Racecards
16:15 Lingfield Park
Air Harrods Fillies' Stakes (Showcase Handicap) (fillies) (Class F)
- 17 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Good to Firm, Firm in places
- Form 0/300-03
- Age 4
- Weight 9-13
in touch on outer until weakened over 2f out
I Wish
7- Form 202000
- Age 5
- Weight 9-12
- Trainer M Madgwick
- Jockey A Quinn
pulled hard, close up on near side until ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Sinamatella
30- Form 20-0000
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
in touch, shaken up 2f out, soon no impression, eased final furlong (lost action)
- Form 0650-30
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey D Kinsella
chased leader until weakened readily 3f out
Diva Maria
25- Form 060-00
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer R Johnson Houghton
- Jockey S Carson
close up, ridden halfway, soon weakened
- Form 040004
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer Miss B Sanders
- Jockey S J Drowne
dwelt, switched right towards centre at start, held up, steady headway from 3f out, went 2nd 2f out, led just inside final furlong, soon clear
Balmacara
23- Form 005020
- Age 4
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer Miss K Boutflower
- Jockey S Hitchcott
mid-division, hard ridden halfway, kept on same pace under pressure final 2f
Kindness
14- Form 0-06050
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer A Pinder
- Jockey Joanna Badger
chased leaders, hard ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
Pants
11- Form 602040
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer A Reid
- Jockey J-P Guillambert
mid-division, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out
- Form 043000
- Age 6
- Weight 8-9
held up and always behind
- Form 000
- Age 4
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer Mrs Mary Hambro
- Jockey A Beech
led in centre, ridden over 2f out, headed just inside final furlong, soon outpaced by winner
- Form 005000
- Age 4
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer Mrs C Dunnett
- Jockey Hayley Turner
prominent, ridden along halfway, weakened 2f out
Sharma
30- Form 60-006
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer J Spearing
- Jockey G Carter
held up, switched left and kept on under pressure from over 1f out, no danger
- Form 000003
- Age 4
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer D Haydn Jones
- Jockey R Brisland
held up, raced wide, not clear run 3f out, headway when hampered 2f out, ran on under pressure final furlong, never nearer
- Form 202000
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
behind, driven along halfway, no headway
- Form 320-002
- Age 4
- Weight 8-7
behind, switched right halfway, kept on final furlong, no danger
In depth
Verdict
A Woman In Love may beat Zilmead Dancer and I Wish in this fillies only affair over seven furlongs. Trained by Brooke Sanders, A Woman In Love is a course and distance winner here and has been unlucky not to get her name on the scoresheet of late. At Epsom last time the blindfold was removed too late and she then found herself short of room when challenging. It was a similar story at Kempton the time before when she also encountered trouble in running. The return to seven furlongs should suit, and she is not badly handicapped on her best form. Topweight Zilmaid Dancer was only beaten a length at Salisbury last time, her best form to date, while I Wish takes a big drop in grade after contesting a class B at Goodwood, but is still a bit too high in the weights. Of the rest, it would be foolish to discount Annijaz, given Milton Bradley's excellent record, but for the winner we return to A Woman In Love.