12:50 Southwell

Friday 15 November 2019

All12:5013:2514:0014:3515:1015:45

Porto Racing Saddlery Handicap Chase

Off time: 12:50 | Winning time: 5m 53.90s

1^st

Nautical Twilight

912-7

16/1

T: N B KingJ: Alexander Fielding (10)

Raced keenly, tracked leaders, saddle slipped and went 2nd at 6th, led 3 out, strongly pressed run-in, on top towards finish op 11/1

2^nd

1 ¾

Strictlyadancer

511-11

5/2

T: Christian WilliamsJ: Nick Scholfield

Raced on inside, tracked leader until 6th, handy 3rd, going well before 3 out, 2nd soon after 3 out, ridden between last 2, challenged and every chance run-in, no extra towards finish op 11/4 tchd 3/1

3^rd

Ballybreen

611-5

12/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge

Jumped right, in rear, pecked 1st, mistake next, tailed off 4 out, no chance when left modest 4th last, went remote 3rd towards finish op 11/1 tchd 10/1

4^th

2 ¼

Jimmyjames

711-4

5/1

T: Tim VaughanJ: Alan Johns

Mistake 1st, held up in 5th, bit closer in 4th before 10th, hit 12th, ridden and weakened after 4 out, lost remote 3rd towards finish op 6/1 tchd 13/2

Also Ran

Babytaggle

811-5

5/1

T: D L WilliamsJ: Shane Quinlan (5)

Led until 3 out, soon dropped to 3rd, ridden and no chance with leading duo before next, pulled up before last op 9/2 tchd 4/1

Grand Coureur

710-10

15/8f

T: O Greenall & J GuerrieroJ: P J Brennan

Raced in 4th place, ridden and weakened before 10th, tailed off and pulled up before 4 out op 9/4 tchd 7/4

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Non-Runners

Torrent Des Mottes¹⁴

Weight: 11-3| Age: 8

T: J R Cornwall J: Patrick Cowley

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£9.00Pl:£3.40, £2.10EX:£47.00Trifecta:£332.40SF:£55.05Swingers:£7.60, £1.02, £6.80

Forecasts

Grand Coureur (15/8), Strictlyadancer (5/2), Jimmyjames (5/1), Babytaggle (5/1), Torrent Des Mottes (10/1), Ballybreen (12/1), Nautical Twilight (16/1)

Hardly a contest that sets the pulse racing but there has to be a winner and that may well come in the shape of GRAND COUREUR who at least showed he could win a race at Bangor. He then showed that he could hold his form by coming second last time (bumped into an improver from an in-form yard), a repeat of that performance may well be good enough in this lowly grade. Babytaggle just needs some good fortune to open his account having knocked on the door when last seen; he may just need the run after the break though. Most of the others are hard to make a sound case for although Jimmyjames and Nautical Twilight may benefit from a change of scenery making their stable debuts.

Grand Coureur
Babytaggle
Nautical Twilight

Prize Money

1st: £2,989.002nd: £878.003rd: £439.004th: £350.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00