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15:10 Southwell

Southwell-racecourse.co.uk Beginners' Chase (Class 4)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 3m 2f
  • Going: Good to Firm, Good in places
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 43.30s
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Steppes of Gold (IRE)

4/7

    2
    Silk -

    Knock Lord (IRE)

    20/1

      1
      Silk - Royal blue, white sash and cap with black hoop

      Isotop (FR)

      17 BF
      12/1
      • Form 43/7723-
      • Age 10
      • Weight 11-2
      • Official Rating 86

      tracked leaders, weakened and tailed off from 15th, left remote 3rd next

      2
      Silk - Red, Black cross belts, Red sleeves, Black stars

      Knock Lord (IRE)

      1146 BF
      20/1
      • Form 43113/
      • Age 9
      • Weight 11-2

      led to 10th, tracked leader, blundered 14th, ridden and one pace from 3 out

      3
      Silk - White, Mauve stars

      Steppes of Gold (IRE)

      50
      4/7
      • Form 2/F2320-
      • Age 9
      • Weight 11-2
      • Official Rating 128

      tracked leader, led 10th, blundered 3 out, hard ridden and hung left, hit last, driven out

      4
      Silk - Black and Pink (quartered), Pink sleeves, Black stars

      Fu Fighter

      223 t CD
      5/2
      • Form 221155-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 10-9
      • Official Rating 103

      held up in rear, moderate 3rd when blundered and fell 4 out

      5
      Silk - White, Black hoop, halved sleeves, hooped cap

      Pridewood Dove

      148
      100/1
      • Form PP8070-
      • Age 7
      • Weight 10-9
      • Official Rating 59

      held up, blundered 8th and 9th, soon lost place, tailed off when pulled up before 13th

      In depth

      Verdict

      Only five go to post and the selection is Steppes of Gold, with the main opposition coming from Isotop, Fu Fighter and Knock Lord. Steppes of Gold, trained by Jonjo O'Neil and ridden by Tony McCoy, is well up to this task as shown by his run at Cheltenham, which looks much better form than anything else in this contest. John Allen's Isotop had a disappointing run at Chepstow last time and would need to find a fair bit to win this. Fu Fighter needs to brush up on the jumping stakes and Knock Lord, a point-to-pointer is now being tried over regulation fences. The clear choice though is Steppes of Gold, who is taken to win this long distance chase.

      Formwatch

      Isotop (FR) 3-1co-fav (11-3) Prominent, hit 5th, led 11th until 12th, weakened 4 out, 3rd of 9, well behind Arceye (10-12) at Chepstow 3m beg chs (4) gd in Apr.

      Knock Lord (IRE) 11-10fav (12-0) 3rd of 12, 3 1/2l behind Intrepid Gal (11-9) at Garthorpe 3m ptp gd in Mar '03.

      Steppes of Gold (IRE) 12-1 (11-7) Always behind, 12th of 22, 34l behind Hot Weld (11-11) at Cheltenham 4m 1f nov amt chs (2) gd in Mar.

      Fu Fighter 9-2 (11-6) Held up, towards rear, headway 3 out, one pace and no impression from next, 5th of 12, 13l behind Wise Tale (10-8) at Market Rasen 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-110 (E) gd in Sept.

      Pridewood Dove 100-1 (10-3) Always behind, tailed off from 3 out, 15th of 16, well behind Twist Bookie (11-1) at Ludlow 2m nov clm hdl (F) gs in Dec.