Racecards
15:10 Lingfield Park
Power 2000 Banded Stakes (Class H5) (Class 5)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- Form 0000
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer J R Best
- Jockey T P Queally
took keen hold, chased leaders over 3f out, soon ridden and weakened 2f out, eased final furlong
- Form 0600
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer A G Newcombe
- Jockey S Whitworth
raced wide in touch, driven to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, one pace
- Form 530050
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 40
in touch, effort and every chance inside final furlong, not pace of winner
- Form 256600
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer T M Jones
- Jockey S Hitchcott
prominent, led over 3f out to over 1f out, weakened quickly
- Form 00/00
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer V Smith
- Jockey Rory Moore
slowly into stride, towards rear, late headway over 1f out nearest finish
- Form 004030
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer K A Morgan
- Jockey P Makin
behind, stayed on well final 2f nearest finish
- Form 403563
- Age 5
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer E A Wheeler
- Jockey S Carson
led to over 3f out, gradually weakened
- Form 3-00050
- Age 6
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 47
- Trainer I W McInnes
- Jockey P Mulrennan
with leaders to over 3f out, soon beaten
- Form 400000
- Age 6
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 40
in rear, good headway 2f out, ran on strongly to lead well inside final furlong, soon clear
- Form 030650
- Age 9
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer Miss J S Doyle
- Jockey James Doyle
in touch, ridden and weakened 2f out
- Form 000650
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 56
- Trainer Paul Johnson
- Jockey N Chalmers
slowly into stride and lost several lengths, behind, headway to chase leaders 2f out not clear run on inner 1f out, eased heavily inside final furlong
- Form 215220
- Age 6
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 37
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey R J Killoran
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened
Tojoneski
19- Form 300530
- Age 5
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer I W McInnes
- Jockey J F McDonald
in rear, some late headway final 2f never nearer
- Form 0000-06
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer W De Best-Turner
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
with leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out
In depth
Verdict
In this race, we have shortlisted Happy Camper, Rathmullan, Sheer Focus, Tiny Tim and, possibly, Primatech, with the vote going to Sheer Focus. Happy Camper has shown enough on Turf and the all-weather to be granted consideration, particularly as his rider takes three pounds off his back. In similar vein, Jasmine Pearl has form enough from higher marks to get amongst the money. Primatech ran better than his finishing position suggested last time and could well play a part in this modest heat. Rathmullan, one of a number that sport headgear in this race, has more than enough recent form to play a part and must be considered. The best of Sheer Focus's Turf form gives him leading claims and he has first-time blinkers on today, and you can't rule out Single Track Mind on a best-of-form form basis although recent efforts have hardly been inspiring, including in cheekpieces. Others to have the odd bit of form are Somayda, Tojoneski and The Gambler, while Tiny Tim would have a big chance on the best of his form of the last 12 months and could well go well fresh following a break. Afford him all due respect but for us the vote just goes to Sheer Focus.