Racecards
17:25 Lingfield Park
Betway Handicap (Class 5)
- 4 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £5,000 added
- Winner: £3,234
- 2nd: £962
- 3rd: £481
- 4th: £240
- Form 31560-3
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer Martin Smith
- Jockey R Kingscote
held up in 4th place, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, plugged on into modest 3rd towards finish
- Form 414523
- Age 8
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer A Watson
- Jockey Edward Greatrex
raced keenly, ridden and headed 1f out, soon lost 2nd, weakened into 4th towards finish
- Form 70-3111
- Age 5
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer N P Mulholland
- Jockey Hollie Doyle
tracked leading pair, squeezed through into 2nd entering final furlong, ridden to lead narrowly well inside final furlong, headed last strides
- Form 052341-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer Mrs A J Perrett
- Jockey Jim Crowley
tracked leader, ridden to lead 1f out, narrowly headed well inside final furlong, rallied gamely to lead again last strides
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Successful three times over slightly shorter trips in recent weeks, Moayadd steps up a grade under a penalty and may be thwarted in his hat-trick bid. Ruby Wednesday got back to winning ways at Kempton last month and is only 4lb higher but is also taking on better company. The penny dropped with BALANCING TIME when switched to Polytrack at the end of last year. Amanda Perrett’s well-bred gelding got off the mark over course and distance in December and is the type to improve further as a four-year-old. Attain has been knocking on the door again here lately and can’t be ruled out while Bridge Of Sighs appeared to stay the trip at Kempton in January and was in good form around this time last year.
Formwatch
Bridge Of Sighs 20-1 (9-10) Held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, pressed leading pair inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Dream Factory (9-1) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Attain 7-1 (9-7) Held up, headway 2f out, ridden and ran on to press for 2nd near finish, 3rd of 10, 1/2l behind Synodic (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Moayadd (USA) 11-8fav (9-5) Tracked leader, pushed along and led over 1f out, soon edged left, ran on, comfortable, won at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Mar beating Solveig's Song (9-10) by 4 1/2l, 10 ran.
Balancing Time 7-4fav (9-6) Led early, tracked leader, pushed along and clear with leader over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Dec beating Threediamondrings (9-3) by 1 3/4l, 8 ran.
Ruby Wednesday 7-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders on inside, went 2nd over 2f out, led inside final 2f, hard ridden over 1f out, strongly pressed inside final furlong, found bit extra near finish, won at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Feb beating Light Of Air (9-6) by nk, 8 ran.