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15:05 Southwell

Willie Or Won't He At 32RedSport.com Handicap (Class 5)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 2m
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Fibresand
  • £5,000 added
  • Winner: £3,234
  • 2nd: £962
  • 3rd: £481
  • 4th: £240
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 44.08s
  • Off Time: 15:07:42
  • 7 Ran
1(1)
Silk - Black, Yellow stars on sleeves, Black cap, Yellow star
14/1
  • Form 7581-86
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-12
  • Official Rating 75

held up, ridden 5f out, plugged on to go remote 3rd over 1f out

2(7)
Silk - Red, white epaulets, checked sleeves and cap
  • Form 42546-5
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 72

raced wide close up, tracked leaders halfway, ridden to chase winner over 3f out, kept on but no chance with winner

3(4)
Silk - White, Dark Blue stars and sleeves, White cap
17/2
  • Form 324-363
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 66

tracked leader, led 9f out, headed 4f out, weakened 3f out

4(2)
Silk - BLACK, Orange Star

Samtu (IRE)

14 BF
5/2
  • Form 22665-2
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 70

tracked leaders, ridden 6f out, soon weakened, eased 3f out

5(5)
Silk - Dark green, yellow cross belts, halved sleeves, dark green and black hooped cap

Katie Gale

7 BFDCD
7/2
  • Form 6221/1-5
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 61

raced wide tracked leader, led 4f out, shaken up inside final furlong, comfortable

6(6)
Silk - White, Dark Blue stars and sleeves, Red cap

Rock of Ages

28 b CCD
7/2
  • Form 6802-31
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 61

slowly away soon ridden along and headway on outer to lead after 2f, headed 9f out, soon in rear, eased from 7f out, soon pulled up

7(3)
Silk - Yellow, Red cross belts, Red sleeves, Yellow stars, Yellow cap, Red stars
100/1
  • Form 0/765-60
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-7
  • Official Rating 46

led 2f, tracked leaders, dropped to rear over 8f out, plugged on to go remote 4th

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Kingscombe won here in November but has reverted to type since then and Mazovian remains badly out of form. Both Lexington Bay and Layline make more appeal returning to 2m but Samtu was a well beaten second over 1m6f here a fortnight ago. Rock Of Ages won over track and trip last month before a spin over hurdles but this is tougher and KATIE GALE is preferred. She will have come on for last week's reappearance over too short a trip and the previous course and distance winner should go close for Mike Appleby's in-form yard.

Formwatch

Kingscombe (USA) 12-1 (9-7) Midfield, pushed along over 5f out, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 7, 21l behind Karam Albaari (9-1) at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.

Lexington Bay (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) Ridden leaving stalls, prominent, outpaced final 2f, 5th of 9, 2 1/2l behind Bushel (9-3) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Jan.

Layline (IRE) 3-1 (9-4) Held up in rear, raced keenly, headway over 3f out, went 3rd 2f out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 8, 7l behind Noguchi (8-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f 4yo clm stks 0-70 (5) in Jan.

Samtu (IRE) 11-4fav (9-4) Keen early, pressed leader, led narrowly after 4f, ridden and headed 2f out, no chance with easy winner in clear 2nd from over 1f out, 2nd of 8, 3 1/2l behind Teajaybe (9-12) at Southwell 1m 6f hacp 0-70 (5) fbs in Jan.

Katie Gale 15-8fav (8-12) Set strong pace, headed over 5f out, soon ridden, weakened 3f out, 5th of 7, 36l behind Gabrial The Duke (9-1) at Southwell 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) fbs.

Rock of Ages 11-4fav (9-11) Slowly into stride, switched outside and hard driven soon after start, headway to lead after 4f, made rest, driven over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, stayed on well under pressure final 2f, won at Southwell 2m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Jan beating Salford Dream (9-3) by 2 1/2l, 13 ran.

Mazovian (USA) 25-1 (10-4) Close up, pushed along and lost place halfway, 10th of 12, 21l behind Amazing Blue Sky (10-8) at Southwell 1m 3f am hcp 0-52 (6) fbs.