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13:30 Southwell

Littlewoods Bet Direct Handicap (Class C)

  • 16 Runners
  • Distance: 7f
  • Going: Standard
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 30.60s
  • 16 Ran
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1
Silk -

Flying Treaty (USA)

9/1

    2
    Silk -

    Loyal Tycoon (IRE)

    6/1

      3
      Silk -

      Hand Chime

      13/2

        4
        Silk -

        Middleton Grey

        9/2

          1(9)
          Silk - EMERALD GREEN and RED stripes, RED sleeves, EMERALD GREEN armlets

          Air Mail

          6 C
          20/1
          • Form 0665-28
          • Age 6
          • Weight 10-0

          dwelt, towards rear, ridden and kept on approaching final furlong, never nearer

          2(5)
          Silk - White, Black braces, Red cap

          Hand Chime

          33 D
          13/2
          • Form 011042-
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-12

          held up, ridden and headway 2f out, kept on inside final furlong

          3(3)
          Silk - Pink, Black diamonds on sleeves, Pink cap, Black diamond

          Middleton Grey

          6 C
          9/2
          • Form 0723-12
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-10

          slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, ridden over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong

          4(2)
          Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE spots, hooped sleeves and spots on cap

          Flying Treaty (USA)

          6 C
          9/1
          • Form 211-121
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-9

          tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden out

          5(16)
          Silk - LIGHT GREEN and BLACK stripes, hooped sleeves

          Loyal Tycoon (IRE)

          2 C
          6/1
          • Form 206-113
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-8

          held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on

          6(10)
          Silk - WHITE, EMERALD GREEN epaulets and stars on sleeves, YELLOW cap

          Celtic Thatcher

          26 v
          25/1
          • Form 260068-
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-6

          close up 5f

          7(1)
          Silk - White, Orange sash, hooped sleeves, Orange cap

          Pedro Jack (IRE)

          12
          40/1
          • Form 32440-8
          • Age 6
          • Weight 9-5

          close up, ridden over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong

          8(14)
          Silk - Mauve, Red stars, sleeves and star on cap

          Amaranth (IRE)

          19 C
          33/1
          • Form 082090-
          • Age 7
          • Weight 9-2

          chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened

          9(13)
          Silk - Pink, Royal Blue sash, quartered cap

          Young Alex (IRE)

          17 D
          20/1
          • Form 122866-
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-2

          never on terms

          10(4)
          Silk - Emerald Green, Yellow epaulets, halved sleeves, Yellow cap

          Golden Brief (IRE)

          9 v D
          16/1
          • Form 16101-1
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-2

          close up, ridden over 2f out, weakened over approaching final furlong

          11(12)
          Silk - LIGHT BLUE, BEIGE star

          Headland (USA)

          19 D
          33/1
          • Form 000707-
          • Age 5
          • Weight 9-0

          always in rear

          12(11)
          Silk - Light Blue, White diamonds on sleeves, Light Blue cap, White diamond

          Mutared (IRE)

          6 C
          11/1
          • Form 04791-3
          • Age 5
          • Weight 8-13

          behind, ridden halfway, headway over 1f out, nearest finish

          13(8)
          Silk - Red and Yellow check, Red sleeves, Yellow cap

          Arpeggio

          7 C
          10/1
          • Form 0270-12
          • Age 8
          • Weight 8-13

          held up, ridden and some headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

          14(7)
          Silk - Emerald Green and Pink diamonds, Pink sleeves, Pink cap, Emerald Green diamond

          Game Guru

          16 b C
          13/2
          • Form 000898-
          • Age 4
          • Weight 8-12

          led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened

          15(15)
          Silk - Light Blue, Green sleeves, White cap

          Up Tempo (IRE)

          16
          12/1
          • Form 872393-
          • Age 5
          • Weight 8-12

          always outpaced, never dangerous

          16(6)
          Silk - White, Black epaulets, Black and White halved sleeves, Black cap

          Pharoah's Gold (IRE)

          5 e C
          20/1
          • Form 0352-31
          • Age 5
          • Weight 8-1

          slowly into stride, always towards rear

          In depth

          Verdict

          Loyal Tycoon looked unlucky not to win a similar event over six furlongs here on Tuesday and will be a popular choice to gain compensation. However, the step up in trip to seven furlongs is not certain to suit and he is worth opposing. Conversely the consistent Flying Treaty may not appreciate the drop in distance having shown all of his best form over a mile and, under a penalty, is another worth steering clear of. Topweight Air Mail has been beaten by Ann Stokell's six-year-old in each of his last two starts and is difficult to fancy even on the revised terms. Golden Brief continues in a rich vein of form but has done all of his winning at Lingfield so he is another with seemingly obvious claims that may be best to discount. Nick Littmoden saddles two, Celtic Thatcher the mount of Ian Mongan and Mutared, with preference on jockey bookings being the former. A market move for the William Haggas-trained Hand Chime would be of interest, while Pedro Jack could go well with Brian Meehan's horses running into form right now. The selection though is David Arbuthnot's Middleton Grey. Simon Whitworth's mount proved his effectiveness over this trip when a wide-margin winner of a handicap at Wolverhampton earlier in the month and although beaten by Loyal Tycoon here last time that was over a mile so, back at this trip and off just an 8lb higher mark than at Dunstall Park, he could be the answer to a tricky handicap