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16:40 Southwell

Ladbrokes Where The Nation Plays Handicap (Class 5)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 13y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Fibresand
  • £7,045 added
  • Winner: £3,429
  • 2nd: £1,020
  • 3rd: £510
  • 4th: £400
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 42.34s
  • Off Time: 16:40:57
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Merryweather

4/1

    2
    Silk -

    Itwouldberudenotto

    2/1

      1(1)
      Silk - Black, orange seams and sleeves, black cap

      Merryweather

      30 D
      4/1
      • Form 381-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-8
      • Official Rating 76

      made all, ridden over 1f out, held on towards finish

      2(2)
      Silk - Grey

      Urban Hero (IRE)

      15 b D
      3/1
      • Form 3215-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 75

      chased leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, no extra

      3(6)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Red seams, striped sleeves, Red cap, Royal Blue star

      Dancing Leopard (IRE)

      5
      4/1
      • Form 332353
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-11
      • Official Rating 65

      mid-division, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened

      4(3)
      Silk - Yellow, Green striped sleeves, Yellow cap

      Arasugar (IRE)

      246
      50/1
      • Form 557-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-9
      • Official Rating 63

      slowly into stride, towards rear and outpaced, weakened over 2f out

      5(4)
      Silk - Purple, yellow triple diamond and sleeves, yellow cap, purple star

      Itwouldberudenotto

      16
      2/1
      • Form 84683-
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-7
      • Official Rating 61

      towards rear, headway over 2f out, chased winner and every chance inside final furlong, kept on and held towards finish

      6(5)
      Silk - Black, Emerald Green star, sleeves and star on cap

      Brass Clankers

      5 v
      11/2
      • Form 7044
      • Age 3
      • Weight 8-3
      • Official Rating 57

      chased leaders, challenged over 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on same pace

      In depth

      Verdict

      A tricky opener with a couple of winners on the Polytrack debuting on this surface. Merryweather scored at Lingfield on her debut for Mick Appleby and goes handicapping for the first time while Urban Hero won at the same track before struggling over a longer trip. Both are worthy of consideration but DANCING LEOPARD has proven form on the Fibresand when runner-up over course and distance last week, ahead of Brass Clankers, and it could pay to stick with Karl Burke’s filly in this. Itwouldberudenotto looks no nearer winning and Arasugar has her first outing since May.

      Formwatch

      Merryweather 22-1 (9-0) Made most from wide draw, ridden inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Lingfield 1m fll stks (5) pol in Dec beating Mrs Upjohn (9-0) by nk, 10 ran.

      Urban Hero (IRE) 11-2 (9-1) Led until over 2f out, lost place and eased approaching final furlong, 5th of 6, 25 1/2l behind Summeronsevenhills (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (4) pol in Dec.

      Dancing Leopard (IRE) 4-1 (9-7) Outpaced after 3f, ridden 3f out, headway entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 8, 2 1/4l behind Perregrin (9-0) at Southwell 1m (6) pol in Dec.

      Arasugar (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Led, ridden and headed inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 8, 12 1/4l behind Firepower (9-5) at Salisbury 5f stks (4) gf in May.

      Itwouldberudenotto 16-1 (8-8) Outpaced in last pair, late headway, went 3rd close home, never nearer, 3rd of 9, 4l behind Royal Nation (9-7) at Newcastle 1m (5) pol in Dec.

      Brass Clankers 7-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Perregrin (9-0) at Southwell 1m (6) pol in Dec.