15:35 Southwell

Tuesday 6 February 2018

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Betway Casino Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 15:43 | Winning time: 1m 17.53s

(3)

Archimedes^p,t⁵^{(ex 6)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: A Mullen| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 55| C

5/2

Most of his form here and his two wins has come over 5f but given how he shaped when winning last time he looks well worth a try over this 6f. Justified some good support last time and still looks as though he can be competitive from a mark such as this.

Form: 8590-51

(6)

Sir Geoffrey^b¹⁴

Age: 12| Weight: 9-7| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 55| CD

11/2

Versatile sort on Fibresand and has a record of 4/10 over this C&D (has won here nine times overall) coming right back to form last time off a break. Now has to overcome a 3lb higher mark as he bids to follow up a win something he's not done since March 2016.

Form: 87728-1

(1)

Fortinbrass¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-6| J: Lewis Edmunds⁽³⁾| T: J Balding| OR: 54| CD

7/2

Another one who has a decent record around here (4/23 over C&D; 5/31 overall) but he looks to be merely ticking over at the moment. There's always a chance he'll spring back to life as he is now 7lb below his last winning mark.

Form: 0656-54

(8)

Shelneverwalkalone^p¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: L Morris| T: I Furtado| OR: 53

7/1

Yet to win a race she produced her best effort last time at Lingfield over this trip in first-time cheekpieces going very close to breaking her maiden tag. Her sire has a good record here and off just a 1lb higher mark she could well at last win a race.

Form: 54647-2

(5)

Night Shadow^b³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Cam Hardie| T: A D Brown| OR: 52| D

14/1

Off the mark last March at Wolverhampton over this trip off an 8lb higher mark since then he's shown very little. Tried in blinkers on his last two starts it's hard to build much of case for him here.

Form: 89009-8

(9)

High Anxiety¹³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Phil Dennis⁽³⁾| T: J R Weymes| OR: 46WS

20/1

Goes handicapping for the first time that gives her more chance than she's had in her three runs so far this will be her first time on Fibresand. Not seen since running over 5f on Tapeta in September; by a sire (Bated Breath) who has an excellent record here from a limited amount of runners.

Form: 655-

(4)

New Tale^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Jamie Gormley⁽⁵⁾| T: Olly Williams| OR: 45

9/1

Four runs here have shown very little apart from one decent attempt over 7f with the last two runs coming nowhere near that level. Certainly stretched by a mile last time but hardly one to rely on in this.

Form: 0043-00

(2)

Interchoice Star^p⁸⁵

Age: 13| Weight: 8-12| J: T Hamilton| T: R E Peacock| OR: 45| CD

100/1

Has won here over C&D but that win and his one other win here came some while ago and his latest form leaves a lot to be desired. Finished last here on his last start and would be a surprise winner.

Form: 8877/50-

(10)

Trick Of The Lyte^p¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: P Hanagan| T: Julia Brooke| OR: 45| D

50/1

Makes his second start for this yard having previously been with John Quinn and offered little on that initial outing over 7f at Newcastle. Has won over this trip but stretching the imagination that he would be good enough to take this.

Form: 66450-0

(7)

Kath's Boy¹²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Aled Beech⁽⁷⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 45

8/1

One of four who run from out of the weights here he remains a maiden and this will be his first try on Fibresand with the sire (Bushranger) having a shocking record here. Others much preferred even in this lowly grade.

Form: 845480-

Forecasts

Archimedes (5/2), Fortinbrass (7/2), Sir Geoffrey (11/2), Shelneverwalkalone (7/1), Kath's Boy (8/1), New Tale (9/1), Night Shadow (14/1), High Anxiety (20/1), Trick Of The Lyte (50/1), Interchoice Star (100/1)

Not an awful lot of strength in depth in this and it may well be worth siding with ARCHIMEDES to build on his 5f win here last time with him looking ready for a step up to this trip off a mark he should be capable off. Both Shelneverwalkalone and Sir Geoffrey provide decent opposition with the latter having won here plenty of times and the former looking as though she’ll be suited by this surface having narrowly failed to win last time. Fortinbrass isn’t in the best form at the moment but is dangerously well handicapped on his old form here while High Anxiety is an interesting outsider given her pedigree as she does handicapping for the first time after having had some wind surgery.