Racecards
15:20 Lingfield Park
Towergate Underwriting Nursery Handicap (awt) (Class 5)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Standard (Turf - Good (Good to Firm in places))
- Surface: Polytrack
- £5,000 added

- Form 22154
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey Jim Crowley
chased leader to over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

- Form 2321
- Age 2
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer R M Beckett
- Jockey G Baker
soon pushed along towards rear, headway and switched right over 1f out, driven and strong run inside final furlong, led near finish

Ben
32- Form 442335
- Age 2
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer P G Murphy
- Jockey R Havlin
soon outpaced, headway 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, unable to quicken near finish

- Form 41
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer E J O'Neill
- Jockey R Mullen
chased leaders, went 2nd over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed near finish

- Form 0322
- Age 2
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer S Dow
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
slowly into stride, behind, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong

- Form 7733
- Age 2
- Weight 8-5
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer D K Ivory
- Jockey D Kinsella
behind, staying on when not clear run inside final furlong

- Form 059
- Age 2
- Weight 8-5
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer J Akehurst
- Jockey J Quinn
behind, headway on inside over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong

- Form 32926
- Age 2
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 64
led, ridden 2 lengths clear over 1f out, weakened and headed inside final furlong

- Form 7527
- Age 2
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey F Norton
soon chasing leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace
In depth
Verdict
Maybe I Wont, Victorian Bounty and Concertmaster are all worth considering in this nursery handicap and the vote is given to Victorian Bounty. This colt won well last time at Musselburgh when beating Rebel Acclaim and as that was a significant improvement on his debut effort he is clearly going the right way. He has a decent draw and he should prove tough to beat. Maybe I Wont makes some appeal as he has been running consistently well and he lost no caste in defeat when chasing home Miss Bootylishes at Brighton last time. Concertmaster won well last time and his yard are in good form so he could go well at a price, while Carolina Blini is another with each-way prospects. This looks a tricky race for punters to fathom but Victorian Bounty makes most appeal and he can get his head in front.
Formwatch
Ten Down 9-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, effort and not much room over 1f out, soon weakened, 4th of 6, 7l behind Starlit Sands (9-0) at Catterick 5f nov stk (5) gf in Jun.
Victorian Bounty 9-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, headway to lead entering final furlong, kept on, won at Musselburgh 5f 2yo mdn auc (5) gd in Jun beating Rebel Aclaim (8-9) by 3/4l, 5 ran.