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14:50 Lingfield Park
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- 5 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Standard / Slow
- Surface: Polytrack
- £5,000 added
- Winner: £3,249
- 2nd: £954
- 3rd: £477
- 4th: £238
- Form 2P-4356
- Age 9
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer Mrs D O'Neill
- Jockey G Sheehan
tracked leaders on inside, pushed along 4f out, soon outpaced and beaten, tailed off
- Form 2/5-U314
- Age 8
- Weight 11-4
held up tracking leaders in 5th, closer on inside over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon clear
- Form 3-16417
- Age 8
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 154
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey N de Boinville
led and set even pace, ridden over 1f out, headed and outpaced inside final furlong, no chance with winner
- Form 4565-23
- Age 9
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 148
- Trainer F O'Brien
- Jockey P J Brennan
raced keenly tracking leaders out wide, went 2nd over 2f out until ridden over 1f out, plugged on in 3rd
- Form 6314-P1
- Age 7
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer M Keighley
- Jockey S Bowen
chased leader until over 2f out, chased leaders, outpaced 2f out, hung left and weakened in home straight
In depth
Verdict
A couple of these stand out on smart jumps form. MENGLI KHAN ran poorly over fences at Ascot on his debut for Nicky Henderson with the usual tongue-tie left off. But the headgear is back in place today and he’s just preferred to Quick Grabim, who also disappointed over fences last time but won a Grade 1 hurdle on good ground for Willie Mullins when trained in Ireland. Black Kalanisi is rated higher over fences than recent Southwell winner Reve and Bardd looks up against it on these terms.
Formwatch
Bardd (IRE) 14-1 (10-11) Held up in rear, headway approaching 7th, weakened from next, 6th of 9, dist behind King D'Argent (11-8) at Warwick 2m hcp (4) sft in Dec.
Black Kalanisi (IRE) 10-3 (11-8) Pressed leader, outjumped 1st, led narrowly 10th, headed 11th, still in touch when ridden 3 out, weakened before last, 4th of 7, 18 1/4l behind Earth Moor (11-9) at Fontwell 2m 6f hcp (3) sft in Dec.
Mengli Khan (IRE) 7-1 (11-12) Chased leaders on inside early, dropped to mid-division at 7th, lost place and behind next, tailed off, 7th of 12, dist behind Bennys King (11-9) at Ascot 2m 3f hcp (2) hvy in Dec.
Quick Grabim (IRE) Evensfav (11-2) Veered right start, led until 6th, led next, headed 4 out, lost 2nd before 2 out, no extra last, last of 3, 19 1/4l behind Phoenix Way (11-2) at Warwick 2m (3) gs in Nov.
Reve 28-1 (11-12) Chased leaders, went 2nd before 6th, led 13th mistake last, driven and stayed on gamely run-in, won at Southwell 3m hcp (4) gs in Nov beating Who's In The Box (10-12) by 3/4l, 9 ran.