17:45 Southwell

Thursday 28 August 2025

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Racing League Race 36 Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

Off time: 17:46 | Winning time: 2m 36.51s

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(3)

Croeso Cymraeg¹⁸

Age: 11| Weight: 9-12| J: P J McDonald| T: H J Evans| OR: 79| CD

125/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Lingfield in June. 50/1, last of 8 in handicap at Haydock (10.5f, good to firm) 18 days ago. Bounce back needed.

Form: 0-91738

(13)

Percy Jones⁹^{(ex 5)}

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Finley Marsh| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 74| D

25/1

Won 8-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (1½m) 9 days ago, all out. Tough and consistent but a 5 lb penalty demands more of him.

Form: 824261

(11)

Crystal Mariner^t²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Saffie Osborne| T: J A Osborne| OR: 77

14/1

Ended losing run in handicap over 1¼m at Salisbury in July but he needs to bounce back from a disappointing effort at Lingfield a week later.

Form: 299315

(7)

Arcon²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: George Wood| T: J Candlish| OR: 76

25/1

20/1, back to form a little out of blue when producing a late surge to score over 1¾m at Haydock (good to firm) 3 weeks ago. More needed off 4 lb higher in this stronger race.

Form: 420-951

(5)

Spirit Of Jura¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Archie Young⁽⁵⁾| T: C Johnston| OR: 81| BF| C

7/2

Four wins this year, the latest over 13f at Hamilton at the beginning of the month. Winning run ended but still performed with credit when third over 1¾m at Newmarket 12 days ago. Respected.

Form: 116113

(1)

Sugarloaf Lenny^p²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: P Mulrennan| T: W J Knight| OR: 70| CD

20/1

C&D winner. Creditable third of 7 in handicap at Brighton (1½m, good, 9/1) 21 days ago, running on.

Form: 044253

(2)

King Chaos²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: D Allan| T: R Menzies| OR: 67| C

12/1

Course winner. Respectable fifth of 11 in handicap (6/1) at Redcar (1¼m, good to firm) 29 days ago. Back up in trip. Others are more obvious.

Form: 564805

(6)

Always A Star²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: S D Bowen| T: Harry Charlton| OR: 67| BF

4/1

Yet to win but knocking on the door in handicaps lately, finishing third of 7 at Thirsk (1½m, good) 26 days ago, well positioned. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 433523

(10)

Antelope¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Joe Leavy| T: R Hannon| OR: 74| BF

16/1

Won back-to-back 1¼m handicaps in May and has remained in good form subsequently, including third of 8 at Haydock (10.5f, good to firm) 19 days ago. Faded on previous attempt at 1½m but that was at the beginning of the year and he may be stronger at the finish this time.

Form: 124343

(8)

Everyoneknowsadave¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Nicola Currie| T: Jessica Macey| OR: 74| C

16/1

Course winner over 11f in July. 8/1, good second of 8 in handicap at Haydock (10.5f, good to firm) 19 days ago, nearest finish.

Form: 559412

(4)

Cotswold Cottage²³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Callum Shepherd| T: Faye Bramley| OR: 63

20/1

Made it 2-3 in handicaps when seeing off 5 rivals over 9f at Ffos Las 23 days ago on her second outing for the Faye Bramley yard. Her previous win came over 11.5f at Windsor so she should have no difficulty going back up in trip. Interesting.

Form: 7881-31

(12)

Say What You See⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: William Pyle⁽³⁾| T: L Bailey| OR: 68

15/8

Latest win at Ayr in July. 10/1, shaped well when second of 14 in Racing League at Newcastle (1¼m) 7 days ago, clear of rest. The return to 1½m should help if anything. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 053122

Non-Runners

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Secret Beach¹⁴

Weight: 9-10| Age: 4

T: B Brookhouse J: Jason Hart

(9)

Criminal³³

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: R Hughes J: Finley Marsh

Forecasts

Say What You See (15/8), Spirit Of Jura (7/2), Always A Star (4/1), Criminal (9/2), King Chaos (12/1), Secret Beach (12/1), Crystal Mariner (14/1), Antelope (16/1), Everyoneknowsadave (16/1), Cotswold Cottage (20/1), Sugarloaf Lenny (20/1), Percy Jones (25/1), Arcon (25/1), Croeso Cymraeg (125/1)

Richard Hughes and Finley Marsh won a 1½m handicap with a progressive 3-y-o in last week's Racing League at Newcastle and CRIMINAL looks to have a similar profile. The form of his handicap debut second at Ascot has been franked and he's preferred to fellow 3-y-os Say What You See, who ran a blinder at Newcastle last week, and Spirit of Jura.