16:30 Southwell

Thursday 3 February 2022

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Betway Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 16:32 | Winning time: 2m 42.99s

(5)

Maharashtra¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Billy Garritty| T: M Herrington| OR: 56| C

2/1

7/4, career best when winning 14-runner handicap at this course (11.1f) 13 days ago, keeping on well. The one to beat.

Form: 03161-1

(2)

Dinsdale^p,t⁴⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: Callum Shepherd| T: M Scudamore| OR: 54

18/1

Blinkers on for 1st time in this code, seventh of 10 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at Fakenham (16f, soft) 46 days ago. Modest on the Flat, poor on last Flat run. Must improve.

Form: 35404/0-

(4)

Romulan Prince^p¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Christian Howarth⁽⁷⁾| T: Olly Williams| OR: 55

18/1

Creditable fifth of 11 in handicap at this C&D (16/1) 15 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Others more persuasive.

Form: 65966-5

(1)

Bug Boy⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: William Cox⁽³⁾| T: A G Newcombe| OR: 53| D

18/1

Below form eighth of 14 in handicap at this C&D (22/1) 43 days ago, slowly away. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 132508-

(6)

Batocchi^t²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Cam Hardie| T: R Menzies| OR: 55| CD

5/4

13/8, career best when winning 13-runner handicap at this C&D 25 days ago, keeping on well. Will continue to give a good account.

Form: 06221-1

(7)

Only Debris¹⁷⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Alice Bond⁽⁷⁾| T: J Parr| OR: 53

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Respectable sixth of 13 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 15/2), never nearer. Off 174 days. Up in trip.

Form: 08856-

(8)

So Macho^t¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: G Boanas| OR: 51

9/2

25/1, 3 lengths third of 14 to Maharashtra in handicap at this course (11.1f) 13 days ago, running on. Enters calculations.

Form: 60/70-63

(9)

Archive²⁵

Age: 12| Weight: 8-12| J: K T O'Neill| T: Suzzanne France| OR: 45| D

66/1

Twenty runs since last win in 2019. 50/1, bit below form 10¼ lengths seventh of 13 to Batocchi in handicap at this C&D 25 days ago.

Form: 28949-7

(3)

Mister Swift¹³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Josephine Gordon| T: Dr J D Scargill| OR: 45

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f, 250/1). Off 131 days. Back up in trip. Makes tapeta debut.

Form: 0060-

Forecasts

Batocchi (5/4), Maharashtra (2/1), So Macho (9/2), Bug Boy (18/1), Romulan Prince (18/1), Dinsdale (18/1), Only Debris (22/1), Archive (66/1), Mister Swift (150/1)

The low-mileage MAHARASHTRA is going from strength to strength at present, 3 from 4 since upped in trip, and the way he saw things out over 11f here 2 weeks ago suggests he'll have no problems with this extra 1f. Batocchi is also bidding for the hat-trick having won his last 2 starts over C&D so is the obvious threat, with So Macho best of the others.