19:20 Southwell

Tuesday 6 October 2020

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Sky Sports Racing On Virgin 535 Handicap

Off time: 19:21 | Winning time: 2m 38.03s

(9)

Grandscape²³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: T Hamilton| T: A Stronge| OR: 60| C

40/1

Course winner. 8/1, respectable third of 9 in handicap at Chelmsford City (14f). Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving Ed Dunlop.

Form: 421-443

(14)

Competition^t⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-10| J: S A Gray| T: M Appleby| OR: 60| D

7/1

4/1, creditable fourth of 12 in handicap at Bath (13f, firm) 8 days ago, nearest finish. Makes fibresand debut. Can give another good account.

Form: 163824

(10)

Artistic Streak²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Ella McCain⁽⁷⁾| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 59

40/1

40/1, bit below form seventh of 12 in handicap at Redcar (14f, good to firm) 21 days ago. Makes fibresand debut.

Form: 6774-37

(3)

Albatross Reach^h1³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: L Morris| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 62

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 100/1, eleventh of 12 in minor event at Lingfield (11.6f, good) 34 days ago. Hood on 1st time. Makes handicap debut. Needs to improve for a switch to fibresand.

Form: 060

(4)

Thawry³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Angus Villiers⁽⁵⁾| T: A Brittain| OR: 56

10/1

Creditable fourth of 13 in handicap (9/2) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 3 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes fibresand debut. Not discounted.

Form: 280854

(2)

Kyoto Star^b¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 55| D

12/1

Very good third of 14 in handicap at Newcastle (10.2f, 5/1) 14 days ago, nearest finish. Makes fibresand debut. Enters calculations.

Form: 084-053

(8)

Seven For A Pound^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: J Fanning| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 53

33/1

Winner at Ripon in July. 9/1, creditable fifth of 14 in handicap at Newcastle (10.2f) 14 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 451835

(11)

Lord Warburton^v²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: W Buick| T: M L W Bell| OR: 58| D

11/1

Winner at Ripon in July. 3/1, sixth of 7 in handicap at Catterick (13.9f, heavy) 28 days ago, effort best excused. Just touched off at Wolverhampton on penultimate outing, so too soon to write off.

Form: 841526

(6)

Frame Rate^p¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 51

17/2

Good second of 9 in handicap hurdle (9/1) at Perth (23.9f, soft) 12 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Still fairly treated in this sphere, so one to consider.

Form: 0-22036

(12)

Mackelly^p²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: S W Kelly| T: R Hughes| OR: 57| BF| CD

11/10

Winner here in August. 2/1, respectable second of 10 in handicap at Chelmsford City (14f) 23 days ago. Big claims back under ideal circumstances.

Form: 690512

(7)

Aqrab¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: P Cosgrave| T: D Loughnane| OR: 53

18/1

50/1, good fifth of 13 in handicap at Beverley (9.9f, good) 14 days ago, worst of draw. Back up in trip. Makes fibresand debut. Could get involved if taking to the new surface.

Form: 74-6075

(5)

Windy Cove²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: J Mitchell| T: J M P Eustace| OR: 53

9/1

20/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (14f, good to firm) 24 days ago, needing stronger gallop. Makes fibresand debut. Others more convincing.

Form: 863946

Non-Runners

(13)

Raven's Raft¹

Weight: 8-10| Age: 5

T: Dave Roberts J: Elisha Whittington

(1)

Thecornishbarron³⁴

Weight: 8-10| Age: 8

T: A Sadik J: Rowan Scott

Forecasts

Mackelly (11/10), Competition (7/1), Frame Rate (17/2), Windy Cove (9/1), Thawry (10/1), Lord Warburton (11/1), Kyoto Star (12/1), Aqrab (18/1), Seven For A Pound (33/1), Raven's Raft (33/1), Artistic Streak (40/1), Grandscape (40/1), Albatross Reach (50/1), Thecornishbarron (200/1)

MACKELLY was a convincing scorer over C&D in August and shaped as if still at the top of his game when runner-up at Chelmsford subsequently, so he's a confident choice to resume winning ways. The well-treated Kyoto Star is feared having returned to form at Newcastle, while Competition, also having his first go on this surface, can't be ruled out.