16:05 Southwell

Sunday 17 January 2021

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Bombardier 'March To Your Own Drum' Handicap

Off time: 16:06 | Winning time: 1m 28.15s

(9)

Al Suil Eile⁷^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: George Bass⁽⁷⁾| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 67| CD

15/2

9/2, career best when winning 7-runner handicap at this C&D 7 days ago by ¾ length from Bond Angel, readily. Carries penalty. Definite player.

Form: 52365-1

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(12)

Motawaafeq^p,h¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 69| BF| C| D

7/1

Course winner. Latest win here in December. 11/10, good second of 7 in handicap at this course (8.1f) 10 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 46051-2

(8)

Salam Ya Faisal^t⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Laura Pearson⁽⁵⁾| T: M Moubarak| OR: 67| BF| CD

11/2

C&D winner. Winner here in December. 5½ lengths fifth of 7 to Al Suil Eile in handicap (11/4) at this C&D 7 days ago.

Form: 72212-5

(10)

Global Melody^b,t⁵⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Grace McEntee⁽⁵⁾| T: P S McEntee| OR: 67| C| D

22/1

Unreliable individual. Course winner. Three wins from 15 runs last year. 25/1, bit below form seventh of 14 in handicap at Chelmsford City (7f) 55 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 601317-

(4)

Nordic Fire^p⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Jason Hart| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 66

13/2

Sixteen runs since last win in 2018. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable second of 13 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f, 3/1) 5 days ago. Should remain competitive.

Form: 35623-2

(7)

Nick Vedder^p⁷^{(ex 4)}

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: K Shoemark| T: R Brisland| OR: 62| C| D

15/8

Improved on recent efforts to win 7-runner handicap (6/4) at this course (6.1f) 7 days ago. Carries penalty. Well handicapped.

Form: 5054-11

(11)

Kraka^p⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: K T O'Neill| T: Mrs C A Dunnett| OR: 65| C| D

14/1

Three wins from 21 runs last year. 7/1, good neck second of 10 to Iva Reflection in handicap at this C&D 9 days ago, just failing. Should continue to give a good account.

Form: 4841-62

(6)

Iva Reflection^p⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Hollie Doyle| T: Mrs L Stubbs| OR: 65| CD

9/1

14/1, improved on recent efforts to win 10-runner handicap at this C&D 9 days ago by neck from Kraka, keeping on well. Remains nicely treated on old form, so unlikely to be far away.

Form: 30978-1

(1)

Bond Angel^p⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Jonathan Fisher⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 65| CD

18/1

7-time course winner. Two wins from 5 runs last year. Good ¾-length second of 7 to Al Suil Eile in handicap at this C&D (14/1) 7 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. One to consider.

Form: 11660-2

(3)

Western Dawn²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: S W Kelly| T: George Baker| OR: 58

28/1

25/1, third of 11 in handicap at this C&D 28 days ago. On a handy mark if he's able to build on that.

Form: 0000/03-

(5)

Unapologetic²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: T Hamilton| T: R A Fahey| OR: 58

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 10/1, below form seventh of 13 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f) 20 days ago. Makes fibresand debut. Hard to make a solid case for.

Form: 55627-

Non-Runners

(2)

De Little Engine¹⁴

Weight: 9-1| Age: 7

T: Alexandra Dunn J: Rossa Ryan

Forecasts

Nick Vedder (15/8), Salam Ya Faisal (11/2), Nordic Fire (13/2), Motawaafeq (7/1), Al Suil Eile (15/2), Iva Reflection (9/1), Kraka (14/1), De Little Engine (16/1), Bond Angel (18/1), Global Melody (22/1), Western Dawn (28/1), Unapologetic (40/1)

This looks competitive for the grade but none are thriving quite like NICK VEDDER, who completed a double at this course when bolting up over 6f a week ago. With a return to this trip unlikely to pose any problem, he makes most appeal in his hat-trick bid. Al Suil Eile and Iva Reflection are just two of several in-form rivals who will be on hand if the selection underperforms.