August 31 / 14.00 Lingfield (AW)

14.00

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Leger Festival On Sky Sports Racing Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £3672
  • 0m 5f 6y
  • Class 5
  • 8 runners
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Leger Festival On Sky Sports Racing Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Flat AW

Surface: Polytrack

Weather: Partly cloudy

4/1 (Won)

  • Win: £3.25
  • Place: £1.20

Form: 5

Last run: 33 days

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Trainer won this last year and this 70,000gns 2yo will find today's company easier than when behind Noble Style on Newmarket debut (6f); should do much better.
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12th

4

(11)

26th May 2026

Standard

0m 5f 0y

18:48 Dundalk (AW)

Sporting Hero

9st 12lb

J: Jamie Orr

T: William Durkan

Won for a first time on turf at Navan (5f) but then finished last at Naas; loves it around here but stall 11 looks troublesome.

14/1

13th

5

(13)

9th May 2026

Good

0m 5f 205y

15:10 Naas

Sporting Hero

9st 13lb

J: Jamie Orr

T: William Durkan

Prolific AW performer gained a first turf success in emphatic fashion at Navan on latest (5f, gd-yld) under this rider, making virtually all for a 2.25l win; this longer trip fine but raised 10lb and this is a tougher race.

9/2

1st

2

(4)

25th Apr 2026

Yielding

0m 5f 0y

13:20 Navan

Sporting Hero

9st 13lb

J: Jamie Orr

T: William Durkan

Nine AW wins but is a maiden on turf after 18 runs; however, he ran a cracker on soft ground at Bellewstown last time and this drying surface should suit better; a squeak.

7/1

Evs

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 2233

Last run: 32 days

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Gelding

OR: 79

Form & Verdict
Bumped into a couple of useful winners in June and sets a clear standard here on any of his four efforts; this is easier if anything and there's won't be any excuses today.
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4th

8

(4)

1st Jun 2026

Good To Firm

0m 5f 34y

Class 5

16:00 Newbury

Harry Brown

8st 9lb

J: Rob Hornby

T: Peter Crate

Took advantage of a career-low mark to land his first win on turf at Lingfield (good to firm) three weeks ago; up 4lb but he has the ability to deal with it.

6/1

1st

9

(5)

9th May 2026

Good To Firm

0m 4f 217y

Class 5

16:25 Lingfield

Harry Brown

8st 5lb

J: Hollie Doyle

T: Peter Crate

Has form on good to firm but 0-15 on grass as opposed to 5-29 on AW; short of his best on AW of late and others bring more convincing claims.

9/1

3rd
1 (8)
Fierce

12/1

  • Place: £2.00

Form: 65

Last run: 27 days

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Brother to a four-time 5f winner in The Bell Conductor but done for toe on 6f debut last month (drawn wide) and again down to this trip last time; has landed the outside stall and may find life easier in nurseries after this.
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2nd

6

(7)

18th May 2026

Good

0m 5f 0y

Class 5

14:30 Carlisle

Fierce

9st 2lb

J: Ray Dawson

T: Paul Midgley

Placed in AW contest on reappearance and has a fighting chance provided he builds on that effort; still well treated on his two wins (handicap/claimer) last summer.

10/1

3rd

8

(6)

7th Apr 2026

Standard

0m 4f 214y

Class 5

17:30 Southwell (AW)

Fierce

9st 3lb

J: John Fahy

T: Paul Midgley

A dual 6f scorer in 2025 but he's been off since coming in last of seven in 6f seller here in October; handily weighted if resurgent after a break though.

16/1

5th

8

(5)

18th Nov 2025

Standard

0m 5f 0y

Class 4

19:45 Newcastle (AW)

Fierce

9st 2lb

J: John Fahy

T: Paul Midgley

Went close on his reappearance here in March and has since won a Pontefract handicap (6f, good) and a Wolverhampton claimer (6f, Tapeta); gave the impression a return to further may suit when fifth of nine behind Dark Kestrel over C&D last month.

12/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Half-sister to five winners, most of whom improved with age (one went in second time out as a 2yo); trainer's strike-rate is up with juveniles this season though (4-10 on the AW) and the booking of Ryan Moore draws the eye.
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6th

7

(4)

25th Jul 2023

Standard To Slow

0m 6f 0y

Class 5

19:20 Chelmsford (AW)

Sabah Al Ward

8st 12lb

J: William Buick

T: George Boughey

Didn't go on for Richard Hughes last year before undergoing wind surgery; showed more in the hood/tongue-tie last time, though, and should be happier back up from 5f.

