15:15 Southwell

Thursday 8 April 2021

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Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: 1m 17.83s

(1)

One Hart²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Alice Bond⁽⁷⁾| T: J Ferguson| OR: 84| BF| D

7/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in February. 2/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Chelmsford City (7f) 26 days ago. Makes fibresand debut. One to consider.

Form: 3-41215

(7)

Zylan^p²³

Age: 9| Weight: 9-5| J: Ben Sanderson⁽³⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 82| CD

17/2

6-time C&D winner. Latest win here in January. Below form fifth of 9 in handicap at this C&D (12/1) 23 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 135255

(4)

Fine Wine^b1²⁵⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Jonathan Fisher⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 80

28/1

Won 12-runner claimer at Vichy (5f, good, 17/10). Off 8 months. Back up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Andrea Marcialis. Wears blinkers. Makes handicap debut. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 87211-

(6)

Little Boy Blue²³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: E J Walsh| T: W G M Turner| OR: 77| D

7/2

Thirteen runs since last win in 2019. 16/1, respectable third of 9 in handicap at this C&D 23 days ago. Should be able to build on that and he makes most appeal.

Form: 44737-3

(2)

Thrave^b³³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Oisin Murphy| T: M Appleby| OR: 76| CD

11/4

C&D winner. Latest win here in January. 9/2, fifth of 8 in handicap at this course (8.1f) 33 days ago. Back down in trip. Oisin Murphy an eye-catching jockey booking.

Form: 213255

(3)

Batchelor Boy^t1⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: A Mullen| T: G Boughey| OR: 76| D

7/2

Bit below form 4¾ lengths fourth of 9 to One Hart in handicap (17/2) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 41 days ago, finding test too much. Makes fibresand debut. Tongue strap on 1st time. Becoming well treated.

Form: 4777-54

(5)

Excessable^p,t⁴²

Age: 8| Weight: 8-7| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 70| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in February. 5/1, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at this C&D 42 days ago. Has to be respected round here.

Form: 3-31224

Forecasts

Thrave (11/4), Little Boy Blue (7/2), Batchelor Boy (7/2), Excessable (5/1), One Hart (7/1), Zylan (17/2), Fine Wine (28/1)

LITTLE BOY BLUE shaped well returning from a break over C&D last month. He might be able to build on that and take advantage of a career-low mark. Batchelor Boy has been running well enough since moving to George Boughey and could threaten in a first-time tongue strap, while Excessable can never be discounted round here.