15:20 Nottingham

Wednesday 8 November 2017

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Off time: 15:20 | Winning time: 1m 3.02s

(8)

Ebitda⁸^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 10-2| J: Jamie Gormley⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 67| D

6/5

Has won four of her last five on a variety of ground, including soft, and all at this trip. Didn't look as though she had stopped winning when bolting up at Catterick last time. Kept to this grade and under a penalty she will be tough to topple.

Form: 711611

(4)

Ayresome Angel¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: J Fanning| T: J Mackie| OR: 64| D

4/1

Sole success was in a fast ground Chester maiden in 2015. Started well when joining this yard in mid-season, including running well over C&D on heavy in August. Lost her way lately, however and has a bit to prove.

Form: 0-32480

(9)

Culloden⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Toby Eley⁽⁷⁾| T: S A Harris| OR: 64| BF| D

25/1

Rattled up a hat-trick over this trip in July/August, including on soft at Musselburgh. Has not been quite so good since from marks similar to or slightly higher than today's and is not easy to fancy on recent evidence.

Form: 111570

(6)

Kodimoor^b,t³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: F Norton| T: C N Kellett| OR: 60| D

9/1

Yet to win on soft ground, though came within a short-head of doing so at Musselburgh (5f) last month. 2lb higher now and previous outings when rated 60-plus have proved fruitless, so takes a leap of faith to see him win.

Form: 149572

(2)

Borough Boy^v²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: P Makin| T: D Shaw| OR: 58| D

14/1

You have to go back to 2014 for his only turf win in 29 attempts, though it did at least come on good to soft. 7lb lower here today then when beaten just ½L over C&D in May, but has been unable to take any chances from sliding marks since.

Form: 486859

(11)

Angel Palanas^p⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Russell Harris⁽⁷⁾| T: K R Burke| OR: 58

6/1

14-race maiden who has put up some of his best efforts to date when there has been cut in the ground. Looks capable of being very competitive from this mark, though clearly carries risks for those wanting to back the winner.

Form: 432434

(10)

Coiste Bodhar^p⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Patrick Pilley⁽³⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 56| CD

8/1

Prolific winner over this trip and whose most recent success was over C&D (soft) 13 months ago, when 8lb higher. Would be churlish to rule him out completely here, but his general level of form this year does leave a bit to be desired.

Form: 705003

(13)

Drop Kick Murphi¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: G Lee| T: Mrs C A Dunnett| OR: 55

50/1

Won three times last year for George Baker before being gelded and switched to this stable. Has not looked in the same form this time around, dropping 23lb in five runs since February and now a marked drop in trip. Others preferred.

Form: 760870

(1)

Celerity^p⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Gabriele Malune⁽⁷⁾| T: L Williamson| OR: 45

66/1

0-25, with her best effort this year being on good to soft at Ffos Las (5f) in July. Not as good since however and left David Evans for this trainer prior to latest run. Up 4lb going into this and looks one to watch today.

Form: 724050

Non-Runners

(5)

Fareeq³⁰

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: C Wallis J: B A Curtis

(3)

Ambitious Icarus¹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 8

T: R C Guest J: D Tudhope

(12)

Sarabi⁸

Weight: 8-12| Age: 4

T: S Dixon J: D Allan

(7)

Robbian¹

Weight: 8-7| Age: 6

T: C Smith J: Noel Garbutt

Forecasts

Ebitda (6/5), Ayresome Angel (4/1), Angel Palanas (6/1), Coiste Bodhar (8/1), Ambitious Icarus (8/1), Kodimoor (9/1), Robbian (10/1), Sarabi (10/1), Borough Boy (14/1), Culloden (25/1), Fareeq (25/1), Drop Kick Murphi (50/1), Celerity (66/1)

Scott Dixon has several chances here, but none better than topweight EBITDA, for whom he looks to have found another good opportunity to win under her penalty after she sluiced up again last time. Robbian showed enough last time to suggest that he could pick up some money again here, while Ambitious Icarus, Borough Boy and Angel Palanas are others with each-way claims.