13:45 Southwell

Saturday 29 December 2018

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Betway Heed Your Hunch Handicap

Off time: 13:48 | Winning time: 57.5s

(9)

Equimou²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Darragh Keenan⁽⁵⁾| T: R Eddery| OR: 82| D

16/1

Not beaten far when fifth over 5f at Lingfield last month. Struggled in blinkers (absent here) subsequently and making her fibresand debut.

Form: 616059

(1)

Chookie Dunedin⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: A Mullen| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 82| D

7/2

Victorious over 5f at Chelmsford on his penultimate outing. Fair effort over 6f there subsequently and worth a check in the market.

Form: 553417

(2)

Classic Pursuit^v⁷⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: L Morris| T: M Appleby| OR: 79| D

8/1

Good third in a 19 runner 6f handicap at York (good) in October. Close seventh over this trip at Catterick (soft) eight days later and one to note following a break.

Form: 143037

(11)

La Fortuna^t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Charles Bishop| T: C Wallis| OR: 79| CD

20/1

Completed a hat-trick when winning over 5f at Chelmsford in September. Below that level since and others hold stronger claims.

Form: 111758

(7)

Landing Night^p,t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: C Lee| T: R Menzies| OR: 78| CD

6/1

Beaten a neck in a C&D handicap last month when returning from wind surgery. Good efforts in defeat twice subsequently and another bold show on the cards.

Form: 515457

(6)

Casterbridge^p⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Rachel Richardson| T: E J Alston| OR: 75| D

10/1

Placed on two of his three starts since returning from a break prior to winning over this trip at Newcastle early last month. Of interest in this contest.

Form: 392031

(4)

Samovar^b⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: R Kingscote| T: S Dixon| OR: 74| CD

5/2

Running well in defeat of late most recently when third over C&D eight days ago. Races off the same mark and likely to run well once more.

Form: 746043

(8)

Ebitda¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Theodore Ladd⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 71| D

33/1

Fair seventh in a 5f handicap over C&D 11 days ago. Races off a 2lb lower mark here but likely more needed if she's to register a first AW success.

Form: 1-60057

(3)

Crosse Fire^p⁹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: J P Sullivan| T: S Dixon| OR: 68| CD

12/1

Returned to form with a third in a 6f handicap at Epsom (good) at the end of September. Unraced since and interesting to see how he fares.

Form: 026573

(12)

Normal Equilibrium¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 8-8| J: David Probert| T: I Furtado| OR: 66| D

25/1

Beaten 6L when sixth in a 5f handicap at Chelmsford last time out. Struggled in two previous starts here and others hold stronger claims.

Form: 560566

(10)

Always Amazing¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Raul Da Silva| T: D Shaw| OR: 65

33/1

Debut winner over 6f at Wolverhampton in June last year. Well held in two starts since joining this yard and probably best watched at present.

Form: 39-4000

(5)

Pearl Acclaim^p¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 8-7| J: Phil Dennis⁽³⁾| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 65| CD

33/1

Returning from a break when finishing last of 14 over C&D earlier this month. Races off a mark 8lb lower than for his most recent C&D success.

Form: 620860

Forecasts

Samovar (5/2), Chookie Dunedin (7/2), Landing Night (6/1), Classic Pursuit (8/1), Casterbridge (10/1), Crosse Fire (12/1), Equimou (16/1), La Fortuna (20/1), Normal Equilibrium (25/1), Pearl Acclaim (33/1), Ebitda (33/1), Always Amazing (33/1)

SAMOVAR ran well when placed over this C&D last time out and he looks capable of registering a victory in this 5f handicap. The selection can get the better of Casterbridge who has been running well in sprints in recent times while third place can go the way of Chookie Dunedin who can go well on his return to this distance.