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14:45 Southwell

Littlewoods Bet Direct Rated Stakes (Class C Showcase Handicap) (Class C)

  • 16 Runners
  • Distance: 5f
  • Going: Standard
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 0m 59.30s
  • 16 Ran
1(3)
Silk - EMERALD GREEN and RED stripes, RED sleeves, EMERALD GREEN armlets

Air Mail

140
33/1
  • Form 100040
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-7

in touch, ridden halfway, no impression

2(2)
Silk - YELLOW, DARK GREEN hoops, YELLOW sleeves, DARK GREEN armlets, YELLOW cap

Best Lead

410
33/1
  • Form 214160-
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-1

chased leaders, ridden after 1f, soon behind

3(7)
Silk - Emerald Green and Pink diamonds, Pink sleeves, Pink cap, Emerald Green diamond

Game Guru

32 b
20/1
  • Form 010600
  • Age 3
  • Weight 9-0

always behind

4(4)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, PINK chevrons, ROYAL BLUE cap
20/1
  • Form 050400
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-13

mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on to lead post

5(16)
Silk - White, Emerald Green sash, hooped sleeves, White cap, Emerald Green star
  • Form 305-000
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-12

slowly into stride, always behind

6(6)
Silk - Dark Green and Light Green (halved), Beige sleeves, Brown cap
  • Form 631011
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-12

chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and no extra post

7(14)
Silk - Purple, Light Blue chevron, Light Blue cap

Greenwood

23 b
10/1
  • Form 054053
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-10

in touch, ridden halfway, stayed on same pace

8(1)
Silk - MAROON, WHITE star, WHITE sleeves, MAROON armlets and star on WHITE cap
25/1
  • Form 5000-00
  • Age 9
  • Weight 8-10

soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened quickly

9(5)
Silk - Black, Red stars, armlets and cap
  • Form 001002
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-7

slowly into stride, behind, headway halfway, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong

10(12)
Silk - WHITE, EMERALD GREEN epaulets and stars on sleeves, YELLOW cap

Zarzu

30
20/1
  • Form 213430
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-7

keen chasing leaders, ridden over 1f out, ran on towards finish

11(8)
Silk - Brown, Yellow hoop, Yellow sleeves, Brown armlets
  • Form 010000
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-7

keen, with leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened

12(9)
Silk - Maroon, White seams, striped sleeves, quartered cap
5/1
  • Form 050135
  • Age 3
  • Weight 8-5

chased leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace

13(15)
Silk - Royal Blue and Light Blue (quartered), striped sleeves
  • Form 000600
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-5

always behind

14(11)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE hoop, WHITE sleeves, ROYAL BLUE armlets, WHITE cap
  • Form 013220
  • Age 8
  • Weight 8-5

in touch, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out

15(10)
Silk - EMERALD GREEN, WHITE chevron, PURPLE sleeves and cap
11/2
  • Form 002131
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-5

led early, with leaders, ridden and every chance 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong

16(13)
Silk - Orange and Black (quartered), Orange sleeves Black armlets
50/1
  • Form 42410-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-4

slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous

In depth

Verdict

A typical Showcase sprint with plenty of possibles including Sundried Tomato who has proved a fine stable servant with four wins this year. However, Peter Hiatt's charge had nothing to spare when scoring at Wolverhampton on Monday and looks opposable under a 3lb penalty so the TEAMtalk vote goes to Maktavish who comes here in good form and is now 13lb better for a four-length beating behind Sundried Tomato at Doncaster earlier in the month so is taken to reverse the placings. Paddywack has been in excellent heart of late but returns to the all-weather on a high enough mark while Afaan has struggled during a light campaign and seems not the force of old. Greenwood and veteran Further Outlook are consistent types and both have place chances in an open heat.