17:25 Lingfield

Wednesday 25 August 2021

All14:1014:4015:1015:4016:1516:5017:2518:00

Cazoo Maiden Stakes

Off time: 17:27 | Winning time: 58.59s

(2)

Mick's Spirit^h¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Grace McEntee⁽⁵⁾| T: C Allen| OR: 65

25/1

Lightly-raced gelding. Second of 4 in maiden (22/1) at Chelmsford City (5f) 10 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 4-962

(1)

Strike Me A Pose¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A Watson

2/1

Twice-raced gelding. Second of 4 in minor event (11/4) at Windsor (5.1f, heavy) 16 days ago. Needs to improve in terms of both form and attitude if he's to play a part.

Form: 22

(9)

Taylored¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: W Buick| T: D O'Meara| OR: 68

14/1

Fair gelding. Remains a maiden after 14 Flat runs. 7/4, third of 4 in maiden at Chelmsford City (5f) 10 days ago. Vulnerable in this company.

Form: 224453

(3)

Tistaahal²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Jim Crowley| T: M P Tregoning

85/40

Twice-raced gelding. Third of 10 in maiden (6/1) at Bath (5.7f, good to firm) 21 days ago. Open to further improvement, so warrants consideration.

Form: 7-3

(7)

Diamonds Dancing⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Charles Bishop| T: M R Channon| OR: 64

22/1

Thrice-raced filly. Third of 5 in maiden (11/4) at Brighton (5.3f, good) 43 days ago. More required.

Form: 263

(6)

Holwah⁸⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Callum Shepherd| T: Rae Guest| OR: 69| BF

14/1

Lightly-raced filly. 11/8, first run since leaving Owen Burrows too free when fourth of 6 in maiden at Yarmouth (5.2f, good to firm) 85 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Not totally discounted.

Form: 4334-4

(8)

Hope Springs^h1⁴⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Charlie Bennett| T: J R Boyle

50/1

Once-raced filly. Ninth of 11 in minor event at this course (6f, AW, 125/1) on debut. Off 14 months. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 9-

(4)

Wings Of A Dove^p1²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Angus Villiers⁽⁵⁾| T: R Spencer| OR: 75| BF

11/4

Fairly useful filly. Remains a maiden after 11 Flat runs. 5/4, second of 4 in handicap at Brighton (5.3f, good) 20 days ago. Makes polytrack debut. Cheekpieces on 1st time. The one to beat.

Form: 284-502

Non-Runners

(5)

Clownsman²¹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: T Ward J: R Kingscote

Forecasts

Strike Me A Pose (2/1), Tistaahal (85/40), Wings Of A Dove (11/4), Taylored (14/1), Holwah (14/1), Diamonds Dancing (22/1), Mick's Spirit (25/1), Clownsman (33/1), Hope Springs (50/1)

WINGS OF A DOVE has comfortably the best form and ran with credit in a small-field handicap at Brighton last time, so this looks like the perfect opportunity for her to belatedly shed her maiden tag. Holwah could make her presence felt if she settles better than on reappearance and Tistaahal hasn't reached his limit yet, so they're both reasonable alternatives if the selection underperforms.