tracked leader, effort when not clear run over 1f out, soon switched right, stayed on strongly to lead closing stages
tracked leader, ridden to challenge over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
led, quickened over 3f out, edged left over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, no extra
Miss Minuty bids for a hat-trick raised a further 5lb for her latest win at Lingfield. Offshore won at Southwell last month but is just as effective at this track having gone close here on a couple of occasions earlier. Headgear is applied to Austin Friars for the first time as he returns to action after finishing fourth at Pontefract in September but stablemate MONEIN make more appeal. The latter scored over 1m2f at Lingfield on his racecourse debut and apprentice Kevin Stott is proving good value for his 5lb allowance.
Monein (USA) 3-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, headway to chase leaders after 1f, driven to lead over 2f out, drew clear inside final furlong, easily, won at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo mdn stks (5) pol beating Singular Quest (9-5) by 1/2l, 11 ran.
Miss Minuty 4-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway on wide outside over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, ran on strongly to lead well inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol beating Lahayeb (8-9) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
Austin Friars 8-1 (9-5) Pushed along leaving stalls, soon chasing leading pair on inside, ridden over 2f out, no impression over 1f out, dropped to 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 2 3/4l behind Darrington (9-5) at Pontefract 1m 2yo mdn (4) gf in Sep.
Offshore 8-11fav (9-7) Held up tracking leading pair, went 2nd on inside 3f out, switched right over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 3, 1 1/4l behind Quest For Wonder (9-5) at Southwell 1m 3f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
