Racecards
12:00 Southwell
Betdirect Freephone 0800 211 222 Maiden Claiming Stakes (Class 7)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Fibresand
Fern Valley
285- Form 000
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 30
- Trainer M J Attwater
- Jockey M Tebbutt
slowly into stride, always behind
Swords
57- Form 850-709
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer P Howling
- Jockey Lisa Jones
behind, headway on outer over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest at finish
- Form 4-70094
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer P A Blockley
- Jockey F Lynch
with leaders until weakened 2f out
- Form 600-000
- Age 4
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer T Hogan
- Jockey R Fitzpatrick
chased leaders, led over 4f out, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 646886
- Age 4
- Weight 8-9
- Official Rating 35
- Trainer R Brotherton
- Jockey T Eaves
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
Chingola
187- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer R M Whitaker
- Jockey P Mulrennan
chased leaders, weakened over 2f out
- Form 8-00900
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 30
- Trainer M J Polglase
- Jockey P Doe
always behind
- Form 700079
- Age 4
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer Mrs C A Dunnett
- Jockey M Halford
held up, headway to chase leaders over 4f out, one pace
- Form 898202
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 46
- Trainer P C Haslam
- Jockey Greg Fairley
held up, headway to track leaders over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, kept on well
- Age 4
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer J D Bethell
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
slowly into stride, behind, ridden and headway over 3f out, stayed on
- Form 90-0800
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 44
- Trainer S R Bowring
- Jockey V Halliday
chased leaders to halfway
- Form 03-0604
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 61
chased leaders until lost place over 2f out
In depth
Verdict
Blushing Russian gets the confident vote here with Make It Snappy and Queue UP rating the main dangers. The selection has been in good form of late without winning but a reproduction of his latest second behind Speakerbox sets a fair standard and despite his poor draw he is taken to score. Queue Up rates the main danger on his latest second behind Guadalphin but he is becoming hard to win with and at likely odds he looks worth opposing. Make It Snappy is another worthy of respect on his latest fourth behind Gracie's Gift especially as first time cheek pieces could bring about some more improvement. Mulberry Lad was a fair second last time out but he was doing all his best work at the finish so the drop in trip has to be of concern. Of the remainder Swords is from a yard in form and could go well at a price but in a trappy affair for the winner we return to Blushing Russian.
Formwatch
Queue Up 11-4fav (8-12) In touch, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 2nd of 14, 5l behind Gaudalpin (8-7) at Southwell 7f mdn clm (7) fbs in Oct.
Swords 66-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, soon in touch, hampered over 6f out, ridden 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 9th of 16, 11l behind Dakota Rain (9-0) at Nottingham 1m 3yo mdn (5) gd in Sept.
Yours Sincerely (IRE) 14-1 (8-3) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden and one pace final 2f, 4th of 14, 7l behind Gaudalpin (8-7) at Southwell 7f mdn clm (7) fbs in Oct.
Annitas Dream (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) 2nd and disputed lead, headed over 2f out, soon weakened, tailed off, 23rd of 27, well behind Akinola (9-9) at Curragh 1m hcp 0-70 hvy in Oct.
Firebird Rising (USA) 9-1 (9-2) Dwelt, held up last, driven along on outer over 2f out, soon outpaced, 6th of 7, 6l behind Uncle John (9-7) at Bath 1m 4f 3yo & 4yo sll (6) gf in Aug.
Blushing Russian (IRE) 8-1 (8-8) Held up, headway on outer over 2f out, ridden and every chance approaching final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Speakerboxxx (9-4) at Southwell 7f stk (7) fbs.
Make It Snappy 9-2 (8-1) Held up, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, soon weakened, 4th of 9, 9l behind Toffee Vodka (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 3yo fll hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Mulberry Lad (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) Led, ridden over 2f out, kept on, headed close home, 2nd of 14, 1/2l behind Venetian Princess (8-9) at Southwell 1m mdn clm (7) fbs.