18:20 Southwell

Tuesday 27 October 2020

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Bombardier British Hopped Amber Beer Handicap

Off time: 18:21 | Winning time: 1m 39.55s

(6)

Samphire Coast^v³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: L Morris| T: D Shaw| OR: 79| CD

16/1

C&D winner. 66/1, tenth of 12 in handicap at Doncaster (7f, heavy) on return from a break only 3 days ago.

Form: 366340

(8)

Ayr Harbour⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 80

4/1

Has struggled on turf of late but did quite well on AW in the first half of the year and his stable's good record here provides hope he'll take this this surface.

Form: 256667

(3)

World Title⁷⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Adam J McNamara| T: A Watson| OR: 78| D

12/1

Three wins at 2 but has struggled this year. Makes fibresand debut.

Form: 11-0507

(4)

Spiritofthenorth^p1²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: T Eaves| T: K A Ryan| OR: 75| BF

11/1

Below form sixth of 11 in handicap (4/1) at Pontefract (8f, heavy) 22 days ago, finding test too much. Makes fibresand debut. Cheekpieces on first time.

Form: 5-32376

(5)

Xcelente¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 74| CD

11/8

Has taken very well to this surface the last twice, scoring easily over C&D 12 days ago. Even a 9 lb rise doesn't look enough to stop him.

Form: 0-70821

(7)

Sommer Katze¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: D Nolan| T: D Carroll| OR: 69| C

9/1

Dual course winner at the end of 2019 but has struggled in handicaps this year, including back here (5f) latest. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 11-0800

(1)

Star Of St James²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Connor Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 69| CD

9/2

Career best when winning 11-runner handicap over C&D 21 days ago. Likely to remain very competitive up 4 lb.

Form: 442601

Non-Runners

(2)

True Companion¹

Weight: 8-5| Age: 7

T: H Beggs J: J Quinn

Forecasts

Xcelente (11/8), Ayr Harbour (4/1), Star Of St James (9/2), Sommer Katze (9/1), Spiritofthenorth (11/1), World Title (12/1), Samphire Coast (16/1), True Companion (16/1)

XCELENTE looks a natural on this surface and can make light of a 9 lb rise for his C&D win 12 days ago. Star of St James has a second and a win to show from his previous visits here so he should have a say again, while it would also be no surprise to see Ayr Harbour leave recent runs behind now back on AW.