held up in touch in 5th, headway on outside 3f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, almost snatched 2nd
led, hung right into centre of course over 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, headed towards finish, just held on for 2nd
slowly away, always in rear, tailed off
quickly away, steadied into 4th, raced alone on inside final 2f, ridden and looked held when hung left over 1f out, weakened
raced keenly, tracked leader, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, no extra
tracked leading pair, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, led close home
NonRunner
A winner at Newmarket last term, Bubble And Squeak may do better back on fast going today but Double Reflection has struggled since scoring over track and trip in September. SWEET CHARITY won over today’s distance last season and returned to action with a decent effort in this grade at Lingfield. She should be winning again soon and it could be today. Winged Spur is upped in class along with recent Lingfield runner-up Lady Alavesa and the consistent Geetanjali, who ended last year with a victory at Sandown in September and is 4lb higher on her return.
Bubble And Squeak 100-1 (8-9) Chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 12th of 26, 22 1/4l behind Chatez (9-4) at Newbury 1m hcp (2) gs in Apr.
Double Reflection 18-1 (9-5) Led until 3f out, rallied and every chance over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 7th of 8, 19l behind Grandee (9-3) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Winged Spur (IRE) 14-1 (9-2) Held up towards rear, outpaced 2f out, ridden over 1f out, never involved, 6th of 7, 9 1/2l behind El Ghazwani (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Geetanjali (IRE) 2-1fav (9-9) Well off the pace in last pair in main group, sustained headway on wide outside hung right and went 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Sandown 1m 2f hcp fll (5) gd in Sep beating Golden Image (9-9) by 3/4l, 11 ran.
Sweet Charity 6-1 (8-7) Close up in rear, ran wide into straight 2f out, headway inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 5, 2l behind El Ghazwani (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Apr.
Ashazuri 12-1 (9-6) Slowly into stride, driven forward to soon lead, headed over 1f out, weakened, 8th of 14, 3 3/4l behind Dono di Dio (9-3) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Lady Alavesa 13-2 (9-5) Held up in rear, pushed along and headway 2f out, ridden and hung left just over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd last strides, no chance with winner, 2nd of 8, 4 1/2l behind The Jean Genie (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp fll (5) pol in Apr.