Southwell Races

2020s  first blog from Southwell races. The meeting was not over busy with small fields making
it difficult to pick winners. This meeting also continued to see Ben Curtis' successful streak with him having a double. My one horse to watch for the rest of the season is the new comer Iron Heart,
the horse didn't like the kickback from the fibre sand but despite this still managed to finish third. Another impressive performance was Silverturnstogold who had its four-timer under Elisha Whittington and Tony Carroll. However Whittington got suspended for excessive use of the whip, what do you think about this? Should they be disqualified from the race?

The 2:20 had Angel Lane leading with Argus and Rasaasy close up. Blowing Dixie and Cosmelli were both held up in the rear. At five furlongs out Cosmelli made headway getting involved in the race. Four furlongs out had Argus and Rasaasy being pushed along, the latter was quickly outpaced. Blowing Dixie made nice headway at three furlongs out whilst the leader Angel Lane needed to be pushed along. The challenge between the two was clear at two furlongs out. Cosmelli and the rest of the field were slowly dropping away. At one furlong out Blowing Dixie was the undisputed leader and was smoothly ridden clear. Angel Lane became one paced. First was Blowing Dixie by 4 3/4 lengths, second was Angel Lane by 3 1/2 lengths and third was Cosmelli by 3 1/4 lengths. This showed how stretched out the field was.

The penultimate race had Jungle Secret with a slight lead to Requited, Our Charlie Brown, The Right Choice and Al Suil Eile. Global Melody was held up. There was not much room between the whole field. Global Melody on the home straight make headway. At three furlong out Requited, Jungle Secret and Global Hope were ridden along. With two furlongs to go Al Suil Eile and Our Charlie Brown made ground up. The Right Choice was ridden to challenge. Into the final furlong it was a three way battle between Al Suil Eile, Global Melody and The Right Choice all close together. All heading each other at some point. Global Melody however was on the stands side rail but in the final stages did not have enough pace to keep up with Al Suil Eile. First was Al Suil Eile by 3/4 length, second was The Right Choice by 1/2 length and third was Global Melody by 3 lengths.