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12:45 Southwell

Play 4 To Win At Betway Handicap (Class 5)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 14y
  • Going: Standard / Slow
  • Surface: Fibresand
  • £6,545 added
  • Winner: £3,429
  • 2nd: £1,020
  • 3rd: £510
  • 4th: £300
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 44.41s
  • Off Time: 12:46:03
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Lord Of The Alps (IRE)

5/4

    2
    Silk -

    Cold Harbour

    11/4

      1(1)
      Silk - Royal Blue, White spots, White sleeves, Royal Blue armlets and spots on White cap

      Lord Of The Alps (IRE)

      5 D
      5/4
      • Form 6/5162-1
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-12
      • Official Rating 76

      made all, 4 lengths clear 3f out, pushed out, unchallenged

      2(6)
      Silk - White, black epaulets, maroon and white diabolo on sleeves, black and maroon quartered cap

      Artistic Language

      44 pt
      12/1
      • Form 4/67242-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 71

      slow into stride, soon pushed along in rear, ridden halfway, soon struggling

      3(3)
      Silk - Black, Emerald Green star, sleeves and star on cap

      Cold Harbour

      6 pt CCD
      11/4
      • Form 29034-5
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 64

      in touch in rear, headway over 4f out, pushed along to chase clear winner 2f out, kept on one pace

      4(5)
      Silk - Yellow and Purple check, hooped sleeves, Yellow cap

      Contingency Fee

      6 hc DCD
      5/1
      • Form 36344-4
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 61

      raced wide close up, pushed along to chase leading pair over 3f out, kept on one pace

      5(4)
      Silk - White, black sleeves, white armlets, red cap

      Grimsthorpe Castle

      21 p BFCCD
      6/1
      • Form 121133-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 62

      tracked winner until ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong

      6(2)
      Silk - Mauve, white sleeves, mauve stars, mauve and white check cap

      Ezanak (IRE)

      8 b D
      200/1
      • Form 610000-
      • Age 8
      • Weight 8-7
      • Official Rating 54

      close up, ridden and weakened over 3f out

      Previous results

      2020
      (7)
      Silk -

      Cold Harbour

      3/1
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-11

      2019
      (2)
      Silk -

      Azari

      4/1
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-8

      2018
      (2)
      Silk -

      Epitaph (IRE)

      9/2
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-1

      In depth

      Verdict

      Course regular Grimsthorpe Castle looks high enough in the weights now and CONTINGENCY FEE makes more appeal. The latter was having only his second outing since March when a close-up fourth here last week and finishing ahead of last year’s winner Cold Harbour and has won twice over course and distance in the past. Lord Of The Alps debuts on the Fibresand on the back of winning an apprentices’ race at Wolverhampton and escapes a penalty while the maiden Artistic Language has been hurdling and debuts on the all-weather and Ezanak remains out of sorts.

      Formwatch

      Lord Of The Alps (IRE) 3-1 (9-3) Made all, clear over 2f out, reduced lead well inside final furlong but never looked liked being caught, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Jan beating Fair Star (10-0) by 3/4l, 8 ran.

      Artistic Language 5-1 (11-12) Close up, awkward 2nd, shuffled back to midfield before 3rd, towards rear 5th, ridden after 3 out, ran on from 2 out but could not reach leaders, 3rd of 12, 5 1/4l behind Chapati (11-6) at Southwell 2m hcp (5) gs in Nov.

      Cold Harbour 4-1 (9-12) Dwelt keen in touch towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 4 1/4l behind Mr Carbonator (9-5) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Jan.

      Contingency Fee 16-1 (9-12) Raced wide tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 8, 2 3/4l behind Mr Carbonator (9-5) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Jan.

      Grimsthorpe Castle 13-8fav (9-6) Led, headed over 1f out, reminders inside final furlong, weakened closing stages, 3rd of 10, 2 3/4l behind Straight Ash (8-13) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Dec.

      Ezanak (IRE) 80-1 (10-5) Raced wide in touch, slow and dropped to rear at 5th, weakened 2 out, 8th of 9, 33 3/4l behind Ferrobin (11-9) at Market Rasen 2m 1f hcp (5) sft in Dec.