Racecards
13:00 Southwell
totequadpot Nursery (Class 5)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Fibresand
- £3,500 added
- Winner: £2,264
- 2nd: £674
- 3rd: £337
- 4th: £168
- Form 700051
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 75
led, headed after 1f, chased leader, ridden and weakened over 1f out
- Form 0213
- Age 2
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer J Hughes
- Jockey Tony Culhane
tracked leader, led after 1f, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on
Superplex
114- Form 522536
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer J & S Quinn
- Jockey T Eaves
chased leaders and pushed along, outpaced halfway, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
Ypres
35- Form 757
- Age 2
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer J Ward
- Jockey M Stainton
slowly into stride, in rear and outpaced
- Form 826405
- Age 2
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer A Berry
- Jockey Matthew Hopkins
dwelt, towards rear and outpaced, weakened over 3f out
M J Woodward
15- Form 452245
- Age 2
- Weight 7-12
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer Paul Green
- Jockey J P Sullivan
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, driven out
In depth
Verdict
French import TWILIGHT ALLURE got off the mark for Kevin Ryan when landing a maiden at Wolverhampton last month wearing a tongue-tie for the first time. She gets the nod to improve further on today's handicap debut if taking to the surface. There are no doubts that Wicked Wench goes well here as she won her maiden over C&D, though she failed to show much progress when third on her nursery debut back at this track last time, while Superflex has the turf form to figure but hasn't raced since August. The remaining trio are hard to fancy on what they've shown so far.
Formwatch
Twilight Allure 8-1 (8-9) Made all, driven 2f out, ridden clear final furlong, stayed on well, won at Wolverhampton 5f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Nov beating Ambitious Icarus (9-0) by 3l, 9 ran.
Wicked Wench 5-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, soon tracked leaders, ridden halfway, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 6, 4l behind Whisky Bravo (9-1) at Southwell 5f 2yo hco 0-75 (5) fbs.
Superplex 5-1 (9-3) Mid-division, ridden halfway, not trouble leaders, 6th of 12, 8l behind Free Zone (9-3) at Catterick 5f 2yo mdn aut (6) gd in Aug.
Ypres 50-1 (9-3) Mid-division, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 11, 19l behind Press Baron (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Essexvale (IRE) 50-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, soon weakened, 5th of 6, 11l behind Sky Crossing (9-3) at Southwell 6f 2yo mdn stks (5) fbs.
M J Woodward 9-2 (8-9) Towards rear, headway on outside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to threaten, 5th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Sunny Side Up (9-2) at Wolverhampton 6f 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol.