Racecards
16:05 Lingfield Park
Sandhawes Hill Handicap (Class 3)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Standard/Slow
- Surface: Polytrack
- £13,000 added
- Form 067375
- Age 5
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 90
slowly away, held up in rear, made some moderate late headway, never a factor
- Form 444-540
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey S W Kelly
held up, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish
Macdillon
14- Form 41-2040
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 90
- Trainer W S Kittow
- Jockey F Sweeney
took keen hold, soon settled in 3rd, ridden on inside over 1f out, stayed on same pace
- Form 118-00
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 90
- Trainer E A L Dunlop
- Jockey T P O'Shea
took keen hold, headway to track leader 4f out, challenged from 2f out, ridden and hung left over 1f out, led briefly inside final furlong, soon outpaced by winner
- Form 270254
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer E A L Dunlop
- Jockey E Ahern
held up in touch, effort on inside over 1f out, driven and one pace inside final furlong, lost 3rd towards finish
- Form 840801
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer B W Hills
- Jockey Ashley Morgan
awkward leaving stalls, pulled very hard, held up, pushed along and beaten 2f out
- Form 002-119
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer W R Swinburn
- Jockey Ted Durcan
tracked leader to 4f out, stayed prominent, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
- Form 2-13114
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 82
soon close up on outer, pushed along 2f out, put effort over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon clear and ran on well
- Form 048054
- Age 5
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey Richard Hughes
led, hard ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, soon weakened
- Form 286416
- Age 9
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 79
took keen hold, held up, pushed along and beaten over 2f out
- Form 00-8687
- Age 7
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 84
Nonrunner
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Good Gorsoon will be popular but looks worth taking on with LEMON N SUGAR or Tagula Night. Good Gorsoon impressed when making every yard under today's pilot at Newmarket but an 8lb rise appears to be something of an overreaction given that it was the colt's first success in fifteen starts. In fairness, he is just 1lb higher than his previous winning mark but we prefer to take a chance with Lemon N Sugar. She has a record of steady progression with plenty of course form to her name and she may have more to offer on her return from a break. Macdillon has lost his way since finishing second to Shamwari Lodge but the yard have sent out a winner this week whilst Crystal Moments is 1lb lower than when chasing home Swiss Diva over course and distance in May; an effort which makes her worthy of close consideration. Tagula Night came up short on his hat-trick bid in a handicap at the Leger meeting but he had won readily over course and distance prior to that and may prove capable of better still. He'll need to be though as there are some useful performers in this contest where we're siding with Lemon N Sugar.
Formwatch
Diriculous 7-1 (9-6) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, driven and kept on inside final furlong, never nearer, 5th of 12, 8l behind Jaconet (9-5) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Sep.
Beat The Bell 8-1 (8-9) Tracked leader, every chance over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 12, 12l behind Desert Dreamer (8-5) at Chester 7f hcp 0-95 (3) gf in Sep.
Macdillon 12-1 (8-10) Chased leaders every chance 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 12, 7l behind Rulesn'regulations (8-6) at Ascot 6f 3yo hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Sep.
Masamah (IRE) 16-1 (9-9) Switched left at start, always behind, last of 10, 13l behind Doctor Parkes (8-7) at Chester 5f hcp 0-100 (2) gf in May.
Crystal Moments 15-2 (8-12) In touch, improved to dispute 2nd from 2f out, not quicken over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 4l behind Vitoria (9-1) at Hamilton 6f flls hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Sep.
Good Gorsoon (USA) 6-1 (8-7) Made all, ridden clear approaching final furlong, ran on unchallenged, won at Newmarket 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Sep beating Lucy Brown (8-8) by 4l, 11 ran.
Tagula Night (IRE) 8-1 (8-12) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, one pace, 9th of 20, 4l behind Silver Wind (8-12) at Doncaster 6f hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Sep.
Lemon N Sugar (USA) 5-2fav (9-6) Chased leader, led well over 1f out, ridden and headed 1f out, no extra and lost 2 places near finish, 4th of 9, 1 1/4l behind Street Power (8-12) at Ascot 6f hcp 0-90 (3) gd in Jul.
Dazed And Amazed 10-1 (9-5) Held up, ridden and headway on outer to go 3rd over 1f out, no extra towards finish, 4th of 8, 1 1/4l behind Make My Dream (8-6) at Sandown 5f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Sep.
Mutamared (USA) 6-4fav (9-7) With leaders, led approaching final furlong, soon headed, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 8, 5l behind Ginobili (9-1) at Kempton 6f clm stks (6) pol in Sep.
Galeota (IRE) 7-2 (8-3) Behind and soon outpaced, ridden 2f out, never able to challenge, 7th of 11, 6l behind Green Lagonda (8-10) at Bath 5f clm stks (6) fm in Sep.