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15:50 Lingfield Park

Pontin's Family Holidays Handicap (Class 2)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 5f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £18,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 0m 57.84s
  • Off Time: 15:50:40
  • 10 Ran
1(10)
Silk - White, Emerald Green epaulets and stars on sleeves, Black cap

Qadar (IRE)

14 b CDC
7/1
  • Form 2-14123
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 102

in rear, effort on outer 2f out, kept on inside final furlong

2(3)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW stripe, YELLOW sleeves, ROYAL BLUE armlets and star on YELLOW cap

Maltese Falcon

14 t DC
3/1
  • Form 115-822
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 102

led 1f, chased winner after, ridden to lead again well over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on

3(4)
Silk - WHITE, EMERALD GREEN epaulets and stars on sleeves, YELLOW cap
  • Form 20004-5
  • Age 9
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 95

slowly into stride, outpaced, ridden halfway, never dangerous

4(6)
Silk - Pink, Emerald Green epaulets and armlets, hooped cap
  • Form 07003-6
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 91

keen, chased leaders, ridden 2f out, edged left approaching final furlong, eased inside final furlong

5(1)
Silk - White, Red chevron, chevrons on sleeves, Emerald Green cap
7/4
  • Form 8/667-11
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-6
  • Official Rating 88

dwelt, pushed along to lead after 1f, ridden and headed well over 1f out, rallied to lead inside final furlong, gamely

6(9)
Silk - Emerald Green, White hoop, striped sleeves, Black cap
16/1
  • Form 809361-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-6
  • Official Rating 88

chased leading pair, ridden 2f out, no extra inside final furlong

7(2)
Silk - Dark Green, Yellow spots, Yellow sleeves, Dark Green spots, Yellow cap
16/1
  • Form 70029-6
  • Age 9
  • Weight 8-6
  • Official Rating 88

keen, held up in rear, headway when not clear run approaching final furlong, kept on

8(7)
Silk - Pink, large Emerald Green spots
16/1
  • Form 0/000-41
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-5
  • Official Rating 87

in rear, pushed along halfway, headway and switched right 1f out, driven and ran on to take 3rd inside final furlong

9(8)
Silk - Yellow, Black diamond on cap

Total Impact

160 D
16/1
  • Form 544058-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-5
  • Official Rating 87

pulled hard, chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out

10(5)
Silk - Purple, Pink diamond and armlets, quartered cap
  • Form 0860-50
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-4
  • Official Rating 78

chased leaders over 3f

In depth

Verdict

Qadar gets the vote ahead of Maltese Falcon, Turn On The Style, Stoneacre Lad and Distinctly Game. This promises to be a close-knit affair, but Qadar has been a model of consistency and despite having to carry 9st 6lb, has a good chance at the weights of coming out on top. He beat Maltese Falcon here in January, giving that rival 3lb, and had to concede 4lb when just behind Paul Cole's charge last time. They meet off levels here, so Qadar, with the blinkers on, should run a big race. Turn On The Style has been a reformed character since switching stables, and broke the course record here last time. He made all from the outside box last time, but is drawn in stall one here and might need luck-in-running, added to which he is racing off a higher mark. Stoneacre Lad bounced back to form on his last outing at Southwell in December, but has been off since, and has only raced here once before, while Distinctly Game did nothing wrong at Kempton, but is upped two grades. That makes his task tougher, and for the winner we return to Qadar.

Formwatch

Qadar (IRE) 4-1 (9-6) Prominent, ridden to chase leader 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 3rd of 10, 2l behind Areyoutalkingtome (10-0) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-100 (2) pol.

Maltese Falcon 3-1 (9-2) Broke well, led, ridden over 1f out, hung right inside final furlong, caught post, 2nd of 10, shd behind Areyoutalkingtome (10-0) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-100 (2) pol.

One More Round (USA) 16-1 (8-11) In rear, ridden and ran on final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 10, 3l behind Areyoutalkingtome (10-0) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-100 (2) pol.

Classic Encounter (IRE) 14-1 (8-10) Held up in rear, switched inside, an effort approaching final furlong, kept on, 6th of 10, 4l behind Areyoutalkingtome (10-0) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-100 (2) pol.

Turn On The Style 3-1 (9-4) Quickly away, made virtually all, ridden 3 lengths clear 1f out, unchallenged final furlong, won at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jan beating Financial Times (9-2) by 2l, 9 ran.

Stoneacre Lad (IRE) 22-1 (8-11) Went right start, chased leader, led over 1f out, edged left and ridden out final furlong, won at Southwell 5f hcap (3) fbs in Dec beating Moorhouse Lad (8-11) by 1l, 10 ran.

Talbot Avenue 16-1 (8-9) Held up, ridden 2f out, never troubled leaders, 6th of 8, 5l behind Qadar (9-2) at W'hampton 6f hcp 0-100 (2) pol in Jan.

Distinctly Game 8-1 (9-1) Prominent, short of room over 2f out, ridden to lead just over 1f out, soon in command, driven out, won at Kempton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan beating Perfect Story (9-2) by 1l, 8 ran.