Racecards
16:10 Lingfield Park
Congratualtions On Your Engagement Eileen & JP Handicap (Class 5)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 1m 1y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £4,500 added
- Winner: £2,911
- 2nd: £866
- 3rd: £433
- 4th: £216
- Form 2260-30
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer D Menuisier
- Jockey J Fortune
held up in rear, good headway inside final furlong, ran on into never nearer 3rd towards finish
Bumptious
18- Form 53/6
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer I Mohammed
- Jockey S M Levey
dwelt, raced keenly, soon chasing leaders on inside, ridden to challenge over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, weakened and lost 3rd towards finish
- Form 40343-6
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer B R Millman
- Jockey Lulu Stanford
pulled hard, pressed leader, led over 6f out, clear 5f out, ridden over 1f out, hung right inside final furlong, headed post
- Form 70-5639
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer Mrs A J Perrett
- Jockey K Shoemark
chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out
- Form 11417P-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer Eve Johnson Houghton
- Jockey Charles Bishop
held up in last trio, headway on inside final furlong, kept on same pace
- Form 751669
- Age 6
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer J R Best
- Jockey Josephine Gordon
raced keenly, led over 1f, chased winner, pushed along over 2f out, carried right inside final furlong, strong challenge near finish, led on line
- Form 1-14405
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey F Norton
slowly into stride, held up in last pair, pushed along and outpaced in 5th over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
Sir Compton
28- Form 6544-9
- Age 4
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 61
- Trainer W S Kittow
- Jockey L Morris
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In depth
Verdict
Bumptious is the least exposed on only her second start since 2015 while Fire Diamond was sent off favourite at Kempton last time but never threatened. Spiritual Star has been thereabouts since scoring at Wolverhampton in March but another chance goes to THUNDERING BLUE, who struggled back on Turf at Nottingham last time but was beaten less than a length over track and trip before that. Frank Bridge showed good progress last year but is 10lb higher than his latest success at Epsom in July and Handytalk has yet to take advantage of a slide down the weights.
Formwatch
Thundering Blue (USA) 8-1 (9-2) Held up, ridden and weakened 2f out, 13th of 14, 25 1/2l behind Reaver (9-7) at Nottingham 1m hcp (4) gf in Apr.
Bumptious 15-2 (9-9) Held up behind, headway over 2f out, one pace and no impression, 6th of 11, 8 3/4l behind Everything For You (9-0) at Redcar 1m mdn stks (5) gd in Apr.
Handytalk (IRE) 7-1 (8-13) Led stands side group, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 18, 3 3/4l behind Gallipoli (9-9) at Leicester 7f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Archangel Raphael (IRE) 10-1 (9-3) Held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 9, 13l behind Mornington (8-12) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Apr.
Frank Bridge 10-1 (9-1) Pulled up after 1f, at Epsom 7f hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Berrahri (IRE) 8-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, never on tems, 9th of 13, 5 3/4l behind Commodity (9-7) at Windsor 1m hcp (5) gd in Apr.
Fire Diamond 9-4fav (9-7) Hampered start in rear, pushed along over 1f out, ran on final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 9, 3 3/4l behind Papou Tony (9-5) at Kempton 7f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Spiritual Star (IRE) 8-11fav (9-6) Slowly away, in rear and in touch, headway over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, soon ridden and every chance, carried head high and not quicken, 2nd of 4, hd behind Mr Red Clubs (9-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (6) pol in Apr.
Sir Compton 11-1 (9-5) Dwelt, towards rear, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 9th of 14, 8 3/4l behind Olympic Duel (8-11) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Apr.