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14:40 Southwell

Hospitality At Southwell Racecourse Maiden Stakes (Class 5)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 7f
  • Going: Standard/Slow
  • Surface: Fibresand
  • £4,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 30.63s
  • Off Time: 14:40:19
  • 7 Ran
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1
Silk -

Fortuni (IRE)

4/11

    2
    Silk -

    Thurston (IRE)

    125/1

      1(1)
      Silk - Black, Yellow seams, Black sleeves, Yellow stars and stars on cap

      Black Attack (IRE)

      11
      25/1
      • Form 270686
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 62

      led, headed over 4f, weakened over 1f

      2(6)
      Silk - DARK GREEN, RED cap, DARK GREEN diamond

      City Bank (USA)

      67
      13/2
      • Form 70
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-3

      soon outpaced and ridden along, driven and headway over 1f, one pace final furlong

      3(3)
      Silk - Light Green, Yellow chevron, Light Green sleeves, Yellow spots and spots on cap

      Fortuni (IRE)

      18
      4/11
      • Form 52
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-3

      chased leaders, ridden over 2f, ran on to lead inside final furlong, kept on

      4(8)
      Silk - Brown, pink disc

      Magical Destiny (IRE)

      28
      7/1
      • Form 5
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-3

      prominent, ridden when outpaced over 2f, stayed on towards finish

      5(2)
      Silk - Royal blue, orange epaulets, halved sleeves, orange cap

      Spartan Prince (USA)

      16/1
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-3

      started slowly and behind, soon chased along, never dangerous

      6(5)
      Silk - Purple, Grey cross belts, Grey sleeves, Purple armlets, White cap

      Thurston (IRE)

      23 b
      125/1
      • Form 08
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-3

      in touch, led over 4f, driven over 1f, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace

      8(7)
      Silk - Brown, Yellow epaulets, Yellow cap

      Beaux Yeux

      66/1
      • Age 2
      • Weight 8-12

      slowly into stride, always rear division

      7(4)
      NR

      Varah

      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-3

      Nonrunner

      Previous results

      2007
      (6)
      Silk -

      Safebreaker

      7/4
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-3

      In depth

      Verdict

      This could be narrowed down to two in FORTUNI and Magical Destiny with the vote going to the former. Sir Mark Prescott's Montjeu colt has shown ability in two starts to date, including when second recently to Sonning Gate at Lingfield. He drops back in trip today but his trainer knows the time of day and at track he does well at, it may be worth siding with his runner today. City Bank is nicely bred but has shown very little in two starts to date; the drop in trip and a first run on this surface may bring about improvement and the market may help guide to his chance. Black Attack has been exposed as moderate, whilst Magical Destiny ran a fair race on debut at the track in November and should have learnt plenty from that. Spartan Prince looks the most interesting of the newcomers, and any market support for this $145,000 purchase should be noted, however it is Fortuni who gets the vote.

      Formwatch

      Black Attack (IRE) 33-1 (9-5) Chased leader, led 3f out to 2f out, kept on until weakened final furlong, 6th of 12, 7l behind Dream Huntress (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 1f 2yo hcp (6) pol.

      City Bank (USA) 10-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, in rear, driven and struggling halfway, 12th of 14, 22l behind Call It On (9-3) at Windsor 1m 2yo mdn (4) gs in Oct.

      Fortuni (IRE) 7-2 (9-3) Settled in rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong to take 2nd towards finish, not trouble winner, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Sonning Gate (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2yo mdn (5) pol in Nov.

      Magical Destiny (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) Slowly away, detached and early reminders, still last entering final 2f, ridden and stayed on strongly final furlong, better for race, 5th of 10, 6l behind Moon Lightning (9-1) at Southwell 7f 2yo mdn auc (6) fbs in Nov.

      Spartan Prince (USA) Mr Greeley colt out of Yalta.

      Thurston (IRE) 66-1 (8-6) Close up, hung badly right entering straight 2f out, soon weakened and eased, last of 8, 29l behind Cool Art (9-2) at Lingfield 7f 2yo clm (6) pol in Nov.

      Beaux Yeux Cadeaux Genereux filly out of Cloud Hill.

      Varah Tobougg colt out of Relativity.