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19:40 Southwell

Bet Direct On 0800 32 93 93 Banded Stakes (Class H) (Class H)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f
  • Going: Standard
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 28.14s
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Rhetoric (IRE)

4/1

    2
    Silk -

    Moyne Pleasure (IRE)

    3/1

      1(2)
      Silk - Black, red disc, armlets and cap

      Buying A Dream (IRE)

      6
      7/2
      • Form 500/501
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-4

      in touch, ridden to chase winner over 2f out, one pace final furlong

      2(6)
      Silk - Black, Orange seams, armlets and cap

      Elle Royal (IRE)

      21 b
      16/1
      • Form 000/0-00
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-12

      chased winner, ridden over 3f out, weakened and hung left over 2f out

      3(3)
      Silk - Yellow, Red chevrons, Yellow sleeves, Blue cap

      Moyne Pleasure (IRE)

      29
      3/1
      • Form 000600
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-12

      started slowly, held up, ridden over 3f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd at post

      4(4)
      Silk - Mauve and Grey diabolo, Grey cap, Mauve diamond

      Paradise Garden (USA)

      7
      5/1
      • Form 00050-0
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-12

      keen, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong

      5(1)
      Silk - White, Royal Blue chevrons, White sleeves, Royal Blue spots, White cap, Royal Blue diamond

      Rhetoric (IRE)

      8
      4/1
      • Form 0/005-04
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-12

      made all, ridden 3f out, ran on

      6(5)
      Silk - Light Green, Dark Green Cross of Lorraine and armlets, quartered cap

      Zelea (IRE)

      11
      9/2
      • Form 03500/5
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-12

      tracked leaders, ridden 4f out, soon outpaced, kept on final furlong

      In depth

      Verdict

      Buying A Dream has little to beat and should be the answer to a weak contest, with Paradise Garden and Rhetoric taken to chase him home. Buying A Dream has had a nightmare since opening his account at Thirsk in 1999, but all credit to connections for sticking with him, and they were finally rewarded for their patience when he came good at Lingfield six days ago. Now that Andy Turnell has found the key to him, the seven-year-old should pay to follow, and providing the return to the fibresand does not bother him, he is the one to beat, despite giving weight away all round. Paradise Garden was rated on a mark of 100 a few years ago, but has lost his form completely. This is not as hard as some of his latest assignments though, and so he must be considered. Rhetoric has failed to score both on the Flat and over hurdles, but will at least be staying on, and with Moyne Pleasure having gone off the boil as well, it really is hard to make a case for anything to beat Buying A Dream who looks an obvious choice.