Racecards
18:40 Southwell
Bloor Homes Fiskerton Banded Stakes (Class H) (Class H)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
Compton Bay
17- Form 00/0-000
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer M Brittain
- Jockey Matthew Lawson
pulled hard, held up, outpaced over 4f out, headway under pressure over 2f out, weakened final furlong
- Form U-03536
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
led, headed over 4f out, lead again over 1f out, soon hung left, headed inside final furlong, weakened
- Form 000060
- Age 6
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer M Mullineaux
- Jockey P Varley
case leads, led over 4f out, headed over 1f out, soon bumped, ridden and led inside final furling, headed near finish
- Form 040606
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer Mrs Lucinda Featherstone
- Jockey D Nolan
chased leaders, outpaced halfway
Mimas Girl
28- Form 530003
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer S R Bowring
- Jockey J Bramhill
with leader until halfway, soon ridden, weakened over 2f out
- Form 053243
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer R Brotherton
- Jockey Tony Culhane
close up, ridden halfway, kept on under pressure
Red Flyer (IRE)
421- Form 0300/40-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer P Haslam
- Jockey G Faulkner
slowly away, outpaced, headway and edged left over 1f out, led well inside final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Patrick Haslam is a past master at finding an opening for an unexposed horse so, even though Red Flyer has been seen out of timber in recent times, he looks to have crept in here unnoticed and is worth chancing in this modest affair. Neutral Night, Countrywide Girl and Keltic Flute have all been hard to win with in recent times and are for the brave only. While Mimas Girl posted a better effort last time and is fancied to give the selection the most to do if building on that effort here. However, as that cannot be guaranteed, she is taken on with Red Flyer, who has plenty of experience of the course to his name from earlier in his career. The son of Catrail has been given a real chance by the handicapper after his fruitless spell over hurdles and he looks the value call in a race that should easily be within his capabilities.