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16:50 Lingfield Park

Bet Direct On 0800 32 93 93 Handicap (Class F)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 7f
  • Going: None specified
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 25.16s
  • 13 Ran
1(4)
Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow hollow box
13/8
  • Form 40-4013
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-11

held up in touch, headway and edged left 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on

2(8)
Silk - Red, Maroon seams, Red sleeves and cap
  • Form 625314
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9

led 5f

3(6)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE hoop, WHITE sleeves, ROYAL BLUE armlets, WHITE cap
40/1
  • Form 500/340-
  • Age 12
  • Weight 9-7

held up in touch, ridden 3f out, soon weakened

4(11)
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow star, Yellow sleeves, Royal Blue stars, Yellow cap, Royal Blue star
  • Form 4462-00
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-7

towards rear, rapid headway 2f out, stayed on to take 2nd inside final furlong

5(9)
Silk - Yellow and Orange diabolo, Dark Blue sleeves, Orange cap
11/1
  • Form 0-03500
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-5

tracked leader, led 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong

6(7)
Silk - Yellow and Emerald Green (quartered), Emerald Green sleeves, Yellow armlets, Yellow cap
6/1
  • Form 400-552
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-5

pulled hard, held up in rear, headway final furlong, not reach leaders

7(10)
Silk - DARK BLUE, PINK Cross of Lorraine, sleeves and cap
20/1
  • Form P000-26
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-3

chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened

8(13)
Silk - Light Blue, Maroon hoop and sleeves
11/1
  • Form 040-322
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-3

held up in last place, still plenty to do when headway on outside over 1f out, ran on final furlong, not reach leaders

9(5)
Silk - Light Blue, White diamonds on sleeves, Light Blue cap, White diamond
16/1
  • Form 535040-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-3

chased leaders, weakening when short of room 2f out

10(1)
Silk - Pink, Dark Blue and White striped sleeves, White cap
  • Form 00-0000
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-1

pulled hard, held up, headway when not clear run 2f out, no danger after

11(2)
Silk - WHITE, BLACK disc, striped sleeves
  • Form 005-54
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-2

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

12(3)
Silk - Yellow, Emerald Green epaulets, White cap
  • Form 02340-5
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-1

slowly into stride, towards rear, never nearer

13(12)
Silk - Dark Green and Pink (halved), Pink sleeves, quartered cap
33/1
  • Form 02-4000
  • Age 3
  • Weight 7-12

slowly into stride, always towards rear

In depth

Verdict

The drop in trip does not really look to be ideal for Ascertain so it may pay to side with Firebelly, who rounded off last season with a comfortable success in a Listed race for Fillies in Italy last July. However, there are a number of dangers and it will not be plain sailing for the selection. Bahiano and Hatch are closely-matched on their meeting here earlier in the month and could go well for each way backers, while the form of Grouville's debut win does not look to be anything out of the ordinary and, despite making a favourable impression, he has a little improvement to find. So too does the well-travelled Pertadias Magic, who makes his debut for the Nick Littmoden yard today and is best watched. Therefore, the safest option appears to be Firebelly, who proved she knows what is required of her when she wasted no time in proving her ability when scoring on her debut in a Redcar maiden last term. The daughter of Nicolette will be sporting a visor for the first time today, in what can only be assumed to be an attempt to keep her focused over a trip she is yet to tackle. However, as this is as easy a mile as she will ever encounter, there is no reason to suspect that her stamina will not hold out today. Bahiano gets on well with Kieren Fallon and rates as the biggest threat from those shortlisted as dangers.