Racecards
13:35 Southwell
Betway Handicap (Class 4)
- 7 Runners
- Distance: 2m 2f 98y
- Going: Standard / Slow
- Surface: AllWeather
- £9,700 added
- Winner: £4,590
- 2nd: £2,155
- 3rd: £1,078
- 4th: £539
- Form 0-58515
- Age 8
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer W J Knight
- Jockey Marco Ghiani
tracked leader, switched left entering final furlong, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on (ran in poor visibility)
- Form 76-6094
- Age 5
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 81
in touch, tracked leaders over 4f out, weakened over 2f out, tailed off
- Form 428315
- Age 4
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer H Main
- Jockey Jason Watson
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace
- Form 230286
- Age 8
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer R Eddery
- Jockey Molly Presland
led, headed 5f out, soon lost place, tailed off
- Form 5570-35
- Age 9
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 74
- Trainer G Boanas
- Jockey Callum Rodriguez
dwelt in rear, wide and headway over 2f out, ridden and no impression from over 1f out
- Form 341173
- Age 5
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer C A Dwyer
- Jockey Thore Hammer-Hansen
tracked leaders, lost place 5f out, rallied 2f out, kept on same pace
- Form 474588
- Age 4
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer S Dixon
- Jockey K T O'Neill
in touch, headway to lead 5f out, ridden entering final furlong, headed inside final furlong
In depth
Verdict
A winner over 2m at Kempton in October, Author's Dream was beaten at Lingfield recently when behind fourth-placed CREATIONIST. The latter hasn’t won since landing a double on the all-weather in 2019 but has tumbled down the weights subsequently and can also confirm latest running with Tynecastle Park. The latter is proven over this marathon trip and Cloud Thunder may also stay this far having won in testing ground over 2m at Newbury. Busy Street was winning all-weather bumpers early in the year and London Eye won over hurdles in September.
Formwatch
Author's Dream 9-2 (9-12) Set steady pace, pushed along and quickened pace over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra, 5th of 6, 3 1/4l behind Rafiot (9-8) at Lingfield 2m hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Creationist (USA) 33-1 (9-9) Close up, pushed along 2f out, ridden and kept on towards finish, 4th of 6, 2 1/2l behind Rafiot (9-8) at Lingfield 2m hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Cloud Thunder 4-1 (9-10) Led, ridden and headed over 3f out, faded final furlong, 5th of 12, 10 1/4l behind Land Of Winter (9-13) at Nottingham 2m hcp (4) sft in Nov.
Tynecastle Park 50-1 (9-8) Steadied start, in rear, weakened 2f out, last of 6, 11 1/4l behind Rafiot (9-8) at Lingfield 2m hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Busy Street 9-2 (11-12) Mid-division, mistake 4th (usually 7th) and soon towards rear, ridden and a long way detached after the 6th (usually 9th), tailed off, last of 8, dist behind Ottonian (11-6) at Musselburgh 2m 4f hcp (4) gs in Mar.
London Eye (USA) 11-1 (10-9) Tracked leader, not fluent 2nd, led before 3 out, headed last, outpaced by winner flat, 2nd of 9, 8 1/2l behind Bigbadmattie (10-7) at Worcester 2m 4f hcp (2) sft in Oct.
Kitten's Dream 50-1 (9-4) In rear, pushed along before 3f out, stayed on past beaten horses 2f out, never nearer, 8th of 12, 32 3/4l behind Carausius (9-4) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Dec.