October 28 / 16.55 Southwell (AW)

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BetUK. It’s Where The UK Bets Handicap

  • Prize money: £3716.14
  • 0m 6f 16y
  • Class 5
  • 8 runners
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BetUK. It’s Where The UK Bets Handicap

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Flat AW

Surface: Tapeta

Weather: Partly cloudy

4/1 (Won)

  • Win: £4.00
  • Place: £1.30

Form: 482212 D BF

Last run: 18 days

W: 9st 8lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 64

Form & Verdict
Turned over four times as favourite this year, including off his revised mark over C&D last time (pulled hard and was said to have hung right throughout) having won tidily at Kempton; this looks a bit stronger if anything, so he needs more.
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

1st

3

(3)

18th Jun 2026

Good To Soft

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

16:38 Ripon

Liosa

9st 7lb

J: Kevin Stott

T: Zoe Hawkins

Long-distance raider; AW winner but 0-11 on turf; far from disgraced when 2.25l sixth of 14 at Windsor last time (6f, good to firm); each-way chance.

11/2

6th

3

(1)

23rd May 2026

Good To Firm

0m 6f 12y

Class 6

16:57 Windsor

Liosa

9st 9lb

J: Jack Dace

T: Zoe Hawkins

Trainer off the mark in the week with another who was formerly under the charge of Stuart Kittow; this three-time AW winner made it 0-10 on turf when some way off the front three on comeback (won first time out last season); needs a deal more.

12/1

4th

9

(3)

13th Apr 2026

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 5

15:22 Leicester

Liosa

9st 1lb

J: Hector Crouch

T: Zoe Hawkins

Winning reappearance on AW in 2025 and there's other evidence that shows he goes well fresh; however, he's 0-9 on turf and is hard to weigh up, having left Stuart Kittow since some so-so runs in the autumn.

10/1

Evs

  • Place: £1.10

Form: -42511 D

Last run: 3 days

W: 10st 3lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 68

Form & Verdict
Was found a weak soft-ground novice when off the mark last month and improved on that when winning easily at Wolverhampton on Friday; has every chance of defying the penalty in similar company.
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4th

1

(7)

27th Oct 2025

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0m 6f 20y

Class 5

19:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

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9st 9lb

J: Luke Morris

T: Sir Mark Prescott Bt

Won twice last autumn and latest was over C&D; 0-10 since that last success but she's been placed twice over C&D and didn't get any luck when favourite here (fifth of nine) last Monday; could be a big factor if she gets the breaks this time and she's in the mix off a dangerous mark; blinkers removed.

11/4

4th

1

(7)

27th Oct 2025

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0m 6f 20y

Class 5

19:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

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9st 9lb

J: Luke Morris

T: Sir Mark Prescott Bt

Won twice last autumn and latest was over C&D; 0-10 since that last success but she's been placed twice over C&D and didn't get any luck when favourite here (fifth of nine) last Monday; could be a big factor if she gets the breaks this time and she's in the mix off a dangerous mark; blinkers removed.

11/4

1

(1)

20th Oct 2025

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0m 6f 20y

Class 5

19:30 Wolverhampton (AW)

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9st 12lb

J: Luke Morris

T: Sir Mark Prescott Bt

C&D winner last October; 0-8 this year but there have been some good runs along the way, including over C&D in July; well beaten on turf last time but can do better now dropped into a Class 5 with blinkers tried.

3/1

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16/1

  • Place: £2.50

Form: 541689 CD

Last run: 42 days

W: 9st 13lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 69

Form & Verdict
Has three wins and three seconds to his name in 13 runs over C&D; none have come off a mark this high (currently 5lb above August's successful rating) though, and he's not still improving at the age of seven.
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3rd

2

(3)

14th Jul 2026

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0m 7f 36y

Class 6

18:55 Wolverhampton (AW)

Blackjack

9st 9lb

J: Tom Eaves

T: Alan Brown

Has won on turf but better on the AW and may have needed it at Wetherby last time after a break (and wind surgery); perhaps more effective at 6f, though.

16/1

6th

2

(6)

15th Jun 2026

Good

0m 5f 110y

Class 6

15:40 Wetherby

Blackjack

9st 8lb

J: Tom Eaves

T: Alan Brown

Has won on turf (6f at Thirsk in 2022) but better on the AW and probably best watched after a break having had wind op.

8/1

5th

3

(5)

23rd Apr 2026

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0m 6f 16y

Class 6

20:30 Southwell (AW)

Blackjack

9st 6lb

J: Sean Kirrane

T: Alan Brown

Often front-runner; fourth of nine over C&D in January but he's struggled in three starts since; another headgear swap; others preferred.

20/1

33/1

Form: 8850-7

Last run: 180 days

W: 9st 5lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 62

Form & Verdict
Related to some decent winners but failed to get involved in a finish for Richard Hannon, latterly in the spring having been gelded (subsequently picked up for 7,500gns); the drop in trip may not be optimal on his Tapeta debut.
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2nd

9

(7)

11th Jun 2026

Good

0m 6f 18y

Class 6

17:22 Nottingham

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9st 9lb

J: Jack Gilligan

T: Roy Bowring

16-race maiden; just touched off in the corresponding event 12 months ago (good ground); absent until returning over 5f here last month, a race where he weakened in the final furlong having raced on his own up the far rail; goes without the blinkers today but still more appealing than many.

