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14:00 Lingfield Park

sunbets.co.uk Handicap (Class 5)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 1y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £4,500 added
  • Winner: £2,911
  • 2nd: £866
  • 3rd: £433
  • 4th: £216
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 37.39s
  • Off Time: 14:00:11
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Zain Emperor (IRE)

6/1

    2
    Silk -

    Wink Oliver

    14/1

      1(1)
      Silk - Black, Orange star, Orange sleeves, Black armlets

      Saleh (IRE)

      9 CD
      2/1
      • Form 12-1321
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 72

      tracked leaders, waiting for run when pushed along over 1f out, effort between horses inside final furlong, stayed on

      2(6)
      Silk - Royal blue, orange and royal blue hooped sleeves, royal blue and orange hooped cap

      Zain Emperor (IRE)

      62 D
      6/1
      • Form 1765-02
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-9
      • Official Rating 77

      raced wide tracked leaders, headway to lead inside final furlong, ridden out

      3(5)
      Silk - Royal blue, yellow stripe, sleeves and cap

      Captain Courageous (IRE)

      50 D
      3/1
      • Form 9762-21
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 75

      pressed leader, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, no extra

      4(3)
      Silk - White, Royal Blue cross belts, Royal Blue and White striped sleeves

      Thundering Blue (USA)

      163
      11/1
      • Form 52260-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 75

      in touch in rear, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish

      5(2)
      Silk - RED, WHITE sleeves, BLUE and WHITE striped cap

      Russian Reward (IRE)

      20 p CD
      7/2
      • Form 99-9612
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 74

      led and soon pressed, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, faded towards finish

      6(4)
      Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue triple diamond, diamonds on sleeves, Dark Blue cap, Light Blue diamond

      Wink Oliver

      23 hc CD
      14/1
      • Form 255141
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 68

      keen close up, ridden and ran on final furlong, went 2nd towards finish

      Previous results

      2016
      (8)
      Silk -

      Berkeley Vale

      7/1
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-4

      2015
      (4)
      Silk -

      Chelwood Gate (IRE)

      3/1
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-7

      2014
      (3)
      Silk -

      Tenor (IRE)

      20/1
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-3

      In depth

      Verdict

      SALEH loves the Polytrack and gained his third success on the surface at Kempton last week, for which he's picked up a penalty. He's even better over this extra furlong and can continue his progress and complete a quick double. Yarmouth winner Zain Emperor ran his best race on the all-weather at Kempton a couple of months ago while Captain Courageous is also improving, though he's up 5lb for winning a similar grade contest last time. Russian Reward landed a 1m2f claimer here earlier this month before just headed over the same track and trip but he's taking on slightly better rivals. Wink Oliver has won two Class 6 handicaps and shot up the ratings while Thundering Blue, who showed some promise last summer, has an absence to overcome.

      Formwatch

      Saleh (IRE) 7-2fav (8-8) Close up, led over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, won at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Mar beating Until Midnight (9-2) by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.

      Zain Emperor (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Held up towards rear, good headway on outside over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, went never nearer 2nd close home, 2nd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Gossiping (9-0) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Jan.

      Captain Courageous (IRE) 5-2 (9-7) Chased leaders on inside, pushed along 2f out, switched right over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon edged left, ridden out, won at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb beating Kenstone (9-3) by 3/4l, 11 ran.

      Thundering Blue (USA) 8-1 (8-10) Always behind, 11th of 13, 6 1/4l behind Ower Fly (9-5) at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Oct.

      Russian Reward (IRE) 6-1 (9-7) Led, driven over 1f out, ran on, headed post, 2nd of 6, shd behind General Hazard (10-2) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Mar.

      Wink Oliver 11-2 (9-7) Mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, headway 2f out, soon every chance, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed towards finish, rallied to lead again post, won at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Mar beating Polar Kite (9-6) by shd, 11 ran.