13:31 Southwell

Thursday 16 December 2021

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Play 4 To Win At Betway Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 13:33 | Winning time: 59.53s

(10)

Admirable Lad^b²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Joey Haynes| T: C Banham| OR: 60| D

16/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in September. 5/1, eighth of 10 in handicap there (5f) 21 days ago, slowly away. Big player if bouncing back to that winning form.

Form: 445518

(13)

Miss Seafire²³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: C Lee| T: K R Burke| OR: 58

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Bit below form fifth of 10 in handicap (9/1) at Chelmsford (6f). Off 7 months. Improvement needed but is unexposed.

Form: 4255

(4)

Stroxx⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 57

3/1

10/1, very good second of 14 in handicap at Newcastle (5f) 5 days ago, running on. Can make presence felt.

Form: 45-5972

(14)

May The Sixth^p¹⁸⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Jonathan Fisher⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 57| D

33/1

Sixth of 9 in handicap at Nottingham (5f, good to firm, 15/2). Off 6 months. Something to find on form.

Form: 85-6366

(2)

Cometh The Man^h²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 56| BF

9/2

Remains a maiden after 19 Flat runs. Did run well for second at Wolverhampton in November but not in the same form when down the field at Chelmsford (5f) since. Hood back on.

Form: 437020

(5)

Ocean Eyes^p⁷³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Angus Villiers⁽³⁾| T: R Spencer| OR: 54

22/1

16/1, respectable third of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5f) 73 days ago. Claims if showing up here in similar form.

Form: 973583

(11)

Country Charm^p¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Connor Beasley| T: S Whitaker| OR: 54| D

7/1

Modest maiden. Creditable fifth of 13 in handicap at Newcastle (5f) 16 days ago.

Form: 030455

(3)

Captain Corcoran¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Morgan Cole⁽⁷⁾| T: E J Alston| OR: 53| D

10/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2020. Placed 3 times on turf in the autumn but below form back on AW last time

Form: 783338

(12)

Qaaraat^v³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 51| CD

6/1

C&D winner. 12/1, respectable sixth of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5f) 3 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 638366

(1)

Papas Girl⁵⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Joshua Bryan| T: J S Moore| OR: 50

22/1

Modest maiden. Eleventh of 16 in handicap (25/1) at Bath (5f, good) 59 days ago.

Form: 559650

(6)

Mrs Bagerran⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: T Eaves| T: Miss Tracy Waggott| OR: 49

14/1

Ran best race yet when fifth of 14 in handicap at Newcastle (5f) 5 days ago. Claims if she can build on that.

Form: 776505

(9)

Shesadabber²³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Tyler Heard⁽⁵⁾| T: M Mullineaux| OR: 49| D

80/1

33/1, last of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5f) 23 days ago.

Form: 587360

(8)

Edessann^t³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: P J McDonald| T: M Herrington| OR: 49

66/1

One win from 22 Flat runs. Thirteen runs since last win in 2020. Last of 14 in handicap at Newcastle (6f, 40/1) 38 days ago.

Form: 507070

(7)

The Tron^v⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: J P Sullivan| T: D Shaw| OR: 46

8/1

11/2 and visored first time, creditable fourth of 13 in handicap at Chelmsford (6f) 7 days ago.

Form: 332834

Forecasts

Stroxx (3/1), Cometh The Man (9/2), Qaaraat (6/1), Country Charm (7/1), The Tron (8/1), Captain Corcoran (10/1), Mrs Bagerran (14/1), Admirable Lad (16/1), Papas Girl (22/1), Ocean Eyes (22/1), May The Sixth (33/1), Miss Seafire (50/1), Edessann (66/1), Shesadabber (80/1)

The suggestion is STROXX on the back of his near miss at Newcastle last week. Admirable Lad, The Tron and Mrs Bagerran also make the shortlist.