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15:25 Southwell

BetUK's Acca Club 5 Free Bet Apprentice Handicap (Class 3)

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 14y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £24,000 added
  • Winner: £12,960
  • 2nd: £6,084
  • 3rd: £3,043
  • 4th: £1,522
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 35.72s
  • Off Time: 15:27:14
  • 9 Ran
1(5)
Silk - YELLOW, BLACK chevron, check cap
33/1
  • Form 431/S42-
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-2
  • Official Rating 92

went right and awkward start, held up in rear, brief effort over 2f out, no impression, hung right over 1f out

2(1)
Silk - White, Royal Blue hoop, diabolo on sleeves, Royal Blue cap
16/1
  • Form 04773-8
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-12
  • Official Rating 88

always towards rear, well beaten final 2f

3(2)
Silk - Royal Blue, Red sash, White sleeves
  • Form 343124-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-11
  • Official Rating 89

raced keenly, led, headed over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, kept on

4(8)
Silk - Black, mauve hoops, white sleeves, mauve cap
50/1
  • Form 145111/
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 85

in rear, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced, no impression on leaders

5(3)
Silk - Royal Blue and Pink diamonds, Royal Blue sleeves, Pink armlets, Pink cap

Evania

82 D
9/2
  • Form 1/18-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 85

chased leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, led over 1f out, stayed on well, readily

6(4)
Silk - Beige, Red seams, armlets and cap
  • Form 473414-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 85

chased leader until over 3f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

7(6)
Silk - Dark Blue, White epaulets
13/8
  • Form 4/2-1
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 86

chased leaders, effort and hung left 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong

8(9)
Silk - Lime Green, Royal Blue epaulets and cap
  • Form 3111-22
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 84

mid-division, closed 4f out, hung left from over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, unable to challenge winner

9(7)
Silk - Royal Blue and Grey diamonds, Royal Blue sleeves, Royal Blue cap, Grey diamond
25/1
  • Form 314461-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 76

held up in mid-division, outpaced and no impression final 2f

In depth

Verdict

A couple of these have more scope than the rest including AZTEC EMPIRE, who won a novice event at Kempton as he liked and makes his handicap debut along with Evania. The latter struggled in Listed company last time but will be more at home in this. Capital Theory drops down in class with a chance but First Officer is 10lb higher than when last winning and Myboymax won a lower grade contest over a longer trip last time. Gumball, First Impression and Colony Queen have been jumping with the latter preferred back in this code.

Formwatch

Gumball (FR) 7-4fav (11-10) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway from 7th, every chance 4 out, jumped right and beaten 2 out, weakened flat, 5th of 9, 19 1/2l behind Desque De L'Isle (10-4) at Ludlow 2m hcp (2) gs in Dec.

Protected Guest 16-1 (9-6) Held up in rear, not clear run final bend, ridden over 1f out, no impression, 8th of 9, 5 1/4l behind Base Note (9-11) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Jan.

First Officer (IRE) 7-1 (8-8) Tracked leader, ridden to lead 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 4th of 21, 3l behind Metier (8-13) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (2) hvy in Nov.

Colony Queen 66-1 (11-4) Towards rear, pushed along after 3 out, soon tailed off, 6th of 8, dist behind Credrojava (11-4) at Taunton 2m lst (1) gs in Dec.

Evania 40-1 (8-13) In touch, pushed along 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 8th of 11, 12 1/4l behind Missed The Cut (9-1) at Lingfield 1m 2f lst stks (1) pol in Nov.

First Impression (IRE) 4-1 (11-4) Swerved left start, prominent, ridden to press leader 3 out, stayed on 2 out, weakened approaching last, 9th of 10, 19 1/2l behind Nayati (11-13) at Musselburgh 2m hcp (2) sft in Jan.

Aztec Empire (IRE) 1-2fav (9-4) Tracked leader after 1f, led going well over 2f out, clear when shaken up over 1f out, easily, won at Kempton 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Jan beating Deadlock (9-4) by 7l, 8 ran.

Capital Theory 3-1 (8-7) Tracked winner who went 10 lengths clear 8f out, still 10 lengths adrift over 1f out, closed inside final furlong, never any chance to challenge, 2nd of 8, 2 1/4l behind Pride Of America (9-9) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (2) pol in Jan.

Myboymax (FR) 66-1 (9-2) Held up in rear, switched right over 2f out, headway final bend, led inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (4) pol in Dec beating Thunder Ahead (9-4) by 1l, 7 ran.