Racecards
11:30 Lingfield Park
32Red.com Nursery (Class 4)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 6f 1y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £6,100 added
- Winner: £3,946
- 2nd: £1,174
- 3rd: £587
- 4th: £293
- Form 731115
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey Fran Berry
led ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra closing stages
- Form 613152
- Age 2
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey D C Costello
chased leaders, effort on outside 2f out, kept on same pace approaching final furlong
- Form 74232
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer R M Beckett
- Jockey Oisin Murphy
chased leaders, driven to challenge over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
- Form 445725
- Age 2
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer R Hannon
- Jockey Tom Marquand
tracked leader, hung right under pressure well over 1f out, weakened approaching final furlong
- Form 779513
- Age 2
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer J R Best
- Jockey Josephine Gordon
soon outpace in rear, stayed on well closing stages, never a threat
In depth
Verdict
JOEGOGO had little chance at the weights in a conditions race last time but had rattled-up a hat-trick of handicap wins on the all-weather before that. David Evans’ charge is taken to resume winning ways at the main expense of City Gent. The latter was placed in a handicap at Kempton on his penultimate start and looks better treated than Mossketeer, now 12lb higher than an earlier success at Chelmsford. Montague and Zabaletaswansong don’t look particularly well-in either with the former’s wins coming in a claimer and a novices’ event.
Formwatch
Joegogo (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) Soon pressed leader, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 5th of 7, 5 1/2l behind Never Back Down (9-2) at Wolverhampton 6f stks (2) pol in Dec.
Montague (IRE) 11-4fav (9-9) Led, ridden over 1f out, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Hard Graft (9-2) at Southwell 6f (5) pol in Dec.
City Gent Evensfav (9-2) Led, clear halfway until 2f out, soon hung left and ridden, headed over 1f out, chased winner, no impression final furlong, 2nd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Count Otto (9-2) at Kempton 6f stks (5) pol in Nov.
Zabaletaswansong (GER) 11-2 (9-2) Tracked winner until ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 9, 7 1/4l behind On The Warpath (9-2) at Southwell 7f stks (5) pol in Nov.
Mossketeer 11-1 (9-1) In touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, switched right approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 9, 2 1/4l behind Zalshah (9-9) at Chelmsford City 7f (5) pol in Dec.