Racecards
15:30 Lingfield Park
Hblb Coloroll 'Junior' Standard Open National Hunt Flat (Class H)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 1m 5f
- Going: Heavy, Soft in places
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer M C Pipe
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, hard ridden and hung left over 1f out, kept on under pressure final furlong
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer K R Burke
- Jockey K Dalgleish
pulled hard, tracked leaders, under pressure 5f out, weakened over 3f out
Idris (GER)
14- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey P Hide
made all, driven and edged left over 1f out, pushed along and ran on well final furlong
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, effort to chase winner on inside when not much room approaching final furlong, one pace and held after
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer A Newcombe
- Jockey A Thornton
ran green, held up in rear, brief effort 5f out, outpaced final 3f
- Age 3
- Weight 10-12
- Trainer B G Powell
- Jockey James Davies
tracked leaders, went 2nd halfway, lost 2nd approaching final furlong, stayed on same pace
- Age 3
- Weight 10-5
pulled hard, rapid headway and ran very wide bend over 8f out, and again 4f out, tailed off
- Age 3
- Weight 10-5
chased winner to halfway, weakened rapidly over 5f out
In depth
Verdict
Don't Ask Me hails from a top yard and will be fancied to make a winning debut, with Hopeful Mission and Idris put up as the main dangers. Martin Pipe is sure to have Don't Ask Me, a half-brother to winning hurdler Swift Spirit, primed to go well first time in a race that should take little winning, and with Timmy Murphy doing the steering, he will be a popular choice. It is nice to see Keith Dalglish back riding again as he returns on the Francis Jeffers-owned Hopeful Mission, trained by Karl Burke. The market may be the best guide to his chance, along with Idris, a Flat-bred sort who will have learnt a bit from his Newbury introduction. We are in the dark about the others, and so we return to Don't Ask Me as the answer.