Betway Handicap

Off time: 13:32 | Winning time: 59.17s

(3)

Zapper Cass^v¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Frederick Larson⁽⁷⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 82| CD

11/2

4-time C&D winner. 5 wins from 18 runs this year. 28/1, career best when winning 9-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 13 days ago, having run of race. Can't be ruled out.

Form: 342351

(6)

Lezardrieux¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 79| D

4/1

Six wins from 19 Flat runs. Career best when winning 9-runner handicap (9/4) at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 13 days ago, overcoming positional bias. Big player if he handles fibresand.

Form: 212321

(1)

Birkenhead^p,t⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: J L Eyre| OR: 77| BF| CD

6/5

C&D winner. Latest win here in October. 3/1, creditable ½-length second of 14 to Duke of Firenze in handicap at this C&D 7 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 250172

(4)

Dark Shot^b⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: L Morris| T: S Dixon| OR: 75| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Good ¾-length third of 14 to Duke of Firenze in handicap at this C&D (12/1) 7 days ago. Should give a good account once again.

Form: 586383

(5)

Thegreatestshowman^p⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: George Wood| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 74| D

5/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2019. Creditable fourth of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (5f, AW, 11/1) 5 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 453364

Non-Runners

(2)

Duke Of Firenze⁷

Weight: 9-3| Age: 11

T: D C Griffiths J: Laura Pearson

Forecasts

Birkenhead (6/5), Lezardrieux (4/1), Duke Of Firenze (4/1), Thegreatestshowman (5/1), Zapper Cass (11/2), Dark Shot (9/1)

This is a very competitive sprint with the first three from a C&D race last week reopposing together with two other last-time-out winners. Preference is with BIRKENHEAD though who only just lost out here last week and he may reverse the form with Duke of Firenze on better terms. Dark Shot can never be ruled out here either. Lezardrieux will be dangerous if he takes to the fibresand.