Racecards
12:40 Lingfield Park
Bet Direct No Q Maiden Stakes (Class D)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Standard
- Form 36
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey M Dwyer
behind, headway on inside over 2f out, quickened to lead approaching final furlong, soon clear
- Form 025232
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey Kieren Fallon
pulled hard, led to over 4f out, led again over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, no extra
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey R Winston
prominent, pushed along from 5f out, weakened over 3f out
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer M A Jarvis
- Jockey P Robinson
slowly away, in last pair, shaken up and kept on steadily final furlong, never dangerous
Odiham
8- Form 00
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer H Morrison
- Jockey Tony Culhane
dwelt, in last pair, plenty to do 2f out, pushed along and headway on wide outside approaching final furlong, took second near finish
- Form 3
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey I Mongan
mid-division, hard ridden 3f out soon weakened
- Form 02
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer D Haydn Jones
- Jockey D Kinsella
prominent on outside, stayed on same pace final 2f
- Form 03
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer Mrs A Perrett
- Jockey S Sanders
pressed leader, narrow lead over 4f out to over 2f out, no extra final furlong
In depth
Verdict
A field large in numbers but low in quality goes to post for the first on the card but on closer inspection not many can be giving a serious chance of winning and the principals look to be Fancy Foxtrot, Thirteen Tricks and Keelung and we will take a chance on Fancy Foxtrot The colt from the Brian Meehan yard is game and consistent and a reproduction of his latest second behind Carini would make him hard to beat. Thirteen Tricks rates the main danger he was a fair third behind Betty Stogs last time and he will not be far away if he acts on the surface. Keelung is a well bred newcomer from a yard that has done well with its juveniles this season and he will not have to be anything special to win on his debut. Of the remainder Oh Golly Gosh at least has experience of the surface and he is sure to improve on his debut third behind Sweetest Revenge but we are happy to side with Fancy Foxtrot.