Racecards
15:00 Southwell
Bet Direct On 0800 32 93 93 Classified Claiming Stakes (Class F)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 1m 6f
- Going: Standard
- Form 50000-0
- Age 8
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer M Polglase
- Jockey Reserve
mid-division, lost place 6f out
- Form 220-330
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer C A Cyzer
- Jockey T Williams
pulled hard and led, headed 3f out, soon weakened
Favorisio
12- Form 2600-15
- Age 6
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer Miss J Camacho
- Jockey Tony Culhane
toward rear, headway 7f out, chased winner 3f out, kept on 2f out, not quicken inside final furlong
She's A Gem
201- Form 030/000-
- Age 8
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer T Clement
- Jockey V Slattery
held up, mid-division, keen and pushed along 5f out, soon behind, tailed off over 3f out
- Form 03-0450
- Age 6
- Weight 8-11
pushed along and behind, headway 7f out, never a factor
Urgent Swift
25- Form 4423-44
- Age 10
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer A P Jarvis
- Jockey D Holland
held up, headway 6f out, kept on final 3f, never reached leaders
Lock Inn
27- Form 6-05060
- Age 4
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer Miss Z Davison
- Jockey J Tate
chased leader, ridden over 5f out, soon weakened, eased final 2f
- Form 234314
- Age 10
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer T D Barron
- Jockey D Fox
mid-division, headway 5f out, ridden to lead 3f out, kept on final 2f, held on well
- Form 052404
- Age 6
- Weight 8-8
mid-division, headway 4f out, kept on same pace final 3f
- Form 150-000
- Age 6
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer Jedd O'Keeffe
- Jockey P Hanagan
chased leaders, weakened over 4f out
Cedar Grove
12- Form 0500-60
- Age 6
- Weight 8-5
- Trainer John Harris
- Jockey Dean McKeown
mid-division, headway over 4f out, kept on one pace final 2f
In depth
Verdict
A race that should take little winning and Favorisio is given a chance to atone for a costly defeat here last time. Julie Camacho's charge was an impressive eight-length selling winner over this trip at Wolverhampton last month but was badly outpaced when fancied to follow up over two furlongs shorter here last time and was never able to reach a challenging position. The return to his optimum trip should see the son of Efisio is better light and he is taken to bounce back to form against some moderate rivals. White Plains and Urgent Swift have been fine stable servants down the years but their best days are firmly behind them and neither should trouble the selection if the latter is on song while So Precious and Lilardo have plenty to find on these terms.