Racecards
15:30 Southwell
Bet Direct On At The Races Handicap Stakes (Class E3) (Class 3)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
Lakota Brave
12- Form 026030-
- Age 11
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer Mrs Stef Liddiard
- Jockey F Norton
in touch, headway over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, switched right inside final furlong, stayed on
- Form 120000-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer J R Jenkins
- Jockey P Hanagan
mid-division, ridden 4f out, weakened well over 2f out
Gay Romance
23- Form 065301-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer B W Hills
- Jockey Dane O'Neill
in touch, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 034053-
- Age 11
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 66
always towards rear
Book Matched
23- Form 130000-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer B Smart
- Jockey D McGaffin
chased leaders, led over 2f out, driven out
- Form 005021-
- Age 7
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 56
- Trainer B R Millman
- Jockey R Havlin
held up, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, no extra final furlong
- Form 006030-
- Age 7
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer T D Barron
- Jockey C Catlin
held up and pulled hard, headway over 3f out, ridden to chase winner over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, stayed on towards finish
- Form 0/52500-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-3
- Official Rating 57
- Trainer S L Keightley
- Jockey Dale Gibson
led 3f, weakened over 3f out
- Form 014532-
- Age 6
- Weight 8-2
- Official Rating 54
- Trainer Mrs N Macauley
- Jockey C Haddon
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
In depth
Verdict
Gay Romance looks the obvious choice here and she can beat Topton and Sorbiesharry. The Barry hills trained filly was most impressive when losing her maiden tag at Wolverhampton last month, when coming through smoothly under today's pilot to beat Champoluc by two and a half lengths.She doesn't look overburdened for this return to handicapping and should follow up. Topton has been running consistently well and put in another sound performance when chasing home Libre at Wolverhampton,once again he should be there or thereabouts. Sorbiesharry also holds his form well and looks destined for a place at least. Paso Doble, a game winner last time could prove best of the remainder, but now that Gay Romance has learned how to win she could be worth following.