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14:30 Lingfield Park

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  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £2,900 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 8.10s
  • Off Time: 14:31:08
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Rocky's Pride (IRE)

4/5

    2
    Silk -

    Hector Spectre (IRE)

    9/2

      1(4)
      Silk - Orange and Purple (halved), Orange sleeves and cap

      Laurie Grove (IRE)

      9 p
      5/2
      • Form 040287
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 82

      held up in touch, keen, ridden over 2f out, driven and one pace final furlong

      2(3)
      Silk - Purple, Grey hooped sleeves

      Rocky's Pride (IRE)

      28 D
      4/5
      • Form 22103
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 77

      tracked leader, led over 2f out, driven out final furlong

      3(1)
      Silk - Dark blue, light blue star, yellow and dark blue striped sleeves, yellow cap, dark blue stars

      Rock Me (IRE)

      31
      33/1
      • Form 0675/04-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 37

      led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon beaten

      4(2)
      Silk - Maroon, light blue hoops, maroon sleeves, light blue stars

      Hector Spectre (IRE)

      13 v BFD
      9/2
      • Form 912534
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-5
      • Official Rating 64

      chased leaders, ridden and one pace final 2f

      5(5)
      Silk - Black and Pink diamonds, Maroon sleeves, Dark Green cap, Emerald Green star

      Kamanja (UAE)

      11
      33/1
      • Form 806560
      • Age 3
      • Weight 7-13
      • Official Rating 46

      held up, ridden over 2f out, never on terms

      Previous results

      2008
      (3)
      Silk -

      Bridgewater Boys

      11/4
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-7

      In depth

      Verdict

      A weak race in which we will side with LAURIE GROVE ahead of Rocky's Pride. The selection tries cheek-pieces for the first time this afternoon in the hope of improving on his run at Kempton last time out. His best effort to date came when racing over nine furlongs at Wolverhampton in October so the hope is that he should see out this longer trip. On the adjusted ratings he comes out joint top with Rocky's Pride. Gary Moore's gelding ran a better race at Kempton last time but was a bit flattered to finish as close as he did and hopes will be resting on this drop in trip/grade this afternoon. Rock Me is an average hurdler/chaser who has a rating of just 37 on the flat, Hector Spectre represents a stable to fear at present and the drop in distance should be no problem for this two-time winner, whilst Kamanja looks to be making up the numbers, having shown precious little in 12 winless runs to date. This should be a two-horse-race, and it is Laurie Grove who can prevail.

      Formwatch

      Laurie Grove (IRE) 12-1 (9-4) Led, soon steadied pace, ridden, headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 7, 7l behind L'Hirondelle (9-4) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.

      Rocky's Pride (IRE) 11-4 (9-1) Tracked winner, challenged 2f out, soon ridden and outpaced, lost 2nd inside final furlong, 3rd of 5, 2 3/4l behind Tripitaka (9-0) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.

      Rock Me (IRE) 16-1 (7-12) Chased leader unitl 4f out, soon outpaced, kept on to take 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 10l behind Maddy (7-12) at Yarmouth 1m 2f 3yo clm (6) sft in Aug '08.

      Hector Spectre (IRE) 6-4fav (8-13) Led, ridden and headed well over 1f out, soon lost 2nd, weakened final furlong and lost 3rd final 100 yards, 4th of 5, 5l behind Fleur De Lion (8-7) at Kempton 1m 4f 3yo clm stks (6) pol.

      Kamanja (UAE) 8-1 (8-13) Raced wide on 1st turn, soon held up towards rear, never a factor, 10th of 12, 10l behind Kielty's Folly (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-50 (7) pol.