Racecards
14:20 Lingfield Park
Betway Handicap (Class 3)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 1m 2f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £11,500 added
- Winner: £7,246
- 2nd: £2,169
- 3rd: £1,084
- 4th: £543
- Form 96446-6
- Age 6
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 95
- Trainer D O'Meara
- Jockey K Shoemark
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 412-224
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer M Appleby
- Jockey David Probert
in touch, close up halfway, carried wide 2f out, ridden and ran on towards finish
Byford (FR)
18- Form 21-1
- Age 4
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer I Furtado
- Jockey Jason Hart
tracked leader, pushed along and carried wide 2f out, ridden and ran green over 1f out, joined leader inside final furlong, ridden to lead towards finish, readily
- Form 2032-31
- Age 5
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer Tom Clover
- Jockey Georgia Dobie
in touch, pushed along 3f out, short lived effort approaching final furlong
- Form 77000-6
- Age 9
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer D M Simcock
- Jockey Hayley Turner
in touch in rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, kept on one pace
- Form 2243-24
- Age 5
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer R Hughes
- Jockey Tyler Heard
set steady pace, pushed along and ran wide 2f out, ridden and joined inside final furlong, headed towards finish
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
BYFORD defied a penalty at Wolverhampton to complete a double in novice company. He has scope for further progress now handicapping and is preferred to Crimewave. The latter won over track and trip last month but is upped in class for this. Oslo beat Charlie Arthur at Chelmsford back in December though ran a shocker here last time and the latter re-opposes on better terms. Nonios and El Ghazwani are struggling at present.
Formwatch
El Ghazwani (IRE) 11-1 (9-9) In touch, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, last of 6, 9 3/4l behind Lucky's Dream (8-10) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Oslo 10-3 (9-5) Led, headed narrowly 4f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 4, 11 3/4l behind Father Of Jazz (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Feb.
Byford (FR) 6-4fav (9-9) Tracked leader, led over 1f out, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Feb beating Yankee Stadium (9-2) by 1 1/4l, 9 ran.
Crimewave (IRE) 4-1jfav (9-7) Held up towards rear of mid-division, good headway out wide and hung left over 1f out, strong run to lead inside final 150 yards, won going away, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Jan beating Athmad (9-12) by 1 1/2l, 13 ran.
Nonios (IRE) 40-1 (9-4) Slowly away in rear, pushed along over 1f out, never on terms, 6th of 7, 8 3/4l behind Variyann (9-6) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Charlie Arthur (IRE) 8-1 (9-8) Led and set very steady pace, headed 2f out, chased winner, ridden over 1f out, soon not quicken, no extra and lost 2 places towards finish, 4th of 7, 1 1/4l behind Party Island (8-10) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Feb.