Racecards
15:15 Lingfield Park
Pentax Total Station Selling Stakes (Class G)
- 16 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
- Form 104500
- Age 8
- Weight 9-4
hld up, rdn and hdw on i.s over 1f out, r.o
- Form 025-010
- Age 5
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer S Dow
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
s.s, raced keen, hld up, hdw over 2f out, rdn and e.c i.s fl f, not qn cl home
- Form 060200
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer C Kellett
- Jockey T Williams
prom, rdn and n.m.r 2f out, sn btn and eased
- Form 000100
- Age 6
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer J Bradley
- Jockey P Fitzsimons
s.s, towards rr, rdn h.w, hdw over 1f out, styd on i.s fl f
- Form 600403
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer D Shaw
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
s.s, sn m.d, rdn 3f out, hdw over 1f out, not clr run i.s fl f, k on cl home
Geespot
11- Form 000003
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer D Ffrench Davis
- Jockey J F McDonald
hld up, hdw on i.s 2f out, rdn to ld fl f, hld on wl
- Form 000600
- Age 5
- Weight 8-13
sn m.d, nv tbld ldrs
Firework
201- Form 3-05004
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer J Akehurst
- Jockey P Doe
in tch, led 5f out, rdn and hdd i.s fl f, no ex
In depth
Verdict
Another wide open affair in which the market may prove the best guide, but the TEAMtalk selection is Firework. The gelding from the John Akehurst yard looked to be coming to hand when fourth behind Shirley Oaks at Brighton. He has been given a break to freshen up and if he can reproduce that effort off this lower mark he will not be far away. Pharoah's Gold rates the main danger he was a fair third last time out behind Plutocrat in a handicap at Wolverhampton. This is an easier race and he has definite place claims. Al Muallim would win this easily on his best form but he appears to have regressed. Danehill Prince is from a shrewd yard and is taking a drop in grade so a market move could be significant. Eucalyptus won a similar contest a couple of runs ago but he was very disappointing last time. Cast Iron would have a chance on his best turf form, but he has failed to convince on this surface.