19:30 Southwell

Wednesday 29 December 2021

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Betway Classified Stakes

Off time: 19:31 | Winning time: 1m 16.15s

(9)

Patontheback⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 10-2| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 60| D

9/4

12/1, improved when winning 12-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 7 days ago. Lightly raced and good chance if backing that up in this grade.

Form: 45201

(1)

Ballyvil¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: J Quinn| T: S A Harris| OR: 51

66/1

Modest gelding. Fifth of 14 in handicap at this course (7.1f, 50/1) 12 days ago.

Form: 090005

(7)

Bungledupinblue²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Marco Ghiani| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 52| D

14/1

Modest filly. One win from 21 Flat runs. Bit below form sixth of 13 in handicap at Chelmsford City (6f, 14/1) 20 days ago, never nearer.

Form: 266036

(11)

Dirchill^b⁹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: Connor Beasley| T: D Thompson| OR: 48| D

28/1

Modest gelding. Fourteen runs since last win in 2020. Off 98 days and plenty to find.

Form: 008660

(5)

Eastern Star¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Mollie Phillips⁽⁵⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 55| D

14/1

Ungenuine type. Latest win at Leicester in July. Bit below form fourth of 12 in handicap at this course (7.1f, 22/1) 12 days ago, going off too hard.

Form: 414024

(3)

Lady Monica³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Frederick Larson⁽⁷⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 47| D

33/1

Modest mare. Latest win at Brighton in June. Below form sixth of 10 in handicap (12/1) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 30 days ago. Uphill task on these terms.

Form: 051056

(14)

Lincoln Gamble^t¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: K T O'Neill| T: I Furtado| OR: 55

13/8

Fair gelding. Tongue strap on for 1st time, first run since leaving Richard Fahey when good second of 14 in handicap (10/1) at Kempton (7f) 12 days ago, clear of rest. Good chance if in the same form.

Form: 250542

(2)

Miss Seafire¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: C Lee| T: K R Burke| OR: 55

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Bit below form sixth of 14 in handicap (50/1) at this course (5f) 13 days ago. Back up in trip. More needed.

Form: 42556

(6)

Muatadel^b¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-10| J: Zak Wheatley⁽⁷⁾| T: J S Wainwright| OR: 55| D

12/1

Modest gelding. 3 wins from 12 runs this year. 16/1, good third of 14 in handicap at Newcastle (5f) 18 days ago, running on late. Back up in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: 411783

(10)

Wicklow Warrior^p²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Mark Winn⁽⁷⁾| T: P D Niven| OR: 47| D

22/1

Modest gelding. Respectable sixth of 14 in handicap (16/1) at Newcastle (6f) 29 days ago.

Form: 216896

(8)

Roystan Girl¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 8-7| J: Josephine Gordon| T: J S Moore| OR: 52

50/1

Modest maiden. 40/1, eighth of 12 in nursery at this course (5f) 13 days ago. Back up in trip. Work to do against older rivals.

Form: 904798

(4)

Ventura Tease⁵³

Age: 2| Weight: 8-7| J: G Lee| T: B Smart| OR: 55

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 22/1, seventh of 8 in maiden at Doncaster (6f, soft) 53 days ago. Looks poor and hard to fancy taking on older rivals.

Form: 777

Non-Runners

(13)

Impressions Dream⁷⁰

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: C G Cox J: J P Fahy

(12)

Sea Fern⁹⁵

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: S Dixon J: Jonathan Fisher

Forecasts

Lincoln Gamble (13/8), Patontheback (9/4), Miss Seafire (11/1), Muatadel (12/1), Bungledupinblue (14/1), Eastern Star (14/1), Impressions Dream (14/1), Ventura Tease (18/1), Wicklow Warrior (22/1), Sea Fern (25/1), Dirchill (28/1), Lady Monica (33/1), Roystan Girl (50/1), Ballyvil (66/1)

PATONTHEBACK opened his account in good style with Danny Tudhope riding for the first time at Wolverhampton last week and can follow up if in the same sort of form. Lincoln Gamble and Muatadel are a couple of others to consider.