15:15 Southwell

Sunday 3 January 2021

All12:3513:0513:4014:1014:4515:1515:45

Bombardier 'March To Your Own Drum' Classified Stakes

Off time: 15:17 | Winning time: 1m 43.84s

(6)

Foxrush Take Time^e/s,h⁴⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Joanna Mason⁽⁵⁾| T: R C Guest| OR: 41

40/1

Remains a maiden after 44 runs, and only ninth in 12f handicap here when last seen on track 15 months ago. Hood back on with his fitness a big concern.

Form: 067889/

(1)

Khazaf^p²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 50

11/2

Modest gelding. Winner at Newcastle in November but below form since, eighth of 13 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 26 days ago. Not ruled out at these weights if bouncing back.

Form: 925148-

(11)

Momtalik^b²³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Jason Hart| T: I Furtado| OR: 47

6/4

Modest gelding who remains winless after 17 runs but he posted creditable third of 12 in handicap (12/1) over C&D 23 days ago. Holds solid place claims again.

Form: 678643-

(3)

New Look^v1¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Elisha Whittington⁽⁵⁾| T: L Williamson| OR: 42| D

28/1

Modest gelding. Remains a maiden after 24 runs, and he beat only one in handicap (33/1) at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 15 days ago. Visor on for fibresand debut with questions to answer.

Form: 734080-

(2)

Pearl Spectre^p¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 9-0| J: L Morris| T: P S McEntee| OR: 48| CD

11/1

C&D winner but it's now thirty three runs since last win in 2019. 12/1, tenth of 11 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW) 13 days ago so veteran is hard to fancy.

Form: 695620-

(4)

Purple Sandpiper⁴⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: K Shoemark| T: R Brisland| OR: 48

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden who wasn't disgraced when fourth of 13 in handicap over C&D 47 days ago. Uphill task at these weights, however.

Form: 077/64-

(5)

Tellovoi^p²⁴

Age: 13| Weight: 9-0| J: William Pyle⁽⁷⁾| T: R C Guest| OR: 37| CD

100/1

C&D winner but ungenuine type and veteran arrives on a long losing run. Cheekpieces back on and others are a lot more persuasive.

Form: 808007-

(10)

The British Lion^b³³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: Laura Pearson⁽⁷⁾| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 46

13/2

Modest gelding. 10/1, last of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 33 days ago. Blinkers back on for fibresand bow with work to do.

Form: 253760-

(7)

Walton Thorns^p²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: D C Costello| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR: 42

100/1

Poor maiden who had cheekpieces fitted when only thirteenth of 14 in 5f handicap (50/1) here 28 days ago. Significantly up in trip and very hard to make a case for.

Form: 906/780-

(9)

Zahirah¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: Marco Ghiani⁽⁵⁾| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 46

9/2

Arrives in good form, first run on fibresand when staying-on fourth in 7f handicap here 16 days ago. Will prove at least as good over this longer trip so merits serious consideration at these weights.

Form: 646834-

Rule 4

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Non-Runners

(12)

Atrafan³

Weight: 9-4| Age: 7

T: A D Brown J: Rowan Scott

(8)

True Companion²

Weight: 9-0| Age: 8

T: R Fell & S Murray J: Tyler Heard

Forecasts

Momtalik (6/4), Zahirah (9/2), Khazaf (11/2), The British Lion (13/2), Atrafan (7/1), Purple Sandpiper (10/1), Pearl Spectre (11/1), New Look (28/1), True Companion (33/1), Foxrush Take Time (40/1), Walton Thorns (100/1), Tellovoi (100/1)

Lots of these have major question marks against them but ZAHIRAH showed up well on her fibresand bow when fourth here last month and is also favoured by these weights so gets the vote. Momtalik is still bidding for a first victory but arrives in good nick so rates the chief threat, although Khazaf could also have a say if shrugging off a couple of below-par efforts since scoring at Newcastle.