ARC All-Weather £1Million Bonus Is Back Handicap – Lingfield (AW)

Lingfield (AW)

17:35

ARC All-Weather £1Million Bonus Is Back Handicap

Date 2025-09-03

Distance 6f1y

Class Class 5

Going Standard

Type Flat

Surface AW

Age Band 3yo

Prize £3,978

Runners (6)

EW Terms: 2 places, ¼ odds (standard bookmaker terms — may vary)

#	Horse	Jockey / Trainer	Wt	Gear	Form	OR	RPR	TS	Last	Crs	Dst	Val	Scr	EW	Odds
3 (3)	Francis Drake Bay J:Pat Cosgrave T:George Boughey	J:Pat Cosgrave T:George Boughey	132	t	424051	66	80	71	15d	—	—	-15	30	0.25/1	Evens 50%
Beat a subsequent winner at Kempton (6f) last time; up 5lb; plenty to recommend him
5 (2)	Style King Bay J:Silvestre De Sousa T:Chris Dwyer	J:Silvestre De Sousa T:Chris Dwyer	127	h	008367	61	80	65	20d	—	—	-7	8.7	1.13/1	9/2 18%
0-10; best efforts have been at Wolverhampton; can race freely and has the hood reapplied
1 (4)	Sweet Sonata Chestnut J:Saffie Osborne T:Rod Millman	J:Saffie Osborne T:Rod Millman	135	b	831235	69	79	-	23d	—	—	+3	17	1.63/1	13/2 13%
Record of 1235 since wearing blinkers; ran respectably at Windsor last month; claims
2 (1)	Ironist Bay J:Jack Mitchell T:George Margarson	J:Jack Mitchell T:George Margarson	134	—	265624	68	76	48	11d	—	—	-1	11.6	1.38/1	11/2 15%
Beaten nearly 6l when fourth at Newmarket (7f); now drops back to 6f on this return to AW
4 (6)	Rye Bay J:Hollie Doyle T:Tony Carroll	J:Hollie Doyle T:Tony Carroll	130	—	6-2246	64	78	16	34d	—	—	-2	5.7	3.00/1	12/1 8%
1l behind Sweet Sonata at Goodwood in June but disappointing at Nottingham 34 days ago
6 (5)	Dark Sorceress Bay J:Marco Ghiani T:Clare Hobson	J:Marco Ghiani T:Clare Hobson	119	—	142874	53	75	68	30d	—	—	-1	3.5	4.50/1	18/1 5%
6f AW winner in March; creditable turf run last month; well held here yesterday

Horse	bet365	William Hill	Boyle Sports	Ladbrokes	Unibet
Francis Drake	evn	evn	evn	evn	Evens
Style King	9/2	9/2	9/2	4/1	9/2
Sweet Sonata	13/2	13/2	13/2	6/1	11/2
Ironist	11/2	5/1	5/1	11/2	11/2
Rye	12/1	12/1	12/1	11/1	9/1
Dark Sorceress	18/1	18/1	18/1	16/1	18/1

Predictor

Scored on Official Rating (max 30), Recent Form (max 25), and Market Odds (max 20). Max score: 75.

1st

Francis Drake

OR: 4 Form: 11 Odds: 15

Evens

2nd

Sweet Sonata

OR: 4.8 Form: 8.2 Odds: 4

13/2

3rd

Ironist

11.6

OR: 4.5 Form: 3.5 Odds: 3.6

11/2

Style King

8.7

OR: 2.8 Form: 1.5 Odds: 4.4

9/2

Rye

5.7

OR: 3.5 Form: 0 Odds: 2.2

12/1

Dark Sorceress

3.5

OR: 0.8 Form: 1.5 Odds: 1.3

18/1

Ratings

Horse	OR	RPR	TS
Sweet Sonata	69	79	—
Ironist	68	76	48
Francis Drake	66	80	71
Rye	64	78	16
Style King	61	80	65
Dark Sorceress	53	75	68

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