Racecards
15:30 Southwell
Play Littlewoods Pools On 0800 500 000 Handicap (Class 4)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Fibresand
Buddy Brown
251- Form 1200/9-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer J Howard Johnson
- Jockey E Ahern
raced wide, always in rear
- Form 0090-59
- Age 8
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer Miss Gay Kelleway
- Jockey S W Kelly
soon led, ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on
- Form 084070-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer Lucinda Featherstone
- Jockey J F Egan
always in rear
- Form 953437-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer K R Burke
- Jockey P Cosgrave
dwelt, chased leaders to halfway
- Form 0512-31
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 76
keen, mid-division, headway on inside to chase leader 3f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
- Form 41032-3
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer Stef Higgins
- Jockey P Hanagan
keen, mid-division, ridden, hung left and headway over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong
- Form 0820U-0
- Age 7
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 70
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace
- Form 547900-
- Age 5
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer T D Barron
- Jockey P Fessey
held up in rear, ridden and headway 2f out, kept on same pace
Snugfit Dubarry
1298- Form 01/
- Age 6
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey Dale Gibson
raced wide, in touch until halfway
In depth
Verdict
Alfonso showed definite signs of improvement last time and can land this weak handicap, Blue Patrick and Councellor look to be the main rivals. Ian Semple's five-year-old made his all-weather debut at Wolverhampton last month in a pretty strong race and did well to finish fourth behind Brave Maestro. The experience will not be lost on him and he looks the best option this afternoon. Blue Patrick has been in great heart this winter and landed his second victory when beating Just Fly at Wolverhampton last month. The handicapper may just have his measure now but he should still be vying for some place money. Councellor is another that rarely runs a bad race and wasn't beaten far behind Graze On here last time. This extra distance will not be a problem and he should be in the shake up. The pick of the others could be Te Quiero, but our idea of the winner is Alfonso.
Formwatch
Buddy Brown 25-1 (9-2) Always towards rear, 9th of 13, 12l behind Dark Charm (9-5) at Hamilton 1m hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Imperialistic (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 15, 16l behind Strawberry Dale (8-10) at Doncaster 1m 2f lst fll stk (1) hvy in Nov.
Blue Patrick 9-2jt-fav (8-8) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, led well inside final furlong, ran on, won at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan beating Just Fly (8-2) by 1/2l, 12 ran.
Councellor (FR) 8-1 (9-0) Held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on near finish, 3rd of 13, 2 1/2l behind Graze On (8-11) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-80 (4) fbs in Jan.
Alfonso 6-1 (8-10) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 4th of 13, 7l behind Bravo Maestro (8-13) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan.
Fiddlers Creek (IRE) 12-1 (9-2) Mid-division, headway over 6f out, weakened 3f out, 10th of 12, 24l behind Bethanys Boy (8-11) at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jan.
Dispol Veleta 25-1 (9-4) Mid-division, ridden 2f out, never on terms, 10th of 17, 14l behind Princelywallywogan (8-7) at Pontefract 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Oct.
Snugfit Dubarry 14-1 (8-3) In touch, ridden over 2f out, headway to lead final furlong, stayed on well, won at Newcastle 7f 2yo mdn aut (E) gf in Jul '02 beating Skehana (8-4) by a nk, 12 ran.