Racecards
17:00 Lingfield Park
Lingfield Golf Club Apprentice Handicap (Class F) (Class F)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 1m 2f
- Going: Standard
- Form 6-03523
- Age 6
- Weight 9-13
- Trainer E Oertel
- Jockey Charlotte Kerton
tracked leaders, slightly outpaced 2f out, kept on again from over 1f out, lost 2nd well inside final furlong
Piquet
4- Form 063010
- Age 6
- Weight 9-11
- Trainer J Bridger
- Jockey Lucy Russell
held up mid-division, headway over 3f out, not reach leaders, weakened over 1f out
- Form 006323
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer J Best
- Jockey Dean Williams
tracked leader, led 3f out, ridden and headed well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 1000-00
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer M Wigham
- Jockey Laura Pike
held up mid-division until weakened 3f out
- Form 35605
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer Sir Mark Prescott
- Jockey S Archer
held up rear, some headway on outer over 2f out, not pace to trouble leaders
- Form 466-00
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer E A L Dunlop
- Jockey H Poulton
held up, good headway over 2f out, led well over 1f out, soon well clear, unchallenged
- Form 340-000
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer E Oertel
- Jockey Jemma Marshall
led until headed 3f out, gradually weakened
Guard
6- Form 00000-0
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey Steven Harrison
tracked leaders until ridden and weakened over 3f out
- Form 504506
- Age 5
- Weight 9-2
held up, headway and hampered 3f out, lost place, stayed on again from over 1f out
- Form 060200
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey J Jones
in rear, ridden 5f out, soon weakened
In depth
Verdict
Course and distance winner Miss Glory Be is back to somewhere near her best and is expected to go well, but on this occasion we will take a chance on Piquet, with Mrs Brown and Joey Perhaps both capable of taking a hand in the finish. The key to this event may be a fillies handicap over course and distance last month. The selection won the event, with Miss Glory Be close up in third and Mrs Brown back in fifth. Miss Glory be is a pound better off for just over half a length, where as Mrs Brown is three pounds better off for a six length beating. Piquet was always going well behind the leaders, and had only to be shaken up to score, so won a lot more easily than the winning margin would suggest.Mrs Brown did have to overcome a very slow start so may be the one to chase home the selection. Joey Perhaps looks best of the others having finished third to Gifted Flame in a similar race at Carlisle last time. Not an easy contest to weigh up, but Piquet does as least know how to win and gets our uneasy vote.