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Lingfield · Wed 15th Jul 2026 · 19:20
📏 0m7f135y 🏷️ Class Class 3 🏟️ Turf 💰 £7,956 🐎 Flat
2nd
Huscal
4/1
Tom Marquand
1st
Desert Shadow
5/2
Sean Levey
3rd
Classic Encounter
6/5F
Billy Loughnane
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Class
Class 3
📏
Distance
0m7f135y
🏟️
Surface
Turf
💰
Prize
£7,956
🐎
Runners
4
🔖
Type
Flat
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥉 3rd
Classic Encounter Form: -76142
5y
137 lbs
Billy Loughnane
George Boughey
88 6/5F
4
Great Chieftain Form: 57-859
5y
137 lbs
Kieran Shoemark
Oliver Cole
88 6/1
🥇 1st
Desert Shadow Form: 22-052
4y
131 lbs
Sean Levey
Saeed bin Suroor
82 5/2
🥈 2nd
Huscal Form: 2-0843
4y
130 lbs
Tom Marquand
Charles Hills
81 4/1
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RACING POST VERDICT

Classic Encounter is our selection for this Lingfield mile, sharing the top rating with Great Chieftain but boasting the sharper placings in defeat, including a runner-up effort last time out. He has raced over today's distance and won three starts back, giving him solid claims to confirm that promise. Great Chieftain, unraced for 92 days, is the obvious alternative given the shared top rating, while Huscal, racing without much let-up, and the frustratingly consistent Desert Shadow round out the dangers. Confidence in the selection is high.

Racing Post Pick
Classic Encounter
Our Expert Tip

Great Chieftain tends to come to life at this time of year and I\'m happy to take a chance that he can return to the level of form he showed last summer. At the current odds, he looks the value play in what is a competitive contest.

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