Racecards
19:00 Lingfield Park
188Bet Extra Place Races Handicap (Class 5)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 1m 7f 169y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £7,521 added
- Winner: £3,752
- 2nd: £1,116
- 3rd: £558
- 4th: £400
- Form 11280-4
- Age 4
- Weight 10-3
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey Darragh Keenan
raced freely, led after 1f, headed over 6f out, lost place over 2f out, rallied over 1f out, soon beaten
Methag (FR)
18- Form 06-0912
- Age 5
- Weight 9-13
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer A M Hales
- Jockey Rossa Ryan
held up in rear, outpaced over 2f out, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, kept on into 3rd closing stages
- Form 9/99277
- Age 10
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer J & S Best
- Jockey H Crouch
held up in touch, weakened over 2f out
- Form 611150
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 61
- Trainer E A L Dunlop
- Jockey Fran Berry
led 1f, remained prominent, led again over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 6-42372
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer R M Beckett
- Jockey David Egan
held up in rear, headway over 1f out, kept on well, never able to challenge
- Form 88-5223
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer Sir Mark Prescott
- Jockey Ryan Tate
chased leaders, led over 1f out, stayed on strongly
- Form 511434
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer W J Knight
- Jockey Jason Watson
tracked leader, led over 6f out, headed over 2f out, soon rallied, no extra final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Methag won over 1m6f in June and went close again over the same trip at Nottingham last time. Sanam’s earlier hat-trick including a win over 2m but Twister returned a losing favourite over today’s trip at Chelmsford when only managing third. It remains to be seen if AIRMAX fares any better attempting 2m for the first time but he’s placed over 1m4f on several occasions, including last time at Wolverhampton, so a chance is taken on Ralph Beckett’s charge coming out best.
Formwatch
Figeac (FR) 20-1 (8-13) Mid-division, headway 5f out, one paced final 2f, 4th of 10, 15 1/4l behind Addicted To You (9-9) at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (4) pol in May.
Methag (FR) 8-1 (9-11) In rear, ridden 2f out, wide and headway final furlong, ridden and ran on, not reach winner, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Burn Some Dust (8-13) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (5) gs in Aug.
Slowfoot (GER) 25-1 (9-6) Broke well, chased leaders, weakened over 3f out, eased final furlong, 7th of 8, 29 1/2l behind Final Choice (9-2) at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (6) pol in Aug.
Sanam 7-1 (10-0) Mid-division, weakened over 4f out, tailed off, last of 13, dist behind Pepper Street (9-3) at Ffos Las 1m 6f hcp (6) gs in Aug.
Airmax (GER) 6-4fav (9-8) Tracked leader to over 4f out, in touch, driven over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd well inside final furlong, not quite reach winner, 2nd of 6, 3/4l behind Let's Be Happy (9-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Twister (IRE) 6-4fav (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden and hung left over 1f out, 3rd and one pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 2 1/4l behind Dazzling Rock (9-6) at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Seinesational 13-2 (9-0) Led and set decent pace, steadied on bend 12f out, pushed along and went for home over 3f out, ridden and joined 2f out, hung right and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 3 1/4l behind Astromachia (9-7) at Goodwood 2m hcp (5) gd in Aug.