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13:00 Lingfield Park

Pontin's 'book Early' Handicap (div 1) (Class 6)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 2f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £3,500 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 5.84s
  • Off Time: 13:00:31
  • 11 Ran
1(5)
Silk - PINK and DARK BLUE stripes, DARK BLUE sleeves, PINK diabolo and cap
  • Form 00020-6
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 58

soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened

2(2)
Silk - Red, Grey sleeves, Red and Grey hooped cap

Blackmail (USA)

11 CDDC
8/1
  • Form 9981-49
  • Age 9
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 58

mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, always held

3(9)
Silk - Orange, Black stripe, Black sleeves, Orange armlets

Ciccone

12 p CD
13/2
  • Form 52461-2
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 58

dwelt, held up in rear, no run from 2f out, switched left 1f out, kept on

4(4)
Silk - White, royal blue sash, hooped sleeves, royal blue cap
14/1
  • Form 569752-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 57

held up, headway on outer approaching 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out

5(11)
Silk - Turquoise Blue, Brown sleeves

Voice Mail

25 b D
12/1
  • Form 5877-62
  • Age 8
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 53

dwelt, keen, held up in rear, headway on inside from 2f out to lead 1f out, headed inside final furlong, one pace

6(8)
Silk - Light Blue and Royal Blue stripes, White sleeves

Red Sail

21 b CD
5/1
  • Form 30305-5
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 53

raced wide throughout, held up in rear, ridden 2f out, stayed on, not reached leaders

7(1)
Silk - Red, Mauve epaulets and star on cap
3/1
  • Form 968-31
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 47

in touch, shaken up over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, soon in command

8(6)
Silk - White, Dark Green stars, White sleeves, Dark Green cap
25/1
  • Form 473302-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-8
  • Official Rating 52

close up, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon headed and no extra

9(10)
Silk - RED, WHITE sleeves, BLUE and WHITE striped cap
16/1
  • Form 66620-8
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-8
  • Official Rating 50

chased leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong

10(12)
Silk - Beige and Purple diabolo, Purple sleeves, Beige stars, Emerald Green cap, Purple star
16/1
  • Form 990-931
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-5
  • Official Rating 49

close up, ridden and outpaced entering final 2f, kept on final furlong

12(3)
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow spots, Royal Blue sleeves, Yellow seams, Royal Blue cap
4/1
  • Form 50747-2
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-2
  • Official Rating 46

held up mid-division, lost place approaching 2f out

11(7)
NR
  • Form 975800-
  • Age 10
  • Weight 8-4
  • Official Rating 45

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Ciccone gets the vote in this handicap to open the card with Apache Fort and Blackmail rated as the main dangers. The selection ran a blinder last time when chasing home Time To Regret at Wolverhampton. That rival has since come out and run well in defeat so the form looks quite solid and this filly looks to have a really solid chance. Blackmail looks to main danger, although he has been a bit disappointing of late. However, there is no doubting that he would take all the beating if he could get anywhere near his best and with Eddie Ahern doing the steering he has genuine claims. Apache Fort won well last time but he has a penalty for that success and with the drop in trip also a negative we are happy to take him on. Andrew Balding's Voice Mail ran well last time and looks the best of the rest but we are happy to stick with Ciccone as our idea of the winner.

Formwatch

Blue Empire (IRE) 9-2 (9-2) Led, headed 3f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong, 6th of 10, 7l behind Paso Doble (8-4) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.

Blackmail (USA) 20-1 (8-8) Prominent, weakened over 2f out, beaten when hampered and checked over 1f out, 9th of 14, 6l behind Wait For The Will (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.

Ciccone 7-1 (9-0) Held up, headway over 2f out, chased winner final furlong, hung left, ran on, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Time To Regret (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Jan.

Rose Muwasim 7-1 (8-8) Prominent, led over 1f out, soon ridden, headed well inside final furlong, unable to quicken, 2nd of 5, 1l behind The City Kid (8-4) at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo clm (6) pol in Dec.

Voice Mail 6-1 (9-2) Held up 5th, chased leaders over 2f out, no chance with winner over 2f out, kept to take 2nd near finish, 2nd of 8, 10l behind King of Music (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f sll (6) pol.

Red Sail 10-1 (8-5) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, one pace, 5th of 14, 2l behind One Night In Paris (9-1) at Kempton 1m fll hcp (6) pol.

Apache Fort 7-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway 7f out, led over 3f out, ridden cleart, won at W'hampton 1m 4f Stks (41-45) (7) pol beating Gallas (9-2) by 4l, 11 ran.

Myrtle Bay (IRE) 6-4fav (8-10) Led, raced wide after 5f, driven along over 2f out, kept on under pressure final furlong, headed post, 2nd of 10, shd behind Tuscany Rose (8-5) at Catterick 1m 6f 3yo sll (6) gf in Sept.

Native American 25-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 8th of 14, 9l behind Danzare (8-9) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp (6) pol.

Oasis Sun (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, hard driven final furlong, held on, won at Kempton 1m 2f Stks (41-45) (7) pol beating Indigo Dancer (8-12) by a hd, 14 ran.

Indigo Dancer 6-1 (8-12) Mid-division, headway 3f out, chased leaders over 1f out, closing at finish, just failed, 2nd of 14, hd behind Oasis Sun (9-0) at Kempton 1m 2f Stks (41-45) (7) pol.

Chimes At Midnight (USA) 100-1 (8-4) Held up in rear, ridden and weakened over 4f out, tailed off straight, 15th of 16, well behind Iktitaf (8-8) at Curragh 2m prm hcp sft in Oct.