Racecards
13:10 Lingfield Park
Call Star Sports On 08000 521 321 Standard Open NH Flat Race (Class 6)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 2m
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £2,400 added
- Winner: £1,560
- 2nd: £458
- 3rd: £229
- 4th: £114
- Form F/2P-1
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer N B King
- Jockey T E Whelan
held up in last pair, headway on outside tracking leaders 7f out, went 2nd over 5f out until well over 1f out, chased leading pair until edged left over 1f out, plugged on inside final furlong, went 3rd again towards finish, no chance with winner
- Age 4
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer P Butler
- Jockey M Goldstein
raced keenly, tracked leader until over 6f out, weakened rapidly, soon tailed off, virtually pulled up final 3f
- Form 4
- Age 4
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer S Durack
- Jockey Mr Zac Baker
led, headed over 1f out, outpaced and no chance with winner final furlong, lost 2nd final 10 yards, weakened into 4th towards finish
- Age 4
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer A King
- Jockey Wayne Hutchinson
tracked leaders on inside, not much room on inside over 1f out until squeezed through inside final furlong, went 2nd 100 yards out, no chance with very easy winner
- Form 9
- Age 4
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer Laura Morgan
- Jockey Mr Tommie M O'Brien
tracked leaders, went 2nd over 6f out until over 5f out, chased leaders, ridden and weakened 4f out, tailed off
Appy Days (IRE)
122- Form 20
- Age 6
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer Ian Williams
- Jockey T J O'Brien
held up in rear, smooth headway on inside tracking leaders 4f out, switched right 3f out, 2nd on outside well over 1f out, led over 1f out, quickened clear final furlong, very easily
- Age 6
- Weight 10-11
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey Lee Edwards
raced keenly, tracked leaders, pushed along 6f out, weakened 4f out, tailed off
Verdict
Alan King's Getaway gelding Skeleton Bob would not need to be anything special to make a winning debut in this, though his dam showed little in bumpers. APPY DAYS has her first run for Ian Williams. She showed promise at Roscommon in July and clearly wasn't herself at Galway subsequently. Sabrage only beat one home at Wincanton and the headgear is quickly reached for but Minella Style won a Fairyhouse point-to-point in April and has to be respected.
Formwatch
Minella Style (IRE) Evens (12-1) Chsd ldrs, 3rd 1/2way, went 2nd 5out, disp 4out, qckn cl from 2out, kow run-in, won at Fairyhouse Ptp 3m mdn gf in Apr beating Mollies Gent (11-10) by 1l, 11 ran.
Papal Edict (IRE) Papal Bull gelding out of Tarayib.
Sabrage (IRE) 11-4 (11-4) Tracked leading trio, went 3rd over 3f out, pushed along and one pace final 2f, weakened into modest 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 8 1/4l behind American Gigolo (11-4) at Wincanton 1m 7f (6) gd in Nov.
Skeleton Bob (IRE) Getaway gelding out of Bay Rebel.
Smithstown (IRE) 28-1 (11-0) Always behind, 9th of 14, 33 1/4l behind Agamemmon (11-0) at Southwell 2m (6) gd in Nov.
Appy Days (IRE) 11-2 (11-9) Prominent, tracked leader in 2nd and led halfway, joined over 4f out, ridden and headed 2f out, soon no extra, weakened, 12th of 16, 30 3/4l behind Queen Deirdre (11-3) at Galway 2m gd in Jul.
Bellatrix Motivator M out of Haladiya.