Southwell
13:10
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Southwell Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 Distance: 3m½f Type: Chase Going: Heavy Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £5.50 Place: £2.20 £1.40 Exacta: £14.40 Tricast: £23.15 Trifecta: £38.50
Non-Runners: Auditoria (unsuitable ground), Bring The Action (unsuitable ground), Enforcement (unsuitable ground), The Skiffle King (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 5 Ali Star Bert (GB) 9 G AVG Shaun Harris 162 lbs 9/2 Won Towards rear - headway and went third 5 out - pressed leader before 3 out - led 2 out - good jump last - ridden clear run-in (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding had appreciated a proper test of stamina on this heavy ground)
2nd 3 Sadler's Bay (GB) 7 G Poor Tom Gretton 168 lbs 7/4F 4 Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - went second 13th - pressed leader going best after 4 out - led narrowly before 3 out - headed 2 out - no match for winner(op 2/1 tchd 13/8)
3rd 2 Star Flyer (IRE) N/A Poor Warren Greatrex 168 lbs 5/2 1.75 Held up in last - not fluent 6th - headway 5 out - went third just before 3 out - outpaced before 2 out - kept on run-in(op 10/3 tchd 7/2)
4th 6 Eurkash (FR) 10 G Poor Paul Webber 151 lbs 7/1 28 Took keen hold - raced in second - led before 3rd - briefly headed 5th - not fluent 4 out - lost three places before 3 out - soon weakened (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding had failed to get home in the testing conditions after having done too much work in front when pestered for the lead throughout; vet said gelding had lost his left-fore shoe)(op 9/2)
99th 10 Moroval (IRE) 11 G Poor Tracey Leeson 135 lbs 66/1 - Jumped right on occasions - ran in snatches - prominent - in touch with leaders 5th - in rear with one circuit to go - tailed off when pulled up before 3 out(op 25/1)
99th 8 Rolling Clouds (IRE) 6 G Poor Martin Keighley 146 lbs 5/1 - Led - not fluent 2nd - headed and pressed leader before 3rd - briefly led 5th - lost second 13th - not fluent 14th - dropped to rear 14th - pulled up 5 out(tchd 9/2 and tchd 11/2)