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14:10 Southwell

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  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 6f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Fibresand
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 15.92s
  • 13 Ran
1(5)
Silk - White, Grey diamond, Red sleeves and cap

Ben Casey

17 p
9/2
  • Form 70332-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 54

chased leaders, outpaced halfway, soon beaten

2(10)
Silk - Dark Blue, Yellow triple diamond, Yellow sleeves, Dark Blue stars
4/1
  • Form 6/70438-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 53

hampered start, soon outpaced, ridden and headway well over 2 out, led just inside final furlong, ran on well

3(8)
Silk - LIGHT GREEN and PURPLE (quartered), LIGHT GREEN sleeves, WHITE cap
9/2
  • Form 00022-5
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 40

led, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra

5(11)
Silk - EMERALD GREEN and YELLOW (halved), YELLOW sleeves, EMERALD GREEN cap
  • Form 08069-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 35

behind and outpaced, never dangerous

6(6)
Silk - RED, WHITE sash, ROYAL BLUE sleeves, WHITE armlets, RED and WHITE striped cap
25/1
  • Form 558/0-9
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 58

chased leaders over 3f

7(2)
Silk - BROWN, ORANGE hoop and sleeves
5/1
  • Form 50342-5
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 45

chased leaders over 4f

8(9)
Silk - Red, White cross belts, Light Blue sleeves and cap
6/1
  • Form 62506-7
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 45

chased leaders, ridden and effort over 2f out, soon one pace

9(12)
Silk - RED, BLACK epaulets and stars on sleeves, BLACK cap
  • Form 849605-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 28

soon outpaced and raced wide, never nearer

10(3)
Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue chevron, quartered cap
200/1
  • Form 40/0000-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-8
  • Official Rating 30

always outpaced and behind

11(7)
Silk - Royal Blue and White stripes, Red and Royal Blue striped sleeves, Red and White hooped cap
33/1
  • Form 0/0048-0
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-7
  • Official Rating 35

held up in touch, not much room 5f out, soon beaten

12(13)
Silk - White, Royal Blue hoop, Red sleeves, White armlets, Red cap

Velvet Touch

38 t BF
8/1
  • Form 043764-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-7
  • Official Rating 43

tracked leader, ridden and effort well over 1f out, kept on same pace

13(4)
Silk - YELLOW, ROYAL BLUE disc and sleeves, hooped cap
20/1
  • Form 76/8670-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-5
  • Official Rating 45

mid-division, ridden halfway, stayed on same pace final 2f

14(1)
Silk - Brown, Orange hoop and sleeves, Yellow cap
  • Form 5809/06-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-3
  • Official Rating 44

soon outpaced, always behind

4(14)
NR
  • Form 6/0099-5
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 46

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Ben Casey gets the call here ahead of Favouring and Fir Tree. Ben Casey's second in a similar event over course and distance two runs ago puts him firmly in the frame, while Favouring would have to be considered based on his first two runs from June, which came at Wolverhampton. The potential downsides are that he has yet to run here and he has not raced for 206 days, but he will race in a visor, which is kind of curious. Fir Tree's best form to date has come here and he's well worth a try at six furlongs, while Kashtanka seemed to benefit from first-time blinkers last time and today's extra furlong could well suit. Flying Dancer's summer Turf form would give him a big shout, and two runs recently here have not been devoid of hope, while Velvet Touch ran ok last time here and seems worth another try over today's trip. The others' chances are hard to enthuse over, which returns us to the selection, Ben Casey, who must surely have a very good chance.

Formwatch

Ben Casey 15-2 (8-7) Always behind, last of 10, 14l behind Soba Jones (8-6) at Southwell 6f clm (6) fbs.

Favouring (IRE) 20-1 (9-1) Always towards rear, 8th of 13, 8l behind Count Cougar (10-0) at W'hampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Jun.

Fir Tree 3-1 (9-0) Keen, close up, chased winner over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 12, 7l behind Sound And Vision (9-0) at Southwell 1m mdn claim (7) fbs.

Faithisflying 20-1 (9-0) With winner 4f, ridden and weakened final furlong, 5th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Straffan (9-0) at Southwell 6f banded stk (7) fbs.

Flying Dancer 40-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, headway halfway, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Straffan (9-0) at Southwell 6f banded stk (7) fbs.

Velvet Touch 3-1fav (8-9) Chased leaders, ridden and one pace final 2f, 4th of 10, 5l behind King Marrakech (8-10) at Southwell 5f mdn claim (7) fbs in Dec.

Missin Margot 100-1 (8-3) Towards rear, never a factor, last of 13, 42l behind Dispol Foxtrot (8-10) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Dec.

Kashtanka (IRE) 25-1 (8-10) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, soon beaten, 5th of 12, 4l behind Amanda's Lad (8-13) at Southwell 5f banded stk (7) fbs.