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15:30 Lingfield Park

Coral Mobile 'Just Three Clicks To Bet' Apprentice Handicap (Class 5)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £4,500 added
  • Winner: £3,068
  • 2nd: £906
  • 3rd: £453
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 28.88s
  • Off Time: 15:30:46
  • 8 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

The Blue Dog (IRE)

4/1

    2
    Silk -

    Keene

    7/4

      3
      Silk -

      Living Leader

      9/4

        1(2)
        Silk - Black, white epaulets, orange sleeves

        Special Mix

        23
        8/1
        • Form 580752-
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-11
        • Official Rating 68

        started very slowly, pulled hard and held up in rear, headway on wide outside over 3f out, ridden and hung left over 1f out, disputing modest 3rd inside final furlong, weakened and lost places well inside final furlong

        2(1)
        Silk - Light Blue, Dark Blue inverted triangle

        Rowan Ridge

        387 v DCD
        25/1
        • Form 422255/
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-10
        • Official Rating 67

        held up in last pair, not clear run on inside from over 2f out until switched right to wide outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish

        3(5)
        Silk - WHITE, EMERALD GREEN epaulets and stars on sleeves, YELLOW cap

        Living Leader

        11 v
        9/4
        • Form 60P973-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-10
        • Official Rating 67

        held up towards rear, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd well inside final furlong, nearest finish

        4(7)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Beige stripe

        Keene

        23 h BF
        7/4
        • Form 442213-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 68

        tracked leader, led 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace and no chance with winner inside final furlong

        5(4)
        Silk - Black, Yellow hoops, Yellow and Black diabolo on sleeves, Black cap, Yellow star

        Mazij

        211 D
        20/1
        • Form 142534-
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 64

        led, pushed along and headed 3f out, weakened 2f out

        6(6)
        Silk - White, dark green sleeves and cap

        The Blue Dog (IRE)

        11 DCD
        4/1
        • Form 409072-
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-5
        • Official Rating 62

        held up, smooth headway over 3f out, went 2nd on inside 2f out, led travelling well over 1f out, clear and shaken up inside final furlong, easily

        7(3)
        Silk - Red, black chevron, chevrons on sleeves

        Elegant Ophelia

        241 BF
        33/1
        • Form 022/560-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-5
        • Official Rating 62

        chased leaders, weakened 3f out

        8(8)
        Silk - Royal Blue and Yellow diamonds, Black cap

        Celtic Charlie (FR)

        23 t CCD
        10/1
        • Form 454635-
        • Age 9
        • Weight 8-11
        • Official Rating 53

        chased leaders, went nd over 2f out until 2f out, stayed on same pace, no impression when lost 3rd inside final furlong, weakened and lost places well inside final furlong

        Previous results

        2013
        (1)
        Silk -

        Jacobs Son

        Evs
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-6

        In depth

        Verdict

        Plenty with claims in this including Special Mix and Keene, who finished almost upsides when filling the places behind Echo Brava here last time. Rowan Ridge has the past form to figure but may need the outing having missed all of last year while The Blue Dog is back on a winning mark having beaten Majiz at Wolverhampton last April and produced a much better effort when runner-up here last time. LIVING LEADER finished just behind the latter on his latest start and Nick Littmoden's charge gets the tentative vote today as he finally looks set to take advantage of a tumble down the weights.

        Formwatch

        Special Mix 25-1 (9-0) Awkwardly away took keen hold in touch, headway to track leaders over 7f out, chased leader 2f out, ridden and went 2nd final strides, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Echo Brava (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 4f app hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.

        Rowan Ridge 10-1 (9-3) Steadied start, held up in rear but in touch, headway over 1f out, never nearer, 5th of 7, 2 1/2l behind English Summer (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 4f app hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec '12.

        Living Leader 10-1 (9-7) Mid-division, driven to chase leaders over 2f out, ridden and effort on inside over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Swift Blade (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.

        Keene 3-1fav (8-12) Tracked leader, led over 4f out, headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd final strides, 3rd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Echo Brava (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 4f app hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.

        Mazij 9-1 (10-13) Led 2f, chased clear leader, led again inside final 3f, ridden well over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, chased leading pair, no extra in 4th final 100 yards, 4th of 9, 8l behind Automotive (10-2) at Newbury 1m 2f am hcp (0-70) (4yo+) (5) gd in Jun.

        The Blue Dog (IRE) 14-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, headway over 3f out, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on until headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Swift Blade (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.

        Elegant Ophelia 5-1fav (9-0) In rear, weakened 3f out, eased final 2f, tailed off, last of 10, well behind Tawseef (9-1) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) sft in May.

        Celtic Charlie (FR) 12-1 (8-5) In rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on, never near leaders, 5th of 8, 8l behind Echo Brava (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 4f app hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.