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15:00 Lingfield Park

Tersus Claiming Stakes (Class 6)

  • 4 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 1f
  • Going: Soft
  • Surface: Turf
  • £2,250 added
  • Winner: £1,534
  • 2nd: £453
  • 3rd: £227
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 0.77s
  • Off Time: 15:00:31
  • 4 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Royal Opera

6/4

    1(2)
    Silk - Pink, Black sash, striped cap

    Avon River

    13 b
    4/6
    • Form 202230
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-11
    • Official Rating 82

    led narrowly, driven and hard pressed over 2f out, soon ridden, headed over 1f out, kept on final furlong, always held

    2(1)
    Silk - Dark blue, black sleeves, beige armlets, royal blue cap

    Midnight Tiger

    40/1
    • Age 3
    • Weight 9-3

    dwelt badly, in rear, pushed along over 4f out, lost touch 2f out

    3(3)
    Silk - Royal Blue, Maroon sash and star on cap

    Royal Opera

    15
    6/4
    • Form 502053
    • Age 3
    • Weight 9-2
    • Official Rating 67

    tracked leading pair, went 2nd over 4f out, challenged going well over 2f out, shaken up to lead over 1f out, driven out final furlong

    4(4)
    Silk - Beige and emerald green stripes, beige sleeves

    Yellow Printer

    6
    10/1
    • Form 30683/0
    • Age 5
    • Weight 9-2
    • Official Rating 60

    with leader, lost place over 4f out, outpaced over 3f out, no chance with leding pair final 2f

    Previous results

    2010
    (5)
    Silk -

    Lang Shining (IRE)

    2/5
    • Age 6
    • Weight 10-0

    In depth

    Verdict

    A tricky contest as Avon River is well clear on official figures, but cannot be trusted to run up to his rating. He was 10lb well-in with the winner Miami Gator on his penultimate start, but could only manage third-place and could be worth taking on with ROYAL OPERA. The latter may prove difficult to pass if allowed an easy lead and makes more appeal than Yellow Printer, whose only win was back in 2008, while the newcomer Midnight Tiger is hard to fancy making his belated debut at this level.

    Formwatch

    Avon River 4-1 (9-8) Switched to race alone on stands rail and with leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out, last of 10, 31l behind Woodcote Place (9-12) at Newbury 7f clm stks (5) gd.

    Midnight Tiger Advise gelding out of Midnight Pebbles.

    Royal Opera 8-1 (9-4) Soon led, ridden and headed 2f out, chased winner, no impression over 1f out, no extra in 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 4l behind Sciampin (8-11) at Salisbury 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gf.

    Yellow Printer 20-1 (9-10) Led until over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 10th of 12, 26l behind Whodathought (9-10) at Salisbury 1m ladies hcp 0-70 (5) gs.