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15:00 Lingfield Park

Call Star Spreads On 0808 2349709 Veterans' Handicap Chase (Class 3)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 4f
  • Going: Soft (Good to Soft in places in the home straight)
  • Surface: Turf
  • £12,000 added
  • Winner: £7,596
  • 2nd: £2,244
  • 3rd: £1,122
  • 4th: £562
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 5m 16.40s
  • Off Time: 15:00:40
  • 7 Ran
1
Silk - Dark Blue, Pink star, Pink sleeves, Dark Blue stars, Dark Blue cap, Pink star
  • Form 24/3120-
  • Age 11
  • Weight 11-12
  • Official Rating 130

led, joined 4th, headed 6th, remained prominent, led again last, hung right closing stages, ran on

2
Silk - Red, Brown sleeves and cap
11/2
  • Form 7963/11-
  • Age 11
  • Weight 11-12
  • Official Rating 130

in touch, joined leader 4th, led 6th, headed 2 out, soon weakened

3
Silk - Light Blue, Brown Cross of Lorraine, striped sleeves and star on cap
  • Form P07P1/5
  • Age 12
  • Weight 11-10
  • Official Rating 128

chased leaders, took closer order 4 out, effort after next, stayed on same pace from 2 out

4
Silk - Olive green, olive green and red hooped cap
14/1
  • Form 4-1U605
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-5
  • Official Rating 123

in touch, headway 3 out, weakened next

5
Silk - Yellow and red (quartered), red sleeves, yellow stars, white cap
  • Form 6141/P6
  • Age 10
  • Weight 10-13
  • Official Rating 117

prominent, lost place 3rd, rallied 4 out, led 2 out, headed last, stayed on same pace closing stages

6
Silk - RED and YELLOW stripes, YELLOW sleeves, RED armlets, RED cap
  • Form 43233-3
  • Age 10
  • Weight 10-11
  • Official Rating 115

in touch, pushed along after 4th, soon weakened

7
Silk - Maroon, Light Blue and Brown hooped sleeves, quartered cap
12/1
  • Form 245P7-9
  • Age 12
  • Weight 10-4
  • Official Rating 108

held up in rear, headway to chase leaders 3 out, every chance last, no extra towards finish

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Conditions will make this a test for these veteran chasers. Allthegear No Idea has won on heavy ground here over hurdles but he’s not scored over fences, though is much less exposed than most. CROOKSTOWN has been on the go for a while but did win in this grade at Haydock in May. He’s still 4lb higher but none of his rivals are in particularly good form. Persian Snow did win both starts last season but hasn’t raced since March and Grand Vision has a similar absence to overcome. Vino Griego was tailed off when reappearing in one of these at Sandown.

Formwatch

Grand Vision (IRE) 50-1 (12-0) Tracked leaders, hit 3 out, soon outpaced, weakened next, tailed off, 14th of 23, dist behind Pacha Du Polder (12-0) at Cheltenham 3m 2f (2) gd in Mar.

Persian Snow (IRE) 1-2fav (12-2) Tracked leader, not fluent 5th, led 3 out, strongly challenged from before last, all out, just held on, won at Ludlow 2m 4f (5) sft in Mar beating Colbert Station (11-12) by nk, 8 ran.

Vino Griego (FR) 9-1 (10-12) Held up in last pair, close up after 11th, struggling 14th, soon lost touch, tailed off, 5th of 6, dist behind Houblon Des Obeaux (11-6) at Sandown 3m hcp (2) gs in Nov.

Crookstown (IRE) 7-1 (11-12) Close up, chased winner 3 out until hit last, soon weakened, 5th of 8, 9 1/2l behind Mr Snoozy (12-0) at Market Rasen 2m 3f hcp (4) gs in Nov.

Cloudy Beach (IRE) 14-1 (11-12) Chased leaders, driven 9th, slow next, weakened before 2 out, 6th of 11, 15 1/2l behind Siruh Du Lac (10-10) at Bangor 2m 4f hcp (4) sft in Nov.

Allthegear No Idea (IRE) 15-2 (11-4) Tracked leaders, hit 8th, driven and outpaced by front pair approaching 3 out, ridden after next, kept on until no extra flat, 3rd of 5, 5l behind Always Lion (11-8) at Market Rasen 3m hcp (4) gd in May.

Wings Of Smoke (IRE) 8-1 (11-12) Not much room when not fluent 1st, held up towards rear, not fluent next, blundered 9th and 12th, well beaten 4 out, last of 9, dist behind Enjoy Responsibly (11-10) at Fakenham 2m 5f hcp (4) gd in Nov.