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16:20 Lingfield Park

BetUK All-Weather Vase Marathon Handicap (GBBPlus Race) (Class 4)

  • 14 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 7f 169y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £50,000 added
  • Winner: £25,770
  • 2nd: £12,085
  • 3rd: £6,045
  • 4th: £3,020
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 20.80s
  • Off Time: 16:22:48
  • 14 Ran
1(1)
Silk - Dark Green, White chevron, hooped sleeves
  • Form 609-897
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 79

towards rear on inner, switched right and headway on outer from over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well to lead towards finish

2(6)
Silk - Red, white inverted triangle, halved sleeves
8/1
  • Form 433-143
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 77

towards rear, raced wide and headway from 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, kept on but headed towards finish

3(11)
Silk - LIGHT GREEN, PURPLE hoops, LIGHT GREEN sleeves

Optician

35 t
18/1
  • Form 21-3623
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 76

in touch on outer, short of room and lost ground home turn, soon ridden and no impression

4(7)
Silk - Dark Blue, Red disc, diabolo on sleeves, quartered cap
40/1
  • Form 4-16297
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 76

started quickly, prominent, ridden and outpaced over 1f out, soon no impression

5(10)
Silk - Emerald green and orange check
13/2
  • Form 2647-32
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 76

took keen hold, in touch, waiting for room home turn, ridden and no impression inside final furlong

6(13)
Silk - Yellow, emerald green sash, yellow sleeves, emerald green stars, emerald green cap, yellow stars
  • Form 2551-32
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 77

raced wide early, pressed leader, led with one circuit to go, headed 5f out, led again 3f out, headed and weakened over 1f out

7(4)
Silk - Red, White stars on sleeves
3/1
  • Form 174-993
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 77

prominent on inner, switched right over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong

8(12)
Silk - Orange, white star, white and brown hooped sleeves
15/2
  • Form 485-213
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 75

squeezed out start, midfield, raced wide and outpaced home turn, ridden and ran on from over 1f out, went fourth towards finish

9(14)
Silk - Red, Royal Blue epaulets, Royal Blue sleeves, Red armlets, White cap
18/1
  • Form 1-63132
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 71

dwelt, switched sharply left soon after start, always behind

10(8)
Silk - Orange, Purple hoop, Orange sleeves, Purple seams, Purple cap
25/1
  • Form 425825
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 71

in rear, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, made no impression

11(9)
Silk - WHITE, LIGHT GREEN hoop, LIGHT GREEN cap
9/1
  • Form 8308-38
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 71

midfield, switched right home turn, keeping on when switched right inside final furlong, no impression

12(5)
Silk - White, Red stripe, diabolo on sleeves

Poncho (FR)

17 p DCD
8/1
  • Form 521-643
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 71

pulled hard, midfield, good headway home turn, ridden and went third 1f out, kept on

13(2)
Silk - Orange, White spots on sleeves
33/1
  • Form 411113
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 71

steadied start, midfield, waiting for room 2f out, ridden and no impression when in clear over 1f out

14(3)
Silk - Yellow, Red epaulets and armlets, Red cap, Yellow diamond

Dance Time

17 CD
14/1
  • Form 331-321
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 70

led, headed with one circuit to go, led again 5f out, headed 3f out, soon ridden and weakened

In depth

Formwatch

Tides Of War (IRE) 22-1 (9-11) Slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders out wide, went 2nd 9f out, pressed leader after, pushed along to lead turning in, ridden and headed inside final 2f, weakened quickly soon after, 7th of 8, 18 1/4l behind Humble Spark (9-9) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Mar.

Rogue Tornado 4-1 (9-11) Held up in rear, switched left and headway over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, held towards finish, 3rd of 6, 3/4l behind Cinnodin (9-6) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Apr.

Optician 7-2 (9-5) In rear, pushed along and outpaced 2f out, stayed on strongly final 100 yards, never nearer, 3rd of 7, 3/4l behind Cardano (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (4) pol in Mar.

Dreams Adozen (FR) 16-1 (8-11) Led 1f, tracked leader, pushed along and lost 2nd over 2f out, weakened quickly, soon behind, tailed off, last of 7, 19 1/4l behind Moon Over Miami (9-9) at Newbury 2m hcp (2) gd in Apr.

Red Flyer (IRE) 14-1 (8-6) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, chased winner over 2f out, well held but kept on, 2nd of 10, 5l behind Roaring Legend (9-12) at Lingfield 2m hcp (2) pol in Feb.

Pearl Jewel (IRE) 3-1 (9-9) Led, ridden early straight and headed narrowly inside final 150 yards, kept on well under pressure, just failed, 2nd of 6, shd behind Gracesolution (9-1) at Dundalk 1m 4f hcp pol in Mar.

Road To Wembley 14-1 (8-7) In rear, pushed along off pace 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, 3rd of 5, 5 1/4l behind Wonder Legend (9-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (2) pol in Mar.

Comte De Loir (FR) 5-2fav (9-8) Prominent, driven over 2f out where every chance, soon outpaced by leaders, kept on into 3rd close home, no danger, 3rd of 6, 5 1/4l behind Weddell Sea (9-5) at Newcastle 2m hcp (5) pol in Mar.

Upepo (IRE) 7-2 (9-6) Held up in rear, headway over 3f out, went 3rd and switched right inside final furlong, kept on, went 2nd close home, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Dance Time (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp (5) pol in Apr.

The Craftymaster 12-1 (9-1) Dwelt, behind, outpaced 3f out, ridden over 2f out, some headway over 1f out, weakened final 110 yards, 5th of 8, 8 3/4l behind Charging Thunder (10-0) at Southwell 2m hcp (4) pol in Mar.

Gallant Lion 14-1 (11-0) Midfield, took closer order approaching 3 out, soon pushed along and kept on same pace, ran on well run-in, not pace to seriously threaten, 5th of 12, 10 3/4l behind Le Yacht (10-2) at Ludlow 2m (4) sft in Feb.

Poncho (FR) 4-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, went 2nd close 2nd over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, held and lost 2nd close home, 3rd of 6, 3/4l behind Dance Time (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp (5) pol in Apr.

Further Measure (USA) 9-2 (9-0) Towards rear, headway 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out,r an on well to go third final furlong, kept on but no impression on leading pair towards finish, 3rd of 8, 4 1/2l behind Charging Thunder (10-0) at Southwell 2m hcp (4) pol in Mar.

Dance Time 5-1 (9-4) Made virtually all, driven entering final furlong, stayed on well, won at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp (5) pol in Apr beating Upepo (9-6) by 1/2l, 6 ran.