16:00 Southwell

Tuesday 27 March 2018

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sunbets.co.uk Handicap

Off time: 16:01 | Winning time: 1m 27.82s

(8)

Spare Parts³^{(ex 6)}

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Nicola Currie⁽⁵⁾| T: P S McEntee| OR: 85| D

11/1

One of the horses of the season on the AW over the winter with seven wins to his name since the turn of the year. Has no Fibresand experience though and meets quite a few that are very at home here and beaten off this mark last time.

Form: 251415

(1)

Volatile¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: D C Costello| T: J A Osborne| OR: 90| CD

10/3

Thriving since joining this yard and has taken well to Fibresand going 2/2 here and looking very at home over this trip last time (travelled well). Gets a 5lb rise in the weights for that taking win and will make a bold bid to complete a four-timer.

Form: 50-4111

(6)

Holiday Magic⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: Harrison Shaw⁽⁷⁾| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 89| BF| CD

3/1

Well supported here last time out he has some sound form on this surface and showed that last time although he was a little shorter than his form entitled. Given a rather harsh 3lb rise for that effort he looks to have a tough task now.

Form: 7-26923

(4)

Philba^v¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: S De Sousa| T: P D Evans| OR: 88| CD

12/1

Quite a capable sort on this surface and he looked to need the run after a long break here last time (finished behind a few of these). Dropped 2lb for that run and has the assistance of the champion jockey; just 1lb above his last winning mark.

Form: 72/390-7

(9)

Towerlands Park¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: M Harley| T: S Durack| OR: 86

25/1

Makes his Fibresand debut but comes here off a poor run ay Chelmsford and faces a fair few with good form on the surface. Still above his last winning mark by 3lb and easy to make a more persuasive case for others.

Form: 03-D570

(3)

Hammer Gun^v⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: P Mathers| T: D Shaw| OR: 84| BF| CD

10/3

Winner of half his starts on Fibresand he's won three times over C&D and looked to get back to form last time. Usually finds plenty for pressure and comes from off the pace but has generally found marks in the 80's too tough.

Form: 4-71442

(2)

Florencio^p¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: T Hamilton| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 81| CD

9/1

Won over C&D on his debut on this surface but has never really backed that run up in two subsequent visits here and ran a modest race here last time. Given his recent defeats it's hard to fashion a case for him against some in-form types.

Form: 76-3566

(7)

Treaty Of Rome^v⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Gary Mahon⁽⁵⁾| T: D Shaw| OR: 73| BF| C

15/2

One of two runners from his yard he looked back to form returned to the Fibresand on his penultimate start but failed to back that up last time. He was left poorly placed in that heat but this grade looks a little tougher than his usual company.

Form: 273-535

Non-Runners

(5)

Mister Music⁶

Weight: 10-2| Age: 9

T: A W Carroll J: Aled Beech

Forecasts

Holiday Magic (3/1), Hammer Gun (10/3), Volatile (10/3), Mister Music (5/1), Treaty Of Rome (15/2), Florencio (9/1), Spare Parts (11/1), Philba (12/1), Towerlands Park (25/1)

A good contest and something has to give here between Mister Music and VOLATILE both of whom put their unbeaten records on the line here. Nothing wrong with the form of the first-named but the latter is a better traveller and may get first run on his main rival here. Holiday Magic may well have had his chance last time but should get involved while Spare Parts is a fascinating runner although his ability to act on Fibresand has to be taken on trust. Hammer Gun has found handicap marks like this tough in the past while of the bigger prices Philba isn’t ruled out of this with a run under his belt now.