Skip to content

Racecards

14:30 Southwell

Littlewoods 2m Football Pools Handicap (Class 6)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Fibresand
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 44.22s
  • 8 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Victory Quest (IRE)

9/1

    2
    Silk -

    High Frequency (IRE)

    6/1

      3
      Silk -

      He's A Star

      4/1

        1(3)
        Silk - Red, White stars, Royal Blue sleeves, White stars and stars on cap

        Cotton Eyed Joe (IRE)

        11 C
        5/2
        • Form 72-1131
        • Age 5
        • Weight 10-3
        • Official Rating 64

        held up, headway over 6f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

        2(1)
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, RED star, BLACK cap

        Victory Quest (IRE)

        11 v CDC
        9/1
        • Form 368-575
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-10
        • Official Rating 63

        tracked leader, led 3f out, driven out final furlong

        4(8)
        Silk - Yellow and Purple (quartered), diabolo on sleeves, Yellow cap, Purple diamond

        Blue Hills

        7 v BFC
        4/1
        • Form 91-2232
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 57

        led, headed 3f out, remained in touch, one pace until weakened inside final furlong

        5(2)
        Silk - White and Royal Blue diamonds, Pink sleeves, Royal Blue cap, Pink diamond

        He's A Star

        11 C
        4/1
        • Form 6236-12
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 63

        prominent, pushed along over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong

        6(6)
        Silk - Emerald Green and Yellow diamonds, Royal Blue sleeves, Yellow cap, Emerald Green diamond

        Spectested (IRE)

        34 p
        15/2
        • Form 83000-4
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-13
        • Official Rating 52

        slowly into stride and behind, never a factor

        7(9)
        Silk - PINK and PURPLE diamonds, PINK sleeves and cap

        Simlet

        227 t
        40/1
        • Form 40575/3-
        • Age 11
        • Weight 8-11
        • Official Rating 50

        prominent until outpaced over 7f out

        8(5)
        Silk - Black, Mauve epaulets and sleeves, striped cap

        High Frequency (IRE)

        12 C
        6/1
        • Form 61-6626
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-11
        • Official Rating 50

        towards rear, headway over 6f out, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong

        9(7)
        Silk - Emerald green and purple diamonds, emerald green sleeves, purple seams

        Ice And Fire

        16 b C
        22/1
        • Form 866-365
        • Age 7
        • Weight 8-6
        • Official Rating 45

        towards rear, driven over 5f out, never on terms

        3(4)
        NR

        Chater Knight (IRE)

        7 C
        • Form 7/1-43
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-6
        • Official Rating 59

        Nonrunner

        In depth

        Verdict

        Cotton Eyed Joe has been in cracking form of late and is taken to score here at the main expense of Blue Hills and Chater Knight. The selection does have a penalty for his most recent success when he beat He's A Star but he won in good style last time and with this step-up in trip likely to play to his strengths he is taken to continue his winning streak. He's A Star should get closer to our selection on today's terms but he still looks worth taking on. Blue Hills has beaten the selection over today's trip so is not one to dismiss lightly, but Cotton Eye Joe was below-par that day and he has since bounced back to his best. Chater Knight was doing his best work at the finish behind Danelor when last seen out and he is lightly-raced so should be open to further improvement. However, we are happy to return to Cotton Eyed Joe as our idea of the winner.

        Formwatch

        Cotton Eyed Joe (IRE) 9-2 (9-5) In touch, led over 2f out, soon hung left, ridden clear, won at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Jan beating He's A Star (8-12) by 6l, 10 ran.

        Victory Quest (IRE) 50-1 (9-4) Led, headed over 3f out, weakened final 2f, 5th of 10, 9l behind Cotton Eyed Joe (9-5) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Jan.

        Blue Hills 9-4fav (11-2) Led, ridden 2f out, headed and kept on same pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Bid For Fame (10-12) at Southwell 2m amt hcp (5) fbs.

        He's A Star 8-1 (8-12) Held up in touch, outpaced over 4f out, ridden and headway from over 2f out, stayed on well final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 10, 6l behind Cotton Eyed Joe (9-5) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Jan.

        Spectested (IRE) 8-1 (10-8) Slowly into stride, stayed on well final furlong, 4th of 12, 3l behind Red Sun (10-13) at W'hampton 2m 1f amt hcp (6) pol in Jan.

        Simlet 10-1 (10-6) Dwelt and behind, outpaced halfway, ridden and headway over 3f out, nearest finish, 3rd of 11, 10l behind Gone Too Far (11-6) at Musselburgh 2m amt hcp (6) gf in Jun.

        High Frequency (IRE) 11-2 (8-11) Held up towards rear, ridden 4f out, headway over 2f out, switched left over 1f out, never near to challenge, 6th of 12, 7l behind Sand Repeal (9-2) at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jan.

        Chater Knight (IRE) 4-1 (8-3) In touch, ridden to chase leading pair 4f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 6, 2 1/2l behind Danelor (9-2) at Southwell 1m 4f clm (6) fbs.