16:40 Southwell

Tuesday 19 January 2021

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Betway Handicap

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 58.25s

(7)

Fantasy Keeper^b,e/s¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Tom Marquand| T: M Appleby| OR: 77| D

5/1

Latest win at Newcastle (6f) in November. Creditable third in this headgear mix over 6f here 16 days ago, keeping on from 2f out. No surprise to see him give another good account.

Form: 82175-3

(9)

Giogiobbo^p¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: Jonathan Fisher⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 76

10/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2018. 10/3, sixth of 7 in handicap at this C&D 12 days ago, missing break. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 0728-26

(2)

Duke Of Firenze¹²

Age: 12| Weight: 9-7| J: Phil Dennis| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 75| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in December. 25/1, fourth of 7 in handicap at this C&D 12 days ago, shaping better than bare result having been shuffled back 2f out. Not ruled out.

Form: 4419-54

(3)

Centurion Song^b²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Callum Hutchinson⁽⁷⁾| T: B J Meehan| OR: 74| CD

7/4

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap at this C&D (9/1) 21 days ago. Has to be taken seriously with prospect of more to come on this surface.

Form: 343761-

(8)

Another Angel²²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 73| D

20/1

9/2, sixth of 7 in handicap at Newcastle (5f) 22 days ago. Had previously gone close in handicaps over 6/5f at Wolverhampton and no forlorn hope if bouncing back on fibresand debut.

Form: 056236-

(4)

You're Cool^t,v²³

Age: 9| Weight: 8-7| J: Laura Pearson⁽⁵⁾| T: D Shaw| OR: 61| D

5/1

Capitalised on career-low mark when winning 10-runner handicap (8/1) at Wolverhampton (5.1f) 23 days ago. Effective on fibresand and respected from 2 lb higher mark.

Form: 530351-

(1)

Gossip^p⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-4| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 58| BF| CD

13/2

Dual C&D winner, the latest of them 12 days ago. 9/4, eleventh of 12 in handicap at this C&D 4 days ago, losing all chance having tried to anticipate the start. No surprise to see her bounce back.

Form: 0814-10

(6)

Red Stripes^b⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 8-2| J: George Rooke⁽⁵⁾| T: L Williamson| OR: 53| BF| CD

9/1

5-time C&D winner. Creditable third of 12 in handicap (5/1) at this C&D 4 days ago. Operating from out of the weights in this higher grade but not discounted in present groove.

Form: 57-2923

Non-Runners

(5)

Alsvinder²

Weight: 9-6| Age: 8

T: P A Kirby J: Rossa Ryan

Forecasts

Centurion Song (7/4), Fantasy Keeper (5/1), You're Cool (5/1), Alsvinder (6/1), Gossip (13/2), Red Stripes (9/1), Giogiobbo (10/1), Duke Of Firenze (12/1), Another Angel (20/1)

CENTURION SONG is a fairly low-mileage sort who relished this surface when scoring at the first attempt over C&D 3 weeks ago. He's fancied to make another bold bid despite a 4 lb higher mark, with fellow last-time-out winner You're Cool and Giogiobbo heading up the dangers.