tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, hung badly left from inside final 2f, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
held up in mid-division, ridden hung left and and weakened final 2f
slowly into stride and switched left start, held up towards rear, never involved
led for 2f, chased leader, led again inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, lost 2nd towards finish
chased leaders on inside, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up off the pace towards rear, headway far side of group over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on well
raced keenly, mid-division out wide, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened
raced wide, headway to lead 6f out and set decent pace, headed inside final 2f, weakened soon after
difficult loading, off the pace in last pair, headway and switched right inside final 2f, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, not pace to challenge
started very slowly, behind most of way
SOUTHWOLD made a winning debut in handicaps when scoring over course and distance. He has enough scope to confirm running with placed horses Covert Mission and Masqool, despite worse terms. Roman Dynasty finished further behind the selection while Showmedemoney was well beaten at Newcastle having won at the same track earlier. Daafy has been thereabouts in lower grade races here recently but may find this tough.
Southwold (IRE) 11-2 (9-8) Led, headed over 5f out, tracked leader, ridden to lead again approaching final furlong, ran on, won at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb beating Covert Mission (9-8) by 1/2l, 14 ran.
Masqool (IRE) 15-2 (9-8) In touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on one pace, 3rd of 14, 1/2l behind Southwold (9-8) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Showmedemoney (IRE) 4-1 (9-9) Held up and behind, shaken up but still behind over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, too much to do, 5th of 9, 8l behind Bin Hayyan (9-7) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Covert Mission (FR) 8-1 (9-8) Raced wide alone until switched left to lead over 5f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, stayed on one pace, 2nd of 14, 1/2l behind Southwold (9-8) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Roman Dynasty (IRE) 18-1 (9-10) In rear, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, nearest finish, 6th of 14, 3 1/2l behind Southwold (9-8) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Athmad (IRE) 15-2 (9-1) Held up in last, closed 2f out, 4th and no impression from over 1f out, one pace, 4th of 5, 6 3/4l behind Dinoo (9-4) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
War Defender 14-1 (9-3) Awkward start, soon led, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 6, 18 1/4l behind Plastic Paddy (9-11) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Antagonize 9-2jfav (9-11) Tracked leader until ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, tailed off, 10th of 11, 26 1/2l behind Fourth Time Lucky (9-8) at Hamilton 1m hcp (5) gs in Sep.
Daafy (USA) 9-1 (9-6) Held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 11, 2 1/4l behind Local Bay (9-7) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Recorwoman (FR) 33-1 (9-7) Awkward and went left start, in rear, switched left over 3f out, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 9 1/2l behind Heretic (9-8) at Newcastle 1m hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Mi Capricho (IRE) 20-1 (9-8) Disputed lead, ridden 2f out, soon headed and weakened quickly entering final furlong, last of 12, 22 3/4l behind Local Bay (9-2) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
