15:00 Southwell

Tuesday 5 November 2019

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Ladbrokes Where The Nation Plays Nursery

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 58.32s

(9)

Catechism²¹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: K Shoemark| T: R Spencer| OR: 67

9/1

Pacy Dutch Art filly; didn't last home when finishing fourth to Tambourine Girl at Kempton (6f maiden fillies') three weeks ago; a realistic contender now dropping back to 5f for nursery debut.

Form: 834

(8)

Crime Of Passion³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen⁽⁵⁾| T: J A Osborne| OR: 67| D

9/1

Made a winning nursery debut at Ffos Las (5f, good to soft) in August - now rated 4lb higher; kept on steadily after a slow start when fourth to Veleta at Chelmsford (5f) on Saturday - has the measure of Falacho.

Form: 571304

(4)

Abbaleka¹²

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 67

11/2

Poorly drawn on Tapeta/nursery debut at Wolverhampton (5f), so was unable to make an overly positive mark as a result (finished sixth of ten to Swinley); don't write off just yet.

Form: 7436

(7)

Astrozone⁴⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: G Lee| T: B Smart| OR: 66

13/2

£22,000 yearling with reasonably solid placed form in the book; flattered a shade by her 2½L third to Magical Journey at Beverley (5f, good to firm) in September - winner was drawn widest of all, albeit has clearly boosted the form since.

Form: 623

(2)

Lilkian⁶

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: Josephine Gordon| T: S L Keightley| OR: 65

7/4

Back on the right track and should find a winning opportunity sooner or later; hampered when a fast-finishing third to Mitty's Smile at Kempton (6f) last week; rider has struck up a positive working relationship with Shaun Keightley.

Form: 475523

(3)

Lady Nectar⁵⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-5| J: F Norton| T: Mrs A Duffield| OR: 65

10/1

Zebedee filly; placed on her first two starts (5f, Pontefract and Catterick) before acquitting herself reasonably well in a stronger race at York (5½f, good); switches to Fibresand for nursery debut.

Form: 336

(6)

Lili Wen Fach^v⁴⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 9-4| J: B A Curtis| T: P D Evans| OR: 64| D

20/1

Respectable enough effort when third at Chepstow (6f; good) in September; that said, is more exposed than many of her rivals and was also declared for a claimer at a recently abandoned Redcar fixture.

Form: 125863

(1)

Falacho³

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: Hollie Doyle| T: D Loughnane| OR: 58| BF

6/1

Showed pace before weakening to finish 4½L third to Taste The Nectar at Chelmsford (6f) on her penultimate start; drawn wide when safely held over 5f back there on Saturday (finished behind Crime Of Passion).

Form: 7638

Non-Runners

(5)

The Grey Bay²⁶

Weight: 8-9| Age: 2

T: Miss J A Camacho J: Jason Hart

Forecasts

Lilkian (7/4), Abbaleka (11/2), Falacho (6/1), Astrozone (13/2), Catechism (9/1), Crime Of Passion (9/1), Lady Nectar (10/1), The Grey Bay (14/1), Lili Wen Fach (20/1)

Lilkian should find a winning opportunity sooner of later for Shaun Keightley and Josephine Gordon, but this race can probably go to one of the handicap newcomers. Astrozone finished a creditable third to Magical Journey (runner-up in a Listed race at Newmarket on Friday) at Beverley in September, albeit was probably flattered by that bare result. Therefore, we'll elect to chance our arm on the speedy Dutch Art filly CATECHISM who could feasibly make all in the very capable hands of Kieran Shoemark.