Racecards
20:05 Lingfield Park
Sharp Minds Betfair: Back And Lay Handicap (Class E) (Class E)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 1m 2f
- Going: Good to Firm (AW Standard)
- Form 000-02
- Age 3
- Weight 9-10
- Trainer Sir Mark Prescott
- Jockey S Sanders
in touch, ridden 4f out to chase clear leaders, kept on led line
Pass Go
40- Form 3-0000
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer G A Butler
- Jockey S W Kelly
always in rear, eased final furlong
- Form 44454
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
held up mid-division, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
Kinkozan
23- Form 06-6
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey J-P Guillambert
always in rear, eased and tailed off final 2f
African Star
23- Form 05-656
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer Mrs A Perrett
- Jockey R L Moore
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, every chance 2f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 00-0615
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer W J Haggas
- Jockey D Holland
held up towards rear, ridden and headway to chase leaders approaching 3f out, soon one pace
Macchiato
13- Form 602-050
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer R Johnson Houghton
- Jockey E Ahern
tracked leaders and keen, ridden 3f out, weakened
- Form 06-0043
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
led, headed after 2 furlongs, stayed prominent and led again 5f out, ridden approaching 2f out, headed line
- Form 262300
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
tracked leaders, led after 2f, headed 5f out and soon lost place
- Form 0600-00
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
in touch, ridden 4f out, weakened over 2f out
- Form 050
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer M Blanshard
- Jockey I Mongan
mid-division, ridden and headway 4f out, weakened over 1f
In depth
Verdict
Quarrymount gets the confident vote with Rubaiyat, Willhego and Ask The Driver heading the list of dangers. The selection was a good second behind Desert Reign off this mark last time out and a reproduction of that effort would make him hard to beat. Rubaiyat rates the main danger on his latest third behind Jelly Baby. That form has since ben franked and he will not be far away. Willhego is another worthy of respect on his latest second behind Incisor but he is far from consistent and for that reason he is opposed. Ask The Driver is another that has dropped to a hahandy mark and is worth noting in the market but in a race that throws up more questions than answers for the winner we return to Quarrymount.