17:40 Southwell

Thursday 8 October 2020

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Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 17:40 | Winning time: 1m 15.02s

(2)

Puchita^p²^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Harry Russell⁽⁵⁾| T: A Brittain| OR: 60| CD

7/4

4-time C&D winner. 4 wins from 15 runs this year. 13/2, career best when winning 14-runner handicap at this C&D on Tuesday. Carries penalty but clearly a danger to all if turned out quickly.

Form: 387541

(7)

Global Melody^b,t²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: D Nolan| T: P S McEntee| OR: 59| C

7/1

Unreliable sort. Course winner. Eleventh of 12 in handicap at Kempton (7f, 40/1) 20 days ago. Dropped to a good mark if bouncing back.

Form: 238760

(4)

Onebaba^b²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: C Lee| T: A W Carroll| OR: 58| D

7/1

Winner at Bath in August. Eighth of 11 in handicap (5/1) at Bath (5.7f, good to firm) 25 days ago. Makes fibresand debut. Blinkers back on.

Form: 581038

(3)

Northern Charm^t¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: F Norton| T: D H Brown| OR: 58

15/2

40/1 and tongue strap on for first time, creditable third of 17 in handicap at Redcar (6f, soft) 15 days ago, well drawn. Fibresand debut.

Form: 334073

(9)

Passional^v²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: R Havlin| T: S & E Crisford| OR: 57

11/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 10/3, fourth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 24 days ago, needing stiffer test. Shortlist material up in trip.

Form: 424

(6)

Fard^p¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: E J Walsh| T: Mrs C A Dunnett| OR: 55| D

16/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2019. 12/1, respectable seventh of 13 in handicap at Newcastle (6f) 10 days ago.

Form: 433777

(1)

Middlescence⁴⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Victor Santos⁽⁷⁾| T: L Egerton| OR: 50

22/1

Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. Bit below form fifth of 9 in handicap (8/1) at Brighton (7f, good), ridden too aggressively. Off 15 months. Makes fibresand debut.

Form: 707945-

(5)

Gently Spoken²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Barry McHugh| T: S Dixon| OR: 50

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Respectable 7¼ lengths seventh of 14 to Puchita in handicap at this C&D (66/1) on Tuesday. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 95-77

(8)

Zuckerberg^p1¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Nicola Currie| T: B R Millman| OR: 47| BF

15/2

7/2, respectable third of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 17 days ago. Cheekpieces on first time and it's still early days with this yard.

Form: 865743

Forecasts

Puchita (7/4), Passional (11/2), Global Melody (7/1), Onebaba (7/1), Northern Charm (15/2), Zuckerberg (15/2), Fard (16/1), Middlescence (22/1), Gently Spoken (28/1)

There's surely more to come from 3-y-o filly PASSIONAL on this just her fourth career start, and with the step up to 6f promising to suit, she is selected in the hope she takes to fibresand. Puchita landed her fourth C&D win of 2020 on Tuesday and is an obvious threat if allowed to take her chance, with Zuckerberg another to consider.