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18:20 Lingfield Park

Church Hill Walk Handicap (Class 5)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Good to Firm, Firm in places
  • Surface: Turf
  • £4,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 33.52s
  • Off Time: 18:20:34
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Greenwich Village

9/5

    2
    Silk -

    Zia Zabel (IRE)

    8/1

      1(1)
      Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue diamond, Royal Blue cap

      Greenwich Village

      24 BF
      9/5
      • Form 39/6332
      • Age 5
      • Weight 10-0
      • Official Rating 65

      tracked leader, led 3f out, driven out final furlong

      2(6)
      Silk - Emerald Green, White hoops, White and Emerald Green halved sleeves, Red cap

      Is It Me (USA)

      23
      5/2
      • Form 375553
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-12
      • Official Rating 63

      led, headed 3f out, stayed chasing winner, no impression and lost 2nd on line

      3(2)
      Silk - Yellow, Dark Blue stripe and sleeves, Dark Blue and Yellow striped cap

      Prince of Medina

      162
      4/1
      • Form 254612
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-1
      • Official Rating 52

      chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out

      4(4)
      Silk - Dark Green, Yellow hoop, hooped sleeves, quartered cap

      Zia Zabel (IRE)

      26
      8/1
      • Form 0-987
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9
      • Official Rating 63

      held up in last pair, headway to track leaders 2f out, stayed in inside final furlong, went 2nd post

      5(3)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow star, Royal Blue sleeves, Yellow spots, Royal Blue cap, White star

      Lysander's Quest (IRE)

      120 D
      20/1
      • Form 7899-40
      • Age 10
      • Weight 8-9
      • Official Rating 45

      held up in last pair, ridden and struggling final 3f

      6(5)
      Silk - Emerald Green, Orange hoop, Orange cap

      Eddie Dowling

      5 v
      7/1
      • Form 855700
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-7
      • Official Rating 61

      took keen hold, tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 3f out

      In depth

      Verdict

      A small field that may not be too hard to sort out as Prince Of Medina has the best form of late but his turf form is poor and so preference is for Greenwich Village. William Knight's gelding is no star, emphasised by the fact that he is yet to win in nine attempts. However he was well-fancied when a narrow second to Soviet Sceptre at Chepstow last time and he can go in despite a 3lb rise in the weights. Is It Me is fairly consistent and he is a fairly useful dual performer; however his strike-rate on turf is poor and despite a good third last time at Warwick he is taken on today. Prince Of Medina is a good all-weather horse but his form on the green stuff is not as good, whilst Zia Zebel is unexposed and well-related, but needs to improve on what we have seen to date. An open contest, but Greenwich Village gets the nod.

      Formwatch

      Greenwich Village 5-1fav (9-4) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, led again over 1f out, hard ridden and headed close home, 2nd of 15, 1/2l behind Soviet Sceptre (8-9) at Chepstow 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) gf.

      Is It Me (USA) 7-1 (8-9) Led, ridden and headed well over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Moonshine Creek (8-2) at Warwick 1m 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.

      Prince of Medina 10-3 (9-1) Tracked leaders, chased leader over 2f out, every chance final furlong, just outpaced by winner final strides, 2nd of 7, nk behind Capitalise (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcap (6) pol in Feb.

      Zia Zabel (IRE) 25-1 (8-12) Mid-division, driven, struggling over 2f out, 7th of 14, 11l behind Cosmea (8-10) at Windsor 1m 4f fll hcp (5) gf in Jun.

      Lysander's Quest (IRE) 20-1 (8-9) In touch, ridden well over 2f out, soon weakened, 10th of 12, 21l behind Coda Agency (8-12) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Mar.

      Eddie Dowling 16-1 (9-6) Towards rear, never dangerous, 13th of 17, 15l behind Jackday (9-0) at Beverley 2m 3yo mdn hcp (6) gd.