Ex-jockey George Baker on how to successfully ride on the Lingfield all-weather

George Baker, a former jockey turned pundit and jockey coach, has the second-highest number of winners on the Lingfield all-weather, with 313 victories from 1962 rides. Here is how he rode the track . . .

It's an undulating track and I always think momentum is key on that surface. If you get stopped running for home you don't have much time to get organised and those who ride there a lot are aware of that. I thought Ryan Moore's ride on Bangkok last weekend proved it. He was prepared to race one off the rail to give himself options.

Racing over six furlongs or a mile and two furlongs, you are straight into the first bend, so position is important. You have to be aware of how the pace in the race is unfolding and adapt to it. If they're going really hard you have to decide what you're going to do early.

The draw is particularly important over those distances. If you're drawn wide you can give away so much ground going into the first bend. I remember we were drawn wide when I won the 2012 Winter Derby with Premio Loco. There was no real pace on paper so myself and Chris Wall decided to fire him out the gates to get a position. Once we were around the bend we could take back and fill him up.

Watch George Baker win the Winter Derby on Premio Loco

It's so easy to give away ground around the bends as it's a tight track. Jockeys like Adam Kirby have shown how much momentum you can pick up going around the final bend if they haven't gone too quick but you have to judge that on the pace of the race before deciding whether to kick there. It's a sharp home bend and if you're on a slightly inexperienced horse they can be on the wrong lead. As we've seen recently, having a balanced horse is helpful round there.

In terms of being on or off the pace, I would always judge it as the race unfolds. I watched Aidan Coleman win a jumpers' bumper there that was run quickly. He stayed on the inside and got the dream trip, saving every inch of ground. That probably comes off one in five times, the rest of the time you can get stuck and shuffled back. I always think if you can get to the front and you don't get challenged too soon it can be a brilliant track to try and make the running.

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