20:20 Southwell

Wednesday 19 May 2021

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Derek Shaw Racing Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 20:21 | Winning time: 5m 9.8s

Dan Gun²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Harry Skelton| T: D Skelton| OR: 102| BF| D

3/1

Resurgent upon joining this stable, capitalising on reduced mark to land handicaps at Stratford/Bangor. Possibly found Worcester race coming too soon and no surprise to see a better showing.

Form: 309115-

Jerminnie Green⁴⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King| OR: 100WS

10/1

Point winner who showed some promise in mares' maiden/novice hurdles. Easy to back and ran poorly on handicap debut at Ffos Las in April but undergone wind surgery since and it remains early days.

Form: 15/5460-

San Agustin¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Brendan Powell| T: T Lacey| OR: 96

7/2

5-y-o who stepped up on his handicap debut effort when runner-up at Market Rasen (20.6f) 12 days ago, staying on to grab second dying strides. Live player with a repeat.

Form: 44058-2

Pinnacle Peak^p1⁹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: S Bowen| T: M Keighley| OR: 90

6/1

Lightly-raced maiden hurdler who was never on terms on the back of a breathing op/5 months off in a jumpers bumper in February. Possible he'll sharpen up for that back over timber.

Form: 7860/P0-

Bomber's Moon²⁰³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-1| J: Jordan Nailor⁽³⁾| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 89

16/1

Winless following 12 attempts in this sphere and proved disappointing at Taunton (23.9f) in October. Did run well on his reappearance last term though, so no forlorn hope on back of 7 months off.

Form: 7776/39-

Imperial Focus^p⁵⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: B S Hughes| T: S Waugh| OR: 85

18/1

Modest 1m2f Flat winner but still to score in this sphere and below par on his last three starts. Cheekpieces back on and booking of Brian Hughes does catch the eye.

Form: P4/6997-

Call His Bluff⁶⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-11| J: David Bass| T: H Chisman| OR: 85

66/1

Cut little ice over hurdles in Ireland and he offered little making his stable debut on the back of 5 months off at Warwick in March. A lot more needed.

Form: 03F4PP-

Black Lightning^b¹⁸⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: Tabitha Worsley⁽⁵⁾| T: G Howell| OR: 84WS

28/1

Ended his time with Nick Gifford out of sorts and no impact for current stable, including over fences during second half of last year. Undergone wind surgery ahead of return.

Form: 5P/6867-

Yulong Magicreef¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: K Brogan⁽⁵⁾| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 92

12/1

Fair maiden on Flat for Jessica Harrington. Some promise over hurdles for current yard but not made an impact in handicaps to date, well held over 15.8f here 2 weeks ago.

Form: 0384P-0

Tarrona⁸⁰

Age: 12| Weight: 10-9| J: Fergus Gregory⁽³⁾| T: A Phillips| OR: 83

33/1

Long-standing maiden who struggled to make an impact last season and can only be watched returning from 3 months off.

Form: B/87086-

Edward Blue^t¹⁸⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Alexander Thorne⁽⁵⁾| T: Noel Williams| OR: 83

18/1

Modest maiden over hurdles who offered little in a couple of chase tries late last year. More needed to figure on the back of 6 months off.

Form: 75P30U-

Ulysses^v1⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-7| J: James Best| T: D Shaw| OR: 81

50/1

Well held on his completed start last season and hard to be enthusiastic about his effort over shorter here 9 days ago. Visor now reached for.

Form: 565/F7-P

American Craftsman^b1,t³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: R Patrick| T: M Scudamore| OR: 69

7/1

Arrives on a long losing run and proved disappointing on the back of wind surgery when pulled up over fences at Market Rasen (17.2f) in April. Has since switched yards but others rate stronger.

Form: 29/63PP-

Teals Lad³⁹

Age: 12| Weight: 10-0| J: Mr Jason Dixon⁽⁷⁾| T: A D Brown| OR: 64

150/1

Veteran who has been pulled up all 5 starts over hurdles to date and is difficult to make a case for operating from long way out of the weights.

Form: 0PPPP/P-

Non-Runners

Classic Tune⁴⁹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 11

T: Miss C Dyson J: Nick Scholfield

Outlaw Jack⁴⁹

Weight: 10-2| Age: 9

T: J Farrelly J: Mitchell Bastyan

Forecasts

Dan Gun (3/1), San Agustin (7/2), Pinnacle Peak (6/1), American Craftsman (7/1), Jerminnie Green (10/1), Classic Tune (10/1), Yulong Magicreef (12/1), Outlaw Jack (16/1), Bomber's Moon (16/1), Edward Blue (18/1), Imperial Focus (18/1), Black Lightning (28/1), Tarrona (33/1), Ulysses (50/1), Call His Bluff (66/1), Teals Lad (150/1)

OUTLAW JACK is low-mileage as a 9-y-o and shaped much better than the distance beaten suggests when eleventh in a C&D handicap in March, fading having made a big move into contention. 3 lb lower on the back of that, he could be worth chancing to confirm the promise. San Agustin and Dan Gun head up the dangers, ahead of Jerminnie Green.