GB - Lingfield - Race 5

Thoroughbred

4 Runners

7.6f

Handicap

Turf

Good to Firm

20.5K

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Verdict

CLASSIC ENCOUNTER couldn't have gone much closer to maintaining an unbeaten record at Redcar last month and operating from an unchanged mark, George Boughey's 5-y-o gets the verdict to record career victory number 4. Great Chieftain can't have been right at Newmarket back in April, so he heads up the opposition having been freshened up since.

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Horse Stats

#/Silk	Horse#/Horse	Power Rating	High Speed	Win %	Top 3%	Win Prob	Odds
1	Successful twice last season and capitalised on a slight ease in grade when opening his account for the season at Redcar in May. Lost out on the nod back there (1m, good) last month but can regain the winning thread from an unchanged mark. 1st Pick 1 Classic Encounter (Ire) Jockey: Billy Loughnane Trainer: George Boughey J: Billy Loughnane T: George Boughey	100	-	-	-	39%	8/5
Analysis Successful twice last season and capitalised on a slight ease in grade when opening his account for the season at Redcar in May. Lost out on the nod back there (1m, good) last month but can regain the winning thread from an unchanged mark.
2	Better than ever when recording back-to-back handicap wins last May. Lightly raced since and proved to be a disappointment back on these shores when tailed off at Newmarket (1m, good) 3 months ago. Can't have been right that day so fancied to get back on track after a break. 2nd Pick 2 Great Chieftain (Ire) Jockey: Kieran Shoemark Trainer: Oliver Cole J: Kieran Shoemark T: Oliver Cole	99	-	-	-	25%	3/1
Analysis Better than ever when recording back-to-back handicap wins last May. Lightly raced since and proved to be a disappointment back on these shores when tailed off at Newmarket (1m, good) 3 months ago. Can't have been right that day so fancied to get back on track after a break.
3	Proving hard to win with but ran just about his best race down markedly in trip when second of 6 to reopposing Classic Encounter at Redcar (1m) in May, though he didn't settle ideally (in a first-time visor) or keep straight. 4 lb swing with that rival but hard to see him reversing the placings. 3rd Pick 3 Desert Shadow Jockey: Sean Levey Trainer: Saeed Bin Suroor J: Sean Levey T: Saeed Bin Suroor	97	-	-	-	34%	2/1
Analysis Proving hard to win with but ran just about his best race down markedly in trip when second of 6 to reopposing Classic Encounter at Redcar (1m) in May, though he didn't settle ideally (in a first-time visor) or keep straight. 4 lb swing with that rival but hard to see him reversing the placings.

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