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16:45 Lingfield Park

Breathe Spa At Lingfield Marriott Handicap (Class 3)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £10,300 added
  • Winner: £6,663
  • 2nd: £1,983
  • 3rd: £991
  • 4th: £495
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 4.84s
  • Off Time: 16:45:36
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Eshtibaak (IRE)

8/13

    2
    Silk -

    Colour Guard

    11/4

      1(6)
      Silk - Royal blue, large yellow spots, yellow sleeves, royal blue armlets and spots on yellow cap

      Emma's Gift (IRE)

      27 b CD
      8/1
      • Form 22-U119
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 92

      tracked leaders, effort overt 2f out, soon beaten

      2(2)
      Silk - Yellow, Dark Green epaulets, Dark Green sleeves, Yellow armlets, Yellow cap, Dark Green star

      Almail (USA)

      14 D
      66/1
      • Form 817/08-7
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 88

      chased leaders, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

      3(1)
      Silk - Royal Blue, White epaulets, striped cap

      Eshtibaak (IRE)

      163 D
      8/13
      • Form 51-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 87

      settled in rear, headway over 2f out, soon driven to challenge, every chance over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, ridden out

      4(5)
      Silk - Royal blue, red chevrons, red and royal blue halved sleeves, royal blue cap

      Munsarim (IRE)

      18 b CDCD
      10/1
      • Form 34-1111
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 86

      tracked leader, raced freely, led over 5f out, soon hung right and virtualy unsteerable, headed over 1f out, weakened

      5(3)
      Silk - DARK GREEN, RED cap, DARK GREEN diamond

      Colour Guard

      17
      11/4
      • Form 1411
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 85

      led until over 5f out, led again over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, kept on

      6(4)
      NR

      Daring Indian

      3 D
      • Form 68461-7
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-7
      • Official Rating 75

      Nonrunner

      In depth

      Verdict

      ESHTIBAAK must have had his problems as he made his debut last April but didn't race again until landing his maiden with the minimum of fuss at Nottingham in October. There should be plenty more to come this year and he's preferred to the admirable Emma's Gift, who beat Daring Indian last month before following up over C&D. She'll take advantage of any chinks in the selection's armour, but Munsarim faces much stiffer competition here than in the claimers he's been winning recently. Colour Guard has been showing good progress at Southwell, though he's 10lb higher on his Polytrack debut, while Almail arrives badly out of sorts.

      Formwatch

      Emma's Gift (IRE) 11-2 (8-8) Mid-division, lost place over 2f out, 9th of 11, 4l behind Junoob (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 2f Listed stks (1) pol in Feb.

      Almail (USA) 33-1 (9-6) Held up in last pair, weakened over 2f out, last of 7, 11l behind William Haigh (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-100 (2) pol.

      Eshtibaak (IRE) Evensfav (9-3) Slowly into stride, soon recovered to mid-division, smooth headway on outside over 2f out, tracked leader on bit entering final 2f, quickened to lead over 1f out, came clear final furlong, won at Nottingham 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) gd in Oct beating Montefeltro (9-3) by 2 1/4l, 15 ran.

      Munsarim (IRE) 8-15fav (9-5) Went right start, keen tracked leader 8f out, led over 2f out, hung to stand side rail final furlong, shaken up and ran on, comfortably, won at Lingfield 1m 2f clm stks (6) pol beating Dazzling Valentine (8-1) by 3 1/2l, 7 ran.

      Colour Guard 11-8fav (9-0) Tracked leader, pushed along 3f out, led over 1f out, ridden and ran on, eased inside final furlong, comfortable, won at Southwell 1m hcp 0-85 (4) fbs beating Beautiful Day (9-5) by 3 1/2l, 8 ran.

      Daring Indian 7-1 (8-10) Towards rear, plugged on inside final furlong no threat, 7th of 10, 11l behind Tappanappa (9-7) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.