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13:00 Lingfield Park

Carlsberg Uk Novice Stakes (Class 5)

  • 3 Runners
  • Distance: 7f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £6,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 24.87s
  • Off Time: 13:00:43
  • 3 Ran
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1
Silk -

Sonning Gate

2/5

    1(2)
    Silk - Orange, Black and White hooped cap

    Sonning Gate

    26 C
    2/5
    • Form 51
    • Age 2
    • Weight 9-5
    • Official Rating 81

    tracked leader until 4f out, shaken up to lead 1f out, easy

    2(1)
    Silk - Emerald green, orange epaulets and armlets, orange cap, white star

    Sunniva Duke (IRE)

    17
    9/1
    • Form 45168
    • Age 2
    • Weight 9-2
    • Official Rating 76

    led, ridden and headed briefly over 1f out, no further impression

    4(4)
    Silk - Red and Black (quartered), halved sleeves, Emerald Green cap

    Sign of Approval

    8 v
    3/1
    • Form 29023
    • Age 2
    • Weight 8-12
    • Official Rating 80

    held up, keen hold, tracked leader 4f out, led until hung right over 1f out, not recover

    3(3)
    NR

    Dukes Art

    15
    • Form 3
    • Age 2
    • Weight 8-12

    Nonrunner

    Previous results

    2007
    (1)
    Silk -

    Straight And Level (CAN)

    8/1
    • Age 2
    • Weight 8-12

    In depth

    Verdict

    Only four are set to face the starter, and a case can be made for any of them, but our vote goes to SONNING GATE, although the remainder, Dukes Art, Sunniva Duke and Sign of Approval will all have their supporters. The selection won a decent maiden here last time out, confirming the promise shown on debut. He certainly looks the improving sort, and being the half-brother to an all-weather winner, breeding suggests there's no problem with the ground. He's got to defy top weight, but that was the case last time too. Dukes Art has only raced once before, and came third over a mile here. The step down in trip looks to be a positive, and improvement's expected from this 20 thousand Guineas purchase. Hopes are high too for Sunniva Duke, with a Newmarket entry in April. He broke his maiden tag at the third time of asking, but hasn't yet shown much in nursery company. This downgrade could help though. Sign of Approval steps down in trip after finding the extended mile at Wolverhampton too much last time out; that 3 in the form figures can mislead though as it was third out of three, after looking likely to give an odds on favourite a race. Plenty of positives all round, but we'll side with Sonning Gate.

    Formwatch

    Sonning Gate 9-4jt-fav (9-3) Held up, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, led 1f out, gradually drew clear, pushed out, won at Lingfield 1m 2yo mdn (5) pol in Nov beating Fortuni (9-3) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.

    Sunniva Duke (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Tracked leader 2f, ridden over 3f out, soon lost place and weakened quickly over 2f out, 8th of 9, 10l behind Efficiency (9-5) at Kempton 7f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) pol.

    Sign of Approval 5-2 (9-0) Dwelt, held up last, ridden over 2f out, weakened 1f out, eased inside final furlong, last of 3, 13l behind Dialogue (9-3) at W'hampton 1m 1f 2yo stk (3) pol.

    Dukes Art 25-1 (9-3) Held up, headway 2f out, chased leaders approaching 1f out, not trouble, 3rd of 9, 2l behind Premier Banker (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2yo mdn (5) pol.