blue star, Royal Blue sleeves, White armlets, White cap, Royal Blue star
    • Form 0014/06-
    • Age 5
    • Weight 9-12

    keen, always in rear

    3(3)
    Silk - Emerald Green, Pink spots, sleeves and cap
    16/1
    • Form 00400-
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-6

    keen, tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, one pace over 1f out

    4(1)
    Silk - Black, Grey armlets, Grey cap
    • Form 60310-5
    • Age 8
    • Weight 9-6

    mid-division, ridden 3f out, never troubled leaders

    5(10)
    Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue star, Royal Blue sleeves, Yellow spots, Yellow cap, Royal Blue star
    • Form 3112-04
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-6

    slowly into stride, pulled hard, held up in rear, headway over 2f out on outside, effort approaching final furlong, unable to quicken inside final furlong

    6(5)
    Silk - Dark Green and White diabolo, chevrons on sleeves, Dark Green cap
    7/2
    • Form 61-2142
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-5

    tracked leaders, lost place 6f out, in rear when stumbled over 4f out, headway on outside over 1f out, edged left and ran on to lead well inside final furlong

    7(9)
    Silk - Black, Cerise hooped sleeves, check cap
    • Form 0-221
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-3

    held up, headway over 3f out, ridden and every chance from over 1f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong

    8(4)
    Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue chevrons, Yellow sleeves, Royal Blue cap

    Sashay

    17
    20/1
    • Form 61434-5
    • Age 6
    • Weight 9-2

    led, ridden and headed inside final furlong, stayed on

    9(6)
    Silk - Dark Green, Red epaulets and sleeves
    33/1
    • Form 40620-0
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-1

    close up, tracked leader halfway, ridden 6f out, weakened 2f out

    10(7)
    Silk - ROYAL BLUE, PINK chevrons, ROYAL BLUE cap
    12/1
    • Form 35-5066
    • Age 7
    • Weight 8-13

    towards rear, ridden over 3f out, headway over 2f out, one pace from over 1f out

    11(11)
    Silk - White, Maroon epaulets, halved sleeves, Maroon cap, White diamond
    5/1
    • Form 1153-61
    • Age 9
    • Weight 8-10

    held up in rear, headway 3f out, ridden and every chance 2f out, one pace final furlong

    12(8)
    Silk - WHITE, MAUVE sleeves, WHITE cap, MAUVE star
    • Form 4P-000
    • Age 4
    • Weight 8-6

    raced wide, in touch, tracked leader over 4f out until over 2f out

    In depth

    Verdict

    Gemi Bed might provide the answer here, with Fleeting Moon, Phantom Stock, Joely Green, Turtle Lover and King Flyer others to consider. The selection appreciated the return to two miles over course and distance last time when comfortably beating Phantom Stock by two lengths. Much as he's four-pounds worse off at the weights, he might well confirm the form, although Phantom Stock remains competitively weighted and his young rider has caught the eye of late. Fleeting Moon finally got her head in front last time but that was at Southwell and she did not look to be blessed with too many gear changes on that occasion. We'll find out more about her today. King Flyer is well-weighted on Turf form and has proven that he acts here, although he lacks a recent outing. Joely Green, a dual course winner at up to 10 furlongs, is weighted to get revenge on Turtle Valley based on their recent runs here over 13 furlongs with Mysterlover held on the basis of that form. Overall, though, given that he hails from an in-form yard, Gemi Bed gets our vote.