Racecards
16:10 Southwell
Littlewoods Bet Direct Maiden Stakes (Class D)
- 15 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Standard (to slow )
Jacob (IRE)
285- Form 355-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer P A Blockley
- Jockey S Yourston
slowly into stride, outpaced, headway over 1f out, nearest finish
Killerby Nicko
216- Form 00-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey D Allan
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer P A Blockley
- Jockey Derek Nolan
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out
Sir Galahad
194- Form 6-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey A Mullen
slowly into stride, behind, headway approaching final furlong, nearest finish
- Form 604-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer M L W Bell
- Jockey J Mackay
close up, chased leader halfway, led over 2f out, pushed out
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
dwelt, soon prominent, ridden and weakened over 2f out
- Form 0-5
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer Ms Deborah J Evans
- Jockey Joanna Badger
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 525-53
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer P A Blockley
- Jockey Lisa Jones
mid-division, outpaced halfway, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
- Form 43600-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer J Quinn
- Jockey Darren Williams
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Plenty of these are open to improvement and this is not a race to be dogmatic about. Market moves for any of: Fayrz Please, Sir Galahad or Smart Danny should not be dismissed out of hand as all are open to plenty of improvement. Whereas Paul Blockley is obviously keen on securing this prize for at least one of his owners and Blue Empire could the pick his quartet of runners this afternoon. However, marginal preference is for Generous Gesture, who shaped up nicely in her three outings last season. Michael Bell does not waste his visits to the racecourse at this time of the season and this daughter of Fasilyev is the appeals as one that will not be messed about with regarding an outing such as this. The three-year-old, a 70,000gns purchase, is very stoutly-bred and should be seen to good effect over further in time. However, she will only need to run to the level of her juvenile form to come out on top here and she is given the vote in the absence of a solid guide from the betting ring.