Fly the Flag for Southwell

Published date20 March 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
Previously trained by Harry Eustace, the three-year-old had certainly shown ability before eventually managing to make the leap to victory last time out

Placed three times at six and seven furlongs, a return to the longer trip worked the oracle at Kempton in January when triumphing by a length, despite not looking totally straightforward in the preliminaries and racing pretty keenly.

Raised 3lb for that victory, Flag Carrier could still have more improvement to come.

Corrales is the pick in the Bet £10 Get £40 At BetMGM Restricted Maiden Stakes after a promising debut effort.

A full-brother to Listed winners Mountain Angel and Fanciful Angel, Corrales is certainly bred to be smart and he made a decent start when fourth at Kempton last month.

He ducked across the track at the start that day which hardly helped his chances, before having to be switched late on to mount his challenge.

Beaten just four lengths in fourth, Corrales should be wiser for the experience and ready to make his mark.

Largy Force can make it second time lucky over obstacles in the Core - Centre Of Roofing Excellence Hereford Mares' "National Hunt" Novices' Hurdle at Chepstow.

A point-to-point winner in 2022, she subsequently changed hands for £85,000 and made her rules debut in a Catterick bumper in December, coming home a fair second to Wilful, who has subsequently placed twice again, both in a bumper and over hurdles.

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