12:00 Southwell

Monday 31 August 2020

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Support The ARC Racing Club Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 12:03 | Winning time: 1m 28.13s

(8)

Cape Greco^e/s²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: Tyler Heard⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 66| CD

10/3

C&D winner. Latest win here in March. Bit below form eighth of 14 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f, 11/1) 29 days ago. Should appreciate the return to this venue.

Form: 94-2168

(6)

Montys Inn⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 65

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 22/1, below form fifth of 9 in minor event at Lingfield (6f, AW) 4 days ago, considerately handled. Needs to improve on handicap debut as he tackles fibresand for the first time.

Form: 446-5

(1)

Courtesy¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen⁽³⁾| T: M Meade| OR: 67

11/2

Twice-raced maiden. Fourth of 13 in minor event at Kempton (7f, 33/1) 19 days ago. Shown plenty of promise both starts and by a top class dirt performer so should handle surface on handicap debut.

Form: 54

(4)

Puchita^p¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Harry Russell⁽⁷⁾| T: A Brittain| OR: 61| C

14/1

Course winner. 3 wins from 13 runs this year. Latest win here in March. Respectable fifth of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f, 9/1) 10 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 103875

(11)

Capla Cubiste⁷⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 65

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 13 in handicap (9/2) at Redcar (10f, good to soft) 74 days ago. Ran with credit here last October and holds each-way claims.

Form: 324-0

(7)

Break The Silence^b⁶⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Jonathan Fisher⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 59| CD

16/1

4-time C&D winner. 20/1, eleventh of 12 in handicap at Catterick (7f, good) 60 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 477270

(3)

Fly True⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: N Mackay| T: I Furtado| OR: 58| CD

20/1

3-time C&D winner. 28/1, below form eighth of 15 in handicap at Chelmsford City (7f) 9 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Needs a couple of these to falter despite return to this venue.

Form: 615678

(9)

Celestial Wood³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: S A Gray| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 62

7/1

Bit below form sixth of 13 in handicap (5/1) at Thirsk (8f, good to firm) 33 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Needs to improve on fibresand debut.

Form: 9-53336

(12)

Slingshot^e/s,h²¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: G Lee| T: B Smart| OR: 60

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 9/2, fifth of 6 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f). Off 7 months. Has work to do.

Form: 8473-5

(10)

Stittenham Wood³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Cam Hardie| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 60

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Blinkered for 1st time, seventh of 9 in handicap (6/1) at Doncaster (6f, good to firm) 37 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 43-487

(5)

Atalanta Queen^p1¹⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: K T O'Neill| T: R Brisland| OR: 49| CD

28/1

C&D winner. Sixth of 7 in handicap (9/1) at this C&D. Off 174 days. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Difficult to make a case for.

Form: 6-72476

Non-Runners

(2)

Cool Spirit⁶⁷

Weight: 9-13| Age: 5

T: Olly Williams J: Phil Dennis

Forecasts

Cape Greco (10/3), Capla Cubiste (9/2), Montys Inn (11/2), Courtesy (11/2), Celestial Wood (7/1), Puchita (14/1), Break The Silence (16/1), Stittenham Wood (18/1), Fly True (20/1), Slingshot (25/1), Cool Spirit (25/1), Atalanta Queen (28/1)

COURTESY has shaped with promise and her pedigree offers plenty of hope for handling this surface. Facing mostly older exposed rivals and with a leading apprentice booked, she has very strong claims. Capla Cubiste has proven she handles the surface and is the biggest threat, though Cape Greco should appreciate the return to Southwell and has a decent each-way chance.