Racecards
12:00 Southwell
Bet Direct No Q On 08000 93 66 93 Nursery Handicap (Class E)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 1m
- Going: Slow

- Form 106416
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey S W Kelly
led 6f out, until over 2f out, soon weakened, finished lame

- Form 5154
- Age 2
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer M A Jarvis
- Jockey M Henry
in touch, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong, led post

Uncle John
25- Form 0010
- Age 2
- Weight 9-1
tracked leaders, outpaced halfway, kept on again final furlong

- Form 010
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer P Haslam
- Jockey Rory Moore
tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, caught post


- Form 000
- Age 2
- Weight 8-6
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened

- Form 050300
- Age 2
- Weight 7-13
- Trainer P Haslam
- Jockey D Fentiman
chased leaders, ridden and effort over 1f out, weakened and edge left inside final furlong

- Form 0060
- Age 2
- Weight 7-12
close up over 4f

In depth
Verdict
Little Eye can get the better of Celtic Heroine, The Job and Cartronageeraghlad in the opening event on the card. Little Eye can handle both the Fibresand and the Polytrack judged on his two latest efforts, the latest of which saw him finish second to Anuvasteel when stepped back up to a mile at Lingfield. John Best¿s juvenile is bred to stay further and will improve as a three-year-old. In the meantime he can open his account today in a race that will not take too much winning. Celtic Heroine has been confined to seven furlongs so far, and came good over that trip at Lingfield in October. She is a half-sister to Celtic Swing but is unlikely to emulate him. She should figure though as should The Job, who can improve for his victory in selling company, also at Lingfield, three weeks ago. Cartronageeraghlad was given the Fallon treatment when scoring at Doncaster the time before last. That win was over seven furlongs, while his other career victory gained here in June, came over a furlong shorter. There have to be doubts about him winning at this trip until he strengthens up next year, and with that in mind Little Eye may be the answer.