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13:55 Southwell

Betway Casino Handicap (Class 3)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 14y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Fibresand
  • £15,000 added
  • Winner: £9,452
  • 2nd: £2,829
  • 3rd: £1,414
  • 4th: £708
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 38.70s
  • Off Time: 13:55:36
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Azari

5/4

    2
    Silk -

    Vivernus (USA)

    15/8

      1(3)
      Silk - Dark blue and yellow (quartered), striped sleeves

      Mixboy (FR)

      12 D
      5/1
      • Form 6/29801-
      • Age 9
      • Weight 9-12
      • Official Rating 91

      held up in rear but in touch, outpaced halfway, stayed on approaching final furlong, never a threat

      2(2)
      Silk - Royal Blue, Red star, White sleeves, Red stars, Royal Blue cap, Red star

      Great Hall

      17 D
      16/1
      • Form 946366-
      • Age 9
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 89

      held up in touch, outpaced over 5f out, weakened over 3f out

      3(1)
      Silk - Beige, maroon epaulets and star on cap

      Vivernus (USA)

      24 DCD
      15/8
      • Form 101631-
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 84

      led 2f, pressed leader, every chance throughout final 2f, no extra close home

      4(4)
      Silk - Emerald green, dark green sleeves, red armlets, dark green cap

      Azari

      3 b DCD
      5/4
      • Form 40091-1
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 73

      prominent, led after 2f, soon pressed, strongly challenged throughout final 2f, kept on well under pressure

      5(5)
      Silk - Royal blue, black star, emerald green sleeves, black stars, black cap

      Ezanak (IRE)

      16 b
      12/1
      • Form 550/845-
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-10
      • Official Rating 75

      slowly into stride, chased leaders, hard driven over 4f out, stayed on well closing stages, never able to challenge

      Previous results

      2018
      (1)
      Silk -

      Cosmelli (ITY)

      25/1
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-10

      In depth

      Verdict

      Vivernus appeared to catch the opposition napping when hitting the front at the top of the home straight over track and trip last month and returned a wide-margin winner. But he’s paid for that with a 12lb hike in the weights and AZARI looks a safer bet. The latter made all to score by seven lengths over course and distance on Thursday and a penalty may not be enough to anchor him in this. Mixboy won over hurdles before scoring on the Flat at Catterick in October and finished runner-up on an earlier debut on this surface. He’s preferred to Great Hall, who also returns to the Flat and is having his first start on Fibresand but Ezanak continues to struggle.

      Formwatch

      Mixboy (FR) 3-1 (11-10) Led, mostly jumped left, pressed after 3rd, headed 4 out, weakened approaching last, 3rd of 5, 14 3/4l behind Knockgraffon (11-9) at Musselburgh 2m 4f hcp (2) gd in Jan.

      Great Hall 13-2 (10-11) Chased leaders on inside, weakened on long run before 2 out, 9th of 12, 32 1/2l behind Eddiemaurice (10-6) at Kempton 2m hcp (3) gs in Dec.

      Vivernus (USA) 4-1 (9-6) Led 2f, tracked leader, led again 3f out, soon clear, stayed on strongly, eased towards finish, won at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Dec beating Country'n'western (9-5) by 13l, 6 ran.

      Azari 4-1 (9-8) Made all, quickened 3 lengths clear 3f out, ran on, unchallenged, won at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Jan beating Love Rat (8-9) by 7l, 7 ran.

      Ezanak (IRE) 16-1 (9-9) Soon led, quickened pace and soon 5 lengths clear over 4f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, soon weakened, 5th of 7, 6 3/4l behind Monjeni (9-9) at Lingfield 2m hcp (4) pol in Dec.