Racecards
18:45 Lingfield Park
Smith & Western Showdown Handicap (Class 4)
- 3 Runners
- Distance: 1m 1f
- Going: Good to Firm
- Surface: Turf
- £10,200 added
- Winner: £5,339
- 2nd: £2,505
- 3rd: £1,252
- 4th: £626
- Form 528-176
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey Nicola Currie
tracked front pair, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, ridden 2f out and lugged left, ran on over 1f out, took 2nd final 100 yards, not trouble winner
- Form 3-53411
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer C Johnston
- Jockey N Callan
handy in 2nd, pushed along over 2f out, no impression and ridden over 1f out, no extra final 110 yards
- Form 34167
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 80
made all, pushed along 2f out, ridden and forged on over 1f out, stayed on well, unchallenged
In depth
Formwatch
Big Sip 16-1 (9-4) Led group of three in centre, led overall after 1f, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 8, 7 1/4l behind Fort George (8-12) at Newmarket 1m hcp (3) gd in May.
Hot Dancer 7-4fav (9-7) Awkward start, son recovered and rapid headway to race in third early, travelled strongly when led over 2f out, ridden 1f out, soon faced challenge, rallied and asserted towards finish, won going away, won at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Jun beating Yabher (9-8) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Meblesh (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders near side, ridden along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 10, 15 1/2l behind Where's Freddy (9-5) at Newmarket 1m hcp (3) gf in Jun.