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Southwell · Thursday, 26 Mar · 20:37
· 6f 16y
· Class 4
· ALLWEATHER
WEIGHEDIN
Status
16:37
Off time
7
Runners
Standard
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 8 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
2.88
15/8
02 · 🥈 2nd
3.13
85/40
03 · 🥉 3rd
6
5/1
04 · —
6
5/1
05 · —
7
6/1
06 · —
11
10/1
07 · —
19
18/1
08 · —
34
33/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | 1 | 5 |
Numero Vingt (G)
Better placed than fast-finishing runner-up (who's won since) when making it 2-2 on all-weather at Lingfield and will need to improve again to make it a hat-trick on handicap debut.
|
Hollie Doyle | A Watson | 3 | 61.2 kg |
6
5/1
|
| 3rd | 2 | 7 |
Wyle Cop (G)
FAV
£160,000 breeze-up purchase off for 6 months (gelded in the interim) prior to comfortably opening his account in Wolverhampton maiden and looks far from exposed on just his second start in a handicap.
|
H Crouch | Jack Jones | 3 | 60.3 kg |
2.88
15/8
|
| 5th | 3 | 3 |
Start Me Up (C)
[PT]
Best effort when chasing home now-useful sort over C&D last season and while he hasn't pulled up any trees in Dubai over the winter, he remains unexposed on this surface.
|
Billy Loughnane | R Spencer | 3 | 59.9 kg |
3.13
85/40
|
| — | 4 | 8 |
Hvar (G)
NON RUNNER.
|
Non Runner | J & S Quinn | 3 | 59.9 kg |
6
5/1
|
| 4th | 5 | 6 |
Harswell Angel (G)
Didn't look the easiest ride when winning a Redcar novice before finishing seventh of 10 on nursery bow at Doncaster in November and he's likely to need further respite from the handicapper.
|
K Stott | Roger Fell | 3 | 59.4 kg |
19
18/1
|
| 1st | 6 | 4 |
Riley Rocks (C)
52,000 gns Sergei Prokofiev colt improved to open his account at second time of asking in Newcastle novice in January, justifying strong support. That form has been franked and he's been allotted a handy opening mark with more progress to …
|
David Probert | Dylan Cunha | 3 | 59 kg |
7
6/1
|
| 7th | 7 | 1 |
Horwich (G)
[H]
Never looked like making it 3-3 at Wolverhampton on final start for Clive Cox, and having changed hands for 20,000 gns, looked a hard ride over 7f here on stable debut. Very much worth a go over sprint trips on pedigree/style, though.
|
J P Sullivan | Mrs R Carr | 3 | 58.5 kg |
34
33/1
|
| 2nd | 8 | 2 |
Fair Y Isle (F)
7,000 gns Lope Y Fernandez filly confirmed previous promise when cosily winning Wolverhampton maiden in January, and while that form hasn't amounted to much, she remains open to improvement ahead of this handicap debut.
|
Joe Leavy | H J Evans | 3 | 58.1 kg |
11
10/1
|
Betting forecast: Wyle Cop (15/8), Start Me Up (85/40), Numero Vingt (5/1), Hvar (5/1), Riley Rocks (6/1), Fair Y Isle (10/1), Harswell Angel (18/1), Horwich (33/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 4972.0 GBP |
| P2 | 2333.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1166.0 GBP |
| P4 | 583.0 GBP |
| P5 | 291.0 GBP |