18:00
Saturday 24th October Gents Night Handicap Stakes (Div II)
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 ›Shaw Park is our selection at Southwell, and the progressive profile is what persuades us to side with him over Always Blue, who is only two pounds better on our figures. At 74 he sits right in the mix in a tight Class 5 contest, and an improving type is the one to want when the gap at the top is this slim. Always Blue is the chief danger as the top-rated runner, with Baba Reza and Native Honey also capable of making it a close finish. Shaw Park looks the one with the most room for progress, and he gets the nod.
Runners
Harry Davies
William Haggas 10/60
Encore won last time out and was second two starts back, so the form is respectable, but our figures have her eighth of nine and she carries 138 lb off an official 70 after 33 days off. She has run over today's trip, and that is the main thing in her favour.
- Sire
- Hello Youmzain (FR)
- Dam
- Black Dahlia (GB) by Dansili
- Owner
- Lordship Stud
- Foaled
- 14 Mar 2022
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 10 wins from 60 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 64, Speed 60
Andrew Mullen
Iain Jardine 5/30
Invincible Ruby has bounced between solid and modest efforts, with a third two starts back and a win five starts back, but she was unplaced last time out after 29 days off. She has run over today's trip and going, though 136 lb and our rating of 71, fifth of nine, point to a midfield chance.
- Sire
- Invincible Army (IRE)
- Dam
- Satwa Ruby (FR) by Verglas
- Owner
- Duncan Mccready
- Foaled
- 2 May 2022
- Stable
- Carrutherstown, D'fries & G'way
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 30 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 51%
- Ratings
- Perf 71, Speed 70
Kaiya Fraser
Jim Goldie 4/30
Native Honey has run over today's trip and won five starts back, though he has since finished a fifth, a fifth and a sixth before an eighth last time out. Our rating of 71 puts him fourth of nine, and a 26-day break is a plus, but that slide in form is the main risk.
- Sire
- Dawn Approach (IRE)
- Dam
- Meala (IRE) by Epaulette
- Owner
- Belgate Racing Limited
- Foaled
- 25 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Uplawmoor, Lanarkshire
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 30 runs (13%)
- Trainer running to form
- 50%
- Ratings
- Perf 71, Speed 76
Sean Dylan Bowen
Harriet Bethell 1/6
Always Blue arrives in cracking order, third last time out and a second two starts back, with only 12 days since that run and experience of today's trip and going; our rating of 76 puts her top of the nine. The one risk is that she remains winless in her last six, and 135 lb is a hefty burden.
- Sire
- Masar (IRE)
- Dam
- Tahneed (IRE) by War Front
- Owner
- James Rowsell And John Norbury
- Foaled
- 23 Apr 2023
- Stable
- Arnold, E Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 6 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 27%
- Ratings
- Perf 76, Speed 73
Kieran O'Neill
Scott Dixon 2/24
Shaw Park comes into this fresh from a second last time out, 9 days ago, and he has been in the frame in three of his last four, with a third two starts back too. He has run over today's trip and on the going, though he is yet to win in recent starts.
- Sire
- Aclaim (IRE)
- Dam
- Waterways (IRE) by Alhaarth
- Owner
- Amphitheatre Racing Limited
- Foaled
- 14 May 2019
- Stable
- Rolleston, Notts
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 24 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 24%
- Ratings
- Perf 74, Speed 71
William Carson
Tom Dascombe 0/8
Show Me Gold arrives in solid fettle, third last time out and a second three starts back, after 23 days off, and she has run over today's trip and going before. A ninth four starts back and just one win in her last six keep her in the midfield, with 133 lb to carry from stall five.
- Sire
- Havana Gold (IRE)
- Dam
- Savannah's Show (GB) by Showcasing
- Owner
- Wayne Clifford
- Foaled
- 8 Apr 2023
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 8 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 31%
- Ratings
- Perf 70, Speed 70
James Sullivan
Ruth Carr 0/24
King Sharja won three on the spin before a sixth last time out, and he has run over today's trip and going, but that flop, a stable 0/24 over the last 14 days and a 132 lb burden make him hard to fancy. Our rating has him ninth of nine.
- Sire
- Kingman (GB)
- Dam
- Sharja Queen (GB) by Pivotal
- Owner
- Whitehills Racing Syndicate 4 Ruth Carr
- Foaled
- 14 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Stillington, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 24 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 34%
- Ratings
- Perf 63, Speed 59
Tom Kiely-Marshall (3)
Julie Camacho 0/16
Baba Reza has been knocking on the door, with a second four starts back, a third three starts back and two fourths since, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Our rating of 73 sits ten clear of his mark of 63, though 47 days off is the main risk.
- Sire
- Garswood (GB)
- Dam
- Friendship Is Love (GB) by Byron
- Owner
- Judy Richard Peck
- Foaled
- 16 Jan 2018
- Stable
- Norton, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 16 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 38%
- Ratings
- Perf 73, Speed 73
John Egan
Michael Wigham 0/2
Double Eagle is hard to fancy, having finished ninth in each of his last two starts and remaining winless in his last five, with a third three starts back his best effort. He has run over today's trip and going, and our rating of 66 offers some support, but a 44-day break doesn't help.
- Sire
- Dark Angel (IRE)
- Dam
- Golden Line (IRE) by Golden Horn
- Owner
- Jerry Stevens & Michael Wigham
- Foaled
- 17 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 2 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 31%
- Ratings
- Perf 66, Speed 70
- Wind surgery
- w 1
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.