Racecards
14:20 Southwell
Littlewoods Bet Direct Handicap (Class D2) (Class 2)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- Form 003562
- Age 5
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer R Brotherton
- Jockey R Thomas
close up, led over 1f out, ridden out
- Form 050210
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer S R Bowring
- Jockey P Makin
held up, outpaced halfway, headway approaching final furlong, ran on close home
- Form 620-PP0
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer M C Chapman
- Jockey B Reilly
close up 2f, soon tailed off
- Form 513200
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 77
led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong
- Form 404000
- Age 6
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer S R Bowring
- Jockey C Haddon
soon outpaced
- Form 530006
- Age 4
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer Miss Gay Kelleway
- Jockey A Kirby
chased leaders, outpaced and switched left halfway, stayed on under strong pressure inside final furlong
- Form 020200
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 67
led, headed over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out
- Form 040000
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer K R Burke
- Jockey Dale Gibson
slowly into stride, soon chased leaders, ridden halfway, hung left and weakened over 1f out
In depth
Verdict
Magic Glade can gain another course and distance success at the expense of Kingsmaite, Little Ridge and Justalord. Magic Glade was successful here in February off a mark of 73 but has paid the price for a couple of decent efforts on Turf in the summer. Hence his trainer has had to run him in slightly better company and he ran a blinder from four-pounds out of the handicap in the feature race here six days ago, finishing second to course specialist Dancing Mystery. A repeat of that run off today's mark should see him go very close indeed. Kingsmaite is likely to find this trip on the short side, but Little Ridge had plenty of winning form over the minimum on turf and can prove dangerous if adapting to the fibresand. Justalord was down the field behind the selection last time but as that was his first outing for 103 days, he can be expected to get a lot closer this time. Not close enough to stop Magic Glade from obliging though.