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14:50 Lingfield Park

Littlewoods Bet Direct Churchill Stakes (Class A)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Standard
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 5.25s
  • 13 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Beauchamp Pilot

2/1

    2
    Silk -

    Kirovski (IRE)

    11/2

      3
      Silk -

      Lagudin (IRE)

      12/1

        2(7)
        Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue epaulets

        Dupont

        158
        4/1
        • Form 06-3114
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-2

        raced keen in touch, headway 2f out, ridden and stayed on one pace final furlong

        3(3)
        Silk - Green, Black and White check stripe, Green sleeves, White cap

        Aljaarif

        27
        16/1
        • Form 253541
        • Age 8
        • Weight 9-0

        prominent, ridden 3 out, soon weakened

        4(2)
        Silk - ORANGE, BLACK hoop, WHITE cap

        Beauchamp Pilot

        21
        2/1
        • Form 414133
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-0

        held up mid-division, headway to lead 3f out, ridden clear over 1f out, hard driven final furlong, eased and held on close home

        5(13)
        Silk - WHITE, EMERALD GREEN epaulets and stars on sleeves, YELLOW cap

        Celtic Thatcher

        259 v
        20/1
        • Form 3-33260
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-0

        chased leaders, ridden 2f out, soon beaten

        6(8)
        Silk - Orange, Emerald Green sash

        Kirovski (IRE)

        49
        11/2
        • Form 123435
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-0

        held up towards rear, headway 4f out, chased winner over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, just failed

        7(6)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Orange striped sleeves, Orange cap

        Lagudin (IRE)

        22
        12/1
        • Form 131-403
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-0

        held up in rear, head well over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, too much to do

        8(11)
        Silk - Orange, Dark Green hoops, and armlets, quartered cap

        Londoner (USA)

        43
        25/1
        • Form 3-06041
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-0

        soon led, headed 3f out out, gradually weakened

        9(1)
        Silk - Black, Yellow cap

        Man O'Mystery (USA)

        35
        7/1
        • Form 3-00104
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-0

        slowly into stride, in rear, headway 3f out, kept on over 1f out, nearest finish

        10(14)
        Silk - Emerald green and orange (halved), emerald green sleeves, orange cap

        Maranilla (IRE)

        34
        33/1
        • Form 101600
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        chased leaders until well over 1f out, soon weakened

        11(5)
        Silk - Black, Orange stripe and sleeves, striped cap

        My Lucy Locket (IRE)

        36
        66/1
        • Form 600200
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-9

        always behind

        12(4)
        Silk - MAROON, LIGHT BLUE sleeves, LIGHT BLUE cap, MAROON diamond

        Celtic Ballet

        10
        16/1
        • Form 563412
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-5

        held up on wide outside in touch, ridden and under pressure 4f out, weakened 2f out

        13(9)
        Silk - White, Emerald Green hoops on body, White cap

        Eternelle

        21
        20/1
        • Form 0-23521
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-5

        tracked leader, effort 3f out, soon ridden and weakened final furlong

        14(10)
        Silk - Mauve, Dark Blue epaulets

        Feathers Flying (IRE)

        10
        15/2
        • Form 606-030
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-5

        held up mid-division, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous

        1(12)
        NR

        Adiemus

        245
        • Form 311112
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-2

        In depth

        Verdict

        A competitive and interesting line-up for this Listed Race, with the Winter Derby winner, Adiemus, Cambridegshire winner and fifth, Beauchamp Pilot (who just has the edge at the weights) and Kirovski, German raider Aljaarif, who has won 16 races, dual Classic winner - and fourth in the St James's Palace Stakes, Dupont, the Listed Newmarket winner Lagudin (on good to soft), dual Cambridgeshire-placed, Man O'Mystery and Simon Dow's October York winner, Londoner, are all among a field chasing the ¿30,000 prize-money. It is hard to escape the class of Dupont, and he gets the TEAMtalk vote in a very good contest and despite his six-pound penalty.