Monday’s racing: Ryan Moore’s sole ride, Joseph sends one to Redcar and trainer to follow

Adrian Wall runs through all the interesting details for Monday’s racing, including a very interesting newcomer for Sean Woods at Lingfield as it happens to be Ryan Moore’s sole ride of the day.

Ryan Moore travels to Lingfield for one ride on debutant

It may come as a bit of a surprise that Ryan Moore will travel to Lingfield for one sole ride, considering it is a newcomer for Sean Woods, but that may be a huge tip in itself and it would be no surprise to see Encounter (3.20) go off a warm order taking everything into account.

The son of Blue Point cost 65,000 guineas as a foal and his price increased to 95,000 guineas as a yearling; He’s a brother to 5f juvenile winner Sonic Blue and a half-brother to Ermesinde who is Listed-placed over 1m2f on the all-weather.

His dam is a half-sister to German Group 2 winners at 1m and 1m4f and the Woods stable is in fine form at the moment.

Joseph O’Brien sends one runner to Redcar

Eighteenth Smiles (1.40) is not bred to be a sprinter but the colt ran a respectable race on debut when fifth of 10 runners in a 5f Cork maiden earlier in the month. This is a very rare Joseph O’Brien runner at Redcar and he can be expected to improve on his second outing stepping up in distance. The extra furlong should make a big difference and he’s a fascinating runner.

Ruth Carr has a fine record in Redcar’s mile handicap

Ruth Carr has won this mile handicap twice in the last three years so a market watch is advised for her runner Hachiman (2.40). The son of Frankel won a maiden at Lingfield last summer but has struggled in handicap company. This is just his third start for Carr so don’t rule him out.