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16:40 Southwell

National Country Music Day Selling Hurdle (Class G)

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 1f
  • Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 8.01s
  • 12 Ran
1
Silk - WHITE, BLACK diamond, DARK BLUE and WHITE hooped sleeves, BLACK cap
  • Form 5364-04
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-10

mid-division, headway 3rd, led approaching next, ridden and headed 3 out, rallied to lead last, ran on

2
Silk - Mauve, White epaulets
  • Form 3P06-55
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-5

held up, headway approaching 5th, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened

3
Silk - Dark Green, Light Green epaulets and armlets
  • Form 4-05442
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-4

behind, headway 5th, ridden approaching 2 out, weakened approaching last

4
Silk - Light Blue, Royal Blue chevrons, hooped sleeves, striped cap

Ghutah

25
15/2
  • Form 34F-44P
  • Age 9
  • Weight 11-4

mid-division, headway 4th, ridden approaching 2 out, weakened approaching last

5
Silk - Emerald Green and Yellow diabolo, diamonds on sleeves, Yellow cap, Emerald Green diamond
13/2
  • Form 50-6153
  • Age 11
  • Weight 11-4

prominent, led 3rd to 4th, ridden 5th, weakened next

6
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, RED chevron, RED sleeves, ROYAL BLUE armlets, RED cap
7/1
  • Form 234-342
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

tracked leaders, led 3 out, ridden and headed last, no extra

7
Silk - Graham Tartan, White cap

Amjad

55
12/1
  • Form 61660-P
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-12

in touch, lost place approaching 5th, soon behind

9
Silk - Red, White chevron, Dark Blue sleeves and cap
25/1
  • Form 00UPP/0-
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-12

led 2nd to 3rd, behind from next, tailed off 3 out

10
Silk - Pink, white disc, quartered cap
  • Form F0P00-0
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-12

always behind

11
Silk - Pink and White check, Pink sleeves
11/1
  • Form 44P-640
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-12

led to 2nd, stayed prominent, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened last

12
Silk - Light Blue, Orange striped sleeves, Light Blue cap, Orange spots
40/1
  • Form 53456-0
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-7

always behind

13
Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow hoop, armlets and star on cap
100/1
  • Form PP-P
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-7

chased leaders to 4th, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out

8
NR
  • Form P/04D60
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-12

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

A very poor seller where caution is advised, and Dabarpour should be just about good enough from top weight Better Moment. The selection looks pretty well in at the weights, though these animals are not renowned for their consistency. The John O'Shea-trained gelding has not won since landing a Warwick handicap hurdle over a year ago, and having been as high as 109 on official ratings at one stage, he is now fully 12lbs below that and well capable of landing this sort of race. Effective over both the trip and on the ground, he is taken to score. Martin Pipe has the top two in the weights here and the highest of those, Better Moment is likely to be the selection's main challenger. The six-year-old has taken his time to drop down the ratings, having not won for 12 months himself, but back on a favourable mark and with trip and going in his favour too, he can put up a decent showing and chase home the selection. Pipe's other runner, Douceur Des Songes needs to improve a little even to win this poor race, but is not without hope of a place, while Ghutah returns to selling company after a decent break from the hurdles and although he would have to run a lifetime best to win, he too is no forlorn hope as far as the frame is concerned. However, we will stick with Dabarpour.