Ladies Day Sunday 16th August Handicap.
Southwell · Thursday, 23 Apr · 22:00
· 7f 14y
· Class 6
· ALLWEATHER
WEIGHEDIN
Status
19:00
Off time
9
Runners
Standard
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
MWAFAQ (IRE
🥈 Second
ENPASSANT (IRE
🥉 Third
BOMB SQUAD (IRE
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 10 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
3.25
9/4
02 · 🥈 2nd
3.75
11/4
03 · 🥉 3rd
4
3/1
04 · —
9
8/1
05 · —
11
10/1
06 · —
19
18/1
07 · —
21
20/1
08 · —
34
33/1
09 · —
34
33/1
10 · —
51
50/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 1 | 10 |
Searchingtheblues (F)
Both wins gained as a 2-y-o and she again failed to make an impact back from a break at Lingfield earlier this month.
|
35-5037 | R Havlin | M D I Usher | 4 | 61.2 kg |
19
18/1
|
| 7th | 2 | 3 |
Enpassant (G)
FAV
Successful 3 times over 7f last season and seemingly appreciated returning to this trip when regained the winning thread over C&D last week. 5 lb rise unlikely to debar another bold show.
|
091771 | S M Levey | M Herrington | 5 | 61.2 kg |
3.25
9/4
|
| 8th | 3 | 8 |
Mereside Madness (G)
[T]
Won at Thirsk last summer for David & Nicola Barron but it's been a struggle since and he's hard to warm to.
|
00-7089 | Tyler Heard | S Dixon | 5 | 60.8 kg |
34
33/1
|
| 5th | 4 | 9 |
Mwafaq (G)
[P]
Has struck up a good relationship with jockey Ethan Tindall, making it 3-3 when teaming up in a 7f Thirsk handicap recently. Just 2 lb higher than for his latest success and likely to be in the thick of things here.
|
11-1521 | Ethan Tindall | R A Fahey | 4 | 59.9 kg |
3.75
11/4
|
| 2nd | 5 | 1 |
Fools Rush In (G)
[TV]
Free-going sort who returned to winning ways over C&D in February but hasn't been in anything like the same form since.
|
210880 | J P Sullivan | Mrs R Carr | 8 | 59.4 kg |
21
20/1
|
| 1st | 6 | 4 |
Bomb Squad (G)
[P]
Consistent 8-y-o who recorded another narrow success at Wolverhampton (7f) on penultimate start. Latest second in a C&D handicap was a solid effort and a reproduction of that would give him a fighting chance.
|
216213 | Hollie Doyle | J Mackie | 8 | 59.4 kg |
4
3/1
|
| 9th | 7 | 6 |
Louie The Legend (G)
Exploits mixed following last summer's Nottingham success and again failed to land a blow back at that course last time.
|
8420-09 | Ray Dawson | Dylan Cunha | 4 | 59.4 kg |
11
10/1
|
| 6th | 8 | 5 |
Berning Hot (F)
Scored at Brighton (7f) last summer and shaped pretty well when third at Kempton on penultimate start in January. Not in the same form back at Kempton since and others look stronger.
|
738626 | Kieren Fox | M J Attwater | 4 | 57.6 kg |
34
33/1
|
| — | 9 | 2 |
Adelaide Bay (G)
Three-time winner in the first half of 2025 for Jane Chapple-Hyam but safely held all 5 starts for Thomas Faulkner. Similar story in a couple of runs for new yard and he needs to bounce back.
|
908825 | Non Runner | Craig Lidster | 4 | 55.3 kg |
51
50/1
|
| 4th | 10 | 7 |
On Key (G)
[P]
Took a step forward when second to Enpassant over this C&D last time recently. Looks sure to win races on that evidence and he's high on the shortlist.
|
425232 | K T O'Neill | S Dixon | 4 | 55.3 kg |
9
8/1
|
Betting forecast: Enpassant (9/4), Mwafaq (11/4), Bomb Squad (3/1), On Key (8/1), Louie The Legend (10/1), Searchingtheblues (18/1), Fools Rush In (20/1), Berning Hot (33/1), Mereside Madness (33/1), Adelaide Bay (50/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 3664.0 GBP |
| P2 | 1719.0 GBP |
| P3 | 859.0 GBP |
| P4 | 430.0 GBP |
| P5 | 214.0 GBP |