15:05 Southwell

Sunday 7 February 2021

All13:3514:0514:3515:0515:3516:0516:35

Bombardier Handicap

Off time: 15:05 | Winning time: 1m 42.47s

(7)

Zylan^p¹⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: B A Curtis| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 83| C| D

6/1

8-time course winner. Latest win here in January. Creditable third of 8 in handicap at this course (6.1f, 15/2) 10 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 67-1613

(6)

Daafr^v¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 82| CD

11/4

Resurgent in a visor in recent weeks, defying a double penalty to complete the hat-trick in a C&D event 10 days ago. 4lb higher mark demands more but hard to rule out in this groove.

Form: 5-06111

(1)

Star Of St James²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: T Hamilton| T: R A Fahey| OR: 78| CD

5/2

3-time C&D winner. Didn't need to improve to win 7-runner handicap at this C&D (evens) 23 days ago, driven out. Much higher mark to defy here.

Form: 1443-11

(4)

Delph Crescent^p¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Connor Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 75| CD

5/2

Won 3-runner handicap at this C&D (13/8) 18 days ago, driven out. This understandably tougher but he shouldn't be ruled out given low-mileage profile on this surface.

Form: 71043-1

(3)

Eligible⁹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: J P Sullivan| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 69| D

17/2

Seventh of 12 in handicap at Redcar (7f, heavy) in November, keeping on from an unpromising position/faced with an inadequate trip. One to note in the betting for clues here.

Form: 34/0507-

Non-Runners

(2)

Power Over Me⁸

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: R Brisland J: K T O'Neill

(5)

Evasive Power²²

Weight: 8-4| Age: 5

T: R Brisland J: George Rooke

Forecasts

Delph Crescent (5/2), Star Of St James (5/2), Daafr (11/4), Zylan (6/1), Power Over Me (6/1), Eligible (17/2), Evasive Power (14/1)

A wide-open handicap featuring a host of in-form sorts. DELPH CRESCENT was a comfortable winner of a 3-runner C&D handicap 18 days ago and he could be worth siding with to follow up from a 4 lb higher mark. The red-hot Daafr and Eligible, at likely longer odds, head up the dangers.