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16:00 Lingfield Park

bookmakers.co.uk Handicap (Class 2)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 5f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £20,000 added
  • Winner: £12,938
  • 2nd: £3,850
  • 3rd: £1,924
  • 4th: £962
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 0m 57.15s
  • Off Time: 16:02:26
  • 9 Ran
2(8)
Silk - White, Dark Green star, Dark Green sleeves, White armlets
3/1
  • Form 0071-38
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 102

chased winner, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace, lost 2nd final strides

3(10)
Silk - Red, white stripe, red sleeves, white spots and spots on cap

Swiss Cross

12 t CD
25/1
  • Form 6456-18
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 98

raced wide in touch, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong

4(1)
Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow inverted triangle, striped sleeves and cap
  • Form 51293-5
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 98

made all, ridden and ran on final furlong

5(4)
Silk - White, Pink epaulets
  • Form 34-2132
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 97

tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace

6(5)
Silk - Dark Blue, Pink spots, sleeves and cap
  • Form 6888-30
  • Age 8
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 94

mid-division, ridden and lost touch halfway

7(3)
Silk - WHITE, PINK epaulets, royal blue cap
16/1
  • Form 00540-4
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-10
  • Official Rating 91

dwelt and slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd final strides

8(2)
Silk - Red, Grey sleeves, Red and Grey hooped cap

Taajub (IRE)

7 DCD
9/2
  • Form 000-671
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 90

close up, effort on inner over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

9(6)
Silk - Pink, emerald green diamonds on sleeves, pink cap, emerald green diamond
  • Form 42-4303
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-4
  • Official Rating 85

raced wide towards rear, ridden over 1f out, ran on, nearest finish

10(9)
Silk - Red, Grey sleeves, White Cap

Picansort

21 hb BFCDCD
8/1
  • Form 0316-54
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-4
  • Official Rating 85

rider removed hood late, dwelt, in rear, ridden 2f out, kept on final furlong, nearest finish

1(7)
NR

Even Stevens

12 v D
  • Form 86-1421
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 102

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

It would be difficult to find a better example of a whose turn is it today contest in a typically wide-open sprint. Even Stevens has every chance after beating Silken Express, Swiss Cross and Addictive Dream at Wolverhampton when UBETTERBEGOOD was a fast-finishing fourth. Drawn wide on that occasion, Robert Cowell's charge gets a speculative vote in this. Stablemate Silken Express had earlier got the better of Woolfall Sovereign at Southwell while Ballista also has a shout in this grade. Taajub finished ahead of Diamond Charlie here last time but is upped in class along with Picansort.

Formwatch

Ballista (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Led, ridden 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 8th of 12, 6l behind Tarooq (9-0) at Lingfield 6f Listed stks (1) pol in Feb.

Swiss Cross 10-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden and edged left entering final furlong, soon weakened, 8th of 12, 4l behind Even Stevens (9-4) at Wolverhampton 5f hcap (2) pol in Feb.

Addictive Dream (IRE) 10-1 (9-5) Held up, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 5th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Even Stevens (9-4) at Wolverhampton 5f hcap (2) pol in Feb.

Silken Express (IRE) 11-1 (9-1) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, ran on, just held, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Even Stevens (9-4) at Wolverhampton 5f hcap (2) pol in Feb.

Woolfall Sovereign (IRE) 20-1 (9-4) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 12, 8l behind Rivellino (9-1) at Lingfield 6f hcap (2) pol in Feb.

Ubetterbegood (ARG) 25-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, finished well, not reach leaders, 4th of 12, 1 1/2l behind Even Stevens (9-4) at Wolverhampton 5f hcap (2) pol in Feb.

Taajub (IRE) 5-2fav (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb beating Royal Bajan (9-4) by 1l, 9 ran.

Diamond Charlie (IRE) 7-2 (9-7) Held up, ridden and headway entering final furlong, not clear run inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 9, 2l behind Taajub (9-7) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.

Picansort 9-4fav (9-7) In touch in rear, ridden and headway when not clear run inside final furlong, switched right, stayed on, 4th of 6, 1 1/2l behind Gregori (8-7) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.

Even Stevens 20-1 (9-4) Made all, ridden over 1f out, ran on gamely, held on, all out, won at Wolverhampton 5f hcap (2) pol in Feb beating Silken Express (9-1) by 1/2l, 12 ran.