15:55 Southwell

Tuesday 30 January 2018

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Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 1m 41.56s

(2)

Mujassam^b¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Patrick Vaughan⁽⁷⁾| T: D O'Meara| OR: 85| C

6/1

Sprang 25-1 surprise when winning a 6f handicap here last month from a mark of 80. Held next time over C&D from this mark (beaten 4¼L) and also over 7f since. Latest run over 1m at Newcastle not bad in context, but still to convince over the trip.

Form: 6816-63

(4)

Count Montecristo^p⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Cameron Noble⁽⁵⁾| T: K A Ryan| OR: 74| D

10/3

2-21, with wins in a Hamilton maiden (1m½f, good) and a Wolverhampton handicap (1m1½f) to his name, the latter from 3lb higher than today. Handles the surface well enough but might find a couple to beat him on these terms.

Form: 87003-5

(1)

Muqarred^p⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: T Hamilton| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 77| CD

4/1

Both his AW wins have been here, one of them also in a C&D claimer. Has suffered with the handicapper for some good recent efforts in defeat and could again make the frame now back in this company.

Form: 022-620

(6)

Pearl Nation¹²

Age: 9| Weight: 9-6| J: L Morris| T: M Appleby| OR: 83| CD

7/4

Has recorded half of his eight wins here, two of them over C&D and won a similar contest earlier in the month. Comfortably held in handicaps either side of that, but back in a claimer he looks to have a good chance at the weights.

Form: 2827-15

(3)

Noble Ballad^b¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Miss Emma Wilkinson⁽⁷⁾| T: R M Beckett| OR: 57| C

40/1

Won a 7f handicap here in August from a mark of 57, but form has progressively deteriorated in three more runs here. Looks one of the least likely winners in the field on these terms.

Form: 1057-79

(7)

Daisy Bere^b1¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: K R Burke| OR: 72| CD

8/1

Won an auction maiden over C&D two years ago and stays 1m2f. Has run well on all three visits to the track. Arrives in reasonably good form and doesn't have a huge amount to find to pick up some prize money. Might do so if blinkers positive.

Form: 6065-64

(5)

L'Es Fremantle⁶⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 8-11| J: D Fentiman| T: M C Chapman| OR: 41

300/1

0-38 and has yet to make the frame on any occasion. Well out of his depth in a field of this ability and impossible to make a case for him.

Form: 65680/7-

Forecasts

Pearl Nation (7/4), Count Montecristo (10/3), Muqarred (4/1), Mujassam (6/1), Daisy Bere (8/1), Noble Ballad (40/1), L'Es Fremantle (300/1)

PEARL NATION has regularly run well in claimers and sellers in the past year or so and looks to be a very solid option again this time with the way this race is framed being in his favour. Mujassam is not dismissed out of hand, but he does still need to fully prove that he gets this far, while Count Montecristo , Muqarred and Daisy Bere are the others most likely to be vying for prize money at the business end.