15:07 Southwell

Sunday 21 September 2025

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Sky Sports Racing Virgin 519 Handicap

Off time: 15:07 | Winning time: 1m 41.74s

(2)

Dutch Decoy^p³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-10| J: J Mitchell| T: C Johnston| OR: 84| D

20/1

Bagged a pair of 1m wins at Newmarket in July but the handicapper has looked in charge since.

Form: 110050

(1)

Dragon Icon^p¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Ray Dawson| T: R Varian| OR: 84| D

3/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2023. 9/1 and cheekpieces on first time, creditable third of 14 in handicap at Kempton (1m) 15 days ago, not ideally placed. Should be competitive again.

Form: 350733

(8)

Borgi³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Jack Callan⁽⁵⁾| T: S Woods| OR: 84| CD

20/1

C&D winner. 25/1, respectable sixth of 10 in handicap at Chelmsford (1m) 38 days ago, keeping on from too far back. Now below last winning mark. Enters the reckoning.

Form: 410-596

(6)

Degale⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: T D Barron| OR: 83| D

9/1

Won a 1m Ripon novice last August and made an excellent return to the track when narrowly denied by Leadenhall on 1m Haydock handicap debut (good to firm) 12 months later. This unexposed 4-y-o has to be high on the shortlist.

Form: 831-2

(3)

My Margie²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Finley Marsh| T: R Hughes| OR: 83| CD

17/2

Has a 4-7 AW record, including winning both starts over C&D. Respectable fourth of 8 in handicap at Kempton (7f) back on AW 25 days ago. Considered.

Form: 165304

(12)

Zryan¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: James Doyle| T: D O'Meara| OR: 83| D

18/1

French import who made a promising enough start for this yard when fourth at Ayr (1m) in August. Well beaten in a big field at York since but still early days for this good stable. AW winner in France.

Form: 149040

(14)

Kalamunda^p²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J Parr| OR: 82| CD

13/2

C&D winner. Fourth of 7 in handicap at Windsor (1m, good to firm, 14/1) 29 days ago. Feasibly treated back on AW but stall 14 could make life awkward.

Form: 454044

(11)

Rajapour¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Mark Winn| T: D O'Meara| OR: 82| D

10/1

Best race for current yard when second of 16 in handicap at York (1m, good to firm, 40/1) 14 days ago. Big player if able to build on that now making his AW debut.

Form: 6769-42

(10)

Great Blasket^b²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Hollie Doyle| T: R & J & J Insole| OR: 82| CD

18/1

C&D winner. Nine wins from 32 Flat runs. Latest win at Sandown in July. Creditable third of 7 in handicap at Beverley (8.5f, good, 11/2) 22 days ago, running on.

Form: 018163

(7)

Best Rate¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Tom Marquand| T: R Hannon| OR: 85| BF

3/1

Won his novice on Wolverhampton's tapeta. Yet to win a handicap but went very close over C&D last month and creditable third of 9 at Kempton (1m) since.

Form: 204423

(9)

Caragio⁴⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Tyler Heard| T: Martin Dunne| OR: 80

25/1

Quite useful at his best for Roger Teal but absent for 16 months ahead of this yard debut. A watching brief is advised unless the betting hints otherwise.

Form: 187/400-

(13)

Chalk Mountain^v1,t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Rob Hornby| T: W S Kittow| OR: 78| C

9/1

Course winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2024. 11/2, creditable fourth of 12 in handicap at Kempton (7f) 16 days ago. Has first-time visor added to regular tongue. Draw not ideal but still has to enter calculations.

Form: 234774

Non-Runners

(5)

Leadenhall¹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 5

T: T D Easterby J: Sean Kirrane

(4)

Man Of Desert⁵⁹

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: C A Dwyer J: Dylan Hogan

Forecasts

Dragon Icon (3/1), Best Rate (3/1), Kalamunda (13/2), Leadenhall (8/1), My Margie (17/2), Chalk Mountain (9/1), Degale (9/1), Rajapour (10/1), Man Of Desert (14/1), Zryan (18/1), Great Blasket (18/1), Borgi (20/1), Dutch Decoy (20/1), Caragio (25/1)

A competitive affair. It was a very promising comeback effort from DEGALE at Haydock last month and this unexposed sort is given a chance to build on that promise but dangers abound, headed by Rajapour, a promising second in a big field at York last time. My Margie is 2-2 at Southwell and is another who ought to go well, while Borgi has yet to fire this year but his last 2 efforts haven't been too bad and he's starting to look well treated on his peak AW form.