3:00 Lingfield

A quiet day on the two-year-old front with just one race at Lingfield all-weather meeting. Being a maiden auction fillies' stakes for juveniles purchased for 28000gns or less doesn't indicate a race of too much merit, but you can never be so critical of any individual at such an early stage of their career.

I notice that the Ian Williams juvenile, My Mandy, was entered to run in the Brocklesby on Saturday 28th, March. It remains to be seen whether this has any significance as Williams isn't renowned for training two-year-olds. However, I notice the Horses In Training 2009 publication details that he has eight juveniles this year of which seven are owned by Dr Marwan Koukash. This is certainly a promising partnership for Williams Dominion Racing Stables and an element of interest in this race.

A watching race for me.

Race review: 'To be fair this had the look of a poor race. A pre-race interview with Stan Moore suggested that French Connexion was the better of his two although you have to take such comments with a pinch of salt at times. However, French Connexion had little chance of success after running very wide on the final bend then run on well. Leleyf, trained by Mick Channon, just got up in the final strides to overhaul Moore's other runner Emma Jean lass. Ian Williams, My Mandy, was slow away and run on quite well. I would imagine many of these juveniles will continue to run in this grade if not selling class. '

Full result: http://www.racingpost.com/horses/result_home.sd?race_id=477133&r_date=2009-03-30&popup=yes