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14:40 Lingfield Park

Rydon Group Nursery Handicap (Class E) (Class E)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 6f
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 13.65s
  • 6 Ran
1(4)
Silk - Emerald Green, Red diamond and sleeves, Red cap, Emerald Green diamond
  • Form 31
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-7

pulled hard, with winner, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out

2(7)
Silk - Royal Blue, Emerald Green sleeves
3/1
  • Form 51
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-5

dwelt, held up, headway and switched left to outside 2f out, kept on final furlong

3(3)
Silk - Dark green, white and black halved sleeves, red cap

Simplify

17 b
7/1
  • Form 453
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-2

pulled hard, tracked leaders on outer, chased winner over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, soon edged left under pressure, not run on

5(8)
Silk - White, Red epaulets, striped sleeves and cap

Tesary

11
9/4
  • Form 621
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-0

took keen hold, tracked leaders on rail, one pace when not clear run over 1f out, ridden and no impression inside final furlong

7(5)
Silk - Pink, Royal Blue stripe, striped sleeves, hooped cap
  • Form 6265
  • Age 2
  • Weight 8-13

slowly into stride, held up, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace

8(6)
Silk - Orange, Red sleeves, Orange armlets, quartered cap
  • Form 2234
  • Age 2
  • Weight 8-8

made all, set steady pace, quickened halfway, joined and hard pressed inside final furlong, kept on gamely

4(2)
NR
  • Form 043
  • Age 2
  • Weight 9-0

Nonrunner

6(1)
NR
  • Form 504
  • Age 2
  • Weight 8-13

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Richard Hannon's runners in nurseries are always worth a second look and Earl of Links may be good enough to get the better of Aberdovey and Tesary. The last mentioned is trained by Ed Dunlop whose two-year-olds tend to improve with racing and it would be no surprise to see the daughter of Danehill step up on her latest effort when justifying favouritism to win a weak maiden here over the minimum trip last time. Michael Bell's Redcar maiden winner Aberdovey had shown promise at Newmarket on his debut previously and is clearly progressing nicely. He rates a bigger threat than Simplify who, like a lot of David Loder's horses, has disappointed of late. Jamie Osborne's Lateral Thinker has been running well in maidens without winning and is another worthy of a mention, along with Sylvester Kirk's Ivana Illyich. The vote though goes to Earl Of Links. Richard Hannon's colt confirmed the promise of his debut run when landing a soft ground Warwick maiden in May. Not seen since, the son of Raise A Grand has been kept in reserve for nurseries and is taken to reward the patience of his connections.