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18:00 Southwell

Gamble Responsibly At BetUK Handicap (GBB Plus Race) (Class 4)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 6f 21y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £9,500 added
  • Winner: £4,972
  • 2nd: £2,333
  • 3rd: £1,166
  • 4th: £583
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 8.42s
  • Off Time: 18:00:16
  • 8 Ran
1(3)
Silk - Black, gold braids, white sleeves, gold star on cap
7/1
  • Form 14598-2
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 80

led, quickened with one rival from 3f out, headed 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, just held

2(7)
Silk - Maroon, dark blue chevron, maroon and white chevrons on sleeves, white cap

Pleasant Man

7 p D
9/2
  • Form 75057-2
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 80

bumped start, chased leader, quickened with leader from 3f out, led 2f out, held on well

3(2)
Silk - Mauve, white seams, mauve sleeves and cap

Nibiru (IRE)

42 pt CD
14/1
  • Form 068141
  • Age 10
  • Weight 10-0
  • Official Rating 80

chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, edged left 2f out, switched right inside final furlong, no impression

4(6)
Silk - LIGHT GREEN, PURPLE hoops, LIGHT GREEN sleeves

Optician

27 t D
3/1
  • Form 75621-3
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-10
  • Official Rating 76

held up in rear, some headway final furlong, never on terms

5(8)
Silk - Maroon, light blue sleeves, maroon armlets, light blue cap
  • Form 85/29-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-10
  • Official Rating 79

bumped start, mid-division, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, close up towards finish, just held

6(1)
Silk - Gold and green halved, white sash, blue cap
16/1
  • Form 089265-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-10
  • Official Rating 76

chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

7(4)
Silk - White, black seams, red and black hooped sleeves, black and red hooped cap
11/4
  • Form 2211-41
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 68

held up towards rear of mid-division, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, close up towards finish, just held

8(5)
Silk - WHITE, EMERALD GREEN spots, RED cap

Percy Willis

8 p C
18/1
  • Form 065-233
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 70

held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, well beaten over 1f out

In depth

Formwatch

Robusto (IRE) 9-1 (10-0) Led early, chased winner, ridden 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, always just held, 2nd of 8, nk behind Zoran (9-13) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Jan.

Pleasant Man 12-1 (11-0) Raced keenly, led, pushed along inside final 2f, headed towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Sol Cayo (11-2) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Jan.

Nibiru (IRE) 10-1 (10-3) Tracked leaders on inside, switched right and good headway near side rail over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Southwell 2m hcp (4) pol in Dec beating Wickywickywheels (10-0) by 1/2l, 7 ran.

Optician 7-2 (9-8) Held up in rear, pushed along to close 3f out, kept on from over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 3rd of 7, 8 1/2l behind Roaring Legend (10-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (4) pol in Jan.

Sir Geoff Hurst (FR) 16-1 (9-10) Slowly away, chased leader on outside, pushed along and made no impression 2f out when hung left, 9th of 11, 10 1/4l behind The Glen Rovers (9-13) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Dec.

Educator 18-1 (11-7) Tracked leader, jumped slowly 3rd, pushed along and lost 2nd 3 out, chased leading pair until ridden after 2 out, weakened and lost remote 4th run-in, 5th of 8, 26 1/2l behind Escapologist (11-7) at Fakenham 2m 4f mdn (4) gd in Jan.

Swinging London (IRE) 9-4jfav (9-9) Mid-division, headway 3f out, switched right over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, won at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Jan beating Carlton (9-6) by 1/2l, 7 ran.

Percy Willis 10-1 (9-13) In rear, ridden off pace 2f out, stayed on well final furlong, 3rd of 6, 5l behind Federated (9-8) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Jan.