Racecards
15:20 Lingfield Park
Betway Handicap (Class 4)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 1m 7f 169y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £9,250 added
- Winner: £5,208
- 2nd: £1,550
- 3rd: £774
- 4th: £387
- Form 552081
- Age 4
- Weight 10-1
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey J Fanning
tracked leader, joined leader entering final furlong, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
- Form 234170
- Age 7
- Weight 10-1
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer S Hodgson
- Jockey George Wood
dwelt in touch , ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
- Form 479751
- Age 8
- Weight 9-12
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer J Ryan
- Jockey Darragh Keenan
in touch in rear, switched wide over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, ran on, not reach leaders
- Form 161275
- Age 5
- Weight 9-11
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer B R Millman
- Jockey Daniel Muscutt
led after 1f, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on
- Form 410947
- Age 9
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer J R Best
- Jockey Josephine Gordon
led 1f, keen tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 783564
- Age 7
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer Ian Williams
- Jockey Jim Crowley
close up, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
In depth
Verdict
Battle Of Marathon bounced back to form over 1m6f at Chelmsford last week. He completed a double early in the year and makes more appeal than Monjeni, who is upped in class for this. Singing The Blues looks worth another try over this longer trip but ROCHESTER HOUSE makes most appeal. A winner over 2m at Ascot in October, he can race off a 5lb lower mark on only his fourth outing on the all-weather and Mark Johnston’s charge should go close again.
Formwatch
Rochester House (IRE) 6-1 (9-11) Prominent, headway to lead over 2f out, ridden along and kept on strongly, clear entering final furlong, readily, won at Ascot 2m hcp (3) sft in Oct beating Calling The Wind (9-12) by 1 1/4l, 5 ran.
C'Est No Mour (GER) 100-1 (8-2) Towards rear, weakened over 3f out, 19th of 23, 37 1/2l behind On To Victory (9-0) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (2) sft in Nov.
Battle Of Marathon (USA) 14-1 (8-13) Held up in 5th, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Chelmsford City 1m 6f hcp (3) pol in Nov beating Australis (9-11) by 1/2l, 6 ran.
Singing The Blues (IRE) 16-1 (8-13) Tracked leader, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong, last of 5, 3 3/4l behind Johnny Drama (9-9) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Berrahri (IRE) 28-1 (9-6) Slowly into stride, mid-division, headway chasing leaders 7f out, pushed along over 3f out, weakened, 7th of 9, 16l behind No Nay Bella (9-0) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Monjeni 10-1 (10-0) Mid-division, pushed along 3f out, ran on well inside final furlong, never nearer, 4th of 11, 3l behind Eagle's Foot (9-1) at Newcastle 2m hcp (5) pol in Nov.