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15:40 Lingfield Park

Littlewoods 2m Pools On 0800 500 000 Banded Stakes (Class 7)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 5f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 0m 58.64s
  • 9 Ran
1(5)
Silk - Purple, Light Green spots
7/4
  • Form 044511
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 55

held up in rear, ridden and ran on final furlong nearest finish

2(10)
Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow sash and armlets, Blue cap, Yellow hoop
10/3
  • Form 066502
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 66

chased leading trio, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace

3(2)
Silk - YELLOW, ROYAL BLUE stars, chevrons on sleeves and star on cap

A Teen

16 DC
16/1
  • Form 605877
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 40

held up, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, ran on

5(4)
Silk - Purple, Pink Cross of Lorraine, sleeves and cap
20/1
  • Form 252305
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 45

chased leader, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong

6(7)
Silk - White, Black stars, Black cap, White star
  • Form 418637
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 42

chased leading trio, ridden and weakened final furlong

7(1)
Silk - PINK, DARK BLUE cross belts, hooped sleeves and cap

Legal Set (IRE)

8 bt CDC
8/1
  • Form 950449
  • Age 9
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 47

led, ridden and headed inside final furlong, ran on

8(9)
Silk - Black, mauve disc, armlets and cap
12/1
  • Form 090002
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 45

always in rear

9(6)
Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow seams, Yellow sleeves, Dark Blue stripes, Dark Blue cap
14/1
  • Form 206875
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 48

always prominent, ridden 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on

10(8)
Silk - Black, grey armlets
11/2
  • Form 304558
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 46

slowly into stride, soon pushed along in rear

4(3)
NR

Cark

8 p CDD
  • Form 218952
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 45

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

We will side with Lady Hopeful, with Cark and Question Mark given as the main dangers. Lady Hopeful comes here on a roll, having won her last two and, seeing that she is on good terms with herself, looks set to run a big race again, even though those wins have come at Wolverhampton. Amber Nectar Two also comes here on the back of a good run, when narrowly beaten over six furlongs here by Boanerges, and a repeat of that effort gives him claims. Course and distance winner Cark is six pounds better off for the length-and-a-quarter that the selection beat him last time, but has a very good chance based on literal form. Legal Set is held on that form, although he is weighted to beat the selection based on Lady Hopeful's earlier Wolverhampton success. Innclassic has place claims, while Question Mark showed a lot of improvement when second here over a furlong further last time, and he is entitled to respect based on that effort, but A Teen needs to turn back the clock in order to feature. All of which returns us to the selection, which is Lady Hopeful.

Formwatch

Lady Hopeful (IRE) 9-2fav (8-11) Slowly into stride, soon switched to inside rail, headway on inside 2f out, not clear run over 1f out, ran on well to lead close home, won at W'hampton 5f stk (7) pol beating Cark (8-11) by 1 1/2l, 12 ran.

Amber Nectar Two 11-1 (8-11) Midfield, headway and short of room final furlong, switched, ran on, unlucky, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Boanerges (8-11) at Lingfield 6f stk (7) pol.

A Teen 9-1 (8-11) Led, headed over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 12, 4l behind Soul Provider (8-11) at Southwell 5f stk (7) fbs.

Innclassic (IRE) 12-1 (8-8) Chased winner, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 10, 3l behind Leah's Pride (8-11) at Lingfield 5f stk (7) pol.

Jasmine Pearl (IRE) 10-1 (8-11) Behind, some late headway, 7th of 16, 3 1/2l behind Forest Dane (8-12) at Brighton 5f stk (7) gd in Oct.

Legal Set (IRE) 14-1 (8-4) Towards rear, ridden 2f out, went wide into straight, 9th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Lady Hopeful (8-11) at W'hampton 5f stk (7) pol.

Question Mark 9-2 (8-10) Held up, effort over 1f out, soon every chance, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Dorn Hill (8-9) at Lingfield 6f mdn clm (7) pol.

Rock Fever (IRE) 7-2jt-fav (8-11) Slowly into stride, behind, ridden, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, nearest at finish, 5th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Secret Vision (9-3) at W'hampton 6f stk (7) pol.

Taipan Tommy (IRE) 2-1fav (9-0) Slowly into stride, always in rear, 8th of 9, 5l behind Dorn Hill (8-9) at Lingfield 6f mdn clm (7) pol.

Cark 5-1 (8-11) Led, ridden approaching final furlong, headed close home, 2nd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Lady Hopeful (8-11) at W'hampton 5f stk (7) pol.