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12:40 Lingfield Park

Betdirect.Co.Uk Handicap (Class E)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Standard
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 11.08s
  • 9 Ran
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1
Silk -

Keepers Knight (IRE)

8/1

    2
    Silk -

    Competitor

    12/1

      3
      Silk -

      Dr Cerullo

      6/4

        1(7)
        Silk - Light Blue, Light Blue and Royal Blue check sleeves

        Dr Cerullo

        19
        6/4
        • Form 26301-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-7

        started slowly, raced wide towards rear, headway to chase leaders 4f out, effort under pressure 2f out, kept on one pace from over 1f out

        2(2)
        Silk - Dark Blue and Emerald Green (quartered), Yellow sleeves and cap

        Competitor

        21
        12/1
        • Form 10-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-2

        led until headed over 3f out, kept on and edged right over 1f out, stayed on same pace

        3(8)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Pink diabolo on sleeves, Pink cap

        Elusive Kitty (USA)

        12
        5/2
        • Form 5255-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-1

        held up rear, headway wide over 2f out to chase leaders,soon ridden and weakened over 1f out

        4(9)
        Silk - Yellow, Black spots, Yellow sleeves and cap

        Trompe L'Oeil (IRE)

        22
        6/1
        • Form 050240-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-12

        tracked leaders, lost touch over 3f out, soon behind and eased over 1f out, tailed off

        5(5)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Pink sash, sleeves and cap

        Keepers Knight (IRE)

        134
        8/1
        • Form 055-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-6

        tracked leader, under pressure over 4f out, driven to lead over 3f out, clear over 1f out, ridden out

        6(4)
        Silk - Dark Blue and Yellow diamonds, Dark Blue sleeves, Yellow armlets, Yellow cap, Dark Blue diamonds

        Ivory Coast (IRE)

        21
        20/1
        • Form 004-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-3

        behind, slightly hampered on inside and dropped rear over 4f out, stayed on steadily from over 1f out,never dangerous

        7(3)
        Silk - Dark Blue and Red (halved), sleeves reversed, Red cap, Dark Blue spots

        Lord Greystoke (IRE)

        31
        25/1
        • Form 050400-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-2

        held up mid-division, lost place over 3f out, soon beaten, tailed off

        8(6)
        Silk - Royal Blue, White chevron, Light Blue cap

        Spring Whisper (IRE)

        33 v
        16/1
        • Form 000-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 8-1

        held up towards rear, under pressure over 2f out, soon weakened

        9(1)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue cross belts, Light Blue and White quartered cap

        La Danseuse

        21
        25/1
        • Form 0636-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 7-12

        tracked leaders, under pressure over 3f out, weakened over 1f out

        In depth

        Verdict

        All of these have doubts about them for one reason or another and nothing can be selected with overriding confidence. Therefore, Ivory Coast is only a tentative choice over Elusive Kitty, Lord Greystoke and Trompe L'Oeil, who are all proving to be hard to win with. Dr Crello will be a popular selection though and he has to be respected after his smooth success at Wolverhampton last time. The son of Dr Fong acted well at this course last time and is worth a saver; assuming he is in the right frame of mind today. However, he is unlikely to represent the best value on offer so the value call has to be Ivory Coast, who will appreciate the step up in distance today. William Muir's charge starts his handicap career off on a very fair mark of 57 and he is the one for us to go well at a fair price today.