Racecards
15:40 Southwell
Dine In Queen Mother Restaurant Selling Stakes (Class 6)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Fibresand
- Form 5-204U1
- Age 6
- Weight 10-2
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer P A Blockley
- Jockey K Ghunowa
held up, headway over 3f out, soon chasing leaders, stayed on to take 2nd close home, no chance with winner
- Form 934507-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 53
held up in touch, chased leaders halfway, soon faded
- Form 15380-3
- Age 6
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer S R Bowring
- Jockey S Donohoe
prominent, led after 3f out, headed 3f out, weakened over 2f out
- Form 259247
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer Miss S J Wilton
- Jockey C Catlin
held up, never dangerous
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
slowly into stride, held up, headway halfway, soon no impression
- Form 592040
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 48
always prominent, led well over 2f out, ridden clear
- Form 6-00646
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer Miss Gay Kelleway
- Jockey Derek Nolan
tracked leaders, led briefly 3f out, soon headed, stayed on same pace and lost 2nd near finish
- Form 0-20090
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer M Wellings
- Jockey T P Queally
prominent, chased leaders over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
- Form 000-8
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer R Hollinshead
- Jockey J P Spencer
soon led, headed 5f out, weakened halfway, soon pulled up
- Form 3-8260
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer W J Haggas
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
held up in touch, struggling halfway, soon beaten
Shaika
21- Form 096
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer G Prodromou
- Jockey S Carson
always behind
In depth
Verdict
Kokila is the pick here ahead of Musical Gift, Aventura and Colonel Bilko. This is a poor contest, and with the William Haggas stable off to a good start, there is every reason to believe that Kokila will make the most of this opportunity. It has to be said that the filly has not progressed much after a couple of promising efforts in better company, and was well down the field on her first visit here last week. That was a much stronger affair than this though, and in receipt of weight from all of her older rivals, she is taken to come good. Musical Gift scraped home in a Wolverhampton Banded race last time and has plenty of weight, and a bigger danger may well be Aventura who returned from an 11-month break to finish third here over seven furlongs last week. Of the rest, Colonel Bilko is worth a mention as he has a couple of placed efforts to his name, but Kokila is the one to beat.
Formwatch
Musical Gift 12-1 (9-1) Always prominent, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, just held on, won at W'hampton 1m 1f banded stk (7) pol in Apr beating Magic Warrior (9-3) by a shd, 13 ran.
Arms Acrossthesea 15-2 (8-7) In touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 14, 12l behind Noorain (8-6) at Southwell 1m banded stk (7) fbs in Oct.
Aventura (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed over 1f out, one pace, 3rd of 14, 2 1/2l behind Onlytime Will Tell (9-7) at Southwell 7f sll (6) gd in Apr.
Colonel Bilko (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Held up mid-division, one pace halfway, never dangerous, 7th of 12, 11l behind El Palmar (9-1) at Southwell 1m banded stk (7) fbs in Mar.
Shrine Mountain (USA) 25-1 (9-6) Slow away, behind, headway on outer over 3f out, no impression, 11th of 16, 16l behind Scotty's Future (9-6) at Beverley 1m sll (5) gs in Apr.
Veneer (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, outpaced 3f out, stayed on approaching final furlong, 6th of 14, 3l behind Onlytime Will Tell (9-7) at Southwell 7f sll (6) gd in Apr.
Kokila 12-1 (8-11) In touch, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 11th of 13, 17l behind Bollin Derek (8-9) at Southwell 1m 3f 3yo hcp (6) gd in Apr.
Shaika 100-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, held up, never on terms, 6th of 11, 18l behind Time On (9-0) at Folkestone 1m 2f 3yo mdn fll (5) gs in Apr.