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13:10 Lingfield Park

Chris Brown 40th Birthday Maiden Stakes (Class 5)

  • 4 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £4,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 6.42s
  • Off Time: 13:12:08
  • 4 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Annabelle's Charm (IRE)

1/4

    2(3)
    Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow epaulets, diabolo on sleeves

    Middle of Nowhere (USA)

    58 t
    8/1
    • Form 07-
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-3

    led and set steady pace, ridden and quickened over 2f out, headed 1f out, no chance with winner afterwards

    3(4)
    Silk - Light Blue, Black cross belts and armlets

    Oxus (IRE)

    20
    20/1
    • Form 8-
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-3

    tracked leader, tried to press leader over 2f out, hanging badly left, soon lost 2nd, outpaced over 1f out

    4(5)
    Silk - Orange, Royal Blue stripe, striped sleeves

    Ray Diamond

    48
    8/1
    • Form 300960-
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-3
    • Official Rating 42

    held up last, ridden along 5f out, struggling over 2f out, no chance after

    5(1)
    Silk - Orange and Yellow check, Orange sleeves, Yellow cap

    Annabelle's Charm (IRE)

    33 BF
    1/4
    • Form 35-
    • Age 4
    • Weight 8-12

    held up 3rd, chased leader 2f out, switched right and going easily over 1f out, led 1f out on bit, hard held inside final furlong, very easily

    1(2)
    NR

    Forced Opinion (USA)

    11
    • Form 05-
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-3

    Nonrunner

    Previous results

    2008
    (5)
    Silk -

    Sri Kuantan (IRE)

    7/2
    • Age 4
    • Weight 9-3

    In depth

    Verdict

    A really poor maiden where ANNABELLE'S CHARM should be too good for the other quartet. The selection returns to this trip after twice being a beaten favourite in similar company, but this race is so bad that we can give her one more chance. She is bred to go well over middle distances and she handled this track well enough on debut in spite of her defeat, so we'll side with her. Forced Opinion has taken a bit of time to get going but he showed signs that he is getting the hang of things over course and distance last time and he should make his presence felt today. Middle Of Nowhere has shown nothing yet to grab our attention, and both Ray Diamond and Oxus will have to improve a fair bit to get competitive even in this, so we'll take Annabelle's Charm to score.

    Formwatch

    Middle of Nowhere (USA) 20-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened rapidly, no chance when eased over 1f out, tailed off, 7th of 8, 30l behind Sibi Saba (8-12) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stk (5) pol in Nov.

    Oxus (IRE) 66-1 (9-3) Always behind, 8th of 11, 13l behind Fosool (8-12) at Great Leighs 1m 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) pol in Dec.

    Ray Diamond 40-1 (8-3) Slowly into stride, always in rear, last of 12, 29l behind Fearless Warrior (9-0) at Folkestone 1m 4f 3yo hcp (6) gf in Aug.

    Annabelle's Charm (IRE) 5-6fav (8-12) Went slightly right start, held up, soon hung right, ridden over 3f out, never dangerous, 5th of 8, 8l behind Supaverdi (8-12) at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn stk (5) pol in Dec.

    Forced Opinion (USA) 66-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, held up in last pair, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 8l behind Planetary Motion (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Dec.