Racecards
14:00 Lingfield Park
Lingfield Golf Club Maiden Stakes (Class D)
- 11 Runners
- Distance: 1m 5f
- Going: Standard
- Form 56
- Age 9
- Weight 9-10
- Trainer R Smith
- Jockey V Slattery
slowly into stride, towards rear, driven and lost touch halfway, soon weakened
Ruby Wedding
20- Form 6-2
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer Mrs A Perrett
- Jockey E Ahern
dwelt, towards rear, ridden after 6f, headway over 2f out, kept on final furlong, nearest finish
Fair Promise
188- Form 00-0
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer D K Ivory
- Jockey Saleem Golam
chased leaders, ridden and lost touch 5f out, soon behind, tailed off
- Form 044-02
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
made all, ridden over 2f out, hung right well over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
- Form 0-000
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer R Flower
- Jockey R Brisland
in rear, headway 3f out, never nearer
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
very slowly into stride, held upn in rear, some late headway 2f out, never nearer
Ressource (FR)
118- Form 0-00
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey P Doe
in touch until ridden and lost place 4f out, soon well behind, tailed off
- Form 4-60323
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer B W Hills
- Jockey Michael Hills
prominent, hard ridden 4f out, gradually weakened final 2f
Ruwaya (USA)
20- Form 06-22
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer C E Brittain
- Jockey J P Spencer
held up in touch and keen, hard ridden over 3f out, chased winner over 2f out, effort over 1f out, always held final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Amanda Perrett seems to have found a good opportunity for Ruby Wedding. Running green on his first run of the season, he finished just ahead of Dark Flower over today's course and distance and is two pounds better off with probably more scope for improvement. Fortune Island ran well when second to Imtihan at Ripon but the polytrack does not always suit offspring of Turtle Island. Ressource is a French import, System looks the weaker of Barry Hills' two runners (he is also responsible for Dark Flower), while Ruwaya, second in each of her last two runs, is fully entitled to run well.