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14:50 Lingfield Park

R.O.R. Second Career For Racehorses Selling Stakes (Class 6)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f 106y
  • Going: Good to Soft (Soft in Places, AWT : Standard.)
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 38.46s
  • 9 Ran
2(3)
Silk - Royal Blue, Grey star, armlets and cap
17/2
  • Form 000810
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-11
  • Official Rating 52

held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, soon one paced

4(2)
Silk - WHITE, ROYAL BLUE chevrons, ROYAL BLUE sleeves, WHITE spots, quartered cap
9/1
  • Form 308-058
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 45

slow into stride, in rear, ridden over 4f out, never nearer

5(7)
Silk - Royal Blue and Dark Blue check
5/1
  • Form 172/050
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 60

chased leaders, chased leader halfway, led over 2f out, ridden clear over 1f out, eased inside final furlong

6(11)
Silk - Dark Blue and Grey stripes, White sleeves and cap

Don Argento

374 b
50/1
  • Form 00U300-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 40

with leader till 6f out, soon weakened, tailed off when slipped and fell on bend over 3f out

7(4)
Silk - Red, Black stripe, hooped sleeves, quartered cap

Giko

15
16/1
  • Form 020-200
  • Age 11
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 40

chased leaders 8f

8(6)
Silk - Light Blue, Pink hoops, Light Blue sleeves, quartered cap
  • Form 800-006
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 55

held up, ridden and weakened over 3f out

9(8)
Silk - Light Green, Dark Green cross belts
16/1
  • Form 451156-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 48

led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

10(1)
Silk - Maroon, Light Blue armlets and cap
5/1
  • Form 443726
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-5
  • Official Rating 47

held up mid-division, headway over 5f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, stayed on one pace

11(5)
Silk - Light Blue, Mauve hoop, Dark Blue cap
66/1
  • Form 85-00
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-5
  • Official Rating 40

always in rear

3(10)
NR
  • Form 9737-R1
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-11
  • Official Rating 70

Withdrawn

1(9)
NR
  • Form 600115
  • Age 9
  • Weight 9-11
  • Official Rating 54

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Champagne Shadow has an obvious chance at the weights of official BHB ratings and gets the vote in a poor contest ahead of Arabian Moon and Beauchamp Twist. The last mentioned has been running consistently well in similar grade of late and has to be respected but she disappointed on her only previous start here and for that reason is probably best passed over. Bishops Finger won over 1m2f in this grade here two starts ago but is not certain to stay this far, while Bobby Kennard has given little sign of encouragement in recent starts. Giko does not look good enough and a bigger threat is likely to come from Arabian Moon, who is probably in the grip of the handicapper at present so takes a drop back in class. Beauchamp Twist has claims at the weights but has yet to show that she handles this surface and a safer bet looks to be Champagne Shadow, who need only reproduce the form of her maiden success over course distance last time to win this.

Formwatch

Bishops Finger 16-1 (9-0) Towards rear, ridden 4f out, some progress, weakened over 1f out and soon eased, 10th of 11, 21l behind Del Mar Sunset (9-12) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp (5) gf.

Absinther 10-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, never nearer, 8th of 18, 5l behind Forever My Lord (8-9) at Brighton 1m 4f sll hcp (6) gf.

Bobby Kennard 40-1 (9-12) Tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened over 2f out, 14th of 17, 24l behind Blazing Bailey (8-2) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (6) gf in Jul.

Don Argento 33-1 (8-6) Slowly into stride, always behind, last of 11, 28l behind Daydream Dancer (8-12) at Brighton 1m 2f 3yo hcp (F) gf in Aug '04.

Giko 66-1 (8-2) Raced wide, always behind, 12th of 14, 12l behind Ballet Ballon (9-4) at Salisbury 1m 2f hcp (5) gf.

Beauchamp Twist 8-1 (7-12) Hampered start, outpaced 4f out, no danger, 6th of 7, 12l behind League of Nations (8-11) at Brighton 1m 4f clm (5) frm.

Champagne Shadow (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Soon ridden in mid-division, headway over 2f out, effort on inside, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Jun beating Dance Partner (8-4) by 3/4l, 16 ran.

Arabian Moon (IRE) 6-1 (10-2) Held up well in rear, some headway over 4f out, soon no impression, 5th of 12, 12l behind Scottish River (11-7) at Windsor 1m 4f amt hcp (5) gf.