Southwell Golf Club 25th Anniversary Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:21 | Winning time: 7m 1.0s

Royals And Rebels^b,t¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 12-2| J: Adrian Heskin| T: C J Mann| OR: 109| D

5/6

Fair but inconsistent handicap chaser who won over 3m twice at Plumpton early last year the second off a 5lb lower mark. Managed to get back to form over the larger obstacles last time at Fontwell over shorter on heavy ground; not one to rely on.

Form: 1PPP73

How About It^p⁷⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr J Smith-Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 105| D

150/1

His last win came at Ffos Las around a year ago when he took advantage of a tumbling mark (only handicap win) on heavy ground over 2m4f (last run for Rebecca Curtis). Has only run once over fences since and all his recent starts have come over hurdles; hard to catch right.

Form: P17-540

Cougar's Gold^p1,t²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: S Bowen| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 104

1/1

Lightly-raced over fences (this will be just his third start over them) he went backwards from his chasing debut at Market Rasen. Ran just a respectable race over hurdles last time out and now wears cheekpieces over fences for the first time; worth another chance.

Form: 415554

Call Carlo¹⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-3| J: Charlie Deutsch| T: Miss V Williams| OR: 96

8/1

Looks to have been hard to train and from a yard that haven't really fired this season. Made his chasing debut last time out (needs to settle better) but may well have some improvement in him off the same mark as last time.

Form: 1765/92

Forecasts

Royals And Rebels (5/6), Cougar's Gold (1/1), Call Carlo (8/1), How About It (150/1)

A race devoid of solid options and the quartet all come with question marks and it’s hard to be confident about any of them. CALL CARLO is taken as a nominal selection to go one better than he did at Towcester last time out edging the vote over Cougar’s Gold who may yet turn out to be better over fences than he was over hurdles. Royals And Rebels is hard to catch right and isn’t one to rely on while How About It needs to repeat his form of over a year ago and that’s not looked likely of late.