Racecards
17:40 Lingfield Park
William Hill Pick Your Places Racing League Race Twenty-Six (Handicap) (Class 3)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Good to Firm
- Surface: Turf
- £50,000 added
- Winner: £25,770
- 2nd: £12,085
- 3rd: £6,045
- 4th: £3,020
- Form 503620
- Age 5
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer P T Midgley
- Jockey D Tudhope
tracked leader, ridden 3f out, stayed on
- Form 1-11435
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 87
raced mid-division, ridden 3f out, weakened 1f out
- Form 377205
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey P Mathers
held up, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on final furlong
- Form 39-4604
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 82
led, headed and ridden 2f out, stayed on gamely for second
- Form 744215
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 81
raced mid-division, ridden 4f out, headway 2f out, stayed on
- Form 21-4721
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey H Crouch
keen early, held up, ridden 3f out, no impression
- Form 553316
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer George Scott
- Jockey Louis Steward
held up, raced keenly, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 17-7752
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer M L W Bell
- Jockey J Mitchell
tracked leaders, nudged along 3f out, ridden 2f out and took lead, extended advantage final furlong, won snugly
- Form 231103
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer S C Williams
- Jockey Marco Ghiani
slowly into stride, held up, ridden 2f out, stayed on final furlong
- Form 0-87444
- Age 5
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer Eve Johnson Houghton
- Jockey Georgia Dobie
broke slowly, ridden vigorously away from stalls, no response, never travelled and never on terms
In depth
Verdict
Most have been competing in the Racing League and Marks Bear finished in front of Isabella Swan when scoring on the Polytrack here. He’d earlier finished runner-up at Doncaster when just ahead of third-placed AKKERINGA but the progressive three-year-old may well reverse running on slightly better terms today. Theotherside and Shoot To Kill have something to find with the selection but Natural Path has a shout on his second at Windsor. Manigordo and Indian Sounds drop down in class and are not out of this either.
Formwatch
Indian Sounds (IRE) 50-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside last, 13th of 22, 5l behind Copper Knight (8-12) at York 5f hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Isabella Swan 22-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous, 5th of 10, 1 1/4l behind Marks Bear (9-0) at Lingfield 6f hcp (3) pol in Aug.
Manigordo (USA) 33-1 (8-5) Held up on far side, headway going nicely under 2f out but soon waiting for room, switched right and closed from well over 1f out, ran on well final furlong but no chance with stands side group, 5th of 20, 3 1/2l behind Justanotherbottle (8-12) at Ripon 6f hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Additional (IRE) 7-5fav (9-12) Restrained early, towards rear, ridden along over 1f out, plugged on final furlong, 4th of 6, 3 3/4l behind Seneca Chief (9-0) at Salisbury 5f hcp (4) gd in Aug.
Theotherside (IRE) 7-1 (9-3) Held up in mid-division, headway over 1f out, ran on between horses inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 5th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Night Of Romance (8-8) at Doncaster 6f hcp (3) gd in Aug.
Marks Bear (IRE) 13-2 (9-0) Mid-division on outer, pushed along 2f out, steady headway over 1f out, ran on well final furlong, led close home, won at Lingfield 6f hcp (3) pol in Aug beating Kool Moe Dee (8-5) by nk, 10 ran.
Shoot To Kill (IRE) 18-1 (9-2) Started slowly, outpaced in rear, headway far side of group 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 3 1/4l behind Night Of Romance (8-8) at Doncaster 6f hcp (3) gd in Aug.
Natural Path (IRE) 9-1 (9-1) Held up, headway 2f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, nearest finish, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Quickstep Lady (9-4) at Windsor 6f hcp (3) gf in Aug.
Akkeringa 5-1 (8-12) Off the pace in last pair, good headway near side of group over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, went 3rd post, 3rd of 12, 3/4l behind Night Of Romance (8-8) at Doncaster 6f hcp (3) gd in Aug.
My Style (IRE) 6-1 (9-2) In touch, ridden over 1f out, ran on towards finish, 4th of 10, 1 1/4l behind Mitrosonfire (9-9) at Newmarket 6f hcp (4) gf in Aug.