Racecards
14:40 Lingfield Park
Ladbrokes.Com Nursery Handicap (Class E)
- 16 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Good to Firm
- Form 0421
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer Miss E C Lavelle
- Jockey L P Keniry
tracked leader, led over 2f out, kept on well
- Form 026505
- Age 2
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey S W Kelly
went left start, soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
Beneking
21- Form 02052
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer J Gallagher
- Jockey N Callan
mid-division, effort approaching final 2f, kept on
- Form 3465
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
in touch, driven 3f out, kept on, not trouble leaders
And Toto Too
13- Form 323
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer M L W Bell
- Jockey D Holland
mid-division, headway over 1f out, edged right and one pace inside final furlong
Repeat (IRE)
13- Form 34560
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer R Johnson Houghton
- Jockey S Carson
tracked leaders, effort approaching 2f out, challenged winner throughout final furlong, no extra close home
- Form 00462
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey L Dettori
mid-division, ridden and headway approaching 2f out, faded final furlong
- Form 44355
- Age 2
- Weight 8-10
- Trainer A P Jarvis
- Jockey N Pollard
keen towards rear, outpaced 3f out, not clear run 2f out, switched left and headway when not clear run over 1f out, not recover, unlucky
Kindness
25- Form 0405
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
in touch, ridden over 3f out, beaten when not much room final furlong
- Form 346
- Age 2
- Weight 8-3
in touch and keen, ridden and weakened quickly final 2f
- Form 04000
- Age 2
- Weight 8-2
- Trainer S Kirk
- Jockey D R McCabe
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, some late headway, bumped and weakened final furlong
- Form 460
- Age 2
- Weight 7-12
- Trainer Jamie Poulton
- Jockey J Tate
towards rear and keen, virtually pulled up approaching final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Unsurprising that this race is sponsored by a bookmaker as this looks a difficult one to puzzle through on paper Princess Shoka is likely to be well supported having finished second to a stablemate here in maiden company. The horse has enough ability to take this nursery and the jockey booking looks positive enough. Kindness was the second string for Richard Hannon in a similar contest and looks second string today. Her best form previously came on an easier surface and we look elsewhere today. Sandrone has an interesting jockey booking and comes fresh from a good run at Wolverhampton. She has a bit to prove on turf form but Brian Meehan is capable of finding improvement from his string. If Parnissian is able to show anything like the ability of near-relatives, Duke of Modena and Palace Affair, she could be very well handicapped off a mark of 63 but her recent racecourse efforts leave the impression that any improvement will come later in her career than sooner. Yarrita has plenty of low numbers against her name but she is fairly ordinary and is opposable despite the good form of jockey and trainer. The Teamtalk vote goes to And Toto Too. Her form was fairly solid in maiden company and if one overlooks a disappointing run at Epsom, she has to given every chance of breaking her duck here. The Bell string are in good order at present and the horse looks sure to be suited for the step up to seven.