13:46 Southwell

Sunday 6 December 2020

All12:0112:3113:0613:4614:2014:5515:25

Bombardier Handicap

Off time: 13:47 | Winning time: 1m 28.67s

(9)

Spring Romance⁶^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: B A Curtis| T: M Appleby| OR: 59| C| D

8/11

Course winner. Seven wins from 27 Flat runs. 13/8, won 14-runner handicap at Kempton (7f) 6 days ago. Carries penalty. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 775711

(11)

Salam Ya Faisal^t¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: J Mitchell| T: M Moubarak| OR: 62

5/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good second of 14 in handicap at Chelmsford City (7f, 12/1) 13 days ago, worst of draw. Makes fibresand debut.

Form: 04722

(8)

Zeyzoun^h¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 61| D

100/1

One win from 22 Flat runs. 150/1, last of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 15 days ago.

Form: 6590U0

(10)

Habanero Star^e/s1⁹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: George Bass⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 60

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 9/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Goodwood (6f, soft). Off 99 days. Makes fibresand debut. Eyeshields on first time.

Form: 34865

(4)

De Bruyne Horse¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Phil Dennis| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 60| CD

16/1

C&D winner. 16/1, respectable sixth of 13 in handicap at this C&D 10 days ago. Dropped to a handy mark.

Form: 074096

(2)

Fonzie^p1³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Josephine Gordon| T: S L Keightley| OR: 58

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. First run since leaving Tom Dascombe when last of 14 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 50/1) 34 days ago. Makes fibresand debut. Cheekpieces go on. Risky proposition at present.

Form: 6500

(1)

Molaaheth^t⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Rossa Ryan| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 55| DWS

80/1

80/1, ninth of 12 in handicap at Windsor (6f, soft) 55 days ago. Since undergone a wind op.

Form: 050709

(6)

Mister Freeze^t,v²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: L P Keniry| T: P R Chamings| OR: 54| CD

14/1

C&D winner. 14/1, respectable seventh of 12 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW) 22 days ago.

Form: 144087

(5)

The Retriever^p⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: J Garritty| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 51| CD

9/2

Career best when winning 13-runner handicap at this C&D (10/3) 9 days ago, forging clear. Should be competitive up 5 lb.

Form: 020471

(3)

Lara Silvia^v¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: A Mullen| T: I Jardine| OR: 47

16/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2019. Third of 13 in handicap (6/1) at this course (8.1f) 19 days ago, finding test too much.

Form: 908283

(7)

Dormio^b1⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: J F Egan| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 46| D

50/1

Visored for first time, tenth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 33/1) 45 days ago. Makes fibresand debut. Blinkered for first time.

Form: 59-0000

Forecasts

Spring Romance (8/11), The Retriever (9/2), Salam Ya Faisal (5/1), Mister Freeze (14/1), De Bruyne Horse (16/1), Lara Silvia (16/1), Habanero Star (33/1), Dormio (50/1), Molaaheth (80/1), Zeyzoun (100/1), Fonzie (100/1)

SPRING ROMANCE has made a fine start to life with Mick Appleby and a quick-fire hat-trick is firmly on the cards under a penalty. It was a weak race The Retriever won over C&D last week but he did it easily and is feared most.