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14:00 Southwell

Thursday 3 January 2019

All12:5513:3014:0014:3515:1015:45

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Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 1m 15.86s

1^st

(3)

The Golden Cue

49-3

14/1

T: Steph HollinsheadJ: Toby Eley (7)

Chased leading trio, ridden 2f out, stayed on to lead final strides op 22/1 tchd 25/1

2^nd

(5)

First Excel

79-8

9/2

T: S R BowringJ: E J Walsh (3)

Taken to post early, prominent, ridden halfway, led approaching final furlong, headed final strides tchd 4/1 and tchd 11/2

3^rd

1 ¾

(8)

Liamba

49-5

9/1

T: D O'MearaJ: C J McGovern (3)

Raced wide in touch, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace final furlong op 13/2 tchd 6/1

4^th

(6)

Mr Strutter

59-9

7/4f

T: Ronald ThompsonJ: Oliver Stammers (7)

Slowly away, pushed along in rear, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, nearest finish tchd 6/4 and tchd 2/1

5^th

1 ¼

(4)

Always Amazing

59-7

10/1

T: D ShawJ: P Mathers

In touch, pushed along halfway, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace op 11/1 tchd 12/1

6^th

(2)

Archimedes

69-0

20/1

T: D C GriffithsJ: Phil Dennis (3)

Led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, soon weakened op 22/1 tchd 16/1 and tchd 25/1

7^th

(9)

Point Zero

49-9

5/1

T: M ApplebyJ: Alistair Rawlinson

Taken to post early, raced wide prominent, pushed along halfway, weakened over 1f out tchd 9/2 and tchd 11/2

8^th

(7)

Blistering Dancer

98-7

50/1

T: A W CarrollJ: David Probert

In touch, ridden and weakened over 2f out op 40/1

9^th

4 ½

(1)

Grise Lightning

49-2

9/1

T: R A FaheyJ: Barry McHugh

Taken to post early, chased leading trio, ridden and weakened over 2f out tchd 17/2 and tchd 10/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£16.10Pl:£3.50, £1.80, £2.30EX:£83.40Trifecta:£411.20Tricast:£611.17SF:£74.72Swingers:£12.40, £22.50, £11.80

Forecasts

Mr Strutter (7/4), First Excel (9/2), Point Zero (5/1), Liamba (9/1), Grise Lightning (9/1), Always Amazing (10/1), The Golden Cue (14/1), Archimedes (20/1), Blistering Dancer (50/1)

Two old rivals in Mr Strutter and First Excel meet again here after the former was successful just before Xmas when they clashed over C&D. It should be close between the pair again with First Excel capable of extracting his revenge if he settles better in his usual prominent role this time. Point Zero steps into handicaps for the first time on Fibresand but this sphere is unlikely to cure his propensity to finish weakly. LIAMBA gets just her 2nd try on this surface having looked well suited by it so far and if she’s ready to go after a break a big run is expected. This trip tends to stretch Archimedes who resides on a good mark while Grise Lightning is of interest if she acts here.