Racecards
15:40 Lingfield Park
Bet Direct Interactive Claiming Stakes (Class H)
- 15 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
- Form 300-054
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
took keen hold and held up behind leaders, chased leader over 1f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, ran on
- Form 000604
- Age 6
- Weight 9-10
- Trainer J Bradley
- Jockey C J Davies
raced wide, towards rear, well behind final 3f
Hellbent
14- Form 530/0-00
- Age 5
- Weight 9-10
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey V Slattery
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, no chance when slightly hampered entering final furlong
- Form 00/60
- Age 5
- Weight 9-10
close up, hard ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Jahangir
7- Form 00030-3
- Age 5
- Weight 9-10
- Trainer B Johnson
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
led after 1f, clear over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
- Form 5-21430
- Age 5
- Weight 9-10
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey Mr S Crawford
held up in rear, not clear run 2f out, inside final furlong, switched left to rails and kept on
- Form 06-0006
- Age 7
- Weight 9-10
in rear, ran on final furlong, no chance
- Form 0306-00
- Age 6
- Weight 9-8
head from 1f, chased leader to over 1f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 04000-0
- Age 6
- Weight 9-7
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 000/00-0
- Age 6
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer J R Boyle
- Jockey Karen Peippo
slowly into stride, held up well in rear, good headway over 1f out, ran on to take 2nd well inside final furlong, not reached winner
- Form 4000-05
- Age 6
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer Miss Z Davison
- Jockey N Chalmers
soon pushed along in rear, no impression leaders final 2f
- Form 0000-40
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
slowly into stride, behind, headway 2f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong
- Form 0000-00
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey L Fletcher
mid-division, hard ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 0-00001
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
mid-division until weakened over 2f out
- Form 00000-0
- Age 3
- Weight 8-5
- Trainer D Shaw
- Jockey Lisa Jones
chasing leaders when swerved badly right bend just inside final 2f, rider lost irons, not recover
In depth
Verdict
Jahangir gets the vote here over Cayman Breeze, Lord Melbourne and Ivory Venture in the claimer. Jahangir is still a maiden who has steadily slipped down the ratings over the past two years, and could be the answer after his eyecatching effort here last week. Having his first outing since running over hurdles in November, the five-year-old looked to have things sewn up as he was sent into an early lead, but started to tire inside the final furlong and eventually finished third to Miss Peaches. It is hoped that the drop back in distance will help him to finally visit the winner's enclosure and he should go close. Cayman Breeze was sent off as favourite for a seller last week but did not find a great deal when asked to go about his business and is opposed for that reason. Dual course and distance scorer Lord Melbourne would take the beating if able to reproduce the second of those two wins here, but has been beaten three times since, and was well down the field on his latest start. That hardly inspires confidence, and of the others, only Ivory Venture can be given a chance, although he will almost certainly find this step up in trip too hard despite the fact that he ran on close home when opening his account over the minimum here seven days ago. So, a small wager on Jahangir is the suggestion.