14:15 Southwell

Monday 25 June 2018

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Jigsaw Sports Branding Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 6m 31.10s

Third Of The Third^p⁵⁸

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss E Todd⁽⁵⁾| T: G Hanmer| OR: 99| D

40/1

Modest point to pointer who switched back to Rules after an absence of five years when formerly trained by David Pipe. Looks up against it under top weight.

Form: 743/434-

Lotus Pond^h,t⁴^{(ex 7)}

Age: 10| Weight: 11-7| J: S Bowen| T: P & M Bowen| OR: 87| D

30/100

Won four out of five point to ponts this year and made winning return to Rules when scoring very easily at Ffos Las last week, scoring with plenty in hand. Should go very well again under 7lb penalty.

Form: 11211-1

Arizona Bound^p⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Callum Bewley⁽³⁾| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 91

16/1

Won Uttoxeter bumper for Gordon Elliot last July then joined Jim Goldie and failed to shine. Moved on to current yard in March but again hasn't shown a great deal so appears to have a stiff task in current form.

Form: 552U-96

Shaiyzar^p²³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: Henry Brooke| T: D Thompson| OR: 83| CD

11/1

Just 2-52 is a poor strike rate, but last win came here 22 months ago in a three-mile handicap hurdle. Still a maiden after 16 attempts over fences though and will probably remain that way after this event.

Form: 832-857

Sirius Star⁴⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-6| J: Finian O'Toole⁽³⁾| T: B Rothwell| OR: 79| D

25/1

Not shown very much in the last two seasons and has yet to prove himself at this trip. Fallen 27lb in the rating so is well handicapped if he could recover a bit of old form, but there hasn't been much sign of that happening of late.

Form: PP355-7

Tommy O'dwyer⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-5| J: R P McLernon| T: N Mechie| OR: 78| D

80/1

Last worthwhile form came in similar event at Hexham a year ago today, but has looked badly out of sorts and is very hard to make a case for on recent evidence.

Form: 63555-P

Kilcascan^p⁹³

Age: 14| Weight: 10-4| J: Benjamin Poste| T: Mrs R Gasson| OR: 77| C| D

12/1

Scored 23 month ago at Worcester off a mark of 90. Well into the veteran stage but did show a little spark when fourth at Bangor last time. In a weak race may be up to grabbing a place.

Form: 45/66P4-

Withoutdefavourite^b1⁷⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 10-1| J: Alan Johns| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 74| D

10/1

21-race maiden, ran third on penultimate start at Wincanton and wouldn't be without a chance on that effort. Clearly is hard to win with though and others make more appeal.

Form: P76434-

Super Lunar^b,t⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: H Hogarth| OR: 72

20/1

16 career starts and no victory yet. Dropped a total of 27lb in chase ratings since April 2016 and races from 1lb out of the handicap here. May find life tough yet again.

Form: 5P4/55P

Larkhall²⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: R D Day⁽³⁾| T: M E Sowersby| OR: 70| C| D

16/1

2-36 under Rules but no joy since November 2015. Runner-up in this race 12 months ago however, so despite running from 3lb out of the weight a bold show is not ruled out having shown a bit of form on his last two starts.

Form: 3356-36

Forecasts

Lotus Pond (30/100), Withoutdefavourite (10/1), Shaiyzar (11/1), Kilcascan (12/1), Arizona Bound (16/1), Larkhall (16/1), Super Lunar (20/1), Sirius Star (25/1), Third Of The Third (40/1), Tommy O'dwyer (80/1)

If LOTUS POND is recovered from his facile win at Ffos Las last week he is going to take plenty of stopping under a 7lb penalty in a race of mainly out-of-form rivals. Last year's runner-up Larkhall has no weight and has shown signs of a revival recently so has place prospects, along with the veteran Kilcasan. Most of the remainder are hard to enthuse over, but Withoutdefavourite might not be too far away.