Racecards
12:50 Southwell
bookmakers.co.uk Apprentice Classified Claiming Stakes (Class 6)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Fibresand
- £3,500 added
- Winner: £2,386
- 2nd: £705
- 3rd: £352
- Form 605700-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer Kristin Stubbs
- Jockey Georgina Baxter
keen and prominent, pushed along halfway, lost place 2f out
- Form 685101-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer D Shaw
- Jockey Adam McLean
raced alone near side, in touch, headway 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well
- Form 1/00224-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer D Nicholls
- Jockey Joe Doyle
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
- Form 346613-
- Age 6
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer R C Guest
- Jockey Billy Cray
slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
- Form 51075-2
- Age 7
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer R M H Cowell
- Jockey Michael J M Murphy
slowly into stride, headway to chase leaders 4f out, pushed along halfway, kept on same pace inside final furlong
- Form 993279-
- Age 8
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer M J Attwater
- Jockey Robert Tart
soon pushed along and off the pace, ridden halfway, headway under pressure over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
- Form 334908-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer M Appleby
- Jockey Louis Steward
led, edged left over 1f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace
- Form 707699-
- Age 10
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 36
- Trainer M C Chapman
- Jockey Paul Booth
slowly away, outpaced
In depth
Verdict
This is a tougher claimer than the one won by Quality Art over track and trip last month when Vogarth was well beaten. R Woody makes more appeal given he went close in similar company on the Polytrack last time and has won on this surface before. Where's Reiley is a prolific course winner but isn't in the best of form at present and SHAWKANTANGO gets the vote. The latter has won two of his last three starts with another victory over course and distance his latest success and he's also preferred to Fibresand debutant Take The lead.
Formwatch
Midnight Dream (FR) 16-1 (9-2) Held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, last of 12, 10l behind Pull The Pin (8-10) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Shawkantango 9-2 (8-8) Slowly into stride outpaced, headway towards far side from over 1f out, stayed on to lead towards finish, won at Southwell 5f clm stks (6) fbs in Dec beating Monnoyer (8-4) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Take The Lead 5-1 (9-1) Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 1 3/4l behind Kylladdie (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Oct.
Quality Art (USA) 3-1 (8-11) Travelled well behind leaders, headway on bit over 1f out, led briefly entering final furlong, ridden and found little, 3rd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Shawkantango (8-8) at Southwell 5f clm stks (6) fbs in Dec.
R Woody 7-1 (8-11) Led, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, headed close home, 2nd of 6, nk behind Dark Lane (8-7) at Wolverhampton 5f clm stks (5) pol.
Where's Reiley (USA) 20-1 (9-7) Dwelt always in rear, ridden over 3f out, last of 9, 7l behind Expose (9-0) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.
Miako (USA) 4-1 (9-6) Tracked leader, hard driven halfway, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 11, 7l behind Quality Art (9-2) at Southwell 5f hcp (0-65) (6) fbs in Dec.
Vogarth 100-1 (9-9) Took keen hold, soon led, headed over 6f out, weakened 3f out, 9th of 10, 22l behind Valentine's Gift (10-0) at Nottingham 1m 2f ladies hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Oct.