Racecards
14:00 Lingfield Park
All Weather 'hands And Heels' Apprentice Handicap (div 2) (Class 6)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £2,400 added
- Form 978346
- Age 6
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 57
- Trainer Mat Salaman
- Jockey Heather Cork
pulled hard, with leaders, led over 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, kept on final furlong
- Form 427718
- Age 6
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 56
- Trainer R Harris
- Jockey Jake Payne
slowly into stride, held up, hampered and stumbled over 3f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to take 3rd towards finish
Divine Force
36- Form 536095
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 56
steadied start, pulled hard towards rear, headway approaching 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, chased winner and one pace final furlong
- Form 428750
- Age 11
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 53
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey Kevin Lundie
in touch, ridden and weakened 2f out
- Form 390806
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 53
- Trainer M J Attwater
- Jockey Kieren Fox
held up towards rear, ridden 2f out, stayed on nearest finish
- Form 448212
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 53
- Trainer J M Bradley
- Jockey R Clark
held up in touch, led over 1f out, pushed clear final furlong
- Form 009968
- Age 6
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer A J McCabe
- Jockey R J Rowe
led over 4f out, headed over 3f out, ridden to lead again 2f out, soon headed, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 06-5400
- Age 5
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 49
- Trainer T Keddy
- Jockey Tracey Addey
in touch, ridden 2f out, soon one pace
- Form P53380
- Age 4
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 47
- Trainer A B Haynes
- Jockey David Kenny
mid-division, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 676085
- Age 4
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer P Leech
- Jockey Matthew Lawson
led, headed over 4f out, remained prominent, until ridden and weakened over 2f out
El Potro
21- Form 08-5700
- Age 7
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer J R Holt
- Jockey Noel Garbutt
held up, wide and headway to mid-division over 4f out, ridden and weakened 2f out
- Form 346900-
- Age 6
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 37
- Trainer Miss N L-Beavis
- Jockey Lindsey White
mainly in rear
Arch Event
13- Form 00-6
- Age 4
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 35
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey Ryan Powell
always in rear
In depth
Verdict
Division Two of the 'Hands And Heels' handicap that opened the card looks just as open as the first and it could be that consistency will win the day and we think it might by siding with Milton Bradley's DANCING WELCOME ahead of the unexposed Divine Force while One More Round has place claims at a bigger price. Generally running well at the moment, including scoring on his penultimate start, the pick looks the only runner in this field displaying any consistent good form. He followed that win by finding just one too good off this mark so he should be capable of another good effort. Divine Force should be seen in a better light here with another couple of pounds removed from his back following one of his best runs in handicap company last time. He is still lightly raced so can show us more and any market support for him would be interesting. One More Round last won a handicap at this time last year and is now 19lbs lighter than when scoring that day so could get into at least a place in this company. Mocha Java is also considered under his current burden but Dancing Welcome has the most appealing profile and is the marginal call.
Formwatch
Mocha Java 7-1 (8-12) Held up, headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 10l behind My Sweet Georgia (9-4) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Charlie Delta 9-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 14, 13l behind Naomh Geileis (9-4) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Divine Force 50-1 (9-2) Held up in rear, headway towards far side over 3f out, chased leader 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 15, 4l behind Another Try (9-5) at Yarmouth 6f hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Oct.
One More Round (USA) 9-2 (8-9) Slowly into stride, always in last place, last of 13, 31l behind Fantasy Fighter (8-11) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol.
Kamanja (UAE) 50-1 (8-5) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never nearer, 6th of 13, 6l behind Spice Run (9-3) at Wolverhampton 6f mdn stks (5) pol.
Dancing Welcome 10-1 (8-12) Mid-division, headway under pressure over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd well inside final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 12, 3l behind Punching (9-3) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Ardent Prince 15-2 (8-11) Took keen hold, held up, ridden over 2f out, never trouble leaders, 8th of 12, 7l behind Wunder Strike (8-12) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol.
Womaniser (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, reluctant and soon ridden along in rear, never near leaders, 10th of 13, 45l behind Kristopher James (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Talamahana 8-1 (8-9) Mid-division, stumbled badly and lost place over 3f out, not a danger after, last of 10, 9l behind Malapropism (8-12) at Lingfield 6f app hcp 0-55 (6) pol in Oct.
Toballa 25-1 (8-8) Took keen hold, held up towards rear, pushed along 3f out, driven over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to get to leaders, 5th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Final Drive (9-1) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol.
El Potro 20-1 (9-0) Raced stands' side, chased leaders, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, 11th of 17, 7l behind Mission Impossible (8-8) at Nottingham 5f hcp 0-55 (6) sft.
Macademy Royal (USA) 33-1 (8-0) Taken to post early, always behind, last of 15, 16l behind Taboor (8-8) at Yarmouth 5f hcp (6) gf in Jul '08.
Arch Event 50-1 (9-1) Prominent, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 12, 17l behind Oriental Cavalier (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn auc stks (6) pol.