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13:20 Lingfield Park

Lingfield Park Marriott Hotel Handicap (Class 4)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £7,250 added
  • Winner: £4,690
  • 2nd: £1,396
  • 3rd: £697
  • 4th: £349
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 29.73s
  • Off Time: 13:20:56
  • 7 Ran
1(2)
Silk - Dark blue, white spots on sleeves

Focail Maith

18 p CCD
4/1
  • Form 46712-2
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 83

held up in rear, headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, never able to challenge

2(3)
Silk - Royal Blue, Light Blue stripe

Cayuga

34
2/1
  • Form 9/4412-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 84

took keen hold in mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon no impression

4(8)
Silk - Dark green, white cap
5/1
  • Form 32257-5
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 82

held up towards rear, headway over 4f out, soon chasing leaders, outpaced over 2f out, kept on under pressure

5(4)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW and ROYAL BLUE diabolo on sleeves, YELLOW cap
  • Form 395621-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 77

steadied in rear, driven and headway over 2f out, stayed on same pace

6(6)
Silk - Mauve and Black (quartered), Mauve sleeves, White cap, Mauve diamond
  • Form 07/7419-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 78

in touch, hard driven over 4f out, weakened over 3f out

7(5)
Silk - Dark Blue, Beige stripe
2/1
  • Form 05221-1
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 76

tracked clear leader, took closer order over 5f out, led over 2f out, ridden clear over 1f out, stayed on strongly

8(1)
Silk - Red, white stripe, red sleeves, white spots and spots on cap

Activate

6 b D
20/1
  • Form 035-133
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-10
  • Official Rating 70

led, soon 5 lengthes clear, headed over 2f out, soon lost place

3(7)
NR
  • Form 731-132
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 80

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Focail Maith has leading claims. He finished ahead of Sir Boss when runner-up at Wolverhampton last time and beat Noble Silk over course and distance in December which gives him the edge over Solfilia. CAYUGA opened his account over a shorter trip here in August and went very close to making a winning return at this track last month. The Montjeu colt has plenty of scope over this extra distance and gets the vote. While You Wait is a winner in Ireland and also unexposed on the Flat. He's been hurdling along with Scottish Boogie while Harry Buckle is improving with a couple of wins over 1m2f here to his name.

Formwatch

Focail Maith 8-1 (9-10) Held up in touch, driven and headway 3f out, ridden to chase winner when edged left over 1f out, kept on same pace, held final furlong, 2nd of 7, 1 1/4l behind De Rigueur (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-80 (4) pol.

Cayuga 10-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, strongly challenged inside final furlong, just failed, 2nd of 11, shd behind Kaafel (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.

Solfilia 7-1 (9-3) Took keen hold, held up in rear, headway inside final 2f, ridden to chase leaders inside final furlong, kept on, 5th of 8, 1 3/4l behind Noble Silk (9-2) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.

Scottish Boogie (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, driven out, won at Windsor 1m 4f hcp 0-80 (4) sft in Oct beating Aldwick Bay (9-11) by nk, 16 ran.

While You Wait (IRE) 10-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden and no extra 3f out, weakened, last of 9, 24l behind Massiyn (9-12) at Curragh 1m 2f 3yo hcp 60-100 sft in Jun.

Harry Buckle 3-1 (8-7) Always prominent, led over 1f out, soon ridden, ran on well, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol beating Ajeeb (9-4) by 1 1/4l, 5 ran.

Activate 12-1 (9-7) Tracked leading pair, went 2nd approaching halfway, led 4f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon lost 2nd and no chance with leading duo, 3rd of 6, 26l behind Right Stuff (9-9) at Lingfield 2m clm stks (6) pol.

Sir Boss (IRE) 7-1 (9-8) Mid-division on outside, headway to track leader after 4f, ridden and every chance 1f out, kept on, held final 100 yards, 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Cool Sky (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.