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14:30 Lingfield Park

Arenaleisureplc.com Handicap (Class 2)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £16,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 38.07s
  • Off Time: 14:30:29
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Atlantic Story (USA)

11/4

    2
    Silk -

    Orchard Supreme

    7/2

      1(6)
      Silk - Yellow, emerald green cross belts, hooped sleeves, light green cap

      Fajr (IRE)

      21 b CDDC
      9/4
      • Form 042231
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-11
      • Official Rating 106

      held up in rear, in touch, ran wide into straight 2f out, soon ridden, went 3rd inside final furlong, unable to quicken near finish

      2(2)
      Silk - Red, Purple sleeves and cap

      Orchard Supreme

      21 CDDC
      7/2
      • Form 154425
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 100

      held up in rear, in touch, effort on inside and soon every chance entering final furlong, ridden and not quicken near finish

      3(5)
      Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow star, checked sleeves, Yellow cap

      Councellor (FR)

      1 t CDD
      13/2
      • Form 411436
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-9
      • Official Rating 90

      led 7f out, ridden and joined over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra

      4(7)
      Silk - Dark Green, White seams, White sleeves, Dark Green armlets, White cap

      Atlantic Story (USA)

      13 bt CDD
      11/4
      • Form 160411
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 89

      broke well, soon heavily restrained in 3rd place, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on

      5(3)
      Silk - Red, White epaulets, Dark Blue sleeves, Dark Blue and White quartered cap

      Wavertree Warrior (IRE)

      21 b CDDC
      9/2
      • Form 504633
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-5
      • Official Rating 85

      led 1f, tracked leader, ridden to join leader over 2f out, every chance 1f out, one pace inside final furlong

      6(4)
      NR

      Play Up Pompey

      1 C
      • Form 797416
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-5
      • Official Rating 52

      Nonrunner

      7(1)
      NR

      Zero Cool (USA)

      75 BFD
      • Form 6213
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-4
      • Official Rating 83

      Nonrunner

      In depth

      Verdict

      A very competitive event here where most of them have some sort of chance but we will side with Fajr to maintain his superirity over Orchard Supreme, Councellor and Wavertree Warrior. The selection has gone up 3lb for a c&d success last time when he had that trio behind him. He now needs to defy a caree-high mark to take this, but he loves this place and can make it six c&d wins and claim a decent prize. Orchard Supreme (3lb), Councellor (3lb) and Wavertree Warrior (4lb) are all better off with Fajr and all have c&d wins to their names, but they should still finish adrift. Atlantic Story seeks a hat-trick but a 6lb rise will now make this very tough, Play Up Pompey is best over 10f and Zero Cool's drop back to this trip is a positive and he can go very well, but preference is for Fajr.

      Formwatch

      Fajr (IRE) 15-8fav (9-8) Steadied start, held up in rear, good headway from 2f out, driven to lead close home, won at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-100 (2) pol beating Salient (8-5) by 3/4l, 8 ran.

      Orchard Supreme 7-2 (9-5) Raced wide, held up, headway to lead 5f out, headed over 3f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 8, 4l behind Fajr (9-8) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-100 (2) pol.

      Councellor (FR) 8-1 (9-2) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on well for 3rd, 3rd of 13, 2l behind Bonus (9-2) at Kempton 7f lst stk (1) pol.

      Atlantic Story (USA) 5-2fav (9-3) In touch, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, led inside final furlong, asserted final 50 yards and in command, won at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol beating Apache Dawn (8-13) by a nk, 13 ran.

      Wavertree Warrior (IRE) 10-1 (8-6) Keen, mid-division, ridden 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 2l behind Fajr (9-8) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-100 (2) pol.

      Play Up Pompey 11-2 (8-13) Held up mid-division, keen hold, pushed along over 4f out, headway over 2f out, ran on under pressure to lead post, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-50 (6) pol beating Shaheer (9-0) by a shd, 13 ran.

      Zero Cool (USA) 11-4fav (9-0) Led, narrowly headed over 3f out, regained lead over 2f out, headed inside final furlong no extra, 3rd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Duchess Royale (9-0) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo hcp (4) sft in Oct.