15:35 Southwell

Thursday 11 March 2021

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Betway Handicap

Off time: 15:38 | Winning time: 58.12s

(5)

Duke Of Firenze⁶

Age: 12| Weight: 9-7| J: T P Queally| T: D C Griffiths| OR: 77| CD

11/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in February. Fifth of 6 in handicap (11/2) at Newcastle (5f) 6 days ago. Worthy of interest back down in grade/returning to fibresand.

Form: 623145

(6)

Samovar^b³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: L Morris| T: S Dixon| OR: 74| CD

10/1

5-time C&D winner. 10/3, sixth of 7 in handicap at this course (6.1f) 37 days ago, racing closer to pace than ideal. Type to bounce back quickly.

Form: 43-1216

(4)

Scale Force^v⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: B A Curtis| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 72| CD

5/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in February. 6/1, bit below form third of 8 in handicap at this course (6.1f) 7 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 431133

(2)

Smokey¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Rhys Clutterbuck⁽⁵⁾| T: C Wallis| OR: 72| CD

3/1

Five wins from 16 Flat runs. Three wins from 13 runs last year. Career best when winning 8-runner handicap (15/2) at this C&D 14 days ago, keeping on well. Solid claims once more.

Form: 333-151

(7)

Moonraker¹⁰¹

Age: 9| Weight: 8-10| J: Theodore Ladd⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 66| CD

18/1

4-time C&D winner. Fifteen runs since last win in 2019. Bit below form fifth of 9 in handicap (40/1) at Kempton (6f). Off 101 days. Very much one to note returning to ideal conditions.

Form: 008005-

(1)

Qaaraat^v²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: Cieren Fallon| T: A Brittain| OR: 65| CD

2/1

C&D winner. Good second of 8 in handicap (9/2) at this C&D 2 days ago. Could make a similar impact if the race doesn't come too soon.

Form: 332342

Non-Runners

(3)

Drakefell²

Weight: 8-11| Age: 6

T: A Brittain J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Qaaraat (2/1), Scale Force (5/2), Smokey (3/1), Drakefell (4/1), Samovar (10/1), Duke Of Firenze (11/1), Moonraker (18/1)

MOONRAKER has plummeted in the weights and now returns to a C&D that suits him well, so he boasts excellent claims having likely been primed for a big run after 101 days off. The likeable Smokey also makes appeal after a successful fibresand debut and the class-dropping Duke of Firenze can't be discounted.