SOUTHWELL (A.W) (15 Nov 2005)

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2:10 Press Red To Bet ITVi Selling Stakes (6) (3yo+)

[off 2:11] £2,559.37, £755.63, £378.00 1m

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Spitfire Bob (USA) (8) M E Sowersby 6 8-9 p Greg Fairley(5) 28/1 50 16 59

2 nk Pending (IRE) (5) R A Fahey 4 9-6 T Hamilton 6/1 53 22 65

3 1½ Nevsky Bridge (4) J J Quinn 3 8-7 L P Keniry 28/1 48 7 51

4 nk Sister Eugenie (IRE) (9) S Kirk 3 8-7 J Fanning 16/1 47 6 50

5 1¼ Castanza (11) H Morrison 3 8-13 M Fenton 7/2F 66 9 54

6 shd Aswan (IRE) (3) S R Bowring 7 9-6 t P Makin 10/1 64 14 58

7 1 Musical Gift (14) P A Blockley 5 9-0 p C Catlin 4/1 51 5 50

8 shd Greenbelt (6) D W Chapman 4 9-0 Darren Williams 14/1 86 5 50

9 2 Colonel Bilko (IRE) (13) Miss S J Wilton 3 8-12 N Callan 13/2 58 — 46

10 1 Priorina (IRE) (7) D Haydn Jones 3 8-7 p Martin Dwyer 17/2 52 — 39

11 hd Terraquin (IRE) (2) J J Bridger 5 9-0 v A Daly 20/1 48 — 44

12 9 Pawn In Life (IRE) (1) M J Polglase 7 9-6 v P Doe 28/1 47 — 32

13 2 Zinging (12) J J Bridger 6 9-6 b Lisa Jones 40/1 40 — 28

13 ran TIME 1m 44.18s (slow by 3.68s) TOTAL SP 119%

NON RUNNER: Susiedil (IRE)

1st OWNER: A E & K E Searby BRED: Jim & Pam Robinson TRAINER: M E Sowersby

2nd OWNER: The Tickled Pink Partnership

3rd OWNER: Burton Agnes Bloodstock

TOTE WIN £42.00 PL £11.90, £2.10, £6.70; Ex £355.80; CSF £180.29

There was no bid for the winner. Castanza was claimed by Mark Wellings for £6,000.

ANALYSIS: A poor seller that is unlikely to linger long in the memory and there were nine horses in a line across the track passing the furlong pole.

SPITFIRE BOB, who was a fair performer a few years ago and recorded a couple of victories on the old Wolverhampton fibresand, had been out of sorts for quite a while but the return to this surface for the first time in almost two years did the trick. He will do well to find another race as modest as this, however.

Pending has recent winning form on turfand performed much better on this surface than he had in two tries on Polytrack. This was his also his best effort since joining the Richard Fahey yard, but again he will need to find a race at least as bad as this in order to win again.

Nevsky Bridge, unplaced in all four of her previous starts in better company, performed better on this drop in grade and at least she has the possibility of a little bit more improvement.

Sister Eugenie, badly out of form on turf of late and making her sanddebut, was running on right against the stands' rail late on and did not seem to lack for stamina over this testing mile.

Castanza wasn't beaten far after racing prominently from the start, but may find this trip a bit too far.

French import Greenbelt was by far best in at the weights, but was entitled to need this outing after a 16-month break and ran accordingly, whilst both Aswan and Musical Gift may also just have needed this following their respective absences.