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14:10 Southwell

Ladbrokescasino.com Novices' Handicap Chase (Class 4)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 1f
  • Going: Good to Firm
  • Surface: Turf
  • £6,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 2.80s
  • Off Time: 14:10:57
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Filey Flyer

10/1

    2
    Silk -

    Newbay Lady

    13/2

      1
      Silk - Light blue, dark blue disc, dark blue sleeves, light blue armlets, dark blue cap

      Alexander Exchange (IRE)

      156 BF
      9/4
      • Form 66/U155-
      • Age 6
      • Weight 11-12
      • Official Rating 105

      held up in touch, reminders and headway 4 out, soon chasing leaders, 3 lengths 3rd when fell 3 out

      2
      Silk - Orange, White chevrons, Dark Green and Yellow halved sleeves, Dark Green and Yellow quartered cap

      Insurgent (IRE)

      6 p D
      9/4
      • Form 041322-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 11-5
      • Official Rating 100

      held up, pushed along after 4th, soon beaten

      3
      Silk - Black, Royal Blue hoop, Royal Blue cap

      Blast The Past

      25 D
      3/1
      • Form 70/77U1-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 10-11
      • Official Rating 92

      tracked clear leader, 3 lengths 2nd when blundered and unseated rider 4 out

      4
      Silk - Black and Mauve (quartered), Black sleeves, Mauve armlets

      Filey Flyer

      27
      10/1
      • Form 43F3P9-
      • Age 7
      • Weight 10-11
      • Official Rating 90

      held up in touch, headway approaching 4 out, led before next, drew clear 2 out

      5
      Silk - DARK BLUE, large PINK spots, PINK cap

      Newbay Lady

      121 BF
      13/2
      • Form 15445P-
      • Age 9
      • Weight 10-0
      • Official Rating 74

      led, clear after 3rd, headed before 3 out, weakened next

      In depth

      Verdict

      Disappointingly just five runners line up for the opener on the card and, with Evan Williams having his string in better form now, Alexander Exchange is taken to overcome an absence from the track and take this at the main expense of Insurgent and Blast The Past. The last mentioned stayed on well to take a handicap hurdle at Sedgefield last month but is now switched to the larger obstacles and it is hard to know whether he can reproduce that form. Newbay Lady may do better now that she races on a faster surface so cannot be discounted completely, while Filey Flyer is hard to recommend on recent form. Insurgent is a consistent performer and is entitled to be thereabouts but Richard Guest's gelding may be a shade high in the weights so preference is for the Evan Williams-trained Alexander Exchange, who has suitable ground and looks worth chancing on his chasing debut.

      Formwatch

      Alexander Exchange (IRE) 6-4fav (11-12) Led until headed well before 2 out, weakened immediately, lame, last of 5, 26l behind Armagh South (10-3) at Plumpton 2m 5f nov hcp hdl 0-105 (4) sft in Nov.

      Insurgent (IRE) 5-1 (11-9) Held up, headway to chase leaders 9th, soon ridden, led last 75 yards, headed near finish, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Grand Manner (10-5) at Market Rasen 2m 4f cnd hcp chs (4) gf in Apr.

      Blast The Past 14-1 (11-9) Tracked clear leader, led 3 out, headed before next, soon ridden, rallied to lead again flat, won at Sedgefield 2m 1f nov hcp hdl 0-90 (5) gf in Apr beating Sehoya (11-5) by 1 1/2l, 14 ran.

      Filey Flyer 16-1 (10-9) Chased leaders to before 3 out, soon weakened, 9th of 11, 39l behind Rayshan (10-11) at Carlisle 2m beg chs (4) gd in Apr.

      Newbay Lady 4-1fav (11-2) In touch, weakened approaching 3 out, tailed off when pulled up 2 out in race won by Iloveturtle (10-12) at Wetherby 2m hcp chs (5) hvy in Jan, 11 ran.