14:00
Gents Night Saturday 24th October Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)
Class 4, 3m2f, Chase, 4yo+, Rated 0-120, £4,700, 3 runners
Winning time 6m 44.90s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Mumford's Magic gets the nod in this three-runner Southwell contest, and our ratings put him top at 120, four pounds clear of Axel Bleue on 116 and eight ahead of Limerick Leader on 112. That is a modest but real edge over a stiff 26f trip on good ground, and he looks the one to beat on balance. Axel Bleue is the chief danger given how little separates them, while Limerick Leader needs to find improvement to bridge the gap, and confidence is only low given the tight margins. Mumford's Magic is the selection.
Result
Tristan Durrell
Dan Skelton
Went to the front early - passed after 4th - scrappy jumping 8th - back in front 10th until after 11th - untidy again yet back in front 13th - error 17th - pushed along before 3 out - pulled away from 2 out to win
James Bowen
Mickey Bowen
Prominent early - veered left at the 3rd - took second spot at the 14th but untidy at the 15th and 17th - unable to make inroads on the winner from 2 out and finished second
Sean Bowen
Nick Scholfield
Sluggish from the start and urged repeatedly - front early and again from the 4th - passed 10th - back in front after 11th - overtaken 13th and bottom of the field soon after - tailed off by 16th - pulled up turning for home with 3 fences left
Racecard
Sean Bowen
Nick Scholfield 0/13
Limerick Leader arrives in cracking form, a winner last time out, a second two starts back, and a winner three and four starts back, with three wins in his last six, fresh from a run 15 days ago and with experience of today's trip and going. The main risk is the 160 lb he carries, with our rating placing him third of three.
- Sire
- Joshua Tree (IRE)
- Dam
- Out Law D'Oc (FR) by Rahotep I
- Owner
- Team Tristar Uk Ltd
- Foaled
- 27 Apr 2017
- Stable
- Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 13 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 43%
- Ratings
- Perf 112
James Bowen
Mickey Bowen 3/21
Axel Bleue brings solid recent form, with two wins in his last six starts and a fourth last time out, and he has run on today's going before. The main risk is the 159 lb he carries, a stiff burden that could blunt him.
- Sire
- Axxos (GER)
- Dam
- Sula Bleue (GB) by Sulamani
- Owner
- Miss Jayne Brace
- Foaled
- 29 Feb 2020
- Stable
- Haverfordwest, Pembrokes
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 21 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 49%
- Ratings
- Perf 116
Tristan Durrell
Dan Skelton 12/62
Mumford's Magic has a win and a second in his last four, and he has run over today's trip and on this going before. Our 120 puts him top of the three, 10 lb clear of his official 110, though he's weighed at 156 lb and was only sixth last time.
- Sire
- Dylan Thomas (IRE)
- Dam
- Evesham Star (IRE) by Flemensfirth
- Owner
- Foxtrot Racing Mumfords Magic
- Foaled
- 1 Jun 2018
- Stable
- Alcester, Warwicks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 12 wins from 62 runs (19%)
- Trainer running to form
- 50%
- Ratings
- Perf 120
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.