Sport : Horse Racing

Racecard

Southwell - Tue 20th Mar 2012
14:20 14:50 15:20 15:50 16:20 16:50 17:20

16:50 Follow Southwell On Twitter Handicap1m 3f
Weighed In - (Class 5), £3,500 added, 4yo+, 8 runners
Winner £2,264 2nd £674 3rd £337 4th £168
Going: Standard Surface: Fibresand
Race Winning Distance- Under 1.25 Lengths - 7/4

Result
Full result

Weighed In
Winning time: 2m 23.13s
Off time: 16:50:30

Pos	Horse	Odds
1st	Southern State (USA)	9/2
2nd	Newport Arch	4/1
3rd	Favorite Girl (GER)	7/1

No	Form	Horse	A	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	OR	SP
1 (5)	8711-12	Mediterranean Sea (IRE) 14	6	9-7	Freddie Tylicki	J R Jenkins	75	11/4
2 (7)	08-4346	Hidden Glory 11	5	9-6 b	P Mulrennan	J G Given	74	11/2
3 (4)	0973-78	King Of Windsor (IRE) 14	5	9-5	T Eaves	K Dalgleish	73	40/1
4 (6)	23324	Southern State (USA) 13	4	9-2	J Fanning	M Johnston	71	9/2
5 (9)	334141	Newport Arch 7 (ex6)	4	9-1 v	M O'connell (3)	J J Quinn	64	4/1
6 (1)	14702-8	Lifetime (IRE) 25	4	8-13	B McHugh	B Ellison	68	9/1
8 (3)	73-4312	Favorite Girl (GER) 12	4	8-9	Jack Duern (7) (ex1)	M Appleby	64	7/1
9 (8)	33440-1	Light The City (IRE) 14	5	8-7	James P Sullivan	Mrs R Carr	60	16/1

Non runners
7 (2)	13-1753		First Rock (IRE)	6	8-13	G A Swinbank	G Whillans	67

Verdict

NEWPORT ARCH has a penalty for last week's victory over 1m4f here, but he won doing handstands and John Quinn's colt doesn't look to have stopped winning yet. Mediterranean Sea has for now, though she had First Rock behind behind when runner-up last time having landing a hat-trick at this track before that, while recent course winners Favorite Girl and Light The City both take a step up in class. Southern State may well figure on his Fibresand debut having gone close on the Polytrack on more than one occasion and Lifetime ran really well when runner-up on his only start on this surface back in December.

Formwatch

Mediterranean Sea (IRE) 7-4fav (9-10) Took keen hold early, held up, headway 4f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 7, 2 3/4l behind Storm Hawk (9-7) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.

Hidden Glory 9-1 (9-12) Steadied start, held up in last pair, headway on inside over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 10l behind Cotton King (9-12) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol.

King Of Windsor (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Raced wide always in rear, last of 8, 38l behind Colour Guard (9-0) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-85 (4) fbs.

Southern State (USA) 7-4fav (9-4) Soon led, headed over 3f out, soon pushed along, chased winner over 1f out, weakened and lost 3rd place towards finish, last of 4, 4 1/2l behind Shirataki (8-11) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.

Newport Arch 7-4fav (8-8) Tracked leader, led on bit entering final 2f, shaken up and soon clear, eased final furlong, comfortable, won at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs beating Maven (9-5) by 3l, 4 ran.

Lifetime (IRE) 3-1fav (9-6) Dropped out start, held up in last, ridden over 2f out, no headway, last of 8, 10l behind Moral Issue (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.

First Rock (IRE) 9-2 (9-0) Went right start, keen tracked leaders, led 4f out, ridden and headed 3f out, plugged on one pace, 3rd of 7, 10l behind Storm Hawk (9-7) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.

Favorite Girl (GER) 11-4 (8-8) Tracked leader, led over 3f out, wandered under pressure from over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra closing stages, 2nd of 4, 1l behind Hunters Belt (9-6) at Southwell 1m 3f app hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.

Light The City (IRE) 13-2 (9-1) Led 1f, tracked leader until led again 4f out, pressed from over 3f out, asserted inside final furlong, won at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs beating Nippy Nikki (8-9) by 1 3/4l, 10 ran.