Racecards
13:05 Lingfield Park
Bet Direct On Cricket Handicap (Class F4) (Class 4)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- Form 5000-41
- Age 7
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer D W Chapman
- Jockey Tony Culhane
chased leader to over 3f out, weakened 2f out
- Form 320436-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 54
- Trainer J R Jenkins
- Jockey A Kirby
raced on inside, held up, going well enough halfway, ridden and no response over 1f out
Lady Peaches
16- Form 30456-0
- Age 4
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 53
- Trainer D Mullarkey
- Jockey S Carson
slowly into stride and always behind
- Form 26566-3
- Age 6
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 52
- Trainer W M Brisbourne
- Jockey S W Kelly
slowly into stride, soon in touch, pushed along halfway, kept on reluctantly from over 1f out
- Form 05330-2
- Age 5
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 53
- Trainer J A R Toller
- Jockey Lisa Jones
raced wide, close up, ridden to chase leading pair over 1f out, no impression and faded towards finish
- Form 0/60163-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 52
led to over 2f out, chased winner to over 1f out, weakened
- Form 06000-5
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 56
- Trainer J J Bridger
- Jockey C Catlin
behind, effort and driven on inside over 1f out, no extra towards finish
- Form 50003-4
- Age 9
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 51
- Trainer Miss A Stokell
- Jockey Ann Stokell
prominent, went 2nd over 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden and kept on under pressure final furlong
- Form 052211-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 51
keen, prominent on inside when stumbled just over 2f out, rallied to chase winner over 1f out, kept on under pressure final furlong
- Form 00434-0
- Age 5
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer D Shaw
- Jockey Darren Williams
held up in rear, headway on outside entering final furlong, finished well but not reached leaders
- Form 0/04000-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 66
raced wide in touch, came very wide into straight well over 1f out, soon ridden and no impression
- Form 00000-2
- Age 8
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 50
in touch, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
In depth
Verdict
Whinhill House form could hold the key here, in which case we will side with St Austell ahead of Iced Diamond and Legal Set. As indicated, if you work on literal recent formlines with Whinhill House, then St Austell comes out marginally better than Iced Diamond and Legal Set. Admittedly, the selection's run came at Wolverhampton but he has shown that he can act on this surface and be effective at this distance. Given that Iced Diamond missed the kick last time, he looks set to be a leading player here with a half-decent start. Turning to the others, and Headland has been raised six pounds for his win nine days ago and has a good all-weather record - although very little of has been shown here. Labelled With Love is chasing a hat-trick following two Southwell wins and, while he might have more to come, will need to find it. Park Star is well weighted on the best of her all-weather successes, all three of which have come at Southwell and two of them in January. She was reported to have run flat last time, but possibly still needs to find two or three pounds to win here. Finally, Arrogant Prince is now a couple of pounds below a winning mark, but has yet to win here, and Davids Mark did at least show signs of a return to form last time. That said, overall, we are happy enough to side with St Austell.