18:45 Southwell

Friday 3 October 2025

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Arc 1MILLION Bonus Has 150k Increase! Handicap

Off time: 18:46 | Winning time: 1m 40.7s

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(8)

Blue Prince¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: P Cosgrave| T: P D Evans| OR: 81| C

5/1

Struggling for form, finished tenth of 11 in Newbury handicap (14/1) 13 days ago, clearly not 100% when folding 2f out. Needs to show much more.

Form: 200790

(10)

Cephalus^b³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: T P Queally| T: G & J Moore| OR: 80| CD

14/1

Course and distance winner who ran creditably when third at Kempton in July, but finished 11th of 13 in handicap here (20/1) 36 days ago, running below form. May need to recapture previous spark to be competitive.

Form: 106390

(1)

Rock Walk^p1⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Benoit D L Sayette| T: M Botti| OR: 80| D

66/1

Ninth of 10 in handicap at Chelmsford City (40/1) 50 days ago, never dangerous, and trying first-time cheekpieces today.

Form: 79-4809

(14)

Cosmos Raj^p⁵⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: C Horgan⁽⁵⁾| T: D O'Meara| OR: 78| D

66/1

Won at Ripon in July but has gone off the boil since, finishing last of 7 in a handicap at Pontefract (15/2) 58 days ago.

Form: 252107

(13)

Lyndon B^p²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 9-9| J: William Carson| T: J L Flint| OR: 77| D

40/1

Won at Windsor in June but below form since, including eighth of 9 in handicap there (16/1) 25 days ago when racing freely and hampered late. Ran well on only other start here.

Form: 4-01068

(2)

Lady Of Arabia^b³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Billy Loughnane| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 77| D

10/1

First-time blinkers when a good third of 10 in handicap over course and distance (9/1) 31 days ago. Now 2lb lower in weights than for latest success.

Form: 0-30893

(5)

Al Rufaa³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: Dylan Hogan| T: D & C Kubler| OR: 77

5/1

Patchy form this year including a neck second at Brighton (10/1) in August. Seventh of 11 in handicap at this course and distance (10/3) 31 days ago when taking a strong hold, pushed along early but faded. Down to a good mark but consistency not his strong point and now gone 19 races without a win.

Form: 030277

(7)

Paladin⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Oliver Stammers| T: C Johnston| OR: 76| CD

5/1

Won twice this season at 8f on turf but finished last of 7 in handicap at Redcar (6/1) 41 days ago when carrying head awkwardly. Has previous success at this course and distance.

Form: 1-15617

(12)

Bernalda^b,t⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Alexandra Egan⁽⁷⁾| T: J Ferguson| OR: 73| D

4/1

Followed up Wolverhampton success when winning easily by 4 lengths in a 7-runner handicap at Newcastle (7/2) 7 days ago, making it 2 from 2 in blinkers. Holds excellent claims of completing the hat-trick here.

Form: 323211

(9)

Loch Leven^p⁵¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: P J McDonald| T: Ollie Sangster| OR: 76

33/1

Runner-up at this course in June but recent form poor, finishing 8th of 13 at Kempton (18/1) 51 days ago when back in headgear. Hard to fancy.

Form: 841-208

(4)

Alessia Fernanda^t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Zak Wheatley⁽³⁾| T: D Carroll| OR: 73| D

40/1

Made creditable effort when third at Carlisle (6.9f) in August but below form recently, finishing eighth of 9 in handicap at Pontefract (22/1) 15 days ago.

Form: 360398

(11)

Bin Ajwad²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: D Allan| T: J Tate| OR: 74| CD

3/1

Left previous efforts behind when winning on handicap debut over C&D (7/1) 29 days ago, staying on strongly to lead entering final 1f. Still unexposed and capable of following up.

Form: 4371

(3)

American State^t1,v1⁶¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Cieren Fallon| T: P Owens| OR: 72| D

16/1

Won handicap at Newbury (8f) in June but finished 11th of 12 in a handicap at Galway (soft) at 12/1 61 days ago, weakening badly after leading. First-time visor/tongue tie tried following a break.

Form: 533170

Non-Runners

(6)

Special Ghaiyyath²⁷

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: J Tate J: C Lee

Forecasts

Bin Ajwad (3/1), Bernalda (4/1), Paladin (5/1), Al Rufaa (5/1), Blue Prince (5/1), Special Ghaiyyath (7/1), Lady Of Arabia (10/1), Cephalus (14/1), American State (16/1), Loch Leven (33/1), Alessia Fernanda (40/1), Lyndon B (40/1), Cosmos Raj (66/1), Rock Walk (66/1)

BERNALDA has really found her stride since the application of blinkers, making it 2 from 2 in the headgear with an impressive 4-length success at Newcastle. Unpenalised, she looks well placed to complete the hat-trick. Bin Ajwad is a big danger looking to follow up last month's C&D success. Al Rufaa could go well if in the mood.