Racecards
13:50 Lingfield Park
Bet Direct On Sky Text Page 371 Classified Claiming Stakes (Class F)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Standard
- Form 000-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
behind, not clear run over 2f out, effort on wide outside and stayed on under pressure final furlong
Davos
21- Form 092301-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey I Mongan
towards rear, hampered over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
- Form 149766-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
prominent, losing place on when rails not much room inside final furlong, never dangerous after
- Form 062707-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
close up until ridden and weakened just inside final furlong
- Form 778837-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer G A Butler
- Jockey E Ahern
slowly into stride, held up, good headway 2f out, hung left from over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, ridden out
- Form 34604-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer S Keightley
- Jockey A Clark
wide, effort on outside from 2f out, hung left and no extra over 1f out
- Form 720265-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer R Brotherton
- Jockey N Callan
dwelt, soon prominent, close up when slightly hampered over 1f out, no extra
- Form 505408-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey R Winston
with leaders until weakened over 2f out
- Form 236-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Trainer D G Bridgwater
- Jockey S Righton
made most to over 2f out, weakened quickly
- Form 54515-2
- Age 3
- Weight 8-5
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey Derek Nolan
dwelt, behind, hampered over 2f out, headway on inner when hampered over 1f out, never dangerous after
- Form 436003-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
with leaders, led over 2f out, ridden, headed and slightly hampered inside final furlong, not pace of winner
- Form 577580-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
unseated rider and bolted before start, behind, ridden and hampered over 2f out, never dangerous after
In depth
Verdict
A competitive little heat, which is a seller in all but name. Davos impressed when winning at Southwell and certainly won with more in hand than the official verdict suggest's. He has plenty of pace and won't be inconvenienced by this shorter trip. However, he faces a difficult task to give over a stone to Little Louis, taking into account Derek Nolan's claim. Little Louis took a while to lose his maiden tag and has since run well in defeat. He has nothing to fear from Efimac, whom he meets on 10lbs better terms for a neck on their running at Wolverhampton, and he also holds Tommy Nutter, who was four lengths behind him and yet meets his conqueror on 11lbs worse terms. Badou, from a powerful yard, is respected at this level but, he will have to improve on what he has shown so far if he is to take a hand in this.