Racecards
18:30 Lingfield Park
Ben Mills Handicap (Class 6)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 7f 140y
- Going: Good to Soft, Good in places
- Surface: Turf
- £3,000 added
- Form 0-22431
- Age 3
- Weight 10-2
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer Pat Eddery
- Jockey S W Kelly
with leader, led over 2f out, 3 lengths clear and going easily over 1f out, tied up near finish, just held on
- Form 008-581
- Age 8
- Weight 9-13
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer Miss Gay Kelleway
- Jockey Antioco Murgia
steady start, held up in rear, headway on stand rail over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong
- Form 273865
- Age 6
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 60
soon pushed along in rear, on wide outside, driven halfway, plenty to do when switched left over 1f out, stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong, not quite get up
- Form 4-92661
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer B R Millman
- Jockey J Millman
chased leaders, chased winner 2f out until unable to quicken in final furlong
- Form 057646
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer C E Brittain
- Jockey A Munro
chased leaders on outside, weakened over 1f out
- Form 510550
- Age 6
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer Mrs L C Jewell
- Jockey J F McDonald
held up in touch, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 1-56074
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 59
always behind
- Form 0-07028
- Age 7
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer Miss Z C Davison
- Jockey K Ghunowa
chased leaders on outside, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 922299
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer R C Guest
- Jockey Greg Fairley
made most to over 2f out, weakened quickly
Zazous
8- Form 338907
- Age 7
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer J J Bridger
- Jockey M Halford
behind, effort under pressure 2f out, soon one pace and no impression
- Form 17430-3
- Age 8
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 58
Nonrunner
In depth
Verdict
A competitive handicap here with plenty of last time winners but the turf going is soft and that should suit both Castano and Stand In Flames and we will side with the former. Castano landed a soft ground apprentice handicap at Salisbury last time and does love to get his toe in. Anything around this trip looks fine and the assessor has dropped him 1lb which is nice, so we'll take the plunge. Stand In Flames was the easy winner of a c&d contest on soft last time and clearly looks a serious danger. Even so, that was no better race than this, but a 10lb rise will be tough to lump around here and so we'll just take on the Celtic Swing filly. The ground looks likely to take its toll on Romany Nights, and the same can be said of Night Wolf, while Dawson Creek has it to prove with plenty of cut in the ground, so we'll take mudlark Castano to score.
Formwatch
Stand In Flames 9-2 (9-4) Raced alone in centre, with leaders, led over 4f out, clear final 2f, unchallenged, won at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-65 (6) sft beating Navene (9-12) by 8l, 11 ran.
Anthill 4-1fav (9-8) Tracked leader, led 2f out, went clear over 1f out, ran on well, ridden out, won at Kempton 1m hcp 0-65 (6) pol beating Bauhaus Bourbon (9-7) by 1l, 13 ran.
Romany Nights (IRE) 6-1 (8-10) Keen, tracked leaders, led over 2f out, ridden clear 1f out, won at Yarmouth 7f app hcp (5) gd beating Bentley (9-2) by 4 1/2l, 8 ran.
Hits Only Cash 10-1 (8-11) Raced centre, held up in rear, ridden halfway, kept on, never dangerous, 5th of 7, 3 1/2l behind Registrar (8-9) at Yarmouth 7f hcap (4) gf in Jul.
Castano 9-2 (8-13) Chased leaders, led inside final 2f, soon edged right, well in command final furlong, won at Salisbury 7f app hcp (5) sft beating Outer Hebrides (8-10) by 3 1/2l, 11 ran.
Khazina (USA) 14-1 (8-11) Mid-division, headway to chase leaders 2f out, weakening when hampered well inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 3l behind Spin Again (9-6) at Lingfield 7f 3yo hcp (5) gf.
Contented (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Behind, moderate late headway, 10th of 16, 14l behind Grey Boy (9-1) at Lingfield 1m hcap (6) gf in Jul.
Grizedale (IRE) 7-1 (9-1) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, slightly outpaced, kept on from over 1f out, not trouble leaders, 4th of 13, 7l behind Anthill (9-8) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Annes Rocket (IRE) 14-1 (9-4) Steadied start and switched to far rail, behind, headway from 3f out, ridden to challenge 2f out, every chance over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 15, 2 1/2l behind Lancaster Lad (9-2) at Salisbury 1m 3yo hcp (6) gf in Jul.
Charlie Bear 11-2 (9-0) Behind, outpaced halfway, never dangerous, 8th of 10, 7l behind Marmooq (9-1) at Kempton 1m Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Feb.
Tenancy (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Dwelt, in rear, some headway over 1f out, never near leaders, 9th of 14, 8l behind Distant Pleasure (8-11) at Carlisle 7f hcp 0-60 (6) gd.
Zazous 14-1 (9-0) Soon ridden in mid-division, struggling from halfway, kept on but no threat, 7th of 10, 3l behind Tubby Isaacs (9-8) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Dawson Creek (IRE) 7-2fav (9-3) In touch, headway 2f out, chased leader inside final furlong, stayed on under pressure to lead near finish, won at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol beating H Harrison (8-12) by 1/2l, 14 ran.
Night Wolf (IRE) 20-1 (9-9) Led to well over 1f out, kept on under pressure, lost 2nd final strides, 3rd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Prince Valentine (9-0) at Brighton 1m hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Jul.