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13:45 Lingfield Park
Witheford Barrier Trials 22nd June Handicap (Class 6)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f
- Going: Standard / Slow
- Surface: Polytrack
- £5,527 added
- Winner: £2,322
- 2nd: £1,090
- 3rd: £545
- 4th: £300

Lunar Shadow
25- Form 5290-0
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer A King
- Jockey Cieren Fallon
raced keenly in 6th, headway on inside under pressure over 1f out, went 3rd final furlong, no chance with leading duo

Keeper
25- Form 0-69
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer H & R Charlton
- Jockey W Buick
handy, tracked winner 10f out, pushed along 4f out, reminder over 3f out, challenged under pressure 2f out, ridden and edged left briefly over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, always held

- Form 090-6
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey T P Queally
off the pace in last pair, never a factor

- Form 0778-11
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 52
- Trainer Sir Mark Prescott
- Jockey L Morris
prominent, headway to lead over 10f out, made rest, niggled along 5f out, ridden and 1 length ahead 1f out, stayed on and always doing enough towards finish

Blue Beret
20- Form 839322
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 56
- Trainer S Dow
- Jockey Tyler Heard
led 1f, chased leaders, pushed along and unable to quicken over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out

- Form 686-63
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 53
- Trainer R Brisland
- Jockey M Crehan
held up tracking leaders, outpaced and lost place over 2f out, rallied out wide over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong

- Form 00-6668
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer E A L Dunlop
- Jockey Hayley Turner
raced keenly, led after 1f until over 10f out, settled 3rd 10f out, pushed along and unable to quicken over 2f out, weakened final furlong

- Form 8-50579
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer M D I Usher
- Jockey Charlie Bennett
always behind
- Form 573-753
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey Non Runner
NonRunner
In depth
Verdict
YAGAN drops back down in distance bidding for a hat-trick but has little to beat in this. Sir Mark Prescott’s charge landed the odds over 1m6f at Bath just three days ago and can shrug off a penalty. Blue Beret was placed yet again when second at Wolverhampton though finished in front of Roby Mill while Keeper makes his handicap debut having shown little so far and the remainder are even harder to recommend.
Formwatch
Lunar Shadow 66-1 (8-9) Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, never a factor, last of 12, 14 1/4l behind Bellazada (9-5) at Newmarket 1m hcp fll (5) gd in May.
Keeper 18-1 (8-11) Towards rear, never a factor, 9th of 12, 22 1/4l behind Military Mission (8-11) at Salisbury 1m 2f stks (5) sft in May.
Langafel (IRE) 20-1 (9-7) Mid-division, pushed along 6f out, struggling and dropped to rear over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten, 6th of 12, 10 3/4l behind Maxine (9-4) at Bath 1m 2f hcp (6) sft in May.
Yagan (IRE) 2-5fav (9-1) Half reared start, made most, pushed along over 1f out, kept up to work inside final furlong, won at Bath 1m 6f hcp (6) gf in Jun beating Gyenyame (9-7) by 1l, 4 ran.
Blue Beret 9-2 (9-3) Took keen hold, tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, hung left over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong without threatening leader, 2nd of 8, 3 1/2l behind The Tide Turns (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in May.
Roby Mill (IRE) 14-1 (9-2) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, kept on at same pace from over 1f out, 3rd of 8, 6 1/4l behind The Tide Turns (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in May.
In The Genes 14-1 (9-1) Raced keenly tracking leaders, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 9, 22 3/4l behind King Viktor (9-5) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (6) gd in May.
Blue Galaxy 100-1 (8-2) Restless in stalls and always behind, 9th of 12, 17 1/2l behind Bobby Kennedy (8-6) at Bath 1m 4f hcp (6) gd in May.
Tanglewood Tales 7-2 (9-2) Chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never going pace to trouble winner, 3rd of 6, 2 3/4l behind Lochanthem (9-6) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in May.