18:10 Southwell

Thursday 16 March 2023

All17:0517:4018:1018:4019:1019:4020:10

Spreadex Sports Cheltenham Festival Specials Handicap

Off time: 18:13 | Winning time: 1m 27.01s

1^st

(7)

Saisons D'Or

89-9

5/1

T: Jedd O'KeeffeJ: J Garritty

Led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, rallied to lead again towards finish, kept on well op 7/1 tchd 8/1

2^nd

(1)

Mabre

69-9

9/1

T: P D EvansJ: Jordan Williams (5)

Mid-division, pushed along to challenge over 1f out, soon led, kept on inside final furlong but headed towards finish tchd 11/1

3^rd

2 ¼

(10)

Bobby Joe Leg

99-4

11/1

T: Mrs R CarrJ: J P Sullivan

Close up, ridden along over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, went third close home, no chance with first two op 9/1

4^th

(5)

Mostallim

69-6

10/1

T: M ApplebyJ: Frederick Larson (3)

Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ran on from over 1f out, never going pace to challenge op 8/1 tchd 10/1

5^th

(4)

Daafy

69-6

2/1f

T: D ShawJ: Cam Hardie

Held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, plugged on same pace inside final furlong, never going pace to challenge tchd 15/8

6^th

3 ¾

(8)

Turbo Command

69-1

9/2

T: Mrs A C HamiltonJ: P Mulrennan

Raced wide in mid-division, ridden along over 2f out, soon no extra, weakened from over 1f out op 11/2

7^th

1 ½

(9)

Like A Lion

49-10

22/1

T: T D EasterbyJ: Brandon Wilkie (7)

Raced in last, shaken up over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 14/1

8^th

(3)

Yoshimi

69-9

8/1

T: M HerringtonJ: T Eaves

Prominent, driven along over 2f out, soon beaten tchd 6/1 and tchd 17/2

9^th

2 ¼

(2)

Custard The Dragon

109-11

18/1

T: J MackieJ: Connor Beasley

Held up towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, soon ridden along, weakened op 12/1

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Non-Runners

(6)

Martin's Brig²⁴

Weight: 9-5| Age: 6

T: D Thompson J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£6.00Pl:£1.90, £2.40, £2.50EX:£43.30Trifecta:£385.50Tricast:£478.56SF:£49.51Swingers:£6.50, £7.90, £15.60

Forecasts

Daafy (2/1), Turbo Command (9/2), Saisons D'Or (5/1), Martin's Brig (6/1), Yoshimi (8/1), Mabre (9/1), Mostallim (10/1), Bobby Joe Leg (11/1), Custard The Dragon (18/1), Like A Lion (22/1)

MABRE had a bit in hand when scoring at Lingfield and is effectively now racing from a lower mark with his rider's 5 lb claim offsetting the rise dealt by the handicapper. He gets the vote over Daafy and Like A Lion.

MABRE (IRE)
DAAFY (USA)
LIKE A LION (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022

Chookie Dunedin

Weight: 9-6 |Age: 7

J: Ryan Sexton | T: K Dalgleish

10/3

Prize Money

1st: £4,292.002nd: £2,014.003rd: £1,006.004th: £503.005th: £251.00