14:30 Southwell

Tuesday 18 December 2018

All11:5512:2513:0013:3014:0014:3015:0015:30

Ladbrokes Nursery (Div 1)

Off time: 14:31 | Winning time: 1m 16.34s

(7)

Cognac Blue⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-12| J: Sebastian Woods⁽⁵⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 61

6/4

Redcar claimer winner in October (7f) not beaten far in two subsequent starts over same distance including on AW just last week. First start on fibresand here but looks a leading candidate with drop to 6f no concern.

Form: 436135

(3)

Melgate Magic^b1,t²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Nathan Evans| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 56| BF

3/1

Well backed favourite at Wolverhampton latest but didn't appear to quite last out the 7f trip and finished fifth. Drop to 6f here therefore should suit and blinkers added so expecting a bold bid here.

Form: 556745

(10)

Cool Kitty²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen⁽⁷⁾| T: R Menzies| OR: 55

9/1

Best start for Richard Hannon her last when a close second at Kempton (6f) but well below that level on recent stable debut when ninth of 10 at Wolverhampton over 7f. Bit to prove now.

Form: 058029

(8)

Lethal Laura¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: P J McDonald| T: J G Given| OR: 54

14/1

Some ability shown on debut at Leicester but beaten 17½L and 20L subsequently in maidens. First handicap comes at a lowly level so expect her to fare considerably better.

Form: 508

(2)

Champagne Mondays^p⁵⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 9-3| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 52

9/1

Close fourth at Redcar in October not far short of the required level but below that next when 10th of 13 at same venue. Has run here (fifth) and gets 2lb back so not one to rule out.

Form: 675040

(9)

Ever Rock¹³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-1| J: L Morris| T: J S Moore| OR: 50

12/1

Fourth of 13 at Lingfield (7f) latest arguably her best run in seven starts to date. Drop back in trip based on that run may well help and gets 1lb back so certainly chance to better that now.

Form: 446704

(5)

Zeebad^b²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Tim Clark⁽³⁾| T: P W D'Arcy| OR: 48

20/1

Moderate form in three novice events and beaten 8¾L in first handicap at Wolverhampton last time (7f) where Melgate Magic was sixth. More needed but 4lb ease should see him better efforts so far.

Form: 8087

(6)

Haarriet⁴⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 8-11| J: C Lee| T: P D Evans| OR: 46

25/1

Only minor ability shown on turf thus far and beaten 11½L into eighth of 11 on AW debut at Kempton last time. Big step up required to play a significant part.

Form: 50868

(1)

Cool Walk²⁰

Age: 2| Weight: 8-10| J: P Mathers| T: D Shaw| OR: 45

12/1

Only beaten a total of six rivals in five starts so far, all on AW and over 5f. Slightly improved effort latest and first start on fibresand but hard to be confident.

Form: 69880

(4)

Tintern Spirit¹⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-10| J: Rob Hornby| T: J M Bradley| OR: 45

50/1

10th of 11 on debut and last in all three starts since. Also beaten 20L plus in each of those races so impossible to make a case for here.

Form: 0000

Forecasts

Cognac Blue (6/4), Melgate Magic (3/1), Champagne Mondays (9/1), Cool Kitty (9/1), Ever Rock (12/1), Cool Walk (12/1), Lethal Laura (14/1), Zeebad (20/1), Haarriet (25/1), Tintern Spirit (50/1)

The only previous winner in this field COGNAC BLUE has a good opportunity to double his tally in a field desperately lacking strength in depth. The main rival appears to be Melgate Magic who was well backed but didn't quite last out over 7f last time. Best of the rest looks Champagne Mondays although his last run must be forgiven.