Racecards
17:00 Lingfield Park
Go Pontin's Apprentice Handicap (Class 5)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £4,500 added
- Form 831114/
- Age 6
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer D E Cantillon
- Jockey S Donohoe
held up in rear, headway 2f out, ridden to lead 2f out, headed inside final furlong, one pace
Eldorado
165- Form 143258-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-12
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey A Kirby
behind, headway on outside 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
- Form 455-874
- Age 6
- Weight 9-12
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer J R Boyle
- Jockey J Mitchell
held up in rear, headway on outside 4f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well
- Form 00-1313
- Age 8
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer Noel T Chance
- Jockey James Doyle
towards rear, not much room over 4f out, stayed on inside final furlong
- Form 47/02-32
- Age 8
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer J D Frost
- Jockey Hadden Frost
mid-division, one pace final 3f
- Form 36586-1
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 68
prominent in chasing group, stayed on one pace final 2f
- Form 23/6034
- Age 9
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 61
- Trainer B G Powell
- Jockey R Kingscote
in touch, weakened 3f out
- Form 20/006-7
- Age 6
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 57
- Trainer T T Clement
- Jockey M Halford
chased leaders, weakened quickly over 3f out
- Form 72-1183
- Age 10
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 54
- Trainer K J Burke
- Jockey E Creighton
towards rear, no chance final 3f
- Form 54036/0
- Age 7
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 46
- Trainer D J S Ffrench Davis
- Jockey Billy Cray
pulled hard, soon pressing leader, led 10f to 5f out, weakened quickly
- Form 397-741
- Age 5
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer P Howling
- Jockey Saleem Golam
mid-division, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 30-7862
- Age 6
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer D Shaw
- Jockey Liam Jones
mid-division, ridden to press leaders over 1f out, unable to quicken
- Form 570242-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer V Smith
- Jockey J M O'Dwyer
held up in rear, steady headway over 5f out, ridden to challenge 2f out, hung left over 1f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 0-35167
- Age 4
- Weight 8-3
- Official Rating 48
- Trainer E R Oertel
- Jockey J D Walsh
led to 10f out, pressed leader, regained lead 5f out, headed 2f out, weakened quickly
In depth
Verdict
Capitalise gets a narrow vote in a wide open finale, Caucasienne and Tip Toes could provide most danger. Vince Smith's charge was in great form back before Christmas, winning over the jumps and being placed numerous times on the flat. He remains on a very fair mark and will take all the beating. Tip toes was an impressive winner at Wolverhampton last time out and should go close in his follow up bid. Caucasienne was also successful last time out and should go close in her follow up bid. garnet landed a hat-trick here back in 2005 and it wouldn't be too big a shock if he went close following his long holiday. All in all a very difficult race to assess, but Capitalise is one of the more consistent performers and he gets our vote.