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17:00 Southwell

Betfred On 0800 73 11 210 Apprentice Handicap

  • 9 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 3f
  • Going: Good, Good to Soft in places
  • Surface: Turf
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 29.70s
  • 9 Ran
1(4)
Silk - Purple, Pink epaulets, Purple sleeves, Pink stars, Pink cap
  • Form 960-078
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 66

led, headed over 7f out, stayed prominent, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong

2(1)
Silk - Red and Black stripes, Black sleeves, Red stars, Emerald Green and Yellow hooped cap
  • Form 1/1312-4
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 66

held up, not much room soon after start, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on to chase winner over 1f out, no impression final furlong

3(7)
Silk - White, Pink and White striped sleeves, Pink cap

Montecristo

111 C
9/1
  • Form 443460-
  • Age 12
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 64

always behind

4(6)
Silk - Light Blue, Yellow star on body, White sleeves
9/2
  • Form 112685
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 62

held up, headway over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

5(9)
Silk - Yellow, Emerald Green chevron, chevrons on sleeves, quartered cap
13/2
  • Form 68220-8
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 62

soon tracking leaders, led over 7f out, ridden 2f out, ran on

6(3)
Silk - Pink, Pink and Black hooped sleeves
  • Form 338270
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 60

keen, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong

7(2)
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE Cross of Lorraine and armlets, check cap
28/1
  • Form 4100/
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 60

mid-division, ridden over 3f out, stayed on final furlong

8(8)
Silk - DARK BLUE and YELLOW check, striped sleeves
  • Form 218/977
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 60

mid-division, headway over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong

9(5)
Silk - Light Blue, Maroon diamond, Purple sleeves, Purple cap, Light Blue diamonds.,
13/2
  • Form 810-260
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-6
  • Official Rating 54

pulled hard, soon with leader, lost place over 4f out, rallied over 1f out, stayed on final furlong

In depth

Verdict

Robbie Can Can, gets the confident vote to send favourite backers home happy with Montecristo and Come What July heading the list of dangers. The selection was a good fourth on his first run of the season behind Fraternity. That form has since been franked, he is sure to have come on for the run and with the step up in trip also in his favour he is hard to oppose. Montecristo rates the main danger on his best form but he usually needs his first run of the season and after a 111-day break he looks worth opposing. Come What July is another worthy of respect. He was well backed last time out but was disappointing. However, he had a bad draw on that occasion and his shrewd connections obviously think he his capable of winning off this mark so he should be noted in the market. Parkview Love looks to be on a handy mark despite top weight but she has yet to prove she stays this far and is readily opposed. Of the remainder, Efrhina has been in fair form of late but just gave the impression the handicapper had caught up with her when fifth behind Pass The Port last time and for the winner we return to Robbie Can Can who is sure to strip fitter here than for his last run.

Formwatch

Parkview Love (USA) 14-1 Led, ridden when headed and hampered 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 7l behind Sir Haydn at Lingfield 1m 2f app hcp pol.

Robbie Can Can 10-1 Behind, ridden and headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 11, 4l behind Fraternity at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp (E3) pol in Mar.

Montecristo 10-1 Held up, ridden over 3f out, no progress, 12th of 14, 9l behind Otago at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp (E3) pol in Dec.

Efrhina (IRE) 16-1 Held up mid-division, ridden and headway 3f out, stayed on same pace, 5th of 12, 7l behind Pass The Port at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (E3) fbs in Mar.

Charmatic (IRE) 80-1 Held up, never dangerous, 8th of 15, 14l behind Authority at Yarmouth 1m 2f hcp gs.

Come What July (IRE) 20-1 Always towards rear, 15th of 18, 33l behind Greenwich Meantime at Doncaster 1m 4f app hcp gd in Mar.

Reason (IRE) 7-1 Tailed off, ridden over 6f out, soon weakened, last of 12, well behind Gin 'n' Fonic at W'hampton 1m 4f sll (G) fbs in Aug '03.

Serjeant At Arms (IRE) 33-1 Chased winner to over 6f out, weakened over 3f out, 7th of 10, 24l behind Jidiya at W'hampton 1m 6f amt hcp (E3) pol in Mar.

Amwell Brave 16-1 In touch, ridden 4f out, soon beaten, 14th of 16, 11l behind Duelling Banjos at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (E3) pol in Feb.