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15:05 Lingfield Park

Littlewoods Bet Direct Handicap (Class C)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Standard
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 6.83s
  • 13 Ran
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1
Silk -

Blue Sky Thinking (IRE)

16/1

    2
    Silk -

    Northside Lodge (IRE)

    7/2

      3
      Silk -

      Hiawatha (IRE)

      16/1

        2(6)
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE hoop, WHITE sleeves, ROYAL BLUE armlets, WHITE cap

        Haripur

        33
        12/1
        • Form 121110-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-11

        tracked leader, led 4f out, soon ridden, headed over 2f out, weakened

        3(1)
        Silk - Mauve, Black armlets, hooped cap

        Blue Sky Thinking (IRE)

        70
        16/1
        • Form 016334-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-10

        in touch, steadied to rear 8f out, headway on inside 3f out, switched right 2f out, ridden and ran on to lead inside final furlong

        4(2)
        Silk - Red, Royal Blue triple diamond, diamonds on sleeves, Red cap, Royal Blue diamond

        Te Quiero

        7
        25/1
        • Form 5230-00
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-4

        soon led, headed 4f out, weakened 3f out

        5(13)
        Silk - Red, Maroon seams, Red sleeves and cap

        Lakota Brave

        14
        20/1
        • Form 1225-24
        • Age 10
        • Weight 9-2

        held up, never trouble leaders

        6(9)
        Silk - Red and Grey stripes, Red sleeves, Grey armlets, Red cap

        Brilliant Red

        28
        16/1
        • Form 44003-0
        • Age 11
        • Weight 8-13

        slowly into stride, always towards rear

        7(3)
        Silk - Red, Light Blue star, striped sleeves and cap

        Northside Lodge (IRE)

        10
        7/2
        • Form 20404-2
        • Age 6
        • Weight 8-13

        always prominent, ridden over 2f out, every chance entering final furlong, unable to quicken

        8(8)
        Silk - Red, Royal Blue epaulets

        Star of Normandie (USA)

        14
        10/1
        • Form 12112-0
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-11

        in touch and raced wide, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out

        9(4)
        Silk - RED and YELLOW check, YELLOW sleeves, RED armlets

        Dower House

        10
        4/1
        • Form 20310-4
        • Age 9
        • Weight 8-9

        held up in touch, effort 3f out, soon ridden, one pace from over 1f out

        10(5)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Grey armlets, Grey cap, Royal Blue diamond

        Paragon of Virtue

        10
        11/2
        • Form 63310-3
        • Age 7
        • Weight 8-7

        tracked leaders, ridden and led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra

        11(10)
        Silk - BLACK, YELLOW sleeves, BLACK spots, YELLOW cap

        Tight Squeeze

        7
        11/2
        • Form 011-653
        • Age 7
        • Weight 8-7

        held up in rear, ridden and no impression 3f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous

        12(7)
        Silk - Grey, Dark Blue stripe, Dark Blue sleeves, Yellow armlets, check cap

        Ryan's Future (IRE)

        10
        10/1
        • Form 51415-5
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-6

        keen, held up towards rear, never dangerous

        13(12)
        Silk - Orange, Purple triple diamond, sleeves and diamonds on cap

        Hiawatha (IRE)

        15
        16/1
        • Form 0201-41
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-4

        held up, headway over 3f out, soon ridden, stayed on final furlong

        14(14)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Red epaulets, chevrons on sleeves, quartered cap

        York Cliff

        16
        33/1
        • Form 20200-0
        • Age 6
        • Weight 8-3

        reluctant to race early, in rear, soon pushed along, headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong

        1(11)
        NR

        Hail The Chief

        22
        • Form 10/650-1
        • Age 7
        • Weight 10-0

        In depth

        Verdict

        Hiawatha can continue the good run enjoyed by his stable, with the likes of Tight Squeeze, Haripur and Hail The Chief others to consider in a wide-open handicap. Hiawatha gained his first success since coming over from Ireland when winning a claimer at Wolverhampton just before Christmas, and was bought in by owner Nigel Shields. On his first outing for David Barron at Southwell next time, he seemed to find 11 furlongs too far, but that was a tougher affair anyway, so it was no surprise when he duly returned to the winner's enclosure in another Southwell claimer a fornight ago. The downside was that he left the yard and now makes his debut for yet another stable here. Paul Blockley needs no introduction of course, having enjoyed a tremendous strike-rate this year, and he is sure to get the best out of the five-year-old who lines up off 8st 4lb. Tight Squeeze likes it here, and has taken on the useful Cold Turkey on his last two visits. Peter Hiatt's charge gets on well with Tony Culhane and he should be coming late on the scen to take a hand. Haripur normally goes well after a break but is going up the weights, and Hail The Chief has to give weight away all round. Northside Lodge and Star of Normandie are sure ti have been tuned up for this decent all-weather prize, along with Paragon of Virtue, and naming the winner is no easy task. So, it is with a little trepidation that we pin our hopes on Hiawatha.