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14:40 Southwell

ATR Breeders' Cup Megasite Now Live Handicap (Class 5)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Fibresand
  • £3,500 added
  • Winner: £2,264
  • 2nd: £674
  • 3rd: £337
  • 4th: £168
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 45.54s
  • Off Time: 14:41:06
  • 7 Ran
1(5)
Silk - Emerald Green, Yellow armlets, White cap
9/1
  • Form 421005
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 71

dwelt in rear, ridden over 4f out, headway 2f out, kept on to go a never dangerous 2nd inside final furlong

3(3)
Silk - White, Red seams, White sleeves, Red stars, White cap, Red star
  • Form 75127-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 65

tracked leader until 10f out, tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out

4(9)
Silk - Dark Green and Yellow diamonds, Dark Green sleeves
  • Form 61158/4
  • Age 9
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 65

in rear, reminders 12f out, behind 9f out, tailed off

5(6)
Silk - Yellow, Black chevron, Yellow sleeves, Dark Blue armlets
7/1
  • Form 330783/
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 63

tracked leaders, chased leader 10f out, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out

6(4)
Silk - Red, white epaulets, royal blue sleeves, white armlets, white cap
  • Form 546212
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 71

in touch, lost place 9f out, ridden 5f out, soon weakened, tailed off

7(7)
Silk - Emerald green and yellow diabolo, hooped sleeves, white cap

First Rock (IRE)

23 BFDCD
5/2
  • Form 452326
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 61

keen held up in rear, headway 5f out, went 2nd over 3f out, led over 2f out, shaken up and clear over 1f out, readily

8(1)
Silk - Dark blue and pink stripes, pink sleeves and cap
  • Form 825
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 68

led, ridden and headed over 2f out, keeping on one pace when lost 2nd inside final furlong

2(8)
NR

Dart

198 CCD
  • Form 512468
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-10
  • Official Rating 67

Nonrunner

9(2)
NR
  • Form 456311
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 50

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Strikemaster arrives in fine form, but is stepping up in class in attempting to land a hat-trick and could find MIDNIGHT WALTZ too good here. Sir Mark Prescott's filly tries a longer trip on her handicap debut after three starts on the Polytrack and a big improvement is expected. Dark Spirit won over hurdles in September, but makes her Fibresand debut 13lb higher than when scoring on the Flat in August and First Rock makes more appeal having won a bumper at this track last year. Indian Pipe Dream has been a big improver over fences this year and may figure back on the level.

Formwatch

Calculating (IRE) 16-1 (9-6) Slowly away, recovered to rear 9f out, ridden halfway, never on terms, 5th of 10, 26l behind Marsh Warbler (9-10) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Oct.

Al Shababiya (IRE) 5-1 (9-10) Held up behind, pushed along over 3f out, soon ridden and no impression, 10th of 13, 30l behind Vittachi (9-7) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) sft in Oct.

Indian Pipe Dream (IRE) 50-1 (9-2) Set pedestrian pace until 8f out, tracked leader, pushed along 5f out, ridden 3f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 5, 10l behind La Estrella (9-7) at Southwell 1m 6f clm stks (6) fbs in Feb.

Actodos (IRE) 25-1 (9-1) Tracked leader and keen, led 2f out, soon ridden, headed entering final furlong, soon weakened, 3rd of 10, 5l behind Bushy Dell (8-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Sep '09.

Dark Spirit (IRE) 7-2 (8-5) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed towards finish, 2nd of 7, 3/4l behind Dr Livingstone (10-0) at Ffos Las 1m 4f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Aug.

First Rock (IRE) 5-1fav (9-4) Tracked leaders, chased winner over 2f out until over 1f out, soon weakened, 6th of 13, 11l behind River Dragon (9-2) at Newcastle 2m hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Oct.

Midnight Waltz 4-1 (8-12) Mid-division, reminders and faltered over 5f out, soon hung left and headway, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 12l behind Tonnerre (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Sep.

Dart 25-1 (8-5) Steadied start, held up in rear, ridden and struggling on outside over 2f out, 8th of 10, 16l behind Accumulate (8-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Apr.

Strikemaster (IRE) 9-2 (10-6) Dwelt, held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, led over 1f out, driven clear, won at Musselburgh 2m am hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Oct beating La Bacouetteuse (10-13) by 5l, 10 ran.