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14:20 Lingfield Park

Spreadex Sports First Goalscorer Insurance Handicap (Class 3)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 7f 1y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £22,600 added
  • Winner: £12,204
  • 2nd: £5,729
  • 3rd: £2,866
  • 4th: £1,433
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 22.30s
  • Off Time: 14:22:05
  • 8 Ran
1(4)
Silk - Black, orange seams and sleeves, black cap
12/1
  • Form 522D-89
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 90

chased leaders, went 2nd entering final 2f, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong

2(5)
Silk - Yellow, white chevron and sleeves
3/1
  • Form 114/2-36
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 88

off the pace in last pair, headway on inside chasing leaders and pushed along over 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, weakened and lost modest 4th towards finish

3(3)
Silk - Dark blue, large yellow spots
  • Form 8572-23
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 88

chased leaders, pushed along on inside and outpaced over 2f out, behind and eased over 1f out

4(7)
Silk - ORANGE and PURPLE (quartered), EMERALD GREEN sleeves and cap
  • Form 9611-48
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 83

raced wide in 5th, pushed along halfway, headway out wide and went 3rd entering final furlong, kept on same pace

5(2)
Silk - White, black stars, striped sleeves and stars on cap
11/1
  • Form 1-11373
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 82

raced keenly disputing 5th on inside, pushed along and unable to quicken when not clear run and switched right inside final 3f, soon lost place and no chance after

6(8)
Silk - Yellow, Black chevron, Black sleeves, Yellow stars, Black cap, Yellow star

Wyvern

13 BFCD
7/2
  • Form 8075-52
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 80

soon chasing leader, led 2f out, ridden and ran on well inside final furlong

7(1)
Silk - Royal blue, white triple diamond, emerald green sleeves, white armlets, white cap, emerald green diamond
12/1
  • Form 6926-73
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 80

slowly into stride, off the pace in rear, plugged on final furlong, went modest 4th towards finish, never on terms

8(6)
Silk - BLACK, ORANGE seams, sleeves and cap
14/1
  • Form 6-15624
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-5
  • Official Rating 72

soon led, pushed along and headed 2f out, soon lost 2nd, weakened quickly final furlong

In depth

Verdict

SPIRIT OF NGURU is proving hard to win with but gets another chance on an earlier second in this grade to the progressive Tiger Crusade. Algheed was beaten less than a length here a week ago and can figure again while Wyvern finished ahead of Gobi Sunset when narrowly beaten at Wolverhampton. Noisy Night, Lord Rapscallion and Baldomero all drop back down in trip but the latter’s stablemate Politics is upped in class.

Formwatch

Baldomero (IRE) 11-1 (9-6) Held up off the pace towards rear, never involved, 9th of 13, 4 1/2l behind War In Heaven (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (3) pol in Feb.

Noisy Night 4-1 (8-11) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon switched left, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 7 1/2l behind Positive (9-9) at Kempton 1m hcp (2) pol in Feb.

Spirit Of Nguru (IRE) 6-4fav (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 10, 3 1/4l behind Silky Wilkie (9-8) at Kempton 6f hcp (3) pol in Feb.

Lord Rapscallion (IRE) 15-2 (9-2) Raced wide, in touch in rear, pushed along 2f out, never on terms, last of 8, 7 1/4l behind Unforgotten (9-9) at Lingfield 1m hcp (3) pol in Feb.

Algheed (IRE) 12-1 (9-6) Led, headed over 5f out, tracked leader, ridden to lead again briefly inside final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 9, 1/4l behind Sayifyouwill (9-2) at Lingfield 7f hcp (4) pol in Feb.

Wyvern 2-1fav (9-8) In touch, pushed along 2f out, ridden and headway entering final furlong, ran on, not quite reach winner, 2nd of 9, shd behind Follow Your Heart (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Feb.

Gobi Sunset 9-1 (9-4) Led and set decent pace, ridden over 1f out, headed just inside final furlong, kept on same pace in 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Adeb (9-7) at Newcastle 7f hcp (4) pol in Feb.

Politics (IRE) 10-3 (9-6) Raced wide, led after 1f, ridden and headed entering final furlong, no extra, 4th of 7, 1l behind Full Intention (9-5) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (5) pol in Feb.