17:30
Saturday 24th October Gents Night Handicap Stakes (Div I)
Class 5, 7f (7f15y), Flat, 3yo+, Rated 0-70, £4,397, 9 runners
- Going
- TAPETA: STANDARD
- Surface
- AW
- Weather
- Mostly Cloudy
- Stalls
- 5f - Centre; Remainder - Inside
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Lerwick is the pick at Southwell, and the case rests on a progressive profile that makes him more appealing than his rating of 75 suggests, even though he sits 5 lb behind the top-rated Monsieur Bondy. That rival is the obvious danger on figures, with Kody B just 3 lb better than our selection and Midsummer Storm only 2 lb worse, so this looks a tight contest in which an improving horse can overturn the order. Lerwick is the one to side with in a competitive nine-runner Class 5 on the all-weather, though confidence is low.
Runners
Paddy Bradley
Mark Loughnane 0/13
Lerwick is our pick on profile: he won three starts back and has run over today's trip and on the going, returning fresh after 29 days, though two sevenths since leave a question. Drawn seven and carrying 138 lb, he sits on 70 with our figures at 75.
- Sire
- Awtaad (IRE)
- Dam
- Mystique (GB) by Oasis Dream
- Owner
- Jwi Building Solutions Ltd
- Foaled
- 12 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Rock Farm, Worcs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 13 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 26%
- Ratings
- Perf 75, Speed 67
Joe Leavy
Kevin & Lauren Frost 0/14
Midsummer Storm has run over today's trip and going, and the 73 rating ranks him fourth of nine, with a third four starts back showing he can get involved. The main concern is a 77-day absence after finishing seventh last time out, and he remains winless in his last five.
- Sire
- Night Of Thunder (IRE)
- Dam
- Last Waltz (IRE) by Danehill Dancer
- Owner
- Stephen J Hine
- Foaled
- 22 May 2023
- Stable
- Averham Park, Notts
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 14 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 73, Speed 63
Shane Gray
Craig Lidster 0/14
Kody B arrives a last-time-out winner after just 16 days, and he has run over today's trip and on this going before, while our rating of 77 ranks him second of nine. The risk is a patchy run of sixth, sixth and seventh finishes before that win, plus 136 lb from stall two.
- Sire
- Dark Angel (IRE)
- Dam
- Kodinar (GB) by Kodiac
- Owner
- David K Barker
- Foaled
- 12 Apr 2023
- Stable
- Norton, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 14 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 23%
- Ratings
- Perf 77, Speed 69
Cam Hardie
Geoff Oldroyd 1/4
Without a win in his last five starts, Monsieur Bondy has still run over today's trip and going, and he returns fresh after 22 days. Our 80 rating is top of this nine-runner field, so he rates a real threat, though an eighth three starts back is his best recent finish.
- Sire
- Mehmas (IRE)
- Dam
- Airwaves (GB) by Monsieur Bond
- Owner
- Bond Thoroughbred Limited
- Foaled
- 25 Mar 2022
- Stable
- Pocklington, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 4 runs (25%)
- Trainer running to form
- 51%
- Ratings
- Perf 80, Speed 76
Ryan Kavanagh (3)
Ian Williams 1/27
Beauzon is hard to fancy, unplaced in each of his last four runs and yet to win in recent form, with a sixth five starts back his best finish. His yard is cold at 1/33, though he has run over today's trip and going and is fresh enough after 14 days.
- Sire
- Brazen Beau (AUS)
- Dam
- Pepper Lane (GB) by Exceed And Excel
- Owner
- Beaunus Hunters
- Foaled
- 8 Feb 2019
- Stable
- Alvechurch, Worcs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 27 runs (4%)
- Trainer running to form
- 27%
- Ratings
- Perf 59, Speed 66
Molly Gunn (5)
Tony Carroll 2/36
Hard to fancy after a 204-day absence and a seventh last time out, with a yard cold at 2/38 in the last 14 days, though he has won three of his last six, including a win two starts back, and has run over today's trip and going. Our rating has him eighth of nine.
- Sire
- Exceed And Excel (AUS)
- Dam
- Goleta (IRE) by Royal Applause
- Owner
- Mrs P Clark Partner
- Foaled
- 21 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Cropthorne, Worcs
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 36 runs (6%)
- Trainer running to form
- 23%
- Ratings
- Perf 65, Speed 66
Luke Morris
John Butler 2/19
Split Elevens arrives in cracking recent form, second last time out and again two starts back, with a win three starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Carrying 132 lb from draw 6, though, he sits only sixth of nine on our rating of 70.
- Sire
- Ajaya (GB)
- Dam
- Woodland Scene (IRE) by Act One
- Owner
- Dave James
- Foaled
- 30 Jan 2018
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 19 runs (11%)
- Trainer running to form
- 57%
- Ratings
- Perf 70, Speed 61
Kieran O'Neill
Scott Dixon 2/24
Enpassant was ninth last time out, but he's been in the frame before, with a third three starts back and a win five starts back, and he's had only nine days to recover. He has run over today's trip and going, though 132 lb from stall one asks plenty, and our rating of 71 only ranks him fifth of nine.
- Sire
- Starspangledbanner (AUS)
- Dam
- Celestial Bow (IRE) by Raven's Pass
- Owner
- Amphitheatre Racing Limited
- Foaled
- 18 Mar 2021
- Stable
- Rolleston, Notts
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 24 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 24%
- Ratings
- Perf 71, Speed 69
Christian Howarth (3)
Scott Dixon 2/24
King of York is yet to win in his last six starts, finishing sixth last time out, and a ninth and an eighth before that, so he is hard to fancy. He has run over today's trip and going and is fit after nine days off, but 130 lb from stall five is a big ask.
- Sire
- Kingman (GB)
- Dam
- Archangel Gabriel (USA) by Arch
- Owner
- A Baker D Slack M Wilson Partners
- Foaled
- 8 Feb 2019
- Stable
- Rolleston, Notts
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 24 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 24%
- Ratings
- Perf 69, Speed 63
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.