Skip to content

Racecards

19:35 Southwell

Sky Sports Racing Virgin 535 Handicap (Class 6)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f 23y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Fibresand
  • £6,069 added
  • Winner: £3,105
  • 2nd: £924
  • 3rd: £462
  • 4th: £300
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 24.15s
  • Off Time: 19:35:33
  • 8 Ran
1(7)
Silk - Red, Black seams, hooped sleeves, quartered cap
  • Form 587-134
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 60

tracked leader, led over 4f out, clear 3f out, soon driven and stayed on strongly

2(4)
Silk - Red, purple braces

Spargrove

165
5/2
  • Form 000-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 58

held up, headway on outside chasing leaders went 2nd and kept on inside final furlong, no chance with winner

3(5)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE and WHITE (quartered), BLACK and WHITE striped sleeves and cap
14/1
  • Form 404-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 55

held up in rear, headway on outside chasing leaders 8f out, weakened over 4f out, tailed off

4(6)
Silk - Grey, Dark Blue stars, Pink sleeves
22/1
  • Form 8650
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 53

soon towards rear, pushed along 8f out, ridden and weakened 5f out, tailed off

5(8)
Silk - Royal Blue, Maroon sash and star on cap
  • Form 447222
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 52

slowly into stride and went right start, raced keenly and soon chased leaders on outside, went 2nd over 3f out, no chance with winner, lost 2nd inside final furlong, one pace in 3rd

6(3)
Silk - Purple, beige cross belts, chevrons on sleeves, purple cap, beige star
  • Form 640
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-11
  • Official Rating 50

chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 4f out, tailed off

7(1)
Silk - Royal blue, white chevron, emerald green sleeves, white cap
  • Form 870-06
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-7
  • Official Rating 45

chased leaders on inside, ridden over 3f out, 4th and one pace final 2f

8(2)
Silk - WHITE, royal blue stars, white cap, royal blue star
  • Form 677-6
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-7
  • Official Rating 45

led until over 4f out, lost 2nd over 3f out, chased leading pair, weakened 3f out, eased final 2f

In depth

Verdict

Glutnforpunishment only had one rival to beat at Lingfield in March and was well beaten on his next start on this track. BONNEVILLE, beaten nine lengths when runner-up here last month, only just failed to make all at Salisbury last week when caught in the final stride after going clear. He'll take some catching off the same mark as Spargrove showed little in his first season though is likely to be suited by the step up in trip. Jean Merci takes a massive step-up after only racing over 6f in his opening campaign.

Formwatch

Glutnforpunishment 11-2 (9-7) Held up headway on outside chasing leaders 4f out, went close 3rd 2f out, 4th and one pace inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 2 3/4l behind Gold Arch (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Apr.

Spargrove 100-1 (9-2) Always behind, 10th of 12, 12l behind Dal Horrisgle (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Nov.

Jean Merci (FR) 40-1 (9-2) Keen, tracked leader, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 6, 13 1/2l behind You Never Can Tell (9-8) at Newcastle 6f stks (6) pol in Nov.

Enyama (GER) 50-1 (9-4) Led, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 11, 9 1/4l behind Another Reason (9-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Apr.

Bonneville (IRE) 5-1 (8-8) Led, went clear headed and no extra near finish, 2nd of 13, hd behind Green Etoile (9-6) at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp (6) gf in May.

Golden Grenade (FR) 100-1 (9-2) Held up, never dangerous, last of 12, 18 1/2l behind Ragnar (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Mar.

Juals Spirit (IRE) 50-1 (8-12) Slowly away in rear, ridden halfway, never nearer, 6th of 12, 11l behind Peruvian Summer (9-8) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Apr.

Northern Footsteps 40-1 (8-2) Prominent, driven and lost place over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 8, 16 3/4l behind Anna Bunina (9-3) at Redcar 1m hcp (6) gf in Apr.