Racecards
14:30 Lingfield Park
32Red Fillies' Handicap (Class 5)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £4,500 added
- Winner: £3,068
- 2nd: £906
- 3rd: £453
- Form 521336-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey George Downing
led, ridden and headed 1f out, chased leaders until weakened final 120 yards, eased when held towards finish
- Form 585353-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer E F Vaughan
- Jockey David Kenny
held up in touch, headway on inside over 2f out, disputing 2nd and every chance final 100 yards, kept on but not pace of winner
- Form 627133-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer R A Teal
- Jockey Michael J M Murphy
slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along and some headway on outside over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, went moderate 5th inside final furlong
- Form 340011-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 73
held up in touch, headway to 3rd 3f out until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 312299-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer M J Attwater
- Jockey R Havlin
chased leader, ridden to 1f out, idled and found little inside final furlong, headed and not quicken final 100 yards
- Form 346421-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey G Baker
held up in last pair, headway on outside travelling well over 1f out, disputing 2nd inside final furlong, shaken up to lead final 100 yards, won going away, readily
- Form 248154/
- Age 5
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey L Morris
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened and behind, tailed off
Verdict
Flamborough Breeze won three times at Kempton early last year though she remains 8lb higher than when last getting her head in front. Shaunas Spirit will also need a bit more off her current mark as she chases a hat-trick while Chrissycross ran a shocker at this track in between good efforts at Southwell. CONVERSATIONAL scored at the first time of asking for Mick Channon when successful at Wolverhampton last month and gets the nod to follow-up given she stayed today's longer trip when racing in Ireland last year.
Formwatch
Serenity Spa 3-1fav (9-6) Close up, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 8, 12l behind Lunar Deity (9-13) at Epsom Downs 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gs in Aug.
Flamborough Breeze 12-1 (9-6) Behind, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, kept on well, 3rd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Wandsworth (9-1) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.
Chrissycross (IRE) 6-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden and every chance from 2f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Greyfriarschorista (9-0) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Dec.
Shaunas Spirit (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to lead towards finish, won at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec beating Athletic (9-0) by 1l, 12 ran.
Bowstar 14-1 (8-10) Chased winner until 2f out, chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 14, 5l behind Tasrih (9-3) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Conversational (IRE) 11-10fav (9-0) Led 1f, tracked leaders, led on bit over 1f out, soon clear, comfortable, won at Wolverhampton 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec beating Nifty Kier (9-5) by 4 1/2l, 7 ran.
Devote Myself (IRE) 9-4fav (9-0) Soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, no impression on leading pair entering final furlong, last of 4, 8l behind Viscount Vert (9-0) at Chepstow 1m 3yo stk 0-70 (5) hvy in Jun '12.