Racecards
13:00 Southwell
Bet Direct On Channel 4 Page 613 Selling Stakes (Class G4) (Class 4)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
- Form 000035
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer P A Blockley
- Jockey C Ely
prominent, led 4f out, clear over 1f out, ridden out
- Form 200404
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer Mrs H Sweeting
- Jockey G Baker
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, hung left and went 2nd over 1f out, no chance with winner
- Form 500006
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer J Hetherton
- Jockey M Tebbutt
in touch, ridden and headway 3f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 610400
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
prominent, ridden to chase winner 3f out to over 1f out, one pace
- Form 000300
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer R M H Cowell
- Jockey M Henry
soon led, headed 4f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
- Form 042000
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer P Haslam
- Jockey Mark Flynn
prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
Eminence Gift
162- Form 00
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, soon outpaced, kept on from over 1f out
Glasson Lodge
103- Form 422604
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey P Cosgrave
led early, soon lost place and behind
Mermaid's Cry
142- Form 2000
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer R Brotherton
- Jockey T P Queally
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
- Form 000
- Age 2
- Weight 8-7
- Trainer R M H Cowell
- Jockey J Fanning
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
In depth
Verdict
Loughlorien has an obvious chance on the evidence of recent turf form but has yet to show a similar level of ability on the all-weather and a safer bet may be Davids Mark, who is preferred to Molotov. The last mentioned won at Wolverhampton when Dunstall Park had a Fibresand surface so he should go well enough round here and it is interesting that the four-year-old is reunited with Natalie Gemelova this afternoon. Kieren Fallon has been booked for Knead The Dough but he has yet to win a race and is hard to back with confidence despite the presence of the former champion jockey. Torrent has claims on his best and has slipped to a fair mark but recent form gives little cause for a return to winning ways. Glencairn Star won a banded stakes race at Wolverhampton last week but is likely to find this tougher and a better bet looks to be Davids Mark. The John Jenkins-trained gelding has shown enough when placed in his last two starts to suggest that a race of this nature would be well within his compass and he is taken to gain due reward for his consistency today.