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16:35 Lingfield Park

Cyprium Grill At Marriott Lingfield Handicap (Class 4)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £6,500 added
  • Winner: £4,205
  • 2nd: £1,251
  • 3rd: £625
  • 4th: £313
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 29.99s
  • Off Time: 16:35:14
  • 5 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Crunched

11/4

    2
    Silk -

    Battleoftrafalgar

    8/1

      2(4)
      Silk - Orange, mauve stars on sleeves, mauve cap, orange stars

      Battleoftrafalgar

      2 b D
      8/1
      • Form 9/1099-8
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 77

      tracked leader, effort over 1f out, soon no impression

      3(1)
      Silk - White, purple armlets, purple cap

      Crunched

      22 b
      11/4
      • Form 2/203-23
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 77

      made all, shaken up over 2f out, clear over 1f out, ran on well

      4(3)
      Silk - Red, dark green spots on sleeves

      Beau Fighter

      44 D
      16/1
      • Form 631181-
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 73

      held up in rear, weakened over 2f out

      5(5)
      Silk - Mauve and Black (quartered), Mauve sleeves, White cap, Mauve diamond

      Bert The Alert

      36 CD
      9/2
      • Form 23-1
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-9
      • Official Rating 72

      raced freely tracking leader, effort well over 2f out, soon hung left, weakened over 1f out, lost 3rd closing stages

      6(6)
      Silk - DARK GREEN, RED cap, DARK GREEN diamond

      Belle Josephine

      12 D
      6/5
      • Form 1
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-7
      • Official Rating 70

      outpaced in rear, under pressure over 2f out, stayed on to go moderate 3rd over 1f out

      1(2)
      NR

      Follow The Flag (IRE)

      4 be C
      • Form 3-02733
      • Age 8
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 81

      Nonrunner

      Previous results

      2011
      (4)
      Silk -

      Cosmic Sun

      22/1
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-7

      2010
      (6)
      Silk -

      Spruce (USA)

      2/1
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-4

      In depth

      Verdict

      Follow The Flag, Battleoftrafalgar and Crunched all found Mark Johnston inmates too good on their latest starts and the Middleham trainer runs his winning debutante BELLE JOSEPHINE here. She scored over today's trip at Wolverhampton earlier this month and the Dubawi filly is fancied to find the improvement needed to follow up in handicap company. Bert The Alert got off the mark at the fourth time of asking when successful over C&D last month and there should be more to come from him, but Beau Fighter reverts to the Flat off a 6lb higher mark than when scoring at Southwell last May.

      Formwatch

      Battleoftrafalgar 14-1 (9-4) Disputed lead, led over 11f out, ridden and headed 3f out, chased winner until over 2f out, weakened entering final 2f, 8th of 9, 31l behind Exemplary (9-13) at Kempton 2m hcap (4) pol.

      Crunched 13-2 (9-6) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 3rd of 10, 3l behind Nezhenka (9-11) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan.

      Beau Fighter 7-2fav (8-5) Raced wide tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, led over 2f out, clear entering final furlong, won at Southwell 1m 3f hcp 0-80 (4) fbs in May beating The Lock Master (9-5) by 2 1/2l, 9 ran.

      Bert The Alert 11-10fav (9-3) Keen, led after 1f, made rest, clear 2f out, pushed out final furlong, always holding on, won at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan beating Broughton Sands (8-12) by nk, 7 ran.

      Belle Josephine 2-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, ran green in rear, headway on outside to track leader 8f out, pushed along halfway, led 3f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, rallied gamely to lead again inside final furlong, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol beating Red Shuttle (9-6) by 3/4l, 5 ran.

      Follow The Flag (IRE) 6-1 (8-9) In touch in rear, ridden and outpaced 3f out, stayed on to go 3rd inside final furlong, not trouble leaders, 3rd of 5, 2 3/4l behind True To Form (9-2) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-95 (3) fbs.