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13:05 Lingfield Park

Bet Direct On Cricket Handicap (Class F4) (Class 4)

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 6f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 12.07s
  • 12 Ran
1(8)
Silk - Orange, Black diamond, Black and Orange hooped cap

Headland (USA)

9 be DBF
8/1
  • Form 5000-41
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 59

chased leader to over 3f out, weakened 2f out

2(4)
Silk - Maroon, Light Blue stars

Davids Mark

28 CDBF
8/1
  • Form 320436-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 54

raced on inside, held up, going well enough halfway, ridden and no response over 1f out

3(3)
Silk - White, purple stripe and star on cap
50/1
  • Form 30456-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 53

slowly into stride and always behind

4(7)
Silk - Orange, White diamond, Purple sleeves, Orange cap, White diamond
  • Form 26566-3
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 52

slowly into stride, soon in touch, pushed along halfway, kept on reluctantly from over 1f out

5(10)
Silk - White and Light Blue (quartered), White sleeves, Light Blue armlets, Maroon cap

St Austell

15 CBF
7/2
  • Form 05330-2
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 53

raced wide, close up, ridden to chase leading pair over 1f out, no impression and faded towards finish

6(1)
Silk - Light Blue, White stars on sleeves
13/2
  • Form 0/60163-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 52

led to over 2f out, chased winner to over 1f out, weakened

7(6)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW sleeves, quartered cap
12/1
  • Form 06000-5
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 56

behind, effort and driven on inside over 1f out, no extra towards finish

8(11)
Silk - Emerald Green, White triple diamond

Legal Set (IRE)

9 t CDBF
14/1
  • Form 50003-4
  • Age 9
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 51

prominent, went 2nd over 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden and kept on under pressure final furlong

9(2)
Silk - White, Orange and Yellow striped sleeves and cap
7/2
  • Form 052211-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 51

keen, prominent on inside when stumbled just over 2f out, rallied to chase winner over 1f out, kept on under pressure final furlong

10(9)
Silk - Red and Yellow diabolo, halved sleeves, Red cap
14/1
  • Form 00434-0
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 50

held up in rear, headway on outside entering final furlong, finished well but not reached leaders

11(12)
Silk - Light Brown, Dark Brown sash and sleeves, Brown cap
33/1
  • Form 0/04000-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 66

raced wide in touch, came very wide into straight well over 1f out, soon ridden and no impression

12(5)
Silk - Yellow, large Royal Blue spots and armlets, Black cap, Yellow stars
25/1
  • Form 00000-2
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 50

in touch, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out

In depth

Verdict

Whinhill House form could hold the key here, in which case we will side with St Austell ahead of Iced Diamond and Legal Set. As indicated, if you work on literal recent formlines with Whinhill House, then St Austell comes out marginally better than Iced Diamond and Legal Set. Admittedly, the selection's run came at Wolverhampton but he has shown that he can act on this surface and be effective at this distance. Given that Iced Diamond missed the kick last time, he looks set to be a leading player here with a half-decent start. Turning to the others, and Headland has been raised six pounds for his win nine days ago and has a good all-weather record - although very little of has been shown here. Labelled With Love is chasing a hat-trick following two Southwell wins and, while he might have more to come, will need to find it. Park Star is well weighted on the best of her all-weather successes, all three of which have come at Southwell and two of them in January. She was reported to have run flat last time, but possibly still needs to find two or three pounds to win here. Finally, Arrogant Prince is now a couple of pounds below a winning mark, but has yet to win here, and Davids Mark did at least show signs of a return to form last time. That said, overall, we are happy enough to side with St Austell.