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18:22 Lingfield Park

Dennis McCarthy And Paul Lesner Legends Handicap (Class 6)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f 133y
  • Going: Soft (Good to Soft in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £6,200 added
  • Winner: £3,245
  • 2nd: £1,523
  • 3rd: £761
  • 4th: £381
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 35.66s
  • Off Time: 18:24:17
  • 9 Ran
1(1)
Silk - Emerald Green, White hoop, Emerald Green sleeves, White stars, Emerald Green cap, White star

Smokey Malone

23 b BFCD
4/1
  • Form 213226
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-4
  • Official Rating 62

midfield, chased leaders 3f out, ridden on far side 2f out, ran on strongly to lead inside final 110 yards, headed well inside final 50 yards, no extra final strides

3(6)
Silk - Red, white star, red sleeves, dark blue stars and cap
  • Form 622387
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-13
  • Official Rating 57

keen when prominent early, pushed along in third inside 2f out, chased leaders 1f out, ridden 1f out, dropped to fourth inside final 110 yards, kept on

4(4)
Silk - Black and red check, black sleeves, red armlets and star on cap
  • Form 0-32555
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-12
  • Official Rating 56

sweated up beforehand, keen and soon led, joined before halfway, headed before 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

5(10)
Silk - White, Red hoop and sleeves, quartered cap

Third Batch

30 hc
17/2
  • Form 487337
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 62

held up towards rear, dropped to last when briefly outpaced 3f out, ridden 2f out, rapid headway from 1f out, ran on strongly when led well inside final 50 yards, kept on

6(8)
Silk - Royal Blue, Light Green epaulets
11/1
  • Form 415585
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 62

close up, disputed before halfway, pushed along 2f out, led before 2f out, ridden before 1f out, headed just before final 110 yards, no extra in sixth near finish

7(7)
Silk - EMERALD GREEN, YELLOW stripe, YELLOW cap
  • Form 0-6509
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 61

prominent, ridden 3f out, outpaced before 1f out, weakened quickly inside finale furlong

8(2)
Silk - Royal Blue, Light Blue stripe
  • Form 044/070
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 48

held up, outpaced from 3f out, weakened inside final furlong

9(9)
Silk - Emerald Green, White stripe, White and Red halved sleeves, Red cap
  • Form 655434
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 46

held up, ridden before 2f out, modest gains 1f out, unable to quicken inside final 110 yards

10(3)
Silk - Dark Green, Grey epaulets and armlets
  • Form 059-977
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 45

held up last, keen before halfway, pushed along and still a lot to do inside 2f out, ran on well inside final furlong, went third inside final 110 yards, not reach front pair final strides

2(5)
NR
9/2
  • Form 213-674
  • Age 4
  • Weight 10-3
  • Official Rating 61

NonRunner

In depth

Verdict

SMOKEY MALONE has a course and distance success to his credit but he's been racing over further for much of the year. However, this is a poor handicap and his overall form can see him back on the winning trail. Lawmans Blis is 1-25 though is steadily dropping to a winnable mark but Timewave's two victories have been on the all-weather and he ran a shocker at Wolverhampton last time. Shalfa ran her best race for some time on Polytrack here last time and a similar run would see her go close but No Diggity has been beaten from the basement mark too often to be considered.

Formwatch

Smokey Malone 10-3fav (9-11) Awkwardly away, towards rear, pushed along 3f out, some late headway final furlong, 6th of 10, 9 3/4l behind Daaris (9-5) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (6) gd in Jul.

Kentucky Kingdom (IRE) 20-1 (10-0) Off the pace and always towards rear, 7th of 11, 5 1/4l behind Blue Hero (9-12) at Bath 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in Jul.

Lawmans Blis (IRE) 10-1 (9-6) Soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 9l behind Daaris (9-5) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (6) gd in Jul.

Third Batch 11-2 (9-10) Held up in mid-division, some headway and wide turning in, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 11, 5 1/4l behind Fravanco (10-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jul.

Timewave (FR) 15-2 (9-9) Chased leader over 12f out until 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 5th of 7, 34l behind Bodygroove (9-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Jul.

Roman Art (IRE) 7-1 (9-7) Bumped and hampered start, raced wide, in touch, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 13, 7 3/4l behind Royal Dream (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jun.

The Guvnor (IRE) 80-1 (9-6) Raced wide in mid-division, lost place and towards rear over 2f out, no chance after, 10th of 11, 10 1/2l behind Chagall (9-11) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jul.

No Diggity (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, hampered home turn, headway out wide over 1f out, run flattened out inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 3 3/4l behind Chagall (9-11) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jul.

Roman Tempest (FR) 40-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, pushed along early and soon in mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 7th of 8, 11 1/2l behind Oh So Audacious (9-3) at Windsor 1m hcp (6) gf in Jul.

Shalfa (IRE) 25-1 (10-3) Held up off the pace in mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, not clear run and switched right turning in, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 4th of 9, 1 1/4l behind Pink Lily (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jul.