17:10 Southwell

Friday 3 October 2025

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Off time: 17:11 | Winning time: 1m 28.81s

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Capall Rasa²⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Billy Loughnane| T: Tom Dascombe

11/2

Finished third of 4 at Yarmouth before eighth of 10 in maiden at Haydock Park (16/1) 29 days ago, missed the break and ran green. Remains capable of better with more experience.

Form: 38

(6)

Magical Merlot³⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: P J McDonald| T: E A L Dunlop

7/4

Shown promise in both turf starts, finishing third of 11 in novice at Thirsk (13/2) 35 days ago under largely hands-and-heels. One to keep an eye on.

Form: 63

(2)

Apex Star¹⁷

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Cieren Fallon| T: W J Knight

50/1

Eighth of 10 in novice stakes at Wolverhampton (16/1) 17 days ago, showing inexperience by starting very slowly and hanging left approaching final furlong. Step up in trip could help.

Form: 8

(9)

Attention Seeker^h¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Kaiya Fraser| T: Harry Eustace

15/2

Made poor all-weather debut at Kempton before finishing second of 7 in maiden at Brighton (13/2) in hood 18 days ago, running green but rallying well. Could build on that better effort.

Form: 72

(4)

Turku

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: S & E Crisford

17/2

Foaled February 4. 22,000 gns yearling. Shaman gelding. First foal from a dam who was a 2-y-o 7f winner who later stayed 12.5f. From a stable with a good record with juveniles. Pedigree suggests this trip should suit well.

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Shafi

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: C Lee| T: J Tate

5/2

Foaled April 16. €35,000 foal, €47,000 yearling, €21,000 2-y-o. Calyx colt. Represents in-form stable with a solid record with juveniles this season and warrants close attention.

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Trust No One^t1¹⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: K T O'Neill| T: Alice Haynes

150/1

Making only second start after finishing 10th of 11 in novice race at Chelmsford (33/1) 15 days ago when green, slowly into stride and always behind. Likely to need more experience.

Form: 0

(7)

Valkyrie Storm³¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-2| J: Charles Bishop| T: Eve Johnson Houghton

8/1

Modest third of 8 at Chepstow (10/1) 31 days ago when showing some improvement. First try on AW surface.

Form: 53

(1)

Anthena

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: Sean Kirrane| T: L A Mullaney

250/1

Foaled March 17. Ulysses filly. Dam was placed at 7f-1¼m distances.

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Forecasts

Magical Merlot (7/4), Shafi (5/2), Capall Rasa (11/2), Attention Seeker (15/2), Valkyrie Storm (8/1), Turku (17/2), Apex Star (50/1), Trust No One (150/1), Anthena (250/1)

SHAFI comes from a yard with an excellent record with juveniles this season and warrants serious attention on debut. Turku's pedigree suggests this trip should suit, being the first foal of a dam who won over 7f as a 2-year-old. Attention Seeker showed improvement when second at Brighton last time despite running green and could build on that effort.