7/1

11

(10)

11th Jul 2023

Standard

0m 5f 21y

Class 6

15:40 Wolverhampton (AW)

Sabah Al Ward

9st 3lb

J: William Buick

T: George Boughey

Form: 07

Last run: 18 days

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Started huge prices when finishing last a couple of times at Newmarket this month; takes another drop in trip in a first-time tongue-tie.
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7th

7

(6)

1st Jun 2023

Good To Firm

1m 3f 104y

Class 6

15:00 Yarmouth

Silks Graphite

9st 6lb

J: Liam Wright

T: Darryll Holland

Inconsistent maiden who has form figures of 424797 in handicaps and that latest seventh was a heavy defeat at Leicester (1m2f, good to firm) on Tuesday; others preferred.

16/1

7th

4

(5)

30th May 2023

Good To Firm

1m 2f 0y

Class 6

17:05 Leicester

Silks Graphite

9st 11lb

J: Marco Ghiani

T: Darryll Holland

0-8; well beaten in a 7f handicap at Brighton last week and that was after finishing seventh in a 5f seller; there are some threads of stamina in his pedigree but unconvinced that this trip will trigger anything.

8/1

9th

3

(14)

23rd May 2023

Good To Firm

0m 6f 210y

Class 6

14:53 Brighton

Silks Graphite

9st 8lb

J: Liam Wright

T: Darryll Holland

held up in rear

10/1

OUR TIP

16/1

Form: 4

Last run: 23 days

W: 9st 7lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Stable 0-18 with juveniles over the past five seasons and this 28,000gns 2yo started 80-1 outsider of the field when fourth of six on his Kempton debut (5f, AW) early in the month; will need to improve a deal on that.
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7th

3

(2)

14th Mar 2024

Standard

1m 0f 13y

Class 6

15:58 Southwell (AW)

Gintini

9st 9lb

J: Aidan Keeley

T: James Owen

in rear

14/1

9

(7)

7th Mar 2024

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 6

18:30 Newcastle (AW)

Gintini

9st 9lb

J: Aidan Keeley

T: James Owen

Unplaced in 14 starts for Laura Mongan and makes his debut for a stable in red-hot form having changed hands for 1,000gns last month; visor given a go this time, but probably best watched unless the market suggests otherwise.

9/1

6th

3

(8)

5th Feb 2024

Standard

0m 7f 1y

Class 6

14:15 Lingfield (AW)

Gintini

9st 2lb

J: Kevin Stott

T: Laura Mongan

Regressive 13-race maiden who has beat only one rival in Polytrack handicaps (7f/1m) in his last three starts; makes no appeal with blinkers now tried.

33/1

16/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
5,000gns yearling whose dam won over 9.4f (half-sister to a 7f 2yo winner); an easy 5f wouldn't look ideal on paper then but she holds a sales race entry in the autumn and is worth tracking in the market.
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4th

9

(3)

6th Jan 2023

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 6

18:15 Southwell (AW)

Friends Together

9st 5lb

J: Alec Voikhansky

T: Rae Guest

prominent

14/1

13th

12

(9)

16th Dec 2022

Standard To Slow

0m 6f 16y

Class 6

14:00 Southwell (AW)

Friends Together

9st 3lb

J: Theodore Ladd

T: Rae Guest

Never in the picture when upped to 6f at Chelmsford last month but had shown a glimmer of ability over 5f previously and this trip should have suited on pedigree; not dismissed now handicapping.

16/1

7th

11

(9)

3rd Nov 2022

Standard

0m 6f 0y

Class 5

16:00 Chelmsford (AW)

Friends Together

9st 0lb

J: Callum Shepherd

T: Rae Guest

Modest RPRs in a couple of 5f races, latest here; seems a handicap prospect on that evidence but moving up to 6f may prompt a bigger effort; stable also runs Empire Of The Sun.

20/1

20/1

Form: 88

Last run: 22 days

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
From a good sprinting family but below market expectations on debut in the spring and didn't fare any better when last of eight over C&D three weeks ago..
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8th

7

(3)

31st Aug 2022

Standard

0m 5f 6y

Class 5

14:00 Lingfield (AW)

Refine

9st 2lb

J: Pat Dobbs

T: Richard Hannon

led, pushed along 2f out, headed 1f out, soon weakened

20/1

8th

5

(3)

9th Aug 2022

Standard

0m 5f 6y

Class 4

14:00 Lingfield (AW)

Refine

9st 2lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: Richard Hannon

in touch with leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened quickly from over 1f out

14/1

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Payout
Exacta £6.20
Straight Forecast £5.24
Trifecta £21.80

Selections

RP Ratings:

Harry Brown

SPOTLIGHT:

Sporting Hero

The Guardian:

Fierce

NEWMARKET:

Sporting Hero

Daily Express:

Sporting Hero

The Sun:

Sporting Hero

The Star:

Sporting Hero

POSTDATA:

Harry Brown

The Times:

Harry Brown

Telegraph:

Harry Brown

Daily Mail:

Harry Brown

Daily Mirror:

Harry Brown

Daily Record:

Harry Brown