14:10 Southwell
Friday 22 December 2017
All11:5012:2513:0013:3514:1014:4515:20
Betway Classified Claiming Stakes
- 3YO plus  |  Class 6  |  1m 6f 21y  |  Standard  |  4 Runners  |  Fibresand  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 14:10Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 3m 7.38s
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Scored back-to-back wins here at the start of the year in a pair of 0-75b handicaps and has a C&D record that reads 21413. Returned to the Fibresand for the first time since then recently and off a 4lb lower mark than his last success; has a little work to do at the weights.
Had looked on the way back on his penultimate start here over 2m off a mark of 71 but failed to back that up last time out over shorter (1m6f). Finished 4th on his only try over this C&D last time out finishing just behind Samtu.
Took advantage of a falling mark to get back to winning ways enjoying this surface (finished second on his only other run here). Ran poorly last time out on Tapeta but given his past exploits here could well spring back to life here and is well-in at the weights.
Has no form here and not seen on the Flat since running over 2m on the AW at Kempton in the summer. His recent hurdles form is modest enough (won a Stratford seller) but he's not that well weighted here and the lack of experience on the surface a negative.
Forecasts
Gabrial's Star (4/6), Bertie Moon (4/1), Iniesta (6/1), Samtu (7/1)
Three of these have some decent form on this surface and it’s expected to be tight between the trio with experience here although GABRIAL'S STAR holds the whip hand at the weights and he may well appreciate a return to this surface. Samtu and Bertie Moon met here last time and those two could well battle it out for the placings with marginal preference given to the former at the weights.
- Gabrial's Star
- Samtu
- Bertie Moon
Prize Money
1st: £2,264.002nd: £674.003rd: £337.004th: £168.00
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