Race Result Lingfield Wed, 4th Apr, 2012

Going - Standard.

Placepot Pool - £55,466.34 Winning Units - 4181.43 Dividend - £9.60. Quadpot Pool - £4,640.22 Winning Units - 1398.73 Dividend - £2.40. Place Six Dividend - £6.95. Place Five Dividend - £3.98.

Mirror Punters Club Handicap of £2500.00 4-y-o plus

2m. Flat Hcap 1st - £1704.00, 2nd - £503.00, 3rd - £252.00 OFF 16:00. 11 Ran.

1st		Six of Clubs (GB) 9-7 (Gongolfin) 3 (Drawn 3)(Blinkers) (Morning price: 6/1) SP 10/3fav Tote Win £5.70 Place £1.60	W G M Turner K Fallon
		took keen hold and held up in mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, ridden to lead final 150 yards, stayed on
2nd	1.5L	Talbot Green (GB) 9-3 10 (Drawn 10) (Morning price: 4/1 7/2 3/1) SP 5/1 Place £2.10	W R Muir Martin Dwyer
		chased leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, led entering final 2f, driven over 1f out, headed and unable to quicken final 150 yards
3rd	nk	Cloudy Start (GB) 9-3 (Mr Steve Jakes) 2 (Drawn 2) (Morning price: 6/1 13/2 7/1 8/1) SP 10/1 Place £3.00	J A Osborne Leonna Mayor(7)
		held up towards rear, headway on inside and squeezed through over 3f out, stayed on to 3rd over 1f out, edged right and stayed stayed on same pace inside final furlong
4th	0.5L	Galiotto (IRE) 9-9 (Mr Andrew Bradmore) 4 (Drawn 4) (Morning price: 13/2 7/1) SP 13/2	G L Moore R L Moore
		in touch in 5th, pushed along 5f out, driven and outpaced inside final 3f, stayed on again to 4th inside final furlong, kept on towards finish
5th	3.75L	Bute Street (GB) 8-13 (Mr J W Mursell) 1 (Drawn 1) (Morning price: 12/1 8/1 7/1 8/1) SP 14/1	Rob Hodges R Kingscote
		chased leaders, went 2nd over 4f out until ridden over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
6th	4.5L	The Catenian (IRE) 8-6 (Mr Tom Wall) 5 (Drawn 5)(Cheekpiece) (Morning price: 7/1 8/1 14/1 16/1 9/1 8/1) SP 7/1	J Butler S W Kelly
		took keen hold, held up in last trio, ridden on outside and some headway over 1f out, never going pace to get involved
7th	2L	Celtic Charlie (FR) 9-2 (Celtic Contractors Limited) 7 (Drawn 7) (Morning price: 11/4 3/1 7/2 4/1 5/1 4/1 7/2 10/3 3/1) SP 4/1	P Phelan I Mongan
		led, ridden and headed entering final 2f, weakened over 1f out
8th	nk	Mymateeric (GB) 8-7 (Mrs Lydia Pearce) 11 (Drawn 11) (Morning price: 25/1 33/1) SP 40/1	Mrs L Pearce Simon Pearce(3)
		held up in last pair, ridden and struggling 4f out, plugged on but never on terms after
9th	4.5L	Sahara Sunshine (GB) 9-0 (Mrs P J Sheen) 8 (Drawn 8) (Morning price: 33/1) SP 66/1	Mrs L J Mongan D Sweeney
		steadied and awkward leaving stalls, held up in rear, never involved
10th	3.5L	Perfect Shot (IRE) 9-5 (Mr Chunmo Hui) 6 (Drawn 6) (Morning price: 16/1 20/1 25/1) SP 25/1	Jim Best R Lucey-Butler(3)
		mid-division on outside, ridden along 4f out, weakened over 3f out
11th	hd	Henry Holmes (GB) 8-12 (Mrs Judy Seal) 9 (Drawn 9) (Morning price: 16/1) SP 14/1	Mrs L Richards L Morris
		chased leader until ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out

Market Movers

Wexford Wednesday 19th

Castle Genie 14/1 7/1

8.35 Slaney H'cap S'chase (Rated 0-123)
Bet365 14/1 7/1
CORAL.ie 14/1 7/1
Betfred 14/1 15/2
Ladbrokes 14/1 8/1
Williamhill 14/1 8/1
BetVictor 10/1 7/1
PaddyPower 9/1 7/1
Boylesport 11/1 8/1

Thomond 4/1 9/4

6.30 Vinegar Hill M'dn H'dle
Bet365 4/1 9/4
CORAL.ie 4/1 5/2
Betfred 7/2 9/4
Williamhill 4/1 5/2
PaddyPower 4/1 5/2
Ladbrokes 4/1 5/2

Hurricane Jojo 8/1 5/1

7.30 Curracloe H'cap H'dle (Rated 80-95) (DIV II)
Bet365 8/1 5/1
Williamhill 15/2 5/1
CORAL.ie 8/1 6/1
PaddyPower 7/1 5/1
Betfred 15/2 6/1

Our Man Zebo 13/8 5/4

6.00 Wellingtonbridge Novice H'dle
CORAL.ie 13/8 5/4
Williamhill 7/4 11/8
Bet365 7/4 11/8
Ladbrokes 13/8 5/4

Warofthegiants 25/1 16/1

5.25 Mount Leinster M'dn H'dle
PaddyPower 25/1 16/1
Betfred 25/1 16/1
Boylesport 25/1 16/1

Chinook Run 25/1 14/1

7.00 Curracloe H'cap H'dle (Rated 80-95) (DIV I)
Bet365 25/1 14/1
PaddyPower 25/1 16/1
CORAL.ie 25/1 16/1

Flight Control 25/1 16/1

7.00 Curracloe H'cap H'dle (Rated 80-95) (DIV I)
Boylesport 25/1 16/1
PaddyPower 25/1 16/1

Phantom Of Plenty 14/1 7/1

5.25 Mount Leinster M'dn H'dle
CORAL.ie 14/1 7/1
Ladbrokes 14/1 8/1

Shazner 7/1 9/1

6.30 Vinegar Hill M'dn H'dle
Williamhill 7/1 9/1
Bet365 10/1 14/1

Fromthecloudsabove 10/1 14/1

6.30 Vinegar Hill M'dn H'dle
Bet365 10/1 14/1

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Injured Jockeys

E F Power - Fractured three vertebrae in a fall at Kilbeggan Fri, 3rd May
Mr D O'Connor - Fractured left leg in a fall at Dawstown pt-to-pt Mon, 6th May
B J Cooper - Fractured left leg (femur) in a fall at Down Royal Mon, 6th May
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T P Treacy - Fractured tibia and fibula in a schooling accident Mon, 13th May
D G Lavery - Fractured pelvis in a fall at Wexford Fri, 17th May
T C Carroll - Suffered a collapsed lung & fractured ribs in a fall at Cork Fri, 24th May
K C Sexton - Double fracture right collarbone in a fall at Cork Fri, 24th May
Megan Carberry - Fractured hand in a fall at the Curragh Sat, 25th May
M P Burke - Fractured left collarbone in a fall at Tramore Fri, 31st May
No Jockey - Fractured left collarbone in a fall at Tramore Fri, 31st May
R P Cleary - Suffered concussion in a fall at Leopardstown Thu, 13th Jun

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