Racecards
15:50 Lingfield Park
Bet At Bluesquare.com Handicap (Class 3)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £12,000 added
- Form 1206-10
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer C E Brittain
- Jockey S Sanders
in touch, not keen and soon pushed along, struggling on outside over 2f out, soon eased
- Form 521094-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey L Dettori
led at fast pace, pressed for lead, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, headed last stride, lost 2nd post
- Form 21-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 85
dropped in from wide draw and held up last, effort and strong run on wide outside inside final furlong, finished fast to take 2nd post, just failed
- Form 147-0
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey R Kingscote
soon driven along to press leading pair at fast pace, pushed along halfway, went 2nd and challenged 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
- Form 871-4
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 83
held up in 7th behind fast pace, switched right well over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, closed on leader towards finish, driven ahead last stride
- Form 21612-5
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey A Munro
chased leaders on inside, ridden and not quicken 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
Imperial Delight
182- Form 438-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer H Candy
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
pressed leader at fast pace to 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 45-116
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 73
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey Greg Fairley
in touch, driven well over 1f, weakened over 1f out
Verdict
Little Garcon holds Sir Frank Wappat on their latest running but both may have to settle for minor honours behind SUMMERINTHECITY who gets a confident vote. Jeremy Noseda's colt is bred to be very decent indeed and it's interesting he was pitched into a conditions race on his second start having taken second on debut. The horse justified that decision by winning at Doncaster despite the fact his trainer had expressed big concerns over his fitness. With that in mind we can expect a big run off a mark of 85, especially as the horse he beat that day is now rated over 90. Sir Frank Wappat disappointed last time and has a higher mark to run off here but it might pay to forgive him one bad run and take the horse to reverse form with Little Garcon, who himself needs to learn to settle better. The pair should be relatively close together here and may well have too much for Lowdown who may be flattered by his finishing position at Newmarket last time and has fitness to prove. Amary landed a touch on her return this year but struggled off this mark last time and can only be watched along with Imperial Delight who appears to have plenty of weight for what he's actually achieved. Summerinthecity could well be a cut above these and he's taken to demonstrate that view by galloping to victory.
Formwatch
Amary (IRE) 18-1 (8-10) Towards rear, hampered on inside 2f out, never a factor, 11th of 13, 14l behind Classic Colori (9-1) at Lingfield 7f Listed Stakes (3yo) (1) pol in Mar.
Lowdown (IRE) 66-1 (9-3) Raced far side, mid-division, headway over 2f out, never able to challenge, 4th of 22, 4 1/2l behind Oasis Dancer (9-3) at Newmarket 7f 2yo aut (2) gf in Oct.
Summerinthecity (IRE) 5-6fav (8-11) Tracked leaders, switched left over 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, stayed on to lead towards finish, won at Doncaster 6f 2yo nov stk (4) gs in Jul beating Skylla (8-10) by nk, 5 ran.
Wisecraic 28-1 (8-11) Awkward leaving stalls, soon close up main group, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out, 12th of 13, 14l behind Meezaan (8-12) at Newbury 7f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gd.
Little Garcon (USA) 5-2 (9-1) Slowly into stride, soon chased leaders on inside, went 2nd well over 1f out, every chance 1f out, not quicken well inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 1 1/4l behind Lewyn (9-4) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Fly Silca Fly (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace from over 1f out, 5th of 12, 9l behind Horseradish (8-9) at Yarmouth 7f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Imperial Delight 12-1 (9-3) Raced far side, tracked leader, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 8th of 16, 7l behind Asraab (9-3) at Newmarket 6f 2yo mdn (4) gd in Oct.
Sir Frank Wappat 5-4fav (8-6) Chased leaders, outpaced 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 5l behind Lewyn (9-4) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.