Southwell
16:25
Ladies Day Sunday 16th August Handicap Hurdle
Southwell Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Class: Class 5 Surface: Turf
Win: £12.40 Place: £3.50 £5.40 £1.80 Exacta: £240.30 Tricast: £807.96 Trifecta: £2430.90
Non-Runners: Caramelo Rapido (self certificate, off feed)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Towards rear - midfield before 5th - steady headway after 3 out - not fluent when challenging last - ridden to lead towards finish (trainer's rep said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding benefitted from a step up in trip to 2m4f from 1m7f on this occasion - which was noted)(op 17/2)
4 G AVG Olly Murphy 165 lbs 11/1 Won
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2nd
Travelled strongly - in touch with leaders - headway before 3 out - led before last - ridden run-in - headed towards finish(tchd 28/1)
6 M Poor Pam Sly 159 lbs 22/1 .5
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3rd
Midfield - steady headway after 3 out - went third approaching last - no extra inside final 110yds(op 9/2)
5 G Poor Mel Rowley 168 lbs 5/2F 2.75
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4th
Jumped left throughout - took keen hold - prominent - clear with one other before 6th - reduced lead before 7th - headed before last - soon weakened(op 13/2)
8 G AVG Mel Rowley 161 lbs 5/1 7
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5th
Towards rear - headway after 8th - weakened approaching last(op 125/1)
5 M Poor Georgie Howell 139 lbs 150/1 .5
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6th
Never better than midfield(op 8/1 tchd 15/2)
5 G Poor Mark Walford 156 lbs 9/1 2.5
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7th
Pulled hard - held up in rear - headway after 3 out - weakened run-in (jockey said gelding ran too free)(op 9/4)
7 G Poor T Ellis 143 lbs 11/4 0.3
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8th
Towards rear - headway after 7th - weakened after 2 out(op 18/1 tchd 20/1)
4 F Poor Rebecca Menzies 150 lbs 14/1 5.5
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9th
Towards rear - headway after 7th - weakened before 3 out(op 10/1)
5 G Poor Christian Williams 146 lbs 16/1 20
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99th
Always behind - pulled up before 2 out(op 9/1)
7 G Poor L J Morgan 167 lbs 12/1 -
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99th
Led - soon clear with one other - headed before 6th - weakened after 3 out - soon pulled up(tchd 10/1)
5 G Poor Ben Pauling 168 lbs 9/1 -
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