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19:40 Southwell
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- 5 Runners
- Distance: 1m 13y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £15,200 added
- Winner: £7,956
- 2nd: £3,733
- 3rd: £1,865
- 4th: £933
- Form 551-555
- Age 5
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer M Botti
- Jockey Stefano Cherchi
tracked leader, pushed along over 2f out, soon outpaced and ridden along, kept on well inside final furlong, not pace of first two
- Form 735-154
- Age 6
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer M Appleby
- Jockey Erika Parkinson
raced in last, driven along over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 223451
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer C Johnston
- Jockey F Norton
took keen hold, led, shaken up over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra final 110yds
- Form 4751-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey R Kingscote
prominent, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, held towards finish
- Form 0-04342
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer M D I Usher
- Jockey L Morris
fly leapt leaving stalls, in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on well
In depth
Verdict
Mountain Queen won a maiden over a longer trip at Wolverhampton in November while the penalised Wadacre Grace scored over today’s distance at Lingfield last week. The latter was beaten by FINERY here at the start of the year and racing over course and distance for the first time since, Mick Appleby’s charge gets another chance. Sid's Annie is creeping closer and is preferred to Valentinka of the rest.
Formwatch
Valentinka 7-1 (9-10) Close up, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 6, 8l behind Piffle (9-1) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp fll (5) pol in Feb.
Finery 12-1 (8-13) Quickly away, led at steady pace and raced keenly, pushed along over 2f out, headed inside final 2f, weakened final 110 yards, 4th of 6, 5l behind Lightship (8-10) at Kempton 1m hcp fll (4) pol in Feb.
Wadacre Grace 10-3 (10-2) Made all, ridden 2f out, in control final furlong, ran on well, won at Lingfield 1m hcp fll (5) pol in Mar beating Silver Nightfall (9-1) by 1 1/2l, 4 ran.
Mountain Queen (IRE) 10-3 (8-12) Raced keenly, prominent, led well over 1f out, clear and edged left entering final furlong, easily, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov beating Rose Light (9-0) by 3 1/4l, 11 ran.
Sid's Annie 5-2 (9-4) Held up towards rear, headway when repeatedly denied clear run until switched right inside final furlong, finished well once clear, went 2nd towards finish, not reach winner, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Victoria Falls (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp fll (5) pol in Mar.