Racecards
15:10 Southwell
Shane W Darby Memorial Claiming Stakes (Class 5)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Fibresand
- £4,000 added
- Form 914522
- Age 5
- Weight 9-13
- Official Rating 76
- Trainer C A Dwyer
- Jockey M J J Murphy
soon led, headed over 3f out, ridden and kept on same pace final 2f, no impression
- Form 05/170-3
- Age 5
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer G A Swinbank
- Jockey P McDonald
mid-division, outpaced over 4f out, soon ridden, weakened 2f out
- Form 200/0-28
- Age 9
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer M & D Easterby
- Jockey F Tylicki
held up behind, headway 4f out, ridden to lead 2f out, stayed on well to go clear final furlong
- Form 4-26148
- Age 10
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 77
- Trainer P G Murphy
- Jockey R Havlin
tracked leaders, driven and lost place 5f out, weakened over 3f out
- Form 429417
- Age 11
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 68
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey Richard Evans
chased leaders, driven and outpaced over 4f out, weakened 2f out
Top Tinker
13- Form 000-00
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer M H Tompkins
- Jockey Saleem Golam
always behind, never dangerous
- Form 00
- Age 3
- Weight 8-3
- Trainer H J L Dunlop
- Jockey C Catlin
chased leaders, outpaced over 4f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out
- Form 680890-
- Age 5
- Weight 10-0
- Official Rating 70
- Trainer Miss Gay Kelleway
- Jockey J M O'Dwyer
Nonrunner
Verdict
AUREATE makes the most appeal here, being preferred to Wind Flow and Ozone Trustee. A decent winner here in a lower ranked claimer last time out, with Realism second and Nawamees back in fourth, Brian Ellison's gelding has by far and away the highest official mark. Nawamees also held Claiming when they met last month in a York claimer, although neither threatened to land the spoils. Ozone Trustee is Alan Swinbank's only runner on the card; he returned unsuccessfully from hurdling for his seasonal debut last month at Hamilton. His one career win came with some cut in the ground so he should appreciate the surface, and come on again for that outing. Wind Flow has an impressive strike rate of 8/30 on the all-weather, but they've all been on the Polytrack. Having a seven pound claimer on board will help him on his Southwell debut; he's Chris Dwyer's only runner on the card, and market support would be encouraging. However, our preferred choice is Aureate.
Formwatch
Wind Flow 8-1 (8-8) Led, soon clear, steadied pace 9f out, headed over 7f out, chased leader until led again well over 1f out, soon hung left and headed, one pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 7, 2l behind Mezzanisi (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in May.
Aureate 2-1fav (11-7) Led after 4f, driven and held on gamely inside final furlong, won at Southwell 1m 4f Am clm stks (6) fbs in May beating Realism (11-3) by hd, 12 ran.
Ozone Trustee (NZ) 9-2 (8-11) Led to 4f out, no extra entering final furlong, last of 3, 4l behind Birkside (8-13) at Hamilton 1m 3f clm (5) gf in May.
Realism (FR) 8-1 (8-11) In rear, outpaced over 4f out, never dangerous, 8th of 12, 14l behind Nosferatu (9-1) at York 1m 4f clm stks (4) gf in May.
Salute (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, not troubled leaders, weakened quickly over 1f out, 8th of 10, 12l behind Judgethemoment (9-5) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Apr.
Edas 12-1 (8-7) Behind, switched right and ridden 3f out, headway 2f out, stayed on final furlong, not reach leaders, 4th of 12, 5l behind Nosferatu (9-1) at York 1m 4f clm stks (4) gf in May.
Nawamees (IRE) 7-1 (8-9) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, never able to challenge, 7th of 12, 12l behind Nosferatu (9-1) at York 1m 4f clm stks (4) gf in May.
Top Tinker 20-1 (8-12) Always rear division, 10th of 14, 14l behind Bollin Judith (8-12) at Redcar 1m 6f (6) gf in May.
My Bodyguard (FR) 80-1 (8-10) Held up, ridden after 4f, tailed off final 5f, last of 12, well behind Autumn Harvest (9-13) at Thirsk 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gd in May.
Tilapia (IRE) 50-1 (9-4) Started very slowly, always in rear, never a factor, 15th of 16, 19l behind Mistress Eva (8-7) at Newbury 1m 3f app hcp (5) gs in Oct.