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14:30 Lingfield Park

Bet Direct No Q Banded Stakes (Class H)

  • 15 Runners
  • Distance: 7f
  • Going: Standard
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 26.40s
  • 15 Ran
1(13)
Silk - Beige, Purple hoops, White cap, Purple tassel
16/1
  • Form 5-05306
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7

held up in rear, some late moderate headway

2(16)
Silk - Red, Maroon seams, Red sleeves and cap
20/1
  • Form 0-30106
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7

soon pushed along in rear, tailed off halfway

3(12)
Silk - Dark Blue, White disc, diamonds on sleeves

Geespot

15
16/1
  • Form 400030
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-7

behind, stayed on under pressure final furlong, no danger

4(4)
Silk - Dark Blue, Emerald Green star, sleeves and star on cap
5/2
  • Form 0-00631
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7

held up, headway to track leaders over 2f out, ridden and found nil entering final furlong

5(2)
Silk - Emerald Green, Orange star, Orange cap
33/1
  • Form 000-404
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7

towards rear, badly hampered 4f out, not recover

6(1)
Silk - Emerald Green, Orange star, Orange cap
33/1
  • Form 00-0030
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7

dwelt, always towards rear

8(6)
Silk - DARK BLUE, PINK epaulets, striped sleeves
20/1
  • Form 00-0040
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-7

led to over 3f out, chased winner to 2f out, weakened over 1f out

9(7)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, LIGHT BLUE Cross of Lorraine
25/1
  • Form 000-320
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-7

chased leader, led over 3f out, pushed 2 lengths clear approaching final furlong, hard ridden final furlong, just held on

10(5)
Silk - Purple, Yellow hoop, Purple sleeves, Yellow spots, Yellow cap
  • Form 4400-46
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7

in touch, pushed along 4f out, weakened over 2f out

11(11)
Silk - BLACK, YELLOW disc, striped sleeves and cap
  • Form 00-0502
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-7

held up in rear division, headway 2f out, kept on final furlong, never going pace to reach leading pair

12(9)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, LIGHT BLUE star and star on cap
  • Form 00-0254
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-7

held up in touch, hard ridden and kept on under pressure from over 1f out, never able to challenge

13(8)
Silk - Pink, Royal Blue epaulets, Pink sleeves, Royal Blue stars
16/1
  • Form 300300
  • Age 10
  • Weight 9-7

in mid-division, effort on wide outside 2f out, one pace final furlong

14(3)
Silk - Red, Dark Blue chevron, Emerald Green sleeves, Black cap, Red star
20/1
  • Form 0-06500
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-7

chased leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong

15(15)
Silk - White, royal blue sash, hooped sleeves, royal blue cap
  • Form 433-000
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-6

slowly into stride, raced very wide, effort and driven along halfway, weakened 2f out

16(10)
Silk - Beige and Dark Green (quartered), Beige sleeves, Dark Green armlets, Beige cap
5/1
  • Form 00-013
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-6

chased leaders, chased winner from 2f out, hard ridden final furlong, ran on towards finish, just held

7(14)
NR
  • Form 000/0-04
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7

Withdrawn

In depth

Verdict

Gentle Response could be the answer to another poor contest, with Dial Square, Single Track Mind and Shirley Oaks also worth a mention. Gentle Response came good over the course and distance three weeks ago when she bolted up on only her third start for her new stable. That was no surprise as she had posted two good efforts since leaving Chris Dwyer, so the change of scenery has obviously done the trick. A similar performance here should be enough with Simon Whitworth once again in the saddle. Single Track Mind has a top jockey on board and can play a part in proceedings if not getting too far behind and meeting trouble as he does tend to do, while Dial Square, one of two runners to benefit from the age allowance, has winning form to his name and should run well here, although the return to a mile will suit him better in future. Shirley Oaks was just touched off over six furlongs last time and is of interest as well, but Gentle Response was so impressive when last seen that she has to be supported to follow up.