Racecards
14:35 Lingfield Park
Betway Handicap (Class 2)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £19,000 added
- Winner: £11,972
- 2nd: £3,583
- 3rd: £1,792
- 4th: £897
- Form 3-20403
- Age 6
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 99
- Trainer A King
- Jockey Tom Marquand
dwelt in touch, pushed along 2f out, not clear run over 1f out, ridden and headway inside final furlong, kept on one pace
- Form D16896
- Age 6
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 97
- Trainer N B King
- Jockey James Doyle
held up in rear, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, hung left inside final furlong, staying on when not clear run close home
- Form 524150
- Age 8
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer S Dow
- Jockey Thore Hammer-Hansen
led, headed 9f out, tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 628232
- Age 7
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 94
- Trainer M Appleby
- Jockey Alistair Rawlinson
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, faded inside final furlong
- Form 21D1/14
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer D R C Elsworth
- Jockey William Carson
close up, switched right and headway approaching final furlong, led entering final furlong, driven out
- Form 109057
- Age 7
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam
- Jockey Ray Dawson
held up, ran wide into straight 2f out, ridden and headway inside final furlong, ran on, not quite reach winner
- Form 426004
- Age 8
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey Jason Hart
raced wide close up, pushed along 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 5266P8
- Age 5
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer M P Tregoning
- Jockey M Dwyer
towards rear, short lived effort on inner entering final furlong
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Busy Street still looks a shade high in the weights after going close at Wolverhampton with Fire Fighting back in fourth. Scarlet Dragon represents last year’s winning yard and the winning hurdler has a good strike rate on the Flat. He’s preferred to Hulcote off his current mark but ENTANGLING (NAP) gets another chance back over 1m4f for this. David Elsworth’s charge made a winning comeback at Kempton on his first outing since 2017 before going close again over 1m2f here behind Victory Bond with the re-opposing Circus Couture back in seventh. He won with plenty in hand on the only previous occasion he competed over today’s distance and a bold bid is expected.
Formwatch
Scarlet Dragon 7-2 (11-12) Held up in touch, pushed along and no headway 3 out, last of 8, 25 3/4l behind Blu Cavalier (11-12) at Doncaster 2m 1f hcp (2) sft in Dec.
Petite Jack 25-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 6, 11 1/4l behind Crossed Baton (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f lst stks (1) pol in Nov.
Mythical Madness 33-1 (9-5) Always towards rear, last of 11, 8 3/4l behind Victory Bond (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Busy Street 14-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Getchagetchagetcha (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Hulcote 25-1 (9-1) Held up towards rear, ridden on outside and headway 2f out, edged left, one pace final furlong, 5th of 8, 5 1/4l behind Pablo Escobarr (9-2) at Kempton 1m 4f lst stks (1) pol in Dec.
Entangling (IRE) 7-1 (8-12) Led early, close up, headway on inner to lead just inside final furlong, soon headed, kept on, 4th of 11, 1 1/4l behind Victory Bond (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Circus Couture (IRE) 50-1 (8-13) In rear, ridden over 1f out, never nearer, 7th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Victory Bond (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Fire Fighting (IRE) 40-1 (8-13) Close up, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Getchagetchagetcha (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Seafarer (IRE) 10-1 (8-12) Led, pushed along and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 8, 14 1/4l behind Francis Xavier (9-8) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (2) pol in Nov.