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15:20 Lingfield Park

Terry Cook 60th Birthday Fillies' Handicap (Class 5)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 7f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £4,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 25.79s
  • Off Time: 15:21:01
  • 8 Ran
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1
Silk -

Smokey Rye

9/2

    2
    Silk -

    Melt (IRE)

    5/2

      3
      Silk -

      Moon Crystal

      15/8

        1(3)
        Silk - White, Orange cross belts, Orange cap

        Moon Crystal

        11 t
        15/8
        • Form 431242
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 70

        soon led, ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on one pace

        2(5)
        Silk - Red, light green chevron, light green cap

        Smokey Rye

        11 BFC
        9/2
        • Form 171-417
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-0
        • Official Rating 66

        mid-division, improved to 3rd over 1f out, soon ridden, ran on to lead towards finish

        3(2)
        Silk - Dark Blue and White check, Red sleeves and cap

        Tallulah Sunrise

        10
        14/1
        • Form 543/33-7
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-11
        • Official Rating 63

        dwelt, in rear, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened

        4(6)
        Silk - Brown and White (quartered), Orange and Brown halved sleeves, White and Orange quartered cap

        Melt (IRE)

        11 b C
        5/2
        • Form 53-0521
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-5
        • Official Rating 57

        tracked leader, ridden and every chance from over 1f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, headed towards finish

        5(7)
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE hoop, WHITE sleeves, ROYAL BLUE armlets, WHITE cap

        Little Knickers

        11 b CD
        8/1
        • Form 56660-8
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-4
        • Official Rating 55

        raced wide in touch, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

        6(4)
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, YELLOW sleeves, quartered cap

        Too Grand

        11 D
        8/1
        • Form 7-15094
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-4
        • Official Rating 53

        towards rear, ridden 2f out, stayed on to go 4th inside final furlong, never nearer

        7(1)
        Silk - Mauve, dark blue seams and sleeves, white cap

        Poppy Dean (IRE)

        13
        25/1
        • Form 6902-70
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-4
        • Official Rating 45

        keen, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong

        8(8)
        Silk - White, Red seams, White and Royal Blue diabolo on sleeves, White cap, Red diamond

        She's Our Dream

        14 t
        50/1
        • Form 6799/0-0
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-4
        • Official Rating 45

        keen, in rear, ridden 2f out, no impression

        In depth

        Verdict

        MOON CRYSTAL should be hard to beat here; the list of dangers is headed by Melt and Smokey Rye. Ed Dunlop's filly finished behind Melt last time but she raced a little keenly that day and with this drop in trip a massive plus for her she can reverse the form. Melt is interesting as he is another who will not be inconvenienced by this drop in trip, but on these terms Moon Crystal should prevail. Smokey Rye has a little to find with both Melt and Moon Crystal on their running here last time, but she was below-par that day so she might be capable of bouncing back. Too Grand is without her usual visor here and it is hard to be too enthusiastic about her chance. With all this in mind we will stick with Moon Crystal as the pick.

        Formwatch

        Moon Crystal 7-2 (9-4) Tracked leader, ridden to lead just over 1f out, ran on when pressed inside final furlong, edged left near finish, headed final stride, 2nd of 8, shd behind Melt (8-4) at Lingfield 1m fll hcp (5) pol.

        Smokey Rye 3-1fav (9-0) Always towards rear, ridden and outpaced final 2f, 7th of 8, 3l behind Melt (8-4) at Lingfield 1m fll hcp (5) pol.

        Tallulah Sunrise 14-1 (9-2) Went left start, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened 1f out, 7th of 9, 7l behind Chasca (8-7) at Lingfield 6f mdn aut stk (6) pol.

        Melt (IRE) 11-2 (8-4) In touch 4th, stayed on to chase leaders inside final furlong, led final stride, won at Lingfield 1m fll hcp (5) pol beating Moon Crystal (9-4) by a shd, 8 ran.

        Little Knickers 20-1 (8-7) Mid-division, ridden and lost place from over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 8, 4 1/2l behind Melt (8-4) at Lingfield 1m fll hcp (5) pol.

        Too Grand 14-1 (8-1) Tracked leaders, ridden and slightly outpaced well over 1f out, kept on again inside final furlong without troubling leaders, 4th of 8, 1 1/2l behind Melt (8-4) at Lingfield 1m fll hcp (5) pol.

        Poppy Dean (IRE) 8-1 (9-8) Took keen hold, chased leaders until weakened over 2f out, 12th of 14, 15l behind Wunder Strike (8-4) at Kempton 1m Stks (41-45) (7) pol.

        She's Our Dream 66-1 (8-8) Slowly into stride, always in rear, last of 12, 13l behind Argentine (8-10) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.