16:00 Southwell

Thursday 17 December 2020

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Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 2m 27.39s

(3)

Tundra¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: T P Queally| T: P D Evans| OR: 65

10/1

40/1, third of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 12 days ago, not ideally placed. Back up in trip. One to consider.

Form: 052503

(1)

Bring Him Home^p1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: J Garritty| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 67

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 13 in handicap (12/1) at Kempton (12f) 15 days ago, not ideally placed. Makes fibresand debut. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Must improve.

Form: 34770

(5)

Glass Of Bubbles¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Barry McHugh| T: C E Longsdon| OR: 65

20/1

1 win from 3 runs this year. 11/1, pulled up in juvenile hurdle at Leicester (15.5f, soft) 18 days ago. Fair on the Flat, won on last Flat run. Makes handicap debut. Others have achieved more.

Form: 070-981

(2)

Grimsthorpe Castle^p¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: A Mullen| T: M Appleby| OR: 62| BF| CD

13/8

C&D winner. 3 wins from 15 runs this year. Latest win here in November. 9/4, creditable third of 11 in handicap at this course (12.1f) 11 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 312113

(7)

Star Ascending^p¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 8-13| J: Shane Gray| T: J Candlish| OR: 52| CD

12/1

3-time C&D winner. Seventeen runs since last win in 2019. Ninth of 11 in handicap (8/1) at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 16 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. One to consider.

Form: 036709

(6)

Straight Ash^p²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: G Lee| T: R Menzies| OR: 52

9/1

Twenty three runs since last win in 2018. 11/2, bit below form fifth of 11 in handicap at this course (8.1f) 21 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 702265

(4)

Coup De Gold¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Harrison Shaw| T: D Thompson| OR: 50

33/1

10/1, sixth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Kelso (16.2f, heavy) 11 days ago. Makes fibresand debut. Modest on the Flat, below form on last Flat outing. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 8-86645

(10)

False Id¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-10| J: Phil Dennis| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 49

7/2

Twenty eight runs since last win in 2019. Creditable fifth of 11 in handicap at this course (12.1f, 10/1) 11 days ago, unable to sustain effort. More required.

Form: 805635

(11)

Van Dijk¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 50

10/1

Remains a maiden after 19 Flat runs. 22/1, respectable fifth of 11 in handicap at this course (8.1f) 11 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Something to find on form.

Form: 578385

(12)

Majeste¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-7| J: J P Sullivan| T: Rebecca Bastiman| OR: 45

28/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2019. Respectable fifth of 11 in handicap (22/1) at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 16 days ago. Improvement needed.

Form: 60-4495

Non-Runners

(9)

Ten Thousand Stars¹²

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: B Ellison J: Ben Robinson

(8)

Fortultous⁹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: A W Carroll J: Hollie Doyle

Forecasts

Grimsthorpe Castle (13/8), False Id (7/2), Fortultous (9/2), Straight Ash (9/1), Van Dijk (10/1), Bring Him Home (10/1), Tundra (10/1), Star Ascending (12/1), Ten Thousand Stars (12/1), Glass Of Bubbles (20/1), Majeste (28/1), Coup De Gold (33/1)

FORTULTOUS just prevailed here last month before being brought down at Wolverhampton in a nasty incident earlier this month. If he is none the worse for that then he should take all the beating. Grimsthorpe Castle is thriving here at the moment and he won't be far away. Star Ascending has each-way claims back at this venue.