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16:15 Lingfield Park

Betway Easter Classic All-Weather Middle Distance Championships Conditions Stakes (Class 2)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £100,000 added
  • Winner: £51,540
  • 2nd: £24,170
  • 3rd: £12,090
  • 4th: £6,040
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 3.17s
  • Off Time: 16:16:58
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Bangkok (IRE)

5/6

    2
    Silk -

    Palavecino (FR)

    8/1

      1(3)
      Silk - Red, light blue stripe and armlets, striped cap

      Assimilation (IRE)

      30 DCD
      25/1
      • Form D1-3151
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 102

      in touch towards rear, ridden 2f out, not trouble leaders

      2(2)
      Silk - Royal blue, white hoop, striped sleeves, white cap, royal blue star

      Bangkok (IRE)

      41 t DCD
      5/6
      • Form 792-218
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 111

      close up, switched wide 3f out, headway approaching final 2f, pushed along inside final furlong, ridden to lead towards finish

      3(1)
      Silk - Black, light blue and black halved sleeves, light blue cap

      Byford (FR)

      21 CD
      50/1
      • Form 21-112
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 91

      keen in touch in rear, pushed along 2f out, soon weakened

      4(5)
      Silk - Royal blue

      Forest Of Dean

      34 DCD
      2/1
      • Form 110/331
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 107

      tracked leaders, not clear run approaching 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on towards finish

      5(4)
      Silk - Royal blue, purple chevron, purple cap

      Palavecino (FR)

      104 h DCD
      8/1
      • Form 019234-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 104

      tracked leader, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed towards finish

      6(6)
      Silk - Grey, brown seams, brown cap

      Sky Defender

      6 DCD
      28/1
      • Form 26-3264
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 104

      soon led, pushed along 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra

      In depth

      Verdict

      Bangkok comes out best at the weights and beat FOREST OF DEAN in the Winter Derby Trial over track and trip in February. But the latter has less than a length to find having subsequently gone on to land the Winter Derby itself and the Godolphin charge doesn’t look to have stopped improving yet having missed the whole of last year. Assimilation is a tough handicapper and had Sky Defender back in third when scoring over course and distance earlier while Palavecino has something to prove at this level though may show further progress this year and is preferred to Byford.

      Formwatch

      Assimilation (IRE) 5-1 (9-1) Held up in rear, keen, pushed along 2f out, headway 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, led on line, won at Kempton 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Mar beating Lucky's Dream (8-8) by shd, 7 ran.

      Bangkok (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) 8th of 14, 19 1/4l behind Mishriff (9-0) at Riyadh 1m 1f gd in Feb.

      Byford (FR) 3-1 (9-13) Tracked leaders, pushed along and unable to quicken 2f out, ridden and kept on to go 2nd inside final furlong, 2nd of 4, 3l behind Crimson King (8-6) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Mar.

      Forest Of Dean 10-3 (9-0) Tracked leader, quickened to lead 2f out, soon 3 lengths clear, ridden out, won at Lingfield 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) pol in Feb beating Felix (9-0) by 3/4l, 5 ran.

      Palavecino (FR) 25-1 (9-8) Keen in touch, effort over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 8, 2 3/4l behind Sangarius (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 2f lst stks (1) pol in Dec.

      Sky Defender 14-1 (9-0) Led until inside final mile, lost 2nd 7f out, chased leading pair until inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 5, 12 1/4l behind Global Giant (9-0) at Kempton 1m 2f lst stks (1) pol in Mar.