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15:30 Lingfield Park

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  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 4.49s
  • 8 Ran
1(2)
Silk - Pink, Black spots, Pink sleeves
11/2
  • Form 5-1
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 82

tracked leaders on inner, closed to lead 1f out, hard driven final furlong, kept on until caught last strides

2(7)
Silk - Brown and orange hoops, white and orange hooped cap
  • Form 83146-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 81

pulled hard, soon tracked leaders, pushed along 4f out, soon lost place and behind

3(8)
Silk - Orange, Black diamond, diamonds on sleeves, Orange cap
  • Form 4-1
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 80

held up in touch, ridden to chase leading pair 2f out, hard driven and unable to quicken final furlong

4(6)
Silk - WHITE, EMERALD GREEN epaulets and stars on sleeves, YELLOW cap

Fusili (IRE)

12 CD
7/2
  • Form 4-13334
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 79

held up in rear, closed on leaders 2f out, hard driven over 1f out, ran on gamely final furlong, got up last strides

5(3)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, PINK chevrons, ROYAL BLUE cap
  • Form 321818
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 77

led, headed 2f out, chased leader until weakened over 1f out

6(4)
Silk - Orange, Emerald Green star, White sleeves
10/1
  • Form 51-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 76

tracked leader, ridden to lead 2f out, headed 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

7(1)
Silk - Yellow, Black diamond and sleeves, Red cap
7/1
  • Form 626-143
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 76

ran in snatches, in rear, hampered on rail over 4f out, taken to outer over 2f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong

8(5)
Silk - White, Black sash, Red and White hooped sleeves, Black and White hooped cap
  • Form 7660-22
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 76

chased leaders on outer, ridden 3f out, hung left and beaten final 2f

In depth

Verdict

The booking of Jamie Spencer for the reappearing Katies Tuitor takes the eye but lack of a recent run for the three-year-old is of concern and preference is for De La Rue, who gets the vote ahead of Direct Debit. The selection was good value for his win over the extended nine furlongs at Wolverhampton last time when beating a 78-rated rival by a length-and-a-quarter and looks fairly treated on a mark of 80 for his handicap debut. Jamie Osborne's Keel could probably do with some help from the handicapper, while Jebel Ali has gone up in the weights despite not winning and has been done few favours as a result. Fusili has held his form well but is another that seems to now be too high in the weights, while Ockums Razor is far from certain to stay this longer trip. Direct Debit is open to improvement and could be of interest but Michael Bell's colt would not appear to be particularly well treated on the evidence of his defeat of Dream Champion and Babcary here over a mile last time. By comparison, De La Rue does look on a fair mark and he is preferred.

Formwatch

Direct Debit (IRE) 9-4 (9-0) Prominent, chased leader 2f out, driven and sustained run final furlong to lead near finish, won at Lingfield 1m 3yo mdn aut (6) pol in Jan beating Dream Champion (9-0) by a shd, 12 ran.

Lucky Lucioni (IRE) 10-1 (8-7) Mid division, 9th approaching straight, kept on same pace under pressure from under 2f out, 6th of 16, 5l behind Border Cat (9-1) at Listowel 1m 2yo hcp gd in Sept.

De La Rue (USA) 9-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong, won at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Jan beating Billich (9-0) by 1 1/2l, 12 ran.

Fusili (IRE) 13-2 (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden and unable to quicken 2f out, 4th of 8, 2l behind Prince Charlemagne (8-8) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo hcp (4) pol in Feb.

Ockums Razor (IRE) 13-2 (9-1) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out, last of 8, 17l behind Ludovico (8-12) at Southwell 7f 3yo hcp (4) fbs.

Katies Tuitor 17-2 (9-0) Made virtually all, stayed on well under pressure final furlong, won at Lingfield 1m 2yo mdn aut (5) pol in Dec beating First Slip (9-0) by 1 1/2l, 12 ran.

Keel (IRE) 7-1 (8-11) Held up, ridden 4f out, headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, one pace, 3rd of 7, 3l behind Casablanca Minx (7-13) at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp (4) pol in Feb.

Jebel Ali (IRE) 25-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed close home, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Prince Charlemagne (8-8) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo hcp (4) pol in Feb.