Racecards
16:50 Lingfield Park
Go Pontin's Handicap (Class 6)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £3,500 added
- Form 300-607
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer B G Powell
- Jockey G Baker
steadied start, soon switched left, held up well in rear, plenty to do 2f out, ridden and kept on final furlong, never nearer
Mocha Java
68- Form 217000-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer Mrs L J Mongan
- Jockey I Mongan
keen, chased leader over 5f
- Form 73-5521
- Age 5
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer K R Burke
- Jockey P Cosgrave
held up in rear, ridden and headway approaching 2f out, chased winner entering final furlong, kept on
- Form 08-1113
- Age 7
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer I W McInnes
- Jockey D Tudhope
chased leaders, ridden and short of room 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 0538-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer M A Magnusson
- Jockey E Ahern
raced wide, mid-division, ridden and weakened approaching 2f out
- Form 05351-7
- Age 4
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer J A R Toller
- Jockey O Urbina
held up towards rear never near leaders
- Form 81745-1
- Age 4
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer D E Cantillon
- Jockey Tony Culhane
held up, mid-division, switched right and smooth headway over 2f out, ridden to lead 1f out, ran on
- Form 728234
- Age 8
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer Stef Higgins
- Jockey M Fenton
led, ridden and joined 2f out, headed 1f out, soon weakened
- Form 1036-57
- Age 6
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer D Shaw
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace from over 1f out
- Form 118-681
- Age 6
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer J J Bridger
- Jockey A Quinn
held up in rear, last approaching 2f out, ran on well final furlong, not reached leaders
- Form 72-2252
- Age 5
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 53
held up, mid-division, headway when not clear run approaching 2f out, ran on final furlong to take 3rd close home
- Form 0554-05
- Age 4
- Weight 8-3
- Official Rating 52
- Trainer R M Flower
- Jockey A McCarthy
chased leaders, ridden to join leader 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Time To Regret can land the finale at the expense of Im Ova Ere Dad and Lindas Colin. The selection has been in winning form at Kempton twice and Wolverhampton once this winter, and was not discredited at Southwell last time out when finishing third to Picador. The down side is that as a result of his success he has risen somewhat in the weights. Having said that he seems to be coming here in tip top form at present and even though he was touched off last time, if repeating that effort he can go close once more. Im Ova Ere Dad was back in the winners enclosure last time out and had been running consistently well throughout the winter to suggest that more victories will come his way. However, he will need to raise his game once more to get his head in front of the selection. Lindas Colin was another back amongst the winners last time out over course and distance but that was in selling company and this will be a tougher contest, so for the winner we return to Time To Regret.
Formwatch
Linda's Colin (IRE) 13-8fav (8-13) Held up, headway to track leaders over 3f out, ridden to lead just inside final furlong, soon in command, won at Lingfield 1m sll (6) pol beating Ali Bruce (8-13) by 2l, 10 ran.
Time To Regret 7-1 (9-0) In touch, on inside, ridden and headway 3f out, kept on one pace final 2f, 3rd of 12, 6l behind Picador (9-5) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Jan.
Special Place 4-1jt-fav (8-8) Held up, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, 7th of 13, 1 1/2l behind Danetime Lord (8-12) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Jan.
Im Ova Ere Dad (IRE) 7-2fav (8-11) In touch, ridden to lead over 1f out, driven out, won at Southwell 1m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Jan beating Majehar (8-7) by a nk, 14 ran.
Roman Boy (ARG) 7-2fav (8-4) In touch, ridden over 2f out, effort over 1f out, not quicken, one pace final furlong, 4th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Million Percent (8-10) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
State Dilemma (IRE) 12-1 (9-2) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, hung left from over 1f out, not pace to challenge, 7th of 11, 3l behind Spot The Subbie (9-2) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jan.
Binnion Bay (IRE) 20-1 (8-11) Held up mid-division, good headway over 1f out, quickened to lead well inside final furlong, driven out, won at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol beating Mulberry Lad (9-3) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
King After 10-3 (8-11) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong to take 2nd near finish, not pace of winner, 2nd of 9, 1l behind Another Gladiator (8-12) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.