16:40 Southwell

Thursday 15 October 2020

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Off time: 16:46 | Winning time: 1m 14.94s

(7)

Puchita^p⁷^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Angus Villiers⁽⁵⁾| T: A Brittain| OR: 60| BF| CD

9/4

4-time C&D winner. 4 wins from 16 runs this year. Latest win here in October. Creditable third of 9 in handicap (7/4) at this C&D 7 days ago. Carries penalty.

Form: 875413

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(9)

Kraka^v⁷^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: K T O'Neill| T: Mrs C A Dunnett| OR: 58| CD

6/4

5/1, won 10-runner handicap at this C&D 7 days ago, keeping on well. Carries penalty. Can go well again.

Form: 862401

(2)

Nibras Shadow^b²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Matteo Pinna⁽⁷⁾| T: I Mohammed & J Santos| OR: 58

16/1

18/1, last of 17 in handicap at Beverley (5f, good) 23 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes fibresand debut.

Form: 536780

(5)

Gorgeous General^b,t1²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: B A Curtis| T: L A Mullaney| OR: 56| CD

5/1

5-time course winner. 9/2, sixth of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (5f) 20 days ago. Back up in trip. Blinkers back on, tongue strap on 1st time. Not taken lightly.

Form: 509866

(8)

First Excel^b¹¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-1| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: S R Bowring| OR: 54| CD

14/1

3-time C&D winner. Off 5 months, below form sixth of 10 in handicap (20/1) at Redcar (6f, good to firm), unable to sustain effort. Off 110 days. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 23-9686

(4)

Archimedes^b,t⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: J F Egan| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 53| C| D

15/2

4-time course winner. Fifteen runs since last win in 2019. 22/1, creditable 2¾ lengths third of 14 to Puchita in handicap at this C&D 9 days ago.

Form: 994073

(1)

Jazz Legend¹⁰⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: William Cox⁽³⁾| T: Miss M E Rowland| OR: 45| CD

50/1

3-time C&D winner. Last of 9 in handicap (66/1) at Wolverhampton (6.1f). Off 104 days.

Form: 1700-09

(3)

Amber Lily^t⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: Faye McManoman⁽⁵⁾| T: L Williamson| OR: 45

28/1

6 lengths fourth of 10 to Kraka in handicap (125/1) at this C&D 7 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 8/97004

Non-Runners

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Bernie's Boy¹

Weight: 9-8| Age: 7

T: P S McEntee J: D Nolan

Forecasts

Kraka (6/4), Puchita (9/4), Gorgeous General (5/1), Archimedes (15/2), Bernie's Boy (8/1), First Excel (14/1), Nibras Shadow (16/1), Amber Lily (28/1), Jazz Legend (50/1)

It could be worth chancing FIRST EXCEL, who has been given a chance by the handicapper and 3 of his 4 career wins have come over this C&D. Kraka made all in good style here last week and rates the main threat under a penalty, while 5-time course winner Gorgeous General is becoming well treated again.