2008 LINCOLN

BBBOOOMMM!

31 pts profit on the race!!

Get in there!!!


SMOKEY OAKEY - 2pts WIN @ 14/1.

SMOKEY OAKEY - 2pts WIN @ 7/2 to finish 1st of those drawn 12-22.

Smokey burns off Lincoln rivals
22 Mar 2008

Smokey Oakey came fast and late to deny Blythe Knight in the William Hill Lincoln at Doncaster.

The four-year-old, trained at Newmarket by Yorkshireman Mark Tompkins, got up in the final 100 yards in the hands of Jimmy Quinn to win by a length and a quarter.

Blythe Knight finished well clear of the others on the far side and was a game second. The 10-1 winner's stablemate Babodana was a length back in third, with Rio Riva fourth.

A delighted Quinn told Channel 4 Racing: "The plan was to hold him up and come late. He won on his second run last year and that was down to his speed."

Tompkins said: "He's a nice horse and he loves to get his toe in. Because we've won the Lincoln before we know what sort of horse you need and all spring we have thought he was a likely type.

"I just told Jimmy not to hit the front too soon though because that is what he did at Ayr on him over 10 furlongs last year.

"Babodana has run a stormer and he's not far off winning. To be honest I was watching him more than the other one and I just think he hit the front too soon."

The winner is owned by Dame Judi Dench and Tompkins added: "Dame Judi is in Scotland but she's watching and she'll be very pleased. She takes a real interest and is a very keen owner. It's a great result for everyone in the yard because it has been a long winter."

Blythe Knight's trainer, John Quinn, said: "He's run a great race but I wouldn't be human if I wasn't disappointed." - attheraces.com