Lingfield Park, set in the heart of Surrey, and enjoys extensive hospitality facilities, ensuring a great day out for friends, family or work colleagues.  This course features Flat and National Hunt racing, and has a top class, Polytrack all-weather surface, meaning this is one of the busiest courses in Europe.

  Gates open       12 noon
  First race          2 pm, with half hour intervals between races
  Bars                 These will close half an hour after the last race

  Adults cost £8 (£6 if booked in advance)
  Children under 16 FREE

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1^st race - The Berzan Premier Handicap Stakes 0-75 over 1m 2f
Julian Smart has the Royal Cavalry of Oman’s team in fine form this season and Mudalal won his maiden well over this distance at Huntingdon beating Al Harith. Final Fling won a competitive Premier Handicap over this distance on the all-weather at Kempton Park last season and has been running well this term. Owner/Trainer Delyth Thomas’s string are always formidable on this surface. Pacific Way is progressing nicely this term and lost her maiden tag when winning a competitive handicap at Exeter over this trip beating subsequent winner Notid and she should be thereabouts.
 

2^nd race - The Al Khor Premier Handicap Stakes 0-55 over 5f
An ideal opportunity for consistent performer Benny The Dip to get his head in front. He has been placed on all five starts this term and was a good 2^nd to Whisper over a mile last time out. A winner over this distance and a confirmed all weather performer he will take all the beating. Main danger is Sharka who was narrowly beaten over 6f at Huntingdon by Trip To Khairo earlier this month. The Way To Go can never be discounted at this level, has plenty of speed, won first time out this season and has been placed on all her starts since including when 3^rd over 8f last time out.
 

3^rd race - The Qatar International Stakes over 1m 4f (Group 2 PA)
Al Moutawakel is a UAE-trained Group 1 winner and finished only 1½ lengths behind Madjani when 3^rd in the Dubai Kahayla Classic in March of this year. This is his first visit to the UK and connections will be travelling with the intention of victory. Jaafer ASF ran with credit in defeat behind Badad in Qatar Cup in Germany when 2^nd and was the bridesmaid again behind No Risk Al Maury in Group 1 Dubai Stakes. Aljaareh, Paul De Faust and Quorman Des Vialettes all ran well in a Premier Handicap on Dubai Day and re-oppose here at level weights, but they are likely to struggle to get near the top two.
 

4^th race - The Doha International Stakes over 1m (Group 2 PA)
No Risk Al Maury, a superstar with 12 wins to his name including back to back wins in the Group 1 Dubai Stakes over 1m 2f is difficult to oppose here. He has plenty of pace and a smart turn of foot and this step down in trip shouldn’t be a problem as he won a competitive Open Handicap over this trip last term. Dynamite, travelling from France with UAE trainer Satish Seemar, has an impressive race record including 2 Group 1 races and several placings behind some of the best performers in Arabian racing at the moment. He finished 5^th most recently in Hamburg with Jaafer ASF ahead of him which could suggest he will struggle to get the better of the selection.  Georgina Ward is having a good season for patron HH Sheikh Mohammed Al Thani; her smart young colt Mu’azzaz was 3^rd on his racecourse debut in the Group 1 Derby and then won his next start a competitive conditions event at Hereford over 9f, but he will have more to do here.
 

5^th race - The Al Rayyan Open International Premier Handicap Stakes over 1m 2f
This is a very special opportunity for UK racegoers to see one of the greatest Arabian racehorses of all time with Champion trainer Gill Duffield fielding the incredible Madjani. A winner of the Arabian World Cup/Group 1 Kahayla Classic (1m 2f on dirt) a staggering three times in a row, he just missed out on a fourth success this year when he was 2^nd to Mizzna. He has form, class and talent in abundance and is difficult to oppose here, although has plenty of weight to give to his opponents.  Georgina Ward unleashed a potential star of the future when Falak won over 1m4f at Fontwell Park where he had subsequent winners Ejaabi, Deolali, Meastro Al Maury and Mustajib behind him. He then followed up in fine style in the mile handicap on Dubai Day beating Ejaabi and Marsak. The Bill Smith trained Nokomys is a classy mare who has won 4 races including a Group 2. She was 2^nd over this distance to Magadir on Dubai Day and has won on the all weather. The track and trip should suit and this should be a fascinating contest.
 

6^th race - The Ras Laffan Premier Handicap Stakes 0-95 over 6f
Julian Smart’s nice performer Mutafani, owned by the Royal Cavalry of Oman, won over 8f at Abu Dhabi in the winter and ran the race of his life in the UK when 2^nd to Quaolina in the Group 1 Zabeel Stakes over this trip. Merwah has been rapidly improving this season for trainer Helen Bona; she won at Nottingham over 1m 2f and then bolted home on the all weather at Kempton Park over this trip in a Premier Handicap beating the smart Aberfeldy. She looks set to make the selection pull out all the stops. Angel Picamer won at Wolverhampton over this trip (beating Mutafani) and won at this track last term over 8f so cannot be discounted.

Course characteristics:-
Left-handed, 1m 4f with slight downhill bend into home straight.

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