Racecards
15:25 Southwell
Pontin's Book Early Handicap (Class 6)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Fibresand
- £4,000 added
- Form 981424
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer P A Blockley
- Jockey K Ghunowa
soon ridden to be close up, ridden to chase leader over 2f out, one pace approaching final furlong
- Form 060550
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer P & O Cole
- Jockey J De Souza
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, every chance from over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
- Form 152182
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer R Hollinshead
- Jockey R Kennemore
pulled hard, prominent, led over 3f out, ridden and headed 1f out, stayed on
- Form 770012
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 57
keen, raced wide in touch, ridden and effort over 1f out, kept on same pace
- Form 0-90969
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer P L Gilligan
- Jockey R Kingscote
held up in rear, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
- Form 607-001
- Age 6
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 53
- Trainer P S McEntee
- Jockey Catherine Gannon
held up, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 714567
- Age 4
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 49
- Trainer C J Teague
- Jockey D Allan
slowly into stride, headway to chase leaders over 3f out, carried head high and every chance from well over 1f out, ridden to lead 1f out, stayed on
- Form 0-06906
- Age 4
- Weight 8-3
- Official Rating 40
- Trainer M Mullineaux
- Jockey D Fentiman
slowly into stride, always in rear
In depth
Verdict
Cool Sands gets a confident vote over Tee Jay Kassidy and Legal Lover, with Windy Prospect worth a mention at least. Cool Sands has bounced back to form of late, posting a success over seven furlongs here earlier in the month before just being outpaced when attempting a follow-up at Kempton 10-days later. The faster surface caught him out that day, and this step up in trip back here should suit, so he gets a confident vote to get back to winning ways. Tee Jay Kassidy caused a surprise when popping in at 33-1 to beat Haroldini here 15-days ago, and although the extra furlong may suit, he has more to find. Legal Lover likes to make the pace, but was reeled in here last time and appears to be a shade high in the weights at present, while Windy Prospect also has it to do off his current mark. Cool Sands is the percentage call in the finale.
Formwatch
Windy Prospect 11-4 (9-0) Tracked leader, led halfway, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 13, 7l behind Mozakhraf (8-7) at Southwell 7f hcap (6) fbs.
Look of Eagles 20-1 (8-6) Mid-division, effort 2f out, no impression, 10th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Dichoh (9-2) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Legal Lover (IRE) 3-1 (9-0) Prominent, led over 3f out, headed narrowly over 1f out, every chance until no extra near finish, 2nd of 12, 1l behind Zamhrear (9-0) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Cool Sands (IRE) 9-2 (9-2) Keen, held up, ridden and ran on final furlong, edged left near finish, not reach winner, 2nd of 9, 1l behind Super Frank (9-0) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Razed 16-1 (9-0) Raced wide in rear, ridden 4f out, soon struggling, 9th of 14, 14l behind Blacktoft (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Tee Jay Kassidy 33-1 (9-2) Held up, headway over 2f out, led and hung left 1f out, stayed on, won at Southwell 7f banded stk (7) fbs beating Haroldini (9-5) by 1 1/2l, 12 ran.
Bucharest 25-1 (9-1) Led over 4f, soon ridden and weakened, 10th of 12, 17l behind Zamhrear (9-0) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Vibrato (USA) 16-1 (8-10) Always towards rear, 7th of 13, 18l behind Kilimandscharo (8-11) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcap (6) pol.