Racecards
16:55 Lingfield Park
Furlongs And Fairways At Lingfield Park Handicap (Class F)
- 19 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Good to Firm
- Form 0-534
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer R M H Cowell
- Jockey R Miles
held up in touch, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, driven out
- Form 0-64140
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer M A Jarvis
- Jockey M Tebbutt
held up, headway 2f out, led 1f out, hard ridden, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
- Form 4-00000
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey L P Keniry
with leader for over 4f, soon weakened
- Form 000640
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
held up behind, not clear run, hampered well over 1f out, stayed on again inside final furlong
Edward's Brother
175- Form 000-30
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
raced alone far side, well behind from halfway
Badou
126- Form 0-10065
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer L Montague Hall
- Jockey R L Moore
held up towards rear, never near leaders
- Form 302020
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
started slowly, in rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
Starminda
285- Form 050000-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer Mrs C Dunnett
- Jockey Gary Bardwell
in rear, some late headway over 1f out, never nearer
- Form 020000
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
led narrowly to over 3f out, ridden and gradually weakened, eased final furlong
- Form 50-0305
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer B R Millman
- Jockey G Baker
held up mid-division, hampered 2f out and lost place, kept on again final furlong
- Form 000-0
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer Miss B Sanders
- Jockey A Clark
started slowly, in rear, some late headway final furlong, never nearer
- Form 0-00030
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer P Harris
- Jockey R Cody-Boutcher
behind, ridden 3f out, never dangerous
- Form 666001
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer G C Bravery
- Jockey G Carter
held up behind, not clear run over 1f out, switched left, stayed on inside final furlong nearest finish
- Form 033053
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
with leader to over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 60-5040
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
started slowly, soon in touch, effort and every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
Lady Liesel
11- Form 040006
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer J Bridger
- Jockey J F McDonald
tracked leader, led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened
- Form 600-10
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer W J Haggas
- Jockey J F Egan
chased leaders, led over 2f out, headed 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Not a race to get seriously involved in and Hugwity is the suggestion to small stakes ahead of Absolute Utopia and Tumbleweed Tenor. Giles Bravery's charge is well in to the veteran stage of his career and is on a longish losing sequence but showed he still retains plenty of enthusiasm for the game when a promising fourth in a fair Newmarket claimer last time. The 11-year-old was doing all his best work at the finish that day and the combination of a step up in trip and a drop in grade should make him the one to beat. Absolute Utopia has claims on his back-to-back wins in similar grade at Bath and Folkestone this term but has been below his best of late and may struggle to concede 6lb to the selection. Tumbleweed Tenor has place claims on his close second in a Lingfield Polytrack seller last month but is not the most reliable of animals and whether he can reproduce the same effort back on turf remains open to considerable doubt so Hugwity should have his measure on these terms.