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16:12 Lingfield Park

Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Classified Stakes (Class 6)

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 1y
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £6,000 added
  • Winner: £3,140
  • 2nd: £1,474
  • 3rd: £736
  • 4th: £368
1(10)
Silk - BLACK, YELLOW disc, striped sleeves and cap

Back Before Dark

54
  • Form 34020-5
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 47

2(4)
Silk - Red, grey chevron, sleeves and cap

First Encounter

15 b BFD
  • Form 24-8612
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 49

3(5)
Silk - Light Green, Mauve and Light Green striped sleeves, Mauve cap, Light Green diamond

Iftikhaar (IRE)

25 v D
  • Form 1088-25
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 48

4(9)
Silk - Light blue and pink (quartered), light blue sleeves

Man Is King (IRE)

11 t
  • Form 73-0519
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 50

5(1)
Silk - EMERALD GREEN and YELLOW (halved), diabolo on sleeves, quartered cap

Monks Mead

17 BFCD
  • Form 34-5124
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 49

6(7)
Silk - White, emerald green chevrons on sleeves, quartered cap

Nicely Curved (USA)

15 ht
  • Form 6737/9-2
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 50

7(2)
Silk - Mauve, black seams, halved sleeves and star on cap

Pyrrhic Dancer (IRE)

44 b
  • Form 113/04-6
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 45

8(3)
Silk - Emerald green, orange stars, mauve sleeves, orange and mauve quartered cap

Saved Lizzie

14
  • Form 3306-56
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 44

9(6)
Silk - BLACK, RED striped sleeves, check cap

Spirit Charmer

15
  • Form 3006-63
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 47

10(8)
Silk - Dark blue, yellow armlets, dark blue & yellow quartered cap

Unknown Journey (IRE)

15
  • Form 699-735
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 45

In depth

Formwatch

Back Before Dark 10-1 (9-9) Tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, faded final furlong, 5th of 8, 5 1/4l behind Rogue De Vega (9-9) at Wolverhampton 5f stks (6) pol in Jan.

First Encounter 6-4fav (9-9) Soon raced in second, narrowly led over 1f out, soon hung right and edged towards centre, ridden inside final furlong, no extra when headed towards finish, 2nd of 7, nk behind Rosemary's Rose (9-9) at Lingfield 1m stks (6) pol in Feb.

Iftikhaar (IRE) 8-1 (9-9) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, no impression, 5th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Al Baahy (9-11) at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (6) pol in Jan.

Man Is King (IRE) 12-1 (9-11) Mounted on course and taken down early, prominent, led after 1f, headed on bend over 2f out, soon outpaced, weakened quickly and dropped to last over 1f out, last of 9, 12 1/4l behind Sea Of Charm (10-9) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Feb.

Monks Mead 3-1cfav (9-9) Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, lost third final strides, 4th of 7, 2 1/2l behind Man Is King (9-9) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f stks (6) pol in Feb.

Nicely Curved (USA) 7-1 (9-9) Towards rear, outpaced when raced wide on bend 2f out, rallied and ran on well final furlong, took second towards finish, not reach winner, 2nd of 8, nk behind Angelica K (9-9) at Lingfield 1m stks (6) pol in Feb.

Pyrrhic Dancer (IRE) 6-1 (9-9) Prominent, hung badly left and pushed along 2f out, outpaced 1f out, weakened final 110yds, 6th of 9, 4 3/4l behind Eagles Whistle (10-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (6) pol in Jan.

Saved Lizzie 33-1 (9-0) Midfield, ridden over 2f out, faded inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 5l behind Hint Of The Jungle (9-8) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Feb.

Spirit Charmer 66-1 (9-9) Mounted on chute and taken down early, midfield, ridden over 1f out, outpaced entering final furlong, soon weakened, 3rd of 8, 1 3/4l behind Angelica K (9-9) at Lingfield 1m stks (6) pol in Feb.

Unknown Journey (IRE) 5-1 (9-9) Reared start and slowly away, towards rear, pushed along over 1f out, hung right inside final furlong, soon weakened, 5th of 7, 5 3/4l behind Rosemary's Rose (9-9) at Lingfield 1m stks (6) pol in Feb.