14:25 Southwell

Thursday 27 January 2022

All12:5013:2013:5514:2514:5515:2516:00

Betway Handicap

Off time: 14:25 | Winning time: 1m 14.20s

(6)

Zarzyni⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Connor Beasley| T: T D Barron| OR: 95| D

9/4

Latest win at Redcar in July. Creditable second of 13 in handicap (7/1) at this course (5f) 51 days ago, finishing well. Back up in trip. Big player.

Form: 0/32012-

(3)

Aberama Gold¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 93| D

13/2

Twelve runs since last win in 2020. 3½ lengths eighth of 10 to Mohareb in C&D handicap at this C&D (8/1) 18 days ago. Starting to look well treated on last winter's form.

Form: 84086-8

(10)

Mohareb⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Theodore Ladd⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 93| CD

9/2

C&D winner in January. 4/1, creditable third of 7 in handicap at this course (7f) 9 days ago. Ought to be competitive again.

Form: 7922-13

(8)

Digital¹³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: O McSweeney⁽⁵⁾| T: K A Ryan| OR: 89

15/2

Latest win at Ripon in August. 14/1, last of 16 in Portland at Doncaster (5.6f, good to soft). Off 138 days. Runner-up sole previous AW start (tapeta). Still relatively unexposed.

Form: 283120-

(7)

Mudlahhim^t¹⁰^{(ex 5)}

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Jack Duern⁽³⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 84

66/1

Didn't need to be at best when winning 6-runner claimer at Wolverhampton (7f) 10 days ago (final start for Kevin Philippart De Foy). Has more on his plate under a penalty back in a handicap.

Form: 9163-41

(2)

Shallow Hal^v²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: C Lee| T: K R Burke| OR: 88| CD

16/1

C&D winner (on fibresand). Eleven runs since last win in 2021. Fourth of 5 in handicap at Lingfield (5f) 20 days ago, merely closing up late. Back up in trip. Others stronger.

Form: 80489-4

(5)

Corinthia Knight^p¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A Watson| OR: 88| D

33/1

20/1, below form again when seventh of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (6f) 12 days ago. Something to find on recent efforts.

Form: 46568-7

(1)

Tommy de Vito⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Rossa Ryan| T: C Hills| OR: 87| D

11/4

Lightly-raced winner. Off 16 months, career best when winning 8-runner handicap at Kempton (6f) in October. Given a bit of time to get over that. Could easily have more to come and respected.

Form: 2135/1-

(9)

Nigel Nott^p²²

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 86| BF| D

40/1

Unreliable individual. Latest win at Newcastle in January. Sixth of 7 in handicap (2/1) at Kempton (6f) 22 days ago.

Form: 4499-16

Non-Runners

(4)

Astro Jakk¹⁸

Weight: 9-2| Age: 6

T: K R Burke J: P J McDonald

Forecasts

Zarzyni (9/4), Tommy de Vito (11/4), Mohareb (9/2), Aberama Gold (13/2), Digital (15/2), Astro Jakk (12/1), Shallow Hal (16/1), Corinthia Knight (33/1), Nigel Nott (40/1), Mudlahhim (66/1)

Quite a useful sprint. The return to 6f looks sure to help ZARZYNI who can confirm the promise of his excellent second over the minimum trip here last month. The lightly-raced Tommy de Vito was back from an absence with a bang when scoring at Kempton in the autumn and could have more to come so he's feared most. Mohareb arrives in form and also merits respect.