LINGFIELD (A.W) (11 Apr 2005)

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3:40 HBLB Lingfield Leisure Club Handicap (4yo+,0-85)

[off 3:41] £6,796.40, £2,091.20, £1,045.60, £522.80 1m4f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Jack Of Trumps (IRE) (2) G Wragg 5 8-10 F Norton 12/1 76 51 —

2 shd Flotta (4) B G Powell 6 9-0 T Quinn 17/2 80 55 —

3 2 Mad Carew (USA) (6) G L Moore 6 8-10 eb R L Moore 9/2 76 48 —

4 nk Crystal (IRE) (12) B J Meehan 4 9-4 b J Fortune 20/1 85 56 —

5 ¾ Mr Tambourine Man (IRE) (3) P F I Cole 4 9-1 J P Spencer 10/1 82 52 —

6 shd Dovedon Hero (11) P J McBride 5 8-10 S Sanders 5/1 76 46 —

7 1 Mith Hill (7) E A L Dunlop 4 8-11 E Ahern 9/4F 78 46 —

8 ½ Arry Dash (5) M J Wallace 5 8-7 P Cosgrave 16/1 73 40 —

9 ½ Steely Dan (1) J R Best 6 9-3 G Baker 16/1 83 50 —

10 3 Tight Squeeze (10) P W Hiatt 8 8-12 D Corby(3) 12/1 81 43 —

11 2 Jayer Gilles (9) Dr J R J Naylor 5 8-9 D Sweeney 50/1 75 34 —

12 nk Nassiria (8) C E Brittain 4 8-9 p D Holland 20/1 76 34 —

12 ran TIME 2m 32.70s (slow by 0.70s) TOTAL SP 123%

1st OWNER: Mollers Racing BRED: Miss Susan Bates TRAINER: G Wragg

2nd OWNER: Mrs Rachel A Powell

3rd OWNER: Allen & Associates

TOTE WIN £12.90 PL £3.10, £2.20, £2.20; Ex £114.70; CSF £112.64; TRICAST £542.08

ANALYSIS: The pace was steady here until they quickened coming down the hill, and few got seriously involved.

JACK OF TRUMPS is quite a gross horse and was expected to need the run, but he was always travelling well, held up on the inside rail, and as they approached the 2f marker he was clearly going best.

Challenging between horses, he quickened to lead inside the final furlong and went a length or so up, then tired and only just held on. A tough and genuine handicapper who tries hard and is just as effective on turf, he has plenty of options.

Flotta, making his debut for new connections, ran right up to his best. He stays further, but was helped here by racing up there all of the way. He lacks a turn of foot but stayed on well and only just failed to get back up.

Mad Carew usually runs his race here but is in the grip of the handicapper and had to drop to claiming company for his recent win.

There was no disgrace in top-weight Crystal's fourth, although she had the run of the racein front on her AW debut.

Mr Tambourine Man ran respectably in fifth for a stable that has yet to strike, while Dovedon Hero ran on from the back of the field for sixth and was far from disgraced considering he didn't get the strong pace that suits him.