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17:15 Lingfield Park

Betway Best For Cheltenham Festival Offers Handicap (Class 6)

  • 14 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £6,069 added
  • Winner: £3,105
  • 2nd: £924
  • 3rd: £462
  • 4th: £300
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 14.17s
  • Off Time: 17:15:44
  • 14 Ran
1(13)
Silk - Dark Green, Yellow braces, striped sleeves and striped cap
  • Form 45-1641
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-13
  • Official Rating 65

held up, pushed along and headway when not much room 2f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish, not quite reach winner

2(9)
Silk - Grey, emerald green sash, red collar, royal blue sleeves and cap
33/1
  • Form 553/74-8
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 65

raced wide in touch, headway to track leaders over 6f out, pushed along 3f out, weakened final furlong

3(2)
Silk - White, black sash and armlets, mauve cap, black stars

Shufoog

145 CD
16/1
  • Form 10/7367-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 65

in touch, headway on outer 2f out, every chance approaching final furlong, not quicken close home

4(7)
Silk - Royal Blue, White circle on body, Yellow sleeves

Barrsbrook

54 v
6/1
  • Form 27256-3
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 64

in touch, ridden and headway entering final furlong, unable to quicken towards finish

5(3)
Silk - Red and dark green (quartered), red sleeves and cap
16/1
  • Form 80290-5
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 63

towards rear, ridden over 1f out, ran on final furlong, nearest finish

6(12)
Silk - Brown and beige check, brown sleeves, yellow cap
14/1
  • Form 47/827-4
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 63

towards rear, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, kept on one pace towards finish

7(14)
Silk - Beige, Purple hoops, White cap, Purple tassel

Neff (GER)

179 D
50/1
  • Form 081060-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 62

towards rear, ran very wide into straight 2f out, never on terms

8(4)
Silk - Royal Blue and White check, Red and White check sleeves
14/1
  • Form 17534-9
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 62

led 8f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened

9(5)
Silk - Silver, tassel on cap
11/1
  • Form 90/05-68
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 62

soon led, headed 8f out, tracked leader, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out

10(6)
Silk - Grey, light blue seams, light blue cap

Attain

12 CDCD
10/1
  • Form 54-3294
  • Age 10
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 61

slowly away in rear, never on terms

11(10)
Silk - Dark Blue and White stripes, White sleeves, Yellow cap
33/1
  • Form 63/47-07
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 60

went left start, towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, never on terms

12(1)
Silk - Dark green, pink stars

Orobas (IRE)

7 v D
11/1
  • Form 73143-2
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 60

close up, pushed along and weakened entering final 2f

13(11)
Silk - Dark blue, red spots

Natch

27 p
7/1
  • Form 408-934
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 59

raced wide close up, pushed along to lead over 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, weakened towards finish

14(8)
Silk - Red, black and white check sleeves, red and emerald green quartered cap
9/2
  • Form 305-355
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 58

raced wide tracked leaders, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, driven out, gamely

In depth

Verdict

Arabic Culture drops back down in trip carrying a penalty for winning over 1m4f at Wolverhampton but is drawn high today along with Natch and Royal Goldie, who have both slipped down the weights. BARRSBROOK steps up in distance for this but a chance is taken on Gary Moore’s charge after going close over a mile at the track last time when finishing well clear of the rest. Attain continues to frustrate having finished thereabouts again when fourth in a claimer while Orobas finished runner-up in a three-runner affair here a week ago.

Formwatch

Arabic Culture (USA) 6-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, headway on outside 3f out, led 1f out, ran on well, clear towards finish, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar beating Make Good (9-2) by 3l, 11 ran.

Tebay (IRE) 25-1 (9-4) Mid-division, ridden inside final 2f, never pace to challenge, weakening when not much room inside final furlong, 8th of 10, 10 3/4l behind Harbour Vision (9-6) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb.

Shufoog 12-1 (10-8) Held up towards rear, never threatened, 5th of 8, 15l behind Equus Amadeus (11-12) at Wincanton 1m 7f hcp (3) gf in Oct.

Barrsbrook 12-1 (9-7) Close up, headway to lead over 1f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd post, 3rd of 11, 1/2l behind Weloof (9-7) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Jan.

Cherbourg (FR) 20-1 (9-4) Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, no impression, 5th of 7, 10 3/4l behind Divine Messenger (9-5) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Jan.

Sir Gnet (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Held up towards rear, headway and switched right over 1f out, soon not much room, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 1 3/4l behind Rippling Waters (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (6) pol in Jan.

Neff (GER) (9-1) 15th of 16, 15 1/4l behind Pegasus (9-2) at Chantilly 1m 2f hcp gd in Sep.

Rainbow Jazz (IRE) 22-1 (8-12) Tracked leader, led over 7f out, pushed along over 2f out, soon headed, weakened final furlong, 9th of 12, 6 1/2l behind My Brother Mike (8-13) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (5) pol in Jan.

Sunbreak (IRE) 28-1 (9-2) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 14, 13l behind Lion Hearted (8-9) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb.

Attain 9-2 (9-0) Slowly into stride, behind, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on under pressure, 4th of 8, 1 1/2l behind Brexitmeansbrexit (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (5) pol in Mar.

Royal Goldie (IRE) 33-1 (9-1) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Narjes (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Jan.

Orobas (IRE) 7-2 (8-8) Led, ridden and headed narrowly approaching final furlong, led again inside final furlong, soon headed, kept on, 2nd of 3, 4l behind Love Rat (8-7) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Mar.

Natch 16-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders, every chance over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 4th of 14, 4 1/4l behind Don't Do It (8-12) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Feb.

Subliminal 12-1 (9-6) Headway from wide draw to lead 9f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Singing The Blues (9-5) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Feb.