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R7 16:12 Lingfield 25 Feb 2026

Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Classified Stakes (4YO plus)

Winner £3,140 - 8 ran - Draw Advantage: None

1m 1y

Standard (AW - Polytrack)

Pos.
Dist Beaten
Horse
SP
1

2 First Encounter (4)

15/8 F

2
½

10 Unknown Journey (IRE) (8)

12/1

3
1½

5 Monks Mead (1)

7/2

4
shd

9 Spirit Charmer (6)

20/1

5
2

7 Pyrrhic Dancer (IRE) (2)

16/1

6
1

3 Iftikhaar (IRE) (5)

12/1

7
6

6 Nicely Curved (USA) (7)

9/4 2F

8
1¼

1 Back Before Dark (10)

50/1

4 Man Is King (IRE) (9)

Non runner

8 Saved Lizzie (3)

Non runner

No.
(Draw)
Horse
1 (10)

Back Before Dark 54

Jude Fernandes A Irvine

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2 (4)

First Encounter 15

L Morris J Gallagher

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3 (5)

Iftikhaar (IRE) 25

Jonny Peate J R Jenkins

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5 (1)

Monks Mead 17

George Bass M D I Usher

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6 (7)

Nicely Curved (USA) 15

Rob Hornby Hayley Burton

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7 (2)

Pyrrhic Dancer (IRE) 44

Gina Mangan G Brown

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9 (6)

Spirit Charmer 15

Charles Bishop P R Chamings

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10 (8)

Unknown Journey (IRE) 15

William Carson A W Carroll

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4 (9)

Man Is King (IRE) 2

Non Runner D Flood

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8 (3)

Saved Lizzie 14

S D Bowen J Butler

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