14:25 Southwell

Sunday 13 May 2018

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mintbet.com Freebet 2nd To Favourite At Southwell Novices' Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:26 | Winning time: 5m 14.7s

1^st

Minella For Me

812-2

4/1

T: T R GeorgeJ: J J Burke

Always prominent, led 2 out, drew clear last, ran on well (3 fences omitted) op 7/2

2^nd

Overtoujay

811-1

12/1

T: C T PogsonJ: A Pogson

Mid-division, headway 5 out, chased leaders next, 2nd approaching 2 out, kept on well, not pace of winner op 14/1

3^rd

Dalkadam

710-10

6/1

T: J R JenkinsJ: T Scudamore

Mid-division, progress to chase leaders 4th, outpaced 4 out, stayed on well approaching last, never a threat op 11/2

4^th

King Golan

710-0

33/1

T: Kenny JohnsonJ: Ross Chapman (3)

Tracked leaders, outpaced 3 out, rallied before last, stayed on strongly closing stages, never able to challenge op 25/1 tchd 40/1

5^th

Phoebus Lescribaa

611-10

9/4f

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Led, soon joined, mistake when headed 2 out, weakened before last tchd 11/4

6^th

State The Obvious

611-12

13/2

T: J & A O'NeillJ: R P McLernon

Held up in rear, headway on outside after 7th, chased leaders 5 out, mistake next, weakening when hampered 2 out op 8/1

7^th

Grow Nasa Grow

710-0

11/1

T: P WinksJ: Ryan Winks (5)

Chased leaders, lost place 4th, soon towards rear, no danger after op 12/1

8^th

Presenting Berkley

810-8

25/1

T: Tim VaughanJ: Alan Johns

Held up towards rear, jumped left 2nd, under pressure 8th, soon beaten op 33/1 tchd 40/1

Also Ran

Viva Rafa

811-11

5/1

T: R T PhillipsJ: Thomas Bellamy

Behind, smooth headway 5 out, chasing leaders when fell 2 out op 9/2

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.40Pl:£1.70, £3.40, £1.80EX:£57.00Trifecta:£117.70Tricast:£288.72SF:£49.84Swingers:£9.10, £7.00, £0.00

Forecasts

Phoebus Lescribaa (9/4), Minella For Me (4/1), Viva Rafa (5/1), Dalkadam (6/1), State The Obvious (13/2), Grow Nasa Grow (11/1), Overtoujay (12/1), Presenting Berkley (25/1), King Golan (33/1)

A tricky opening contest, but the return to likely better ground and a recent wind operation may see Minella For Me finally getting himself back on track. There's ability there, as he showed when narrowly defeated at Leicester in January and he may be able to unlock it today. Phoebus Lescribaa looks the danger if he can cut the little mistakes out that he made at Stratford, with Viva Rafa and State The Obvious fighting it out for third.

Minella For Me
Phoebus Lescribaa
Viva Rafa

Prize Money

1st: £5,458.002nd: £1,603.003rd: £801.004th: £450.005th: £450.006th: £450.007th: £450.008th: £450.00