Racecards
12:00 Southwell
Bet Direct On Sky Active Selling Stakes (Div 1) (Class G4) (Class 4)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- Form 640200
- Age 7
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer G A Huffer
- Jockey P Cosgrave
led, headed over 4f out, led again over 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
Sabana (IRE)
129- Form 000160
- Age 6
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer J M Bradley
- Jockey P Fitzsimons
in touch, ridden halfway, soon weakened
- Form 056606
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer D W Chapman
- Jockey Tony Culhane
held up, headway over 2f out, shaken up to lead inside final furlong, ran on
- Form 60-0060
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer M R Bosley
- Jockey G Baker
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened well over 1f out
- Form 500043
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
held up in rear, hampered over 4f out, headway when not clear run 3f out, stayed on never troubled leaders
- Form 650355
- Age 7
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer R Hollinshead
- Jockey Stephanie Hollinshead
held up in rear, headway over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
- Form 504-300
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer J R Weymes
- Jockey P Mulrennan
outpaced, headway over 1f out, ran on final furlong, nearest finish
- Form 040042
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
close up, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 0-06000
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer C Smith
- Jockey R Fitzpatrick
chased leaders, edged left over 4f out, weakening when edged left halfway
- Form 0-0P000
- Age 4
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer D W P Arbuthnot
- Jockey Dean McKeown
slowly into stride, close up, ridden and every chance from over 1f out, one pace final furlong
- Form 655636
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer Miss Gay Kelleway
- Jockey I Mongan
went right start, slowly into stride, behind, never troubled leaders
In depth
Verdict
Foxies Future gets the vote in the opener ahead of Queen Of Night and Feast Of Romance. The selection won over course and distance here just over a year ago and some of his form since then would be more than good enough to see him get involved in today's argument as he drops to selling company for the first time. Roan Raider has yet to show much on this surface and it's a long time since Heathyards Blessing won. Fulvio is generally consistent on all-weather surfaces and his first run here last time was fair. Queen Of Night's overall form sees her firmly on the shortlist of possibles for this, and she is a course and distance scorer. Afford her a lot of respect. That same comment applies to Feast Of Romance, whose 10 wins include a course and distance success and who has recent form enough to be considered in this seller. Of the others, Man Crazy has improved of late and a repeat of her course and distance claiming run last time would give her a chance, but first-time headgear would have to bring about a lot of improvement from Bijou Dancer and New Day Dawning for either of them to feature here, while Sabana has place claims if he is at his best. Overall, though, we will side with Foxies Future.