Racecards
15:00 Southwell
#10 Free Bet @ Betdirect.Co.Uk Classified Claiming Stakes (Class F)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Standard
Havoc
371- Form 3000/00-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-11
- Trainer Ronald Thompson
- Jockey Dean McKeown
always behind
Nod's Nephew
15- Form 03110-2
- Age 7
- Weight 9-11
- Trainer D E Cantillon
- Jockey Derek Nolan
prominent, led 5f out, ridden and headed 3f out, soon weakened
Crusoe (IRE)
13- Form 440-300
- Age 7
- Weight 9-10
behind and pushed along, not much room after 1f, soon switched to outer, ridden over 4f out, kept on final 2f
- Form 324000
- Age 5
- Weight 9-9
towards rear, ridden and headway 3f out, led 2f out, headed over 1f out, one pace
- Form 3010-00
- Age 4
- Weight 9-9
close up, ridden over 3f out, weakened final 2f
- Form 0346-03
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
led, headed 5f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 00560-0
- Age 8
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer D W Chapman
- Jockey Tony Culhane
held up, headway halfway, led over 1f out, ridden clear
- Form 0-53030
- Age 7
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer A Reid
- Jockey Adrian Nicholls
chased leaders, ridden to lead 3f out, headed final 2f, soon weakened
- Form 220035
- Age 7
- Weight 9-6
- Trainer P A Blockley
- Jockey Lisa Jones
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out
- Form 000600
- Age 5
- Weight 9-3
in touch, ridden and lost place halfway
In depth
Verdict
A pretty weak claimer and we will take a chance on Nod's Nephew with Crusoe, and Bulawayo set to chase him home. Nod's Nephew was in excellent form during the summer winning at Lingfield and Chepstow and his recent comeback effort here was full of promise. He looked in need of the outing but still got within alength of Grub Street. Crusoe ran well in a claiming race at Wolverhampton back in February, finishing a close third behind Scottish River. He has put in two stinkers since then, but they were too bad to be true and we expect him to bounce back to form under top jockey Darryl Holland. It is a similar story with Bulawayo, Andrew Reid's colt ran a blinder to finish runner-up to Ally Makbul in the middle of last month, but ten days later was well beaten by Dancing King, although that was a better contest. Noble Pursuit was well beaten in a better contest last time but on previous efforts could be good enough to sneak into a place, however for the winner we return to Nod's Nephew..