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20:00 Southwell

Play 4 To Win At Betway Handicap (Class 4)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f 24y
  • Going: Standard / Slow
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £11,000 added
  • Winner: £5,616
  • 2nd: £2,636
  • 3rd: £1,319
  • 4th: £659
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 27.89s
  • Off Time: 20:01:12
  • 7 Ran
1(4)
Silk - Orange, Royal Blue stripe
11/1
  • Form 831-237
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 80

held up in rear, headway over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong

2(5)
Silk - Purple and White (quartered), White sleeves

Morlaix

12 C
9/4
  • Form 342-126
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 77

held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on, unable to quite challenge winner

3(2)
Silk - Royal blue, red star, hooped sleeves and star on cap
40/1
  • Form 060539-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 74

broke well, soon steadied into mid-division, weakened over 2f out

4(1)
Silk - Mauve, cream sash, quartered cap
  • Form 62547-6
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 72

soon led, headed over 7f out, lost place over 2f out

5(3)
Silk - Purple, red stars on sleeves, black cap
28/1
  • Form 306888-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-6
  • Official Rating 65

chased leaders, outpaced 3f out, weakened inside final furlong

6(6)
Silk - Red, black epaulets, red sleeves, black stars, black cap

Maharashtra

7 CCD
11/10
  • Form 161-121
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-4
  • Official Rating 58

chased leaders, led over 7f out, headed over 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong

7(7)
Silk - Red, White hollow box, striped sleeves, check cap
  • Form 0590-46
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-2
  • Official Rating 61

prominent, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well final furlong

In depth

Verdict

Maharashtra has now won four of his last six outings having won by a neck over 1m4f here a week ago. He carries 5lb extra in this higher grade but MORLAIX (NAP) drops back down in class. Beaten in Class 2 company last time, David Simcock’s charge went close over today’s trip at this level before that and is also preferred to Hector's Here. The latter has a shout on an earlier third at Wolverhampton but the remainder are harder to recommend in their current form.

Formwatch

Hector's Here 9-2 (9-6) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, not much room 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, last of 7, 5 1/2l behind Athmad (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Feb.

Morlaix 8-1 (8-8) In touch, pushed along 2f out, not trouble leaders, 6th of 7, 3l behind Celtic Art (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (2) pol in Feb.

Red Force One 28-1 (11-7) Towards rear, ridden before 3 out on outer, kept on from 2 out, never dangerous, 6th of 10, 14 1/4l behind Saint Arvans (10-9) at Wetherby 2m hcp (3) gs in Oct.

Richard R H B (IRE) 11-2 (9-9) Raced keenly, led 1f, tracked leader until over 7f out, soon off the pace in 3rd, dropped to 4th 2f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 8, 6l behind Mummy's Boy (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Jan.

Rainbow Jet (IRE) 10-1 (8-13) Close-up, pushed 3f out, weakening when short of room before 2f out, beaten when ridden 2f out, last of 8, 16l behind Onesmoothoperator (9-10) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Dec.

Maharashtra 7-2 (8-7) Raced wide in touch, ridden and headway stand side over 1f out, driven and ran on to lead close home, won at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Feb beating Chase The Dollar (9-11) by nk, 11 ran.

Let Her Loose (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) In touch towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Kentucky Kingdom (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Feb.