18:35 Southwell

Wednesday 8 May 2019

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Off time: 18:38 | Winning time: 3m 38.92s

(3)

Colwood⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Darragh Keenan⁽⁵⁾| T: R Eddery| OR: 66| C| D

5/1

Ex-French trained gelding gained first win for this yard here over 2m2½f in December. Remained competitive since in staying races on AW and now back here on this surface he ought to make another bold bid.

Form: 041-334

(8)

High Command^v⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Grace McEntee⁽⁷⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 65| C

9/1

Has won here twice when with Roger Varian off much higher marks; not won since those days but is starting to look more like his old self. Second's here the last twice over C&D and 1m6f enough to merit respect once again.

Form: 666422

(2)

Brandy James²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: L P Keniry| T: H Whittington| OR: 65

18/1

Thrice-placed maiden hurdler returned to the level latest when struggling in marathon Pontefract test (2m5½f). This trip may suit better but Fibresand a complete unknown and plenty of other question marks.

Form: 754-4

(4)

Aphaea⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Nathan Evans| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 63| C

8/13

Former 1m winner returned from spell point-to-pointing to win here by 10L latest over 1m6f on stable debut. Upped 10lb for that resounding success but longer trip can only help so follow-up distinctly likely.

Form: 07/137-1

(1)

Katie Gale⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 9-5| J: K T O'Neill| T: R Brisland| OR: 62| CD

14/1

Five times a course winner around here including over C&D off this mark back in January. Fair fourth two starts back best run since but beaten 20L by re-opposing Aphaea latest over 1m6f so hard to fancy.

Form: 3-18546

(7)

Chetwynd Abbey¹⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: George Wood| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 61

14/1

Handicap debutant beaten over 10L in all three starts to date. Interesting how she fares over this longer trip and should be respected given connections. Market support would be notable.

Form: 837-

(6)

Dharma Rain^p,t⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: L Morris| T: C Hobson| OR: 55

33/1

Long-standing dual-code maiden only placed once and that for Henry De Bromhead over 1m. Tried a variety of trips since but latest fifth here over 1m4f certainly showed that to be inadequate. Minor place claims.

Form: 72050-5

Non-Runners

(5)

Slipper Satin¹⁸¹

Weight: 8-3| Age: 9

T: S G West J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Aphaea (8/13), Colwood (5/1), High Command (9/1), Chetwynd Abbey (14/1), Katie Gale (14/1), Brandy James (18/1), Dharma Rain (33/1), Slipper Satin (33/1)

Recent runaway course winner APHAEA makes plenty of appeal to follow up and this 3m point-to-point scorer will likely be even better over this extra 2f so is fancied to overcome a 10lb rise. High Command is running well here and should again be involved. Colwood won here in his last Fibresand start and is also respected.