Racecards
19:50 Lingfield Park
Mercedes Benz Direct Fillies' Handicap (Class 5)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Standard (Turf: Good to Firm, Good in places)
- Surface: Turf
- Form 358531
- Age 4
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer Miss B Sanders
- Jockey J Quinn
held up, never dangerous
- Form 214223
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer Stef Higgins
- Jockey J F Egan
in touch, edged left halfway, chased winner final furlong, kept on well
- Form 69-8628
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey T Quinn
in touch, raced alone stands side from halfway, stayed on same pace final furlong
- Form 388600
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer Mrs A L M King
- Jockey G Baker
slowly into stride, held up, never nearer
- Form 100570
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 57
held up, never dangerous
- Form 578314
- Age 4
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer S C Williams
- Jockey Hayley Turner
mid-division, smooth headway over 2f out, shaken up to lead over 1f out, ran on
- Form 8-88003
- Age 10
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer C F Wall
- Jockey S J Drowne
behind, never nearer
- Form 570-036
- Age 6
- Weight 8-5
- Official Rating 51
- Trainer J S Wainwright
- Jockey L P Keniry
chased leader, every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 079-700
- Age 4
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer Jane Southcombe
- Jockey S Carson
led until well over 1f out, weakened quickly
- Form 705604
- Age 4
- Weight 8-1
- Official Rating 47
mid-division, ridden and effort over 2f out, weakening when short of room over 1f out
- Form 508098
- Age 4
- Weight 8-1
- Official Rating 47
chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, soon weakened
In depth
Verdict
She's in form, which counts a lot for fillies, so Extremely Rare gets the call ahead of possibly Portmeirion, Fair Compton, Cut Ridge, Coconut Squeak, Pine Bay and Minimum Bid. Extremely Rare gained a deserved success at Windsor last time and, even from a five-pounds higher mark, can go well. Turning to the others and Miss Judgement's best Turf form gives her claims, and she has won over course and distance, while Cut Ridge is competitively weighted. Portmeirion was not beaten far on her latest course and distance run from a revised mark and holds claims. Fair Compton is on a winning mark, while Mimic is on a winning mark from last August. Despite a number of placed efforts, Dolce Piccata has only one win to her name, while Pine Bay keeps knocking at the door from today's mark and one day it will open, and Coconut Squeak remains competitive from her current mark and rarely runs a bad race. Finally, raised four pounds for a Newbury win, Minimum Bid can also be considered. However, we will stick with Exremely Rare.
Formwatch
Coconut Squeak 7-2fav (9-5) Raced centre, led 5f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra, 3rd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Daniella (8-10) at Yarmouth 6f 3yo fll hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Pine Bay 12-1 (8-8) Held up in touch, headway to challenge from over 2f out, every chance throughout final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Angel Sprints (9-2) at Goodwood 6f fll hcp (4) gf.
Mimic 7-2jt-fav (8-7) Tracked leaders on inside, ridden and no progress from 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 6l behind My Girl Pearl (8-2) at Salisbury 6f hcp (5) gf.
Portmeirion 7-2jt-fav (8-5) In touch, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, soon one pace, 4th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Red Sovereign (9-7) at Lingfield 6f hcp (5) sft.
Tancred Times 16-1 (9-8) Chased stands' side leader, ridden to lead that group over 1f out, ran on final furlong, 3rd of 14, 1l behind Kallista's Pride (9-6) at Folkestone 6f fll hcp (6) gf.
Cut Ridge (IRE) 6-1jt-fav (9-8) Led, joined 1f out, headed and weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 17, 5l behind Mythical Charm (9-2) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) sft.
Miss Judgement (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Raced stands' side, held up, headway to chase group leader final furlong, no chance with leaders far side, 4th of 14, 2 1/2l behind Kallista's Pride (9-6) at Folkestone 6f fll hcp (6) gf.
Extremely Rare (IRE) 13-2 (8-13) Went left start, made all, 8 lengths clear halfway, stayed on strongly final furlong, all out, won at Windsor 6f hcp (5) gs beating My Only Sunshine (9-7) by 3/4l, 15 ran.