Racecards
12:00 Lingfield Park
Bet Direct Enhanced Place Terms Handicap (Div 1) (Class E3) (Class 3)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- Form 132002
- Age 3
- Weight 9-11
- Official Rating 77
with leader, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 050026
- Age 3
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 74
led, headed over 3f out, remained handy, ridden and stayed on final furlong
- Form 003500
- Age 7
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer D R C Elsworth
- Jockey T Quinn
raced wide, chased leaders, stayed on final furlong, never able to challenge
Palawan
87- Form 000000
- Age 8
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey R J Killoran
with leaders, ridden and every chance 2f out, kept on one pace
- Form 404253
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 64
led over 3f out, ridden out
- Form 052000
- Age 5
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer Mrs C A Dunnett
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
broke well, soon steadied to rear, outpaced halfway
- Form 000302
- Age 7
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 61
- Trainer Mrs L Richards
- Jockey N Callan
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never able to challenge
- Form 005300
- Age 6
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 54
- Trainer S Gollings
- Jockey F Norton
slowly into stride, always in rear
- Form 0053-00
- Age 4
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer Mrs H Sweeting
- Jockey R Kingscote
held up, ridden and weakened over 1f out
- Form 0/33014
- Age 4
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 54
- Trainer Julian Poulton
- Jockey M Halford
dwelt, ridden to soon chase leaders, ridden over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, just failed
In depth
Verdict
An interesting little sprint that can go to Red Sovereign, who ran as if a return to the minimum trip would suit earlier in the month and she gets the nod over Tag Team and the lightly raced Hammer Of The Gods, who make the most appeal out of the rest; although Kathology has taken on stronger opposition in the past and is worth monitoring for signs of each-way support. However, David Elsworth's charge has been very hard to win with over the last two years and there has to be the suspicion that he is now simply on the downgrade. Hammer Of The Gods won a Banded Stakes race in good style on his penultimate start and looked as if he was capable of running up a sequence at one point. However, a 10lb rise in the handicap was made to look a harsh assessment last time and, from only a pound lower, he will do well to better the effort in this stiffer company. Conversely, Tag Team has more than his share of weight for a horse that has never won at five furlongs and may be only just getting going when the race is all but over. Therefore, we turn to Red Sovereign as the value call today. The daughter of Danzig Connection, who was running at Listed level as recently as September of this year, has shown much better form when asked to go over this distance and, with the course holding no fears for her, a bold bid is anticipated from Red Sovereign this afternoon