Racecards
15:05 Lingfield Park
Breathe Spa Lingfield Marriott Handicap Chase (Class 5)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 3m
- Going: Heavy
- Surface: Turf
- £3,900 added
- Winner: £2,669
- 2nd: £778
- 3rd: £389
- Form 2-P561F
- Age 7
- Weight 11-12
- Official Rating 99
- Trainer A M Hales
- Jockey W T Kennedy
held up, closer order 8th, headway to chase leaders 14th, ridden in 3rd soon after, kept on same pace and no chance with leading duo
Abbey Dore (IRE)
676- Form 1215F2/
- Age 10
- Weight 11-9
- Official Rating 96
held up, mistakes 2nd and 10th, ridden next, weakened 12th, tailed off 14th, soon pulled up
- Form 3539P3
- Age 13
- Weight 11-6
- Official Rating 93
- Trainer N R Mitchell
- Jockey G Sheehan
raced wide in touch, ridden and weakened before 9th, well behind when blundered 14th, rallied to poor 4th at the last
- Form 314P-P2
- Age 10
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer Nick Mitchell
- Jockey D A Jacob
raced wide, chased leaders, went 2nd after 14th, ridden edged left and stayed on same pace flat, kept on well for clear 2nd
Regal Brook
38- Form 04520-7
- Age 7
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer J Hughes
- Jockey Christian Williams
held up, headway to chase leaders 8th, pushed along briefly before next, losing place when blundered 10th, never able to get on terms after
- Form 3/3P-2P2
- Age 13
- Weight 10-9
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer B Ryall
- Jockey Nick Scholfield
chased leaders, mistake 2nd, mistake 4th and reminder, went left 12th, weakening in 4th when driven after 14th, lost poor 4th at the last
- Form 406542
- Age 10
- Weight 10-9
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer Mrs R Ford
- Jockey A Thornton
made virtually all, hit 11th, ridden and hung left before last, stayed on gamely, driven out
- Form 1U-36P1
- Age 8
- Weight 10-8
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer Mrs S Wall
- Jockey M Goldstein
with leaders, led briefly after 6th, mistake 13th, ridden and weakened next, soon tailed off and pulled up
Nevada Red
1048- Form 4FPF84/
- Age 12
- Weight 10-2
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer Dave Roberts
- Jockey Lee Edwards
with leaders, joined winner 13th, weakened under pressure after next, tailed off
Cruz On Ted
56- Form 4-4P57
- Age 6
- Weight 11-2
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey J E Moore
Nonrunner
Verdict
Ballinhassig was racing from 14lb out of the handicap when winning at Plumpton in December so can effectively compete off an 8lb lower mark here. He'll obviously be hard to beat if taking that form literally but only two finished that day and Sarah Wall's gelding is hardly a model of consistency. Salut Honore was an early faller here four weeks ago while this may a bit far for Michigan D'Isop and Somerby was well beaten over 2m4f here last month. Miss Fleur should be thereabouts if back to her best but old-timer MASSINI SUNSET kept on well at Chepstow last time having made a lot of the running and may have more luck in this easier-looking test with Gavin Sheehan taking off 5lb.
Formwatch
Salut Honore (FR) 3-1 (11-1) Chased leading pair until fell 2nd, in a race won by Double Dash (11-7) at Lingfield 3m hcp ch 0-110 (4) hvy in Jan, 4 ran.
Abbey Dore (IRE) 4-1 (10-11) Held up in last pair, steady headway 16th, chased winner 4 out, ridden and stayed on flat, always held, 2nd of 7, 1 3/4l behind River Indus (10-6) at Fontwell 3m 4f hcp ch 0-110 (4) gd in Apr '11.
Massini Sunset (IRE) 7-1 (11-4) Tracked leader, led 8th, headed before 10th, mistake 5 out, led 4 out, ridden and headed before last, soon lost 2nd place, no extra, 3rd of 6, 10l behind Loughalder (10-1) at Chepstow 3m hcp chs 0-100 (5) hvy in Jan.
Miss Fleur 5-1 (11-5) Tracked leaders in 4th, not fluent 2nd, left in close 3rd after 11th, went 2nd before 4 out, ridden and no chance with winner before next, 2nd of 5, 21l behind Wild Ground (11-3) at Fontwell 3m 2f hcp chs 0-95 (5) hvy in Dec.
Regal Brook 66-1 (10-7) Tracked leaders, not fluent 4th, weakened before 5 out, last of 7, well behind Keppols Hill (11-0) at Chepstow 3m beg chase (4) hvy in Jan.
Michigan d'Isop (FR) 5-1 (10-6) Prominent, hit 2nd, not fluent 5th, led after 6th, headed next, hit 9th, mistake 10th, soon led again, mistake 2 out, headed approaching last, stayed on, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Tin Pot Man (11-12) at Ffos Las 2m 5f hcp chs 0-100 (5) hvy in Jan.
Somerby (IRE) 6-1 (11-1) With leaders, led after 2nd until 6th, chase dleaders, driven in 3rd after 2 out, hung left and and stayed on to 2nd flat, no chance with winner, 2nd of 6, 9l behind Dynamic Idol (11-9) at Lingfield 2m 4f hcp chs 0-95 (5) hvy in Jan.
Ballinhassig (IRE) 6-1 (10-0) Made all, pushed out, readily, won at Plumpton 3m 2f hcp chs 0-115 (4) hvy in Dec beating Guydus (9-9) by 10l, 5 ran.
Nevada Red 8-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, weakened from 8th, 4th of 5, well behind Bescot Springs (11-11) at Ludlow 2m 5f nov hcp 0-115 (4) sft in Apr '10.
Cruz On Ted 100-1 (11-1) Took keen hold, always in rear, never on terms, tailed off, 7th of 11, well behind Godsmejudge (11-1) at Folkestone 3m 1f beg chs (4) gd in Dec.