SOUTHWELL (A.W) (05 Feb 2006)

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1:50 Win £2M At Littlewoodspools.co.uk Banded Stakes (class 7) (3yo+,0-45)

[off 1:50] £1,365.00, £403.00, £201.60 5f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Byo (IRE) (4) P Howling 8 9-5 A Culhane 11/8F 50 — —

2 2½ Eternally (7) R M H Cowell 4 9-0 p S W Kelly 50/1 35 — —

3 ¾ Muktasb (USA) (6) D Shaw 5 8-13 v P P Mathers(3) 13/2 47 — —

4 hd Percy Douglas (2) Miss A Stokell 6 8-7 tv Ann Stokell(7) 22/1 45 — —

5 1 Town House (3) B P J Baugh 4 8-8 Sonia Eaton(7) 12/1 46 — —

6 1¼ Kashtanka (IRE) (10) J Balding 4 8-11 b J Edmunds(3) 20/1 40 — —

7 ¾ Lady Pekan (9) P Howling 7 9-1 J-P Guillambert 12/1 46 — —

8 ½ Baymist (8) M W Easterby 4 9-0 b1 P Mulrennan(3) 33/1 48 — —

9 4 Freshwinds (14) S L Keightley 4 9-0 Darren Williams 11/2 45 — —

10 nk Lizzie Rocket (13) J O´Reilly 6 8-8 v J D O´Reilly(7) 28/1 46 — —

11 1¼ Danakim (12) J R Weymes 9 8-7 eb J Cavanagh(7) 66/1 40 — —

12 ½ Hiamovi (IRE) (11) R M H Cowell 4 9-0 b E Ahern 7/1 45 — —

13 ½ Mystery Pips (5) N Tinkler 6 9-3 v Kim Tinkler 11/1 48 — —

13 ran TIME 59.86s (slow by 1.86s) TOTAL SP 125%

NON RUNNER: Sapphire Dream

1st OWNER: Mrs J P Howling BRED: E Johnston TRAINER: P Howling

2nd OWNER: Bottisham Heath Stud

3rd OWNER: Simon Mapletoft Racing I

TOTE WIN £2.00 PL £1.10, £14.90, £2.50; Ex £91.30; CSF £120.37

ANALYSIS: Those racing down the centre of the track normally dominate over this five furlongs, and so it proved this time. BYO, the top-rated runner in the field with a mark of 50, and the form horse as well, having run second here last month - with Muktasb, Hiamovi and Lizzie Rocket behind - justified his favourite's position as he was driven clear in the last 150 yards to score decisively.

Eternally, who won a seller here the season before last but showed next to nothing last year and had dropped to amark of 35, showed plenty of speed on this first outing in four months and, if he can build on this, then he should be able to find a similar event.

Muktasb, a bit out of his depth last time, kept on for a fair third on this occasion but he is proving difficult to win with and his losing run now stretches to 18.

Percy Douglas is another on a long losing run, in his case going back to 2002, and though he ran well enough it is hard to see when that run will end.