Racecards
14:35 Lingfield Park
32Red.com Novice Stakes (Class 5)
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 1m 1y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £5,800 added
- Winner: £3,752
- 2nd: £1,116
- 3rd: £558
- 4th: £279
- Form 21/125-2
- Age 4
- Weight 10-2
- Official Rating 94
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey D C Costello
tracked leader, led 5f out, ridden out
- Form 8/51200-
- Age 5
- Weight 10-2
- Official Rating 98
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey A Kirby
close up, headway to chase winner over 1f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
- Form 69/990-8
- Age 4
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 84
led, headed 5f out, tracked winner, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace
- Form 36479-5
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer K R Burke
- Jockey P J McDonald
raced wide, tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, driven and headway to press winner inside final furlong, no impression towards finish
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
QASSEM has faced a couple of tough tasks since finishing second at York in August and has won on the all-weather before. He has leading claims at the weights and makes more appeal over today’s distance than Cliffs Of Capri. The latter landed a double over 7f earlier and went close over the same trip at Wolverhampton during the week. Lost At Sea and Medici Banchiere make up the rest of a small field but look up against it both on these terms and on form.
Formwatch
Cliffs Of Capri 8-15fav (10-2) Tracked leaders, led and hung left over 1f out, soon ridden and ran on, headed post, 2nd of 5, shd behind Maximinus Thrax (9-2) at Wolverhampton 7f stks (5) pol in Jan.
Qassem (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, disputing 2nd 3f out until pushed along and weakened over 1f out, 14th of 20, 9 1/2l behind Lord Glitters (9-3) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) sft in Oct.
Lost At Sea 25-1 (8-13) Outpaced in rear, never a factor, 8th of 9, 16 3/4l behind Custard The Dragon (8-10) at Southwell 7f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Medici Banchiere 11-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 5l behind Dellaguista (9-0) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Jan.