15:35 Southwell

Thursday 2 May 2019

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Off time: 15:35 | Winning time: 1m 28.26s

1^st

(7)

Rock of Estonia

48-13

6/1

T: C HillsJ: Nicola Currie

Chased leaders on outside, challenged wide 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on well tchd 11/2 and tchd 13/2

2^nd

4 ½

(8)

Crosse Fire

79-7

5/1

T: S DixonJ: K T O'Neill

Raced keenly, prominent on outside, led over 3f out joined 2f out, soon headed, went 2nd last strides op 13/2 tchd 9/2 and tchd 7/1

3^rd

nse

(5)

Esprit De Corps

59-3

11/2

T: T D BarronJ: S W Kelly

Always prominent, went 2nd 3f out, ridden to lead inside final 2f, headed over 1f out, kept on same pace, lost 2nd post op 6/1 tchd 5/1

4^th

(2)

Furzig

49-7

12/1

T: R A FaheyJ: T Hamilton

Held up, outpaced 3f out, went modest 4th final furlong op 16/1

5^th

2 ¼

(1)

Sword Exceed

59-5

9/2

T: I FurtadoJ: S De Sousa

Outpaced, never on terms tchd 7/2

6^th

(4)

Master Diver

49-7

3/1f

T: Sir Mark PrescottJ: L Morris

Slowly away and driven along, headway chasing leaders 5f out, ridden and not quicken 2f out, soon beaten and hung left op 2/1

7^th

3 ¼

(3)

Inexes

79-4

8/1

T: I FurtadoJ: D C Costello

Slight lead until over 3f out, chased leaders, weakened 2f out tchd 9/1

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Non-Runners

(6)

Mujassam¹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 7

T: D O'Meara J: D Nolan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.30Pl:£2.90, £3.20EX:£30.60Trifecta:£145.30Tricast:£153.07SF:£31.82Swingers:£5.80, £6.70, £5.60

Forecasts

Master Diver (3/1), Sword Exceed (9/2), Crosse Fire (5/1), Mujassam (5/1), Esprit De Corps (11/2), Rock of Estonia (6/1), Inexes (8/1), Furzig (12/1)

MASTER DIVER looked to be a fair prospect earlier in the calendar year when backing up a solid 6f Newcastle effort with a 7f win at Dundalk. He has struggled to make his mark in handicap company (possibly hasn't stayed 1m) but could be worth risking in the newly-applied headgear. Others worthy of consideration include the course specialist Crosse Fire (form franked by Saaheq) and the broadly consistent, albeit infrequent winner Esprit De Corps.

Master Diver
Crosse Fire
Esprit De Corps

Previous Winners

2018

Florencio

Weight: 9-7 |Age: 5

J: David Egan | T: R Fell & S Murray

11/10

Prize Money

1st: £5,531.002nd: £1,646.003rd: £823.004th: £411.005th: £300.006th: £300.007th: £300.008th: £300.00