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12:40 Lingfield Park

Littlewoods Bet Direct Handicap (Class F)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 6f
  • Going: Standard
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 12.58s
  • 13 Ran
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1
Silk -

Nearly A Fool

9/2

    2
    Silk -

    Tayif

    5/2

      3
      Silk -

      Double M

      8/1

        1(10)
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE hoop, WHITE sleeves, ROYAL BLUE armlets, WHITE cap

        Tayif

        7
        5/2
        • Form 603-211
        • Age 8
        • Weight 10-5

        held up in mid-division, headway on inner over 2f out, ridden to press winner final furlong, unable to quicken

        2(14)
        Silk - White and Dark Green diabolo, diamonds on sleeves,quartered cap

        Regal Song (IRE)

        79 b
        20/1
        • Form 061005-
        • Age 8
        • Weight 9-12

        slowly away and always in rear

        3(4)
        Silk - Red, Black epaulets, Red sleeves, Grey armlets, White cap

        Double M

        4 v
        8/1
        • Form 0000-41
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-11

        close up in chasing group, kept on under pressure final furlong

        4(2)
        Silk - Black, Red cross belts, Red sleeves, Black armlets, Red cap

        Nearly A Fool

        14 v
        9/2
        • Form 60353-1
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-9

        chased clear leading pair, ridden to close 2f out, led approaching final furlong, ran on well

        5(7)
        Silk - RED, WHITE sleeves, EMERALD GREEN armlets, EMERALD GREEN cap

        Mayzin (IRE)

        11
        4/1
        • Form 0054-32
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-8

        led after 1f, set fast pace and soon well clear, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, one pace after

        6(12)
        Silk - YELLOW, ROYAL BLUE star, halved sleeves, ROYAL BLUE cap, YELLOW star

        Attorney

        7 v
        20/1
        • Form 004-301
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-5

        in mid-division, hard ridden halfway, weakened 2f out

        7(1)
        Silk - Red, Black triple diamond, Black cap

        Master Rattle

        11
        50/1
        • Form 50000-0
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-4

        led for 1f, pressed clear leader, ridden along halfway, weakened quickly over 1f out

        8(11)
        Silk - Dark blue, mauve cross of Lorraine, red sleeves, mauve cap

        Loch Laird

        15
        12/1
        • Form 01000-0
        • Age 9
        • Weight 9-3

        in rear, effort on inner and hard ridden over 1f out, kept on but never dangerous

        10(8)
        Silk - Orange, White sleeves, Black cap

        Ellamyte

        68 v
        66/1
        • Form 530300-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-2

        prominent in chasing group until weakened halfway

        11(6)
        Silk - Royal blue and white stripes, yellow sleeves

        Komena

        7
        25/1
        • Form 05240-5
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-1

        soon ridden in rear, never dangerous

        12(13)
        Silk - BROWN, ORANGE hoop and sleeves

        Torrent

        16 b
        16/1
        • Form 52060-2
        • Age 9
        • Weight 8-13

        took keen hold, held up, effort and driven 2f out, one pace

        13(9)
        Silk - Pink, Black star, armlets and star on cap

        Silver Mascot

        7
        25/1
        • Form 0/0600-4
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-13

        prominent in chasing group, hard ridden halfway, no headway from over 1f out

        14(3)
        Silk - YELLOW, BLACK star, quartered cap

        Sabana (IRE)

        7 b
        12/1
        • Form 3000-43
        • Age 6
        • Weight 8-13

        dwelt, held up, headway halfway, stayed on final furlong

        9(5)
        NR

        Fiamma Royale (IRE)

        9
        • Form 05000-4
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-3

        Nonrunner

        In depth

        Verdict

        Plenty of these have been hard to win with in the past, including the selection, Tayif, who has never been one to recommend as a maximum stakes play. However, Andrew Reid seems to have succeeded were others have failed and this former Ayr Silver Cup winner should make a bold bid to land the hat-trick despite being set to carry a 6lb penalty for his recent exertions. Double M, Nearly A Fool and Attorney have chances at the weights and are all respected in their claims. Torrent has been running well in defeat of late and will spring a surprise again one day. However, it is not too long ago that we were saying the same thing about Tayif and he is very hard to oppose now that he appears to have got his confidence back. The booking of a useful 7lb claimer Steve Donohoe gives Tayif every chance of overcoming his disadvantage at the weights and, assuming that he is in the same frame of mind that has seen him win over course and distance in his last two starts, the top weight is the one to be on for us in the opener.