Racecards
13:10 Lingfield Park
Matt Grout 21st Birthday Maiden Stakes (Class 5)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £4,000 added
- Winner: £2,727
- 2nd: £805
- 3rd: £403
- Form 5
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer D M Simcock
- Jockey Andrea Atzeni
close up, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden and ran on
- Form 6-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer M R Bosley
- Jockey S Donohoe
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
in touch, ran green and dropped to rear 5f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on towards finish, not reached leaders
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
slowly away, soon pushed along in rear, never a factor
Zhuba (IRE)
64- Form 99-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
raced wide held up, ridden over 3f out, headway when wide into straight 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
Hamla
7- Form 0-2
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey J Fanning
dwelt, raced wide headway to track leader over 6f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
India's Song
93- Form 7-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer D M Simcock
- Jockey J P Spencer
led, brought wide and ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer S C Williams
- Jockey David Probert
in rear, headway over 1f out, ridden and ran on towards finish, not reached winner
- Form 090-9
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 38
- Trainer S C Williams
- Jockey S M Levey
tracked leader early, tracked leaders, reminders over 5f out, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out
Verdict
David Simcock runs two with Gambolling Den likely to improve and India's Song making a decent debut at Kempton back in November. Hamla will have come on for her reappearance at Wolverhampton where she finished well clear of the third and a bold bid looks likely from her while the half-brother to three winners, Red To Amber, is a newcomer to note and makes more appeal than Mad About Harry. Positive Parenting has shown nothing so far but stablemate and debutant LADY GUINEVERE won't have to be anything special to score at the first time of asking and the 40,000gns Pivotal filly gets the vote.
Formwatch
Gambolling Den (IRE) 4-1 (8-9) Dwelt in rear, ridden 3f out, not troubled leaders, 5th of 7, 6l behind Shaolin (8-9) at Lingfield 1m mdn auc stks (6) pol.
Gunning For Glory 50-1 (9-3) Slowly away, in rear, headway and switched left over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 10l behind St Paul De Vence (9-3) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Dec.
Mad About Harry (IRE) Mujadil colt out of Caro Mio.
Red To Amber (IRE) Redback colt out of Amber's Bluff.
Zhuba (IRE) 6-1 (9-3) Always in rear, 9th of 10, 16l behind Absolutely Right (8-12) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Hamla 85-40 (8-5) Chased winner, ridden over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Empowermentofwomen (8-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn fll (5) pol.
India's Song 33-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, one pace, 7th of 12, 4l behind Al Jamal (9-0) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Nov.
Lady Guinevere Pivotal filly out of Birdie.
Positive Parenting (IRE) 20-1 (8-9) Hampered start, pushed along in mid-division, weakened over 2f out, 9th of 10, 14l behind Amelia Hull (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jan.