Racecards
12:55 Lingfield Park
It's Time To Turn To talkSPORT Nursery (Class 5)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 1m 2f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £9,000 added
- Winner: £4,536
- 2nd: £2,129
- 3rd: £1,065
- 4th: £533
- Form 7311
- Age 2
- Weight 10-1
- Official Rating 71
held up in touch, closed 6f out, pushed along over 2f out, wide into straight 2f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, stayed on to lead towards finish
- Form 76387
- Age 2
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer P S McEntee
- Jockey Hollie Doyle
in rear, pushed along 4f out, ridden and weakened 2f out
- Form 760331
- Age 2
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer J Butler
- Jockey Rob Hornby
raced wide tracked leader after 2f, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed towards finish
- Form 004571
- Age 2
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey F Norton
led 8f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on
- Form 70442
- Age 2
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer C Fellowes
- Jockey Daniel Muscutt
keen close up, lost place 6f out, in touch, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace
- Form 619486
- Age 2
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer J G Portman
- Jockey Charles Bishop
led 2f, tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, weakened final furlong
In depth
Verdict
RAINTOWN found a second wind at Wolverhampton on his handicap debut having looked outpaced at one point. He ended up a cosy winner in the end and this extra distance should bring further improvement from Stan Moore’s charge. Emperor Zen also steps up in trip after scoring at Kempton while Berwick Law is raised 6lb for winning at Wolverhampton with Victory House back in second.
Formwatch
Raintown (IRE) 3-1 (8-9) In touch with leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, won going away, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (4) pol in Dec beating Hadley Park (9-0) by 2 1/4l, 5 ran.
Grand Central 22-1 (9-8) Off the pace in last trio, plugged on inside final furlong, went modest 4th towards finish, 7th of 9, 9 1/2l behind Star Player (9-9) at Windsor 1m (5) gd in Oct.
Emperor Zen (IRE) 13-2 (9-0) Wore hood to post,slowly into stride and pushed along briefly towards rear, good headway out wide chasing leaders over 1f out, ridden and went 2nd inside final furlong, sustained challenge to lead final strides, won at Kempton 1m (5) pol in Dec beating Thunder Ball (9-7) by nk, 10 ran.
Berwick Law (IRE) 9-1 (9-6) Last to break, soon in mid-division racing keenly, closed over 6f out, switched right final bend, hung left from and led over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (6) pol in Dec beating Victory House (9-9) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Victory House (IRE) 9-4 (9-9) Held up in touch, not much room final bend, soon got through and led briefly, switched right and held by winner final 75 yards, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Berwick Law (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (6) pol in Dec.
Bonnsie (IRE) 13-8fav (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 7 1/2l behind Evolicatt (8-6) at Chelmsford City 7f stks (5) pol in Dec.