17:40 Southwell

Tuesday 2 February 2021

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Betway Casino Handicap

Off time: 17:40 | Winning time: 1m 14.00s

(5)

Triple Spear⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 75| C

12/1

Course winner from 4 lb lower mark 12 months ago. Ended turf season below form in the autumn and he's been well held on each of his 2 AW starts this winter.

Form: 707000-

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(8)

Samovar^b²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Jonathan Fisher⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 74| CD

10/3

7-time course winner who made it 2 wins from 3 starts this year when landing 6-runner handicap (5/2) at this C&D 26 days ago, responding well. Mark is creeping up but not dismissed in present groove.

Form: 343-121

(4)

Ventura Flame⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 74

25/1

Latest win at Hamilton in September. Below form fifth of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f, 18/1) 63 days ago. Makes fibresand debut. Not taken lightly.

Form: 702165-

(1)

Another Angel^v1¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 71

14/1

20/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at this course (5f) 14 days ago. Back up in trip. Application of a first-time visor needs to have a positive effect now.

Form: 56236-7

(2)

Knowing Glance^t²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: R Kingscote| T: S C Williams| OR: 70

7/1

7/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (6f) 24 days ago, finishing with running left. That was easily his most encouraging effort for present yard and he's one to note from sliding mark.

Form: 48000-5

(3)

Nick Vedder^p¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: K Shoemark| T: R Brisland| OR: 70| CD

3/1

3-time C&D winner. 11/10, made it 3 wins from last 4 starts in 6-runner C&D handicap 14 days ago. This requires a little more from 4 lb higher mark.

Form: 54-1141

(6)

Excessable^p,t²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 8-10| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 64| CD

9/4

C&D winner in December. 9/2, creditable 2¼ lengths third of 6 to Samovar in handicap at this C&D 26 days ago. Expected to give another good account but present mark looks about right.

Form: 06213-3

Non-Runners

(7)

Vandad³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 4

T: M Moubarak J: George Bass

Forecasts

Excessable (9/4), Nick Vedder (3/1), Samovar (10/3), Vandad (6/1), Knowing Glance (7/1), Triple Spear (12/1), Another Angel (14/1), Ventura Flame (25/1)

KNOWING GLANCE has been given a chance by the assessor and ran his best race for his present stable when fifth over this trip at Lingfield recently, noted making up a fair bit of ground and finishing with running left. He's given the nod to confirm the promise of that run on fibresand debut. Samovar and Nick Vedder are enjoying fine spells on this surface and can also get involved.