15:35 Southwell

Thursday 30 January 2020

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Ladbrokes Where The Nation Plays Handicap

Off time: 15:35 | Winning time: 1m 16.27s

(2)

Yukon Mission^p1¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 67

4/1

Cost 75,000gns as a yearling; placed (beaten 3L) on handicap debut at Kempton (6f) recently; 1lb lower in newly-applied cheekpieces.

Form: 53-23

(3)

Holy Eleanor^b⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A Watson| OR: 67

10/3

Consistent, albeit has had plenty of opportunities to break the duck (0-9); bumped into a very well-backed winner (Mews House) over 5f here last week; reasonable chance.

Form: 4225-32

(5)

Interrupted Dream^b1⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: George Rooke⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 62

12/1

Headed inside the final 100 yards when runner-up over 1m here in September; all downhill since (0-4) and the blinkers are now applied; others preferred.

Form: 1208-56

(7)

Constitutional⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Harrison Shaw⁽³⁾| T: K R Burke| OR: 62

9/4

Much improved when springing a 33-1 shock at Newcastle (7f) in September 2019; solid since (including at this track, 6f-7f); was badly hampered when seemingly full of running at Newcastle last week; player.

Form: 7932-35

(1)

Alex Gracie²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Jonathan Fisher⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 60

14/1

Lightly raced (0-5 here); 2lb lower than when finishing third to Navajo Dawn over 5f earlier this month - form which is comparable with Holy Eleanor on a line through Mews House.

Form: 3356-3

(6)

Microscopic²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: C Lee| T: P D Evans| OR: 57

33/1

Maiden (0-9); joined Dave Evans for just £3,800 in November 2019; it's difficult to envisage a scenario where she can reverse recent 5f course form with Alex Gracie.

Form: 42335-8

(4)

Lord P¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 56

4/1

Cost 47,000gns as a yearling; has shown moderate form in novice company - only fifth of nine to Elmejor (stablemate second) at Chelmsford (7f) 12 days ago; considerably more needed now sent handicapping.

Form: 68-5

Forecasts

Constitutional (9/4), Holy Eleanor (10/3), Lord P (4/1), Yukon Mission (4/1), Interrupted Dream (12/1), Alex Gracie (14/1), Microscopic (33/1)

An interesting contest for the three-year-old's. Holy Eleanor has had plenty of opportunities to break the duck (0-9), but equally she has performed consistently and did bump into a very well-backed winner over 5f here last week. Meanwhile, both Yukon Mission and Alex Gracie are more lightly raced. However, we'll elect to stick with Karl Burke's CONSTITUTIONAL who was badly hampered when seemingly full of running (fifth) at Newcastle last week. He handles this Fibresand surface and probably would've won here (7f) on his penultimate start but for getting motoring all too late in the day.