11:50 Southwell

Friday 22 December 2017

All11:5012:2513:0013:3514:1014:4515:20

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Off time: 11:50 | Winning time: 1m 29.25s

1^st

(3)

Queens Royale

39-2

3/1

T: M ApplebyJ: R Winston

Tracked leaders, headway on inner to lead over 1f out, joined and headed narrowly inside final furlong, rallied to lead again close home op 9/4

2^nd

nse

(4)

Bold Spirit

69-3

7/2

T: D CarrollJ: Phil Dennis (3)

Tracked leaders, headway over 1f out, ridden and hung left to join winner inside final furlong, led narrowly, headed close home op 4/1 tchd 3/1

3^rd

(2)

Count Montecristo

59-10

8/1

T: K A RyanJ: T Eaves

Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on same pace op 10/1 tchd 11/1

4^th

3 ¼

(7)

Clock Chimes

39-6

7/4f

T: D H BrownJ: P J McDonald

Raced wide, tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 5/2 tchd 11/4

5^th

(6)

Bounty Pursuit

59-5

20/1

T: M BlakeJ: Mitch Godwin (3)

Outpaced, never on terms op 14/1

6^th

(1)

First Excel

59-3

15/2

T: S R BowringJ: J Quinn

Taken to post early, soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 7/1 tchd 6/1

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Non-Runners

(5)

Zaeem²¹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 8

T: I Furtado J: L Morris

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.00Pl:£2.60, £1.70EX:£9.50Trifecta:£62.10SF:£13.56Swingers:£2.30, £6.60, £6.50

Forecasts

Clock Chimes (7/4), Queens Royale (3/1), Bold Spirit (7/2), Zaeem (6/1), First Excel (15/2), Count Montecristo (8/1), Bounty Pursuit (20/1)

A decent opener to the card with a few in here that have clearly taken to the surface although they will have to find some more progress. Clock Chimes will appreciate a return to this surface after two good opening runs here and First Excel must be respected although on balance the 7f trip may test him too much. Bold Spirit and Zaeem both have more to do than the when winning their last starts although the latter is well handicapped on his win here a couple of years ago. QUEENS ROYALE is 2/2 over C&D and although this is a rise in grade she looks to be going the right way and if she does get to the front may well be hard to peg back.