17:30 Southwell

Saturday 6 March 2021

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Bombardier 'March To Your Own Drum' Handicap

Off time: 17:30 | Winning time: 1m 44.28s

(3)

Thrave^b,e/s¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Josephine Gordon| T: M Appleby| OR: 77| CD

9/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in January. Fifth of 7 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 5/1) 17 days ago. Likely to give a good account returning to fibresand.

Form: 1-21325

(4)

Delph Crescent^p²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Connor Murtagh⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 77| CD

5/2

5/2, didn't need to improve to win 5-runner handicap at this C&D 27 days ago, just holding on. Unbeaten so far on this surface and should take the beating in hat-trick bid.

Form: 1043-11

(1)

Howzer Black^h²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 77

6/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in December. 9/2, respectable third of 7 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 21 days ago. Not completely ruled out

Form: 613-233

(2)

Native Silver²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Mark Crehan⁽⁵⁾| T: R Eddery| OR: 72| CD

3/1

C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2020. 16/5, creditable third of 7 in handicap at this C&D 20 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 325-243

(8)

Siavash¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Charles Bishop| T: P D Evans| OR: 68

50/1

22/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 12 days ago. Little to recommend him at present.

Form: 80-8957

(5)

Bond Angel^p⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: P J McDonald| T: S Dixon| OR: 65| CD

4/1

5-time C&D winner. Two wins from 5 runs last year. 11/1, creditable second of 11 in handicap at this C&D 9 days ago, running on. Should go well again.

Form: 0-25542

(6)

Stormy Night⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Darragh Keenan⁽³⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 62

28/1

Latest win at Le Croise-Laroche in November. Last of 10 in handicap (125/1) at Lingfield (10f, AW) 7 days ago. Plenty to prove.

Form: 501-070

(7)

Six Strings^h¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 8-6| J: J P Sullivan| T: D Shaw| OR: 57

25/1

Nineteen runs since last win in 2019. First run since leaving John Quinn when ninth of 11 in handicap at Kempton (7f, 125/1) 10 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: 7379-09

Forecasts

Delph Crescent (5/2), Native Silver (3/1), Bond Angel (4/1), Thrave (9/2), Howzer Black (6/1), Six Strings (25/1), Stormy Night (28/1), Siavash (50/1)

DELPH CRESCENT is 2 from 2 on fibresand so, although he only scraped home over C&D last time, he's well worth chancing to improve enough to complete the hat-trick. Course-regular Native Silver is also a player and a return to form can be expected from Thrave.