held up, headway to track leaders going well 3f out, hard ridden on outside over 1f out, stayed on under presure inside final furlong, joined leader post
chased leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, led over 1f out, hard ridden, headed inside final furlong, every chance until no extra towards finish
soon disputing lead, advantage well over 3f out, narrowly headed over 1f out, ridden to lead again inside final furlong, stayed on, joined post
disputed lead to well over 3f out, soon lost place, behind final 2f
slowly into stride, held up, headway 3f out, soon pushed along to chase leaders, weakened final furlong
Just the six runners for this mile handicap and we'll take MOZAYADA to emerge best of them from Hilbre Court and King Of The Moors. Mel Brittain's mare was a real money spinner this time last year winning five times in a couple of months and she's gradually been edging back to form, as shown when second to course specialist Salerosa last time. With her mark unchanged and still some 5lbs below that which she won off back in January there seems every likelihood that Robert Winston will bounce this one out and not see another rival. With our selection set to start a very warm order some may seek value elsewhere and perhaps Hilbre Court might provide that. The four-year-old is another who goes particularly well here and hasn't been going badly of late although he does has around five lengths to find with our pick on their last time out running, with weights unaltered. King Of The Moors is another with chances having been dropped a couple of pounds by the assessor, although this will be only his second try at Southwell with the first resulting in a well-beaten last place so it takes something of a leap of faith to back Richard Guest's horse here. Avertis runs well here but giving weight to these won't be easy and so he's overlooked this time whilst Spiritofthewest is yet to convince he stays a mile and West End Lad has been woefully out of sorts lately so this is best left to the standout horse, Mozayada.
Avertis 15-2 (8-13) Led and set strong pace, soon clear, reduced lead and pressed 2f out, soon ridden and headed and weakened quickly inside final furlong, 10th of 11, 11l behind Seek The Fair Land (8-10) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-80 (4) pol.
Mozayada (USA) 10-1 (9-2) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, driven to lead again approaching final furlong, headed well inside final furlong, 2nd of 9, nk behind Salerosa (9-5) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Hilbre Court (USA) 9-2 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden and lost place over 4f out, driven and rallied over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 7th of 9, 5l behind Salerosa (9-5) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
King of The Moors (USA) 16-1 (9-4) Led, headed 6f out, led again 4f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 10, 11l behind Justcallmehandsome (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f app hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
West End Lad 10-1 (10-11) Held up, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 9th of 12, 27l behind Realt Na Mara (10-5) at Leicester 7f am hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Oct.
Spiritofthewest (IRE) 14-1 (8-4) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 11, 6l behind Snow Bay (8-10) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-85 (4) fbs.
