Racecards
15:20 Southwell
Littlewoods Bet Direct Nursery Handicap (Class E)
- 15 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Standard
- Form 062
- Age 2
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer M Usher
- Jockey Claire Stretton
led, ridden and headed halfway, kept on
- Form 254
- Age 2
- Weight 9-5
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey I Mongan
slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, ridden halfway, soon weakened (finished 8th, placed 7th)
- Form 31056
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer D Shaw
- Jockey Graham Gibbons
chased leaders, not much room and hampered soon after start, not recover (finished 12th, placed 11th)
- Form 450
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
with leader, led halfway, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened well inside final furlong (finished 5th, placed 4th)
- Form 421245
- Age 2
- Weight 9-2
chased leaders, ridden halfway, kept on (finished 6th, placed 5th)
- Form 061034
- Age 2
- Weight 9-1
- Trainer M Tompkins
- Jockey Ted Durcan
behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, stayed on to lead close home
- Form 4360
- Age 2
- Weight 9-1
stumbled start, always towards rear (finished 14th, placed 13th)
- Form 112320
- Age 2
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer W J Haggas
- Jockey W Woods
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened and eased final furlong (finished 11th, placed 10th)
La Corujera
14- Form 6204
- Age 2
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer T D Barron
- Jockey D Mernagh
edged left soon after start, prominent, ridden halfway, edged left again over 1f out, kept on (finished 4th, disqualified and placed last)
Schematic
29- Form 4316
- Age 2
- Weight 8-13
- Trainer W Brisbourne
- Jockey S Whitworth
chased leaders, not much room and hampered soon after start, not recover (finished 13th, placed 12th)
- Form 026050
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Trainer B Rothwell
- Jockey D Allan
chased leaders, not much room and badly hampered soon after start, not recover (finished 10th, placed 9th)
- Form 614446
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer R Fisher
- Jockey L Fletcher
soon outpaced, never troubled leaders (finished 7th, placed 6th)
- Form 05054
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey D R McCabe
always behind (finished 15th, placed 14th)
Verdict
Piccatune has no easy task under her penalty, while Playtime Blue turned in her best effort to date at Wolverhampton last time. She at least proved she handles the Fibresand. However, this looks to lie between course and distance winner Evangelist and Mark Tompkins Rowan Express. Preference is for the latter, who absolutely trotted up on her only appearance on the Fibresand at Wolverhampton. She is open to some improvement on this surface and she is taken to show her rivals a clean pair of heels.