6/1

8th

11

(1)

19th May 2026

Good

0m 5f 8y

Class 6

16:55 Nottingham

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9st 0lb

J: Lewis Edmunds

T: Roy Bowring

15-race maiden but he was runner-up in a classified event here (6f, good) in his final run last season; returns after 341 days off but he should be fine back at this trip and he needs watching in market.

12/1

2nd

8

(11)

12th Jun 2025

Good

0m 6f 18y

Class 6

17:08 Nottingham

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9st 9lb

J: Alistair Rawlinson

T: Roy Bowring

14-race maiden; finished in front of Korroor at Leicester last week and would have finished closer still but for meeting trouble close home; he'll need to settle better back up in trip but he's not discounted.

9/2

Form: 356081 CD

Last run: 20 days

W: 9st 7lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 63

Form & Verdict
Two wins and a short-head second to his name in five runs over C&D following his victory off 4lb lower three weeks ago (first-time tongue-tie; well backed after a few ordinary efforts); this is tougher upped from 0-60 company.
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9th

6

(2)

4th Jun 2026

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0m 7f 1y

Class 6

17:10 Lingfield (AW)

Secret Road

9st 5lb

J: Luke Morris

T: Laura Mongan

Won at 6f and over C&D for James Owen at the start of the year, then over 1m here on yard debut in March, but his last three runs have been nothing like as good; has plenty to prove back at 7f.

25/1

10th

6

(12)

1st Jun 2026

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1m 0f 1y

Class 6

14:07 Lingfield (AW)

Secret Road

9st 5lb

J: Luke Morris

T: Laura Mongan

Enjoyed a revival for James Owen and this yard earlier in the year, with three wins, including two round here; up in the weights now, though, and finished well behind a couple of these over C&D a month ago; needs more from somewhere.

20/1

12th

5

(12)

30th Apr 2026

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1m 0f 1y

Class 6

17:07 Lingfield (AW)

Secret Road

9st 6lb

J: Rhys Clutterbuck

T: Laura Mongan

Looked in excellent nick on last month's stable debut, gaining clearcut C&D win in first-time cheekpieces; not quite in same form when fourth off new mark here three weeks later but still considered.

7/1

14/1

Form: 727560

Last run: 30 days

W: 9st 12lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 68

Form & Verdict
Ex-French gelding who doesn't always convince and has come more than a stone down the weights for this yard; ran fairly in one previous start on Tapeta but is some way down the pecking order.
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6th

3

(1)

28th Oct 2024

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0m 6f 16y

Class 5

16:55 Southwell (AW)

Tremblant

9st 12lb

J: Frederick Larson

T: Amy Murphy

Ex-French gelding who doesn't always convince and has come more than a stone down the weights for this yard; ran fairly in one previous start on Tapeta but is some way down the pecking order.

14/1

6th

3

(1)

28th Oct 2024

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0m 6f 16y

Class 5

16:55 Southwell (AW)

Tremblant

9st 12lb

J: Frederick Larson

T: Amy Murphy

Ex-French gelding who doesn't always convince and has come more than a stone down the weights for this yard; ran fairly in one previous start on Tapeta but is some way down the pecking order.

14/1

10th

7

(4)

28th Sep 2024

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0m 6f 0y

Class 5

19:00 Chelmsford (AW)

Tremblant

9st 9lb

J: Adam Farragher

T: Amy Murphy

slowly away, in rear and outpaced, reminder early

10/1

66/1

Form: 294879

Last run: 7 days

W: 8st 13lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 56

Form & Verdict
Sole win came in a 5f turf seller; has struggled in five starts on Tapeta, latterly when well held at 100-1 around Wolverhampton a week ago.
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6

(10)

6th Jun 2025

Good

0m 5f 160y

Class 6

17:45 Bath

Lochaber

9st 9lb

J: Callum Shepherd

T: Scott Dixon

Mainly disappointing since sole win at Beverley (5f; seller) last May and he was always behind in a Southwell classified (6f) 119 days ago.

50/1

Form: -08582 D

Last run: 10 days

W: 9st 11lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 68

Form & Verdict
Well suited by soft ground on turf and ran much her best race of the season under those conditions, back from two months off, ten days ago; finished clear of the rest that day but now has to build on it off a 2lb higher mark on her AW debut.
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7th

8

(3)

5th Mar 2026

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1m 0f 1y

Class 6

16:33 Lingfield (AW)

Back Before Dark

8st 10lb

J: William Carson

T: Andy Irvine

A fair 6f winner at her best but she ended her time with Grant Tuer below par and came in last of eight for her new yard over C&D eight days ago; she's not easy to make a case for.

33/1

8th

1

(10)

25th Feb 2026

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1m 0f 1y

Class 6

16:12 Lingfield (AW)

Back Before Dark

9st 9lb

J: Jude Fernandes

T: Andy Irvine

Inconsistent for former stable and hasn't added to her maiden win back in June 2023; unraced at further than 7f (tailed off in on attempt) but pedigree offers hope she will stay.

33/1

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Exacta £7.00
Straight Forecast £6.87
Tricast £31.77
Trifecta £35.90

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