Racecards
13:40 Lingfield Park
24-7 Red Button Gaming On ITV Apprentice Banded Stakes (Class H5) (Class 5)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 1m 5f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- Form 000005-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 45
behind, stayed on under pressure from over 1f out, never reached leaders
- Form 00/005-0
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 30
- Trainer E R Oertel
- Jockey A Kirby
raced wide in mid-division, driven 4f out, no impression final 2f
- Form 00360-0
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer T E Powell
- Jockey A Quinn
slowly into stride, towards rear and no chance when stumbled badly well over 1f out
- Form 00-0004
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 35
- Trainer A Sadik
- Jockey Derek Nolan
held up and behind, steady headway from 3f out, led approaching final furlong, driven clear
- Form 00060-5
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 35
- Trainer Miss Z C Davison
- Jockey J Jones
led for 4f, chased clear leader after until weakened rapidly over 2f out
- Form 35400-0
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 35
- Trainer M Wellings
- Jockey M Savage
close up in chasing group, pushed along 5f out, effort to chase leaders 2f out, kept on to take 2nd well inside final furlong but no impression
- Form 000/000-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 35
behind, no chance when slightly hampered over 1f out
Mr Dip
19- Form 05260-0
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey M Halford
keen, held up in rear, steady headway from 3f out, chased leaders over 1f out, edged right and stayed on same pace inside final furlong
- Form 06506-0
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 40
in touch in chasing group, pushed along 5f out, kept on under pressure final 2f
- Form 0000/5-0
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey Jemma Marshall
keen and prominent in chasing group, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
- Form 14550-3
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer R Ingram
- Jockey J Loveridge
prominent in chasing group, effort 2f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out
Golden Queen
128- Form 030-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer M D I Usher
- Jockey Ashleigh Horton
behind, headway on inside from 5f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 1003-05
- Age 4
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer Mrs L C Jewell
- Jockey Rory Moore
pulled hard, led after 4f and soon clear, headed 3f out, weakened rapidly
- Form 00046-0
- Age 4
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer B W Duke
- Jockey Matthew Lawson
tracked leaders, led 3f out, driven 2 lengths clear 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, faded
In depth
Verdict
Confidence can never be sky-high in races of this nature so only a tentative vote is given to Royale Pearl, who should cope with the drop in trip as well as the challenges presented by Stagecoach Ruby and the lightly raced Golden Queen. It is interesting that the latter makes her return at this level after qualifying for a mark of just 40 from her three outings last year. She was initially an expensive purchase by the standards of this sort of race before changing hands for only 7,000gns as a three-year-old. Her connections will be very keen to get a win into her and they could hardly have found a weaker race to start off her new campaign. She is one to monitor carefully. Stagecoach Ruby, who won at this level for Garry Moore last September, is worth a try at this trip and should be capable of getting competitive. However, she is not the most consistent and has to prove her stamina this afternoon. So we stick with Royale Pearl, who is a previous course and distance winner that arrives here with a marginally more solid profile and thus gets the nomination today.