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13:20 Lingfield Park

Littlewoods Bet Direct Handicap (Class F)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 1m
  • Going: Standard
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 40.65s
  • 11 Ran
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1
Silk -

Alafzar (IRE)

3/1

    2
    Silk -

    Steely Dan

    7/1

      3
      Silk -

      Balerno

      7/1

        1(6)
        Silk - Light blue, orange epaulets, armlets and cap

        Kinsman (IRE)

        7 b
        11/2
        • Form 0600-21
        • Age 7
        • Weight 10-2

        held up in rear, headway 2f out, kept on final furlong

        2(2)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow hollow box

        Alafzar (IRE)

        7 b
        3/1
        • Form 0040-40
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-10

        tracked leaders, chased leader approaching final furlong, led inside final furlong, pushed along and ran on

        3(11)
        Silk - Royal Blue, White sash, diamonds on sleeves

        Balerno

        34
        7/1
        • Form 05300-1
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-9

        held up in rear, effort and kept on final furlong, took 3rd near finish

        4(10)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Pink cross belts, hooped sleeves, Pink cap

        Steely Dan

        7
        7/1
        • Form 005-000
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-8

        in touch on outer, led narrowly 2f out, headed and not quicken inside final furlong

        5(7)
        Silk - Pink, Dark Blue and White striped sleeves, White cap

        Mister Clinton (IRE)

        25
        14/1
        • Form 000-000
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-8

        fluent stride, soon in touch, effort 2f out, soon weakened

        6(9)
        Silk - Emerald Green, Beige Cross of Lorraine, hooped cap

        Ranny

        110
        25/1
        • Form 504100-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-8

        took keen hold, held up in touch, effort on wide outside 2f out, kept on final furlong

        7(4)
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW sleeves, quartered cap

        Piquet

        11
        11/2
        • Form 501-316
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-8

        held up in rear, kept on final furlong, not pace to reach leaders

        8(3)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Gold sash, Gold cap

        Angelica Garnett

        35 e
        25/1
        • Form 6/000-06
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-7

        pulled very hard and left after 1f, to over 3f out, weakened 2f out

        9(8)
        Silk - Grey and Royal Blue (quartered), Red sleeves and cap

        Raheel (IRE)

        25
        10/1
        • Form 2060-54
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-7

        slowly into stride, took keen hold and soon tracked leaders, ridden to press leader 2f out, no extra final furlong

        10(5)
        Silk - Emerald Green, Red hoop, Emerald Green sleeves, Red spots

        Balmacara

        35
        10/1
        • Form 00554-0
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-6

        tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 3f out, headed 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong

        11(1)
        Silk - Emerald Green, Orange hoop, Orange cap

        Galey River (USA)

        149
        16/1
        • Form 000000-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-5

        led 1f, stayed prominent, hard ridden 2f out, soon outpaced and beaten

        In depth

        Verdict

        Not the easiest of races to work out so the tentative selection is Balerno, with Kinsman and Piquet given as the main dangers. The form of Balerno's recent course victory has been given a major boost with runner up Miss Peaches successful on Monday. His previous handicap form was quite moderate but that was over a longer trip, and now he has tasted victory he could run up a sequence. Kinsman also gained an overdue success when beating Mayzin over the seven furlong trip here last week. He is now a bit high in the weights but should still figure in the finish. Of the others Piquet looks to have a major chance. He easily got the better of Wanna Shout in a banded race here a fortnight ago and with that runner up obliging on Monday Piquet has to be respected. To add even more complications Ranny and Raheel have shown plenty of ability for their top stables, so in a very open affair Balerno just gets the vote.