Racecards
15:50 Lingfield Park
Crystal Palace Handicap (Class 6)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 7f 1y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £4,000 added
- Winner: £2,588
- 2nd: £770
- 3rd: £385
- 4th: £192
- Form 4/44209-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer George Baker
- Jockey S J Drowne
always in rear
- Form 966-573
- Age 10
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 60
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, driven and stayed on to go 3rd close home
- Form 73123/4-
- Age 10
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer M J Attwater
- Jockey Kieren Fox
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, effort over 1f out, no impression final furlong
- Form 6/5-3123
- Age 6
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer P Hedger
- Jockey Rob Hornby
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
- Form 425345
- Age 8
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 57
- Trainer J L Spearing
- Jockey Jim Crowley
held up, ridden and headway 2f out, one pace final furlong
- Form 825408
- Age 7
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 56
- Trainer P Burgoyne
- Jockey L P Keniry
slowly away in rear, headway on inner over 1f out, ridden to challenge winner inside final furlong, held close home
- Form 3558-88
- Age 9
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 53
- Trainer Mrs A L M King
- Jockey S De Sousa
soon led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened and eased final furlong
- Form 05051-6
- Age 7
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 51
- Trainer H Chisman
- Jockey Catherine Gannon
raced wide tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
- Form 70-8752
- Age 5
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 49
- Trainer L Carter
- Jockey Callum Shepherd
tracked leader, led 2f out, driven and all out
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
A winner at Kempton in January, BRIDGE BUILDER has held his form and should run his race again. That may well be enough to land this as collateral form gives him the beating of Not Your Call, a runner-up at Kempton last week. Captain Kendall ended a long losing run with a win over track and trip in December but has been beaten since while Secret Witness has not tasted success since 2012, though continues to slip down the weights. Fellow veteran Sunshine Always has had just two outings since 2012 so Hawk Moth makes more appeal.
Formwatch
Mendacious Harpy (IRE) 9-2 (8-7) Dwelt headway to join leaders halfway, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 9th of 10, 29 1/2l behind Zaza Zest (8-5) at Leicester 7f stks (6) gs in Oct.
Secret Witness 9-1 (9-3) Towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish, 3rd of 9, 3 1/4l behind Rigolleto (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Sunshine Always (IRE) 8-1 (9-1) Held up off the pace in 4th, headway on inside over 2f out, 2nd approaching final furlong until inside final furlong, no extra and lost 3rd final 75 yards, 4th of 7, 3 3/4l behind Living Leader (9-5) at Lingfield 7f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Bridge Builder 15-8fav (9-7) Led, ridden over 1f out, weakened and headed towards finish, 3rd of 10, 2 3/4l behind Cookie Ring (8-12) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Hawk Moth (IRE) 16-1 (8-13) In touch, ridden and switched right over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Ellaal (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Blackthorn Stick (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, headway on inside over 2f out, never on terms, 8th of 9, 7 3/4l behind Giovanni Di Bicci (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Kakapuka (0-0) last of 8, 13 1/4l behind High Duty (0-0) at Saint Moritz 4f Hard in Feb.
Captain Kendall (IRE) 11-1 (8-7) Led, ridden over 1f out, soon headed, weakened towards finish, 6th of 10, 3 1/4l behind Chetan (9-7) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Not Your Call (IRE) 10-1 (9-1) Soon led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 8, 1l behind Little Indian (9-5) at Kempton 6f hcp (6) pol in Mar.