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16:25 Lingfield Park
66 Free Bet At Bluesquare.com Conditions Stakes (Class 2)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £23,000 added
- Form 11274-5
- Age 4
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 108
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey Richard Hughes
tracked leading trio on inside, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to 3rd near finish, no chance with easy winner
- Form 12/
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer P & O Cole
- Jockey L Dettori
started slowly, not travelling in rear, pushed along on outside 3f out, modest progress final furlong
- Form 94952-0
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 96
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey R Kingscote
led, pushed along 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 01/1956-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 113
- Trainer J & T Gosden
- Jockey R Hills
held up in touch, never really travelling, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on to 2nd final 100 yards, no chance with easy winner
- Form 1-151
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 100
- Trainer M Al Zarooni
- Jockey Ahmed Ajtebi
tracked leader after 1f , led over 2f out, shaken up over 1f out, soon ridden clear, easily
Previous results
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Verdict
King Of Dixie won this last year but, having won well at Ascot on Wednesday, he's unlikely to take his chance which should leave the way clear for TAZEEZ to beat Storm Ultralight and Suits Me. John Gosden has his older horses in decent order and this 113-rated gelding has excellent claims at the weights. Another furlong or two wouldn't go amiss but he's won on his seasonal return the last two years and we expect him to make it three under Richard Hills. Storm Ultralight is a fascinating contender for trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni, having his first start on these shores. He won twice on the all-weather in Argentina and wouldn't be without claims here under Ahmed Ajtebi. Suits Me is a tough horse to peg back around here but generally finds one too good and may be better over slightly further, although he's likely to prove too strong at this stage for Abbeyside who has his first run for almost two years. Cloudy Start isn't without claims at the weights but he ran no sort of race on his first start for Jamie Osborne so this is best left to Tazeez.
Formwatch
Cloudy Start 14-1 (8-12) Tracked leader, driven and lost place over 1f out, no impression final furlong, last of 5, 8l behind Fanunalter (8-12) at Doncaster 1m Listed Stakes (4yo+) (1) gf.
Abbeyside Evensfav (8-11) 2nd of 5, nk behind Silver Frost (8-11) at Deauville(FR) 6f Grp 2 2yo sft in Aug '08.
Marine Boy (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Dwelt, always in rear, 12th of 14, 14l behind Castles In The Air (8-13) at Pontefract 6f hcp 0-100 (2) gd.
Suits Me 7-4 (8-13) Led until over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 6, 3l behind South Easter (8-13) at Kempton 1m 2f Listed Stakes (4yo+) (1) pol in Mar.
Tazeez (USA) 7-1 (9-2) Led, ridden and headed just over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 9, 7l behind Kirklees (9-2) at York 1m 2f Grp 2 (1) gd in Jul.
Storm Ultralight (ARG) (8-9) Soon led and set steady pace, drew clear 3f out, ridden 1f out, easily, won at Maronas(URU) 6f 2yo Listed stks in Apr '09 beating Angra (8-9) by 13l, 2 ran.
King of Dixie (USA) 4-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, driven, stayed on and hung right final furlong, always holding on, won at Ascot 1m Listed Stakes (4yo+) (1) gd beating Cityscape (9-0) by nk, 4 ran.