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15:50 Lingfield Park

John Smith's Handicap (Class 5)

  • 15 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £5,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 30.43s
  • Off Time: 15:51:44
  • 15 Ran
1(8)
Silk - White, Royal Blue chevron, chevrons on sleeves, Red cap
  • Form 00-8862
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-12
  • Official Rating 74

fly jumped and slowly away, headway to join leaders 6f out, ridden to chase leader approaching 3f out, weakened final furlong

2(13)
Silk - Brown and Orange diamonds, Brown sleeves and cap

Taxman (IRE)

15 p CD
8/1
  • Form 121545
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-10
  • Official Rating 72

mid-division, headway 6f out, led approaching 3f out, headed inside final furlong

3(1)
Silk - Emerald Green, Grey epaulets

Tranquilizer

179 t D
14/1
  • Form 31-2225
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-10
  • Official Rating 72

tracked leader, ridden and weakened 3f out

5(15)
Silk - Royal Blue and Yellow stripes, checked sleeves, Royal Blue cap
12/1
  • Form 075957
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 70

dwelt, in rear, late headway

6(11)
Silk - Purple, White diamond, armlets and cap
14/1
  • Form 51-3077
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 68

mid-division, chased leaders over 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong

7(10)
Silk - Yellow, Red stripe, halved sleeves, Yellow cap, Red star
15/2
  • Form 541831
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 62

held up, towards rear, steady headway over 4f out, ridden 2f out, led inside final furlong, headed soon after, no extra

8(16)
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow seams, hooped sleeves, quartered cap
50/1
  • Form 476275
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 66

soon led, ridden and headed approaching 3f out, weakened

9(14)
Silk - Red, Light Blue star, striped sleeves and cap
33/1
  • Form 997526
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 65

towards rear, headway 5f out, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, kept on

10(4)
Silk - Orange, White stars, striped sleeves and star on cap

Coustou (IRE)

340 p D
66/1
  • Form 337/100-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 64

always towards rear

11(6)
Silk - Dark Blue and Red diabolo, Red sleeves, Dark Blue cap
14/1
  • Form 423024
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 64

mid-division, ridden on inside 3f out, soon weakened

12(12)
Silk - Black, Cerise hooped sleeves, check cap
16/1
  • Form 65-1587
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 63

mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, ran on well to lead line

13(7)
Silk - Orange, Emerald Green check sleeves and check cap
20/1
  • Form 76-8684
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 62

mid-division, ridden and stayed on from over 1f out, nearest at finish

14(5)
Silk - White, Black sleeves, White stars, Black cap, White star
17/2
  • Form 485551
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 70

tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 4f out

15(9)
Silk - Mcallister Tartan, Light Blue cross belts, sleeves and cap
  • Form 56-8142
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 70

held up rear, steady headway 3f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed line

16(3)
Silk - Black and yellow (quartered), black sleeves, yellow stars, yellow cap

Mahmjra

13 v
66/1
  • Form 22249-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 62

in touch, weakened after 4f

4(2)
NR
  • Form 545455
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 70

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

A competitive heat where the short list comprises Moon On A Spoon, Airbound, Linden Lime and Tranquilizer and the vote goes to Moon On A Spoon now she is stepped up in trip. The selection was a fast ground 10f winner at Ripon earlier in the campaign and has twice run well in defeat since then. Underfoot conditions do not seem to matter, she is bred to go well at this trip, and we think she can take her first opportunity over it. Airbound was a winner last time out at Wolverhampton over this trip and has to defy a 4lb penalty here if he is to follow up. That win was his best effort since his debut here in January, and back on this surface it looks likely that he will again go very well. Tranquilizer was unfortunate to keep going up in the weights for defeats. This 2lb drop will help her become more competitive, while Linden Lime's win at Chester last time reads well in the context of this race, although the drop back in trip is not ideal and she may have to wait for another day. But Moon On A Spoon has the right credentials here and is our choice.

Formwatch

Overlord Way (GR) 14-1 (8-13) Mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on, not reach winner, 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Ardea Brave (8-7) at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Aug.

Tranquilizer 11-2 (9-0) Held up, stayed on from over 3f out, never going pace to reach leaders, 5th of 12, 9l behind Establishment (8-12) at Kempton 2m hcap (4) pol in Apr.

The Violin Player (USA) 9-2 (9-1) Held up, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, never dangerous, 7th of 8, 7l behind Ardea Brave (8-7) at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Aug.

Fen Game (IRE) 11-2 (9-7) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, hung left and hampered inside final furlong, not recover, 7th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Gambling Spirit (9-11) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcap (5) gf in Aug.

Linden Lime 8-1 (9-0) Prominent and keen, not clear run 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on, won at Chester 1m 5f hcp 0-80 (4) gf beating Jeepstar (9-7) by 1l, 12 ran.

Northside Lodge (IRE) 5-1co-fav (9-4) Held up in touch, headway to track leaders 3f out, soon ridden and no response, 6th of 9, 10l behind Air Biscuit (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f app hcp (6) gd.

Airbound (USA) 7-1 (9-4) Prominent, ridden to lead over 2f out, ran on, won at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Aug beating Sgt Schultz (9-6) by 3/4l, 9 ran.

Moon On A Spoon 6-1 (8-5) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, chased winner final furlong, 2nd of 9, 2l behind Macorville (8-7) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) gs in Aug.