A Pleasing Evening's Action.

Linda sent two horses to this evening's Lingfield Park meeting and what a thrilling time their owners had.  First Strategic Action came an agonisingly close second in a 7 and a half furlong handicap.  The heavy rain that fell to within an hour of racing made Linda hesitant about running on the turf course and from a poor draw away from the better ground.  Robert Havlin elected to move across gradually rather than try to zoom out and cut over to the stands rail.  He then travelled in midfield to half way before making progress to lead 100 yards from the line.  He looked all over the winner but was caught by the fast finishing favourite to be beaten by the shortest margin, a nose.

 

In the next race Running Bull finished in the frame for the first time.  Over a mile and a half, much further than his previous runs, he was steadied by Robert Havlin at the rear of the 6 runner field after pulling hard for the first couple of furlongs.  From there he travelled easily until starting an effort 3 furlongs out.  He was pulled wide for a clear run coming round the bend into the straight and although he couldn't reach the two leaders, he showed determination to see off his other rivals and finish third.