16:15 Southwell

Monday 29 April 2019

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Bloomfields Horse Boxes Handicap

Off time: 16:23 | Winning time: 1m 16.24s

(3)

Katheefa⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: T Eaves| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 72| CD

2/1

Below par on turf last time but emphatic C&D winner prior to that and the 6lb rise for 4L win is pretty lenient. Yard in good from at present and clearly a big player.

Form: 386217

(6)

Sir Ottoman^p,t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Gabriele Malune⁽³⁾| T: I Furtado| OR: 68| BF| D

5/1

Front runner who is fine form at Kempton recently where he just failed to follow up a win when touched off on return visit there. Now tries Fibresand for the first time.

Form: 3-46212

(4)

Shepherd's Purse¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: T E Whelan| T: D Loughnane| OR: 67| D

6/1

Ex-Irish handicapper who is 0-18 on the AW and didn't show enough when beaten in a claimer last time to be of interest.

Form: 0940-95

(5)

Rasheeq⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: L Morris| T: M Moubarak| OR: 66| CD

14/1

Didn't fare too badly on comeback run but failed to build on that on subsequent run and little bit to prove now.

Form: 0847-35

(7)

Pushkin Museum⁹³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-1| J: L P Keniry| T: J Butler| OR: 64| BF| D

20/1

AW specialist though this is his first ever visit here. In good heart when last seen in the winter and claims if ready to go on first run for current yard.

Form: 67801-2

(9)

The Golden Cue⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Toby Eley⁽⁷⁾| T: Steph Hollinshead| OR: 63| CD

11/1

Backed at long odds when scoring over CD in January. Not as good here last week and has never been the easiest to catch right.

Form: 056-137

(10)

Socialites Red^p⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Theodore Ladd⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 62| CD

5/1

In fine form of late including a win here in March. Faces competition for the lead but in the form of her life and not without a chance.

Form: 8-41212

(1)

Falcao^t⁸^{(ex 4)}

Age: 7| Weight: 8-8| J: Darragh Keenan⁽⁵⁾| T: J Butler| OR: 53| CD

8/1

Appeared to have plenty on his plate but sprang a shock when landing a Claimer over C&D last week. Obvious chance if able to repeat that but the fact that was his first win in 15 AW starts is off putting.

Form: 4U-5771

Non-Runners

(8)

Big Brave Bob¹⁸⁹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: Mrs Marjorie Fife J: Faye McManoman

(2)

Poeta Brasileiro²

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: S Durack J: Aaron Mackay

Forecasts

Katheefa (2/1), Socialites Red (5/1), Sir Ottoman (5/1), Shepherd's Purse (6/1), Falcao (8/1), Big Brave Bob (10/1), The Golden Cue (11/1), Rasheeq (14/1), Poeta Brasileiro (14/1), Pushkin Museum (20/1)

A competitive sprint and hard to rule many out but with the stable in form it might be worth siding with KATHEEFA to follow up his latest win over C&D. Socialites Red is in fine heart and is a big danger while Sir Ottoman could go well if taking to the surface.