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13:35 Lingfield Park
Boost Your Acca-Fenwa With BetUK Handicap (Class 6)
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 1m 7f 169y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £7,650 added
- Winner: £4,004
- 2nd: £1,879
- 3rd: £939
- 4th: £470

- Form 011358
- Age 5
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer N P Mulholland
- Jockey L Morris
in touch in share of third, dropped to last but still in touch halfway, headway to go second 7f out, chased leader from 3f out, ridden before dropped to third 1f out, weakened inside final 110 yards

- Form 3779
- Age 3
- Weight 9-11
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer J Candlish
- Jockey Lewis Edmunds
close up, lost position 7f out, ridden 4f out, soon outpaced and struggling thereafter

- Form 5565V
- Age 3
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer M Murphy & M Keady
- Jockey Marco Ghiani
led, quickened 6f out, pushed along 2f out, briefly ridden inside final furlong, always in command final 110 yards, comfortably

- Form 513436
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer James Owen
- Jockey Billy Loughnane
in touch in share of third, keen when went second before halfway, dropped to last but in touch 7f out, rallied when making headway 3f out, went second again 1f out, stayed on but not pace of winner inside final 110 yards
In depth
Verdict
None of these have looked like winning recently but FRED BEAR completed a double, including a victory over today’s trip at Catterick, earlier in the year and is now back on the same mark. A Poet's Secret steps up in trip for his handicap debut while Notability is fitted with a combination of headgear and Royal Athena returns to this code after a spin over hurdles.
Formwatch
Fred Bear (IRE) 33-1 (10-1) Raced wide close up, led 9f out, pushed along and headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, tailed off, 8th of 11, dist behind Spiced Rum (9-3) at Bath 2m 1f hcp (6) hvy in Oct.
Notability (IRE) 100-1 (9-5) Dwelt, in rear, pushed along 3f out, never on terms, 9th of 12, 8 1/4l behind Master Of Combat (9-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
A Poet's Secret 18-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders on inside, went 2nd over 8f out, pushed along over 3f out, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, lost 2nd inside final furlong, plugged on, 5th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Sir Terence Hadley (9-5) at Southwell 1m 3f mdn stks (5) pol in Sep.
Royal Athena 9-2 (11-0) Chased leaders, switched left before 3 out, no extra flat, 5th of 11, 12l behind Grain Of Hope (11-0) at Ludlow 2m mdn fll (4) gd in Oct.