20:15 Southwell

Thursday 17 March 2022

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Play Coral Racing-Super-Series For Free Handicap

Off time: 20:15 | Winning time: 1m 14.04s

(10)

Raydoun²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Mark Crehan⁽³⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 70| D

13/2

Career best when winning 6-runner handicap (7/4) at Newcastle (6f) 21 days ago, plenty in hand. 4 lb rise may well underestimate him and he should be firmly in the mix here.

Form: 3568-41

(3)

Tudor Queen¹⁵²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: K Stott| T: K A Ryan| OR: 70

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 9/2, sixth of 9 in minor event at Catterick (7f, good to soft), not much room. Off 152 days ahead of this tapeta debut and improvement is needed.

Form: 37436-

(12)

Crush And Run¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S W Kelly| T: R Hughes| OR: 70

4/1

Promising type. Won 9-runner maiden (2/1) at Lingfield (5f, AW) 19 days ago, slowly away. Back up in trip for this handicap debut and he's high on the shortlist.

Form: 321

(4)

True Icon³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: D Tudhope| T: W J Haggas| OR: 70| D

3/1

Lightly-raced winner. Didn't need to improve to win 4-runner minor event (4/11) at Lingfield (6f, AW) 33 days ago, pushed out. Merits serious respect now handicapping off what looks a fair mark.

Form: 827-1

(5)

Justcallmepete²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: D C Costello| T: H J Evans| OR: 68

7/2

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 12 in maiden at Kempton (7f, 11/1) 29 days ago, left poorly placed. Improvement could be on the way now that he's pitched into a handicap, and he's not ruled out.

Form: 37-5

(9)

Build Me Up¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Cieren Fallon| T: Adrian Nicholls| OR: 68| D

25/1

Winner at Leicester in September. 12/1, respectable fourth of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (6f, AW) 15 days ago, having benefit of enterprising ride. Looks vulnerable here.

Form: 2519-44

(1)

Paddy K¹⁵⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Darragh Keenan| T: J Gallagher| OR: 68

100/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, 22 lengths last of 12 to Canonized in listed race at York (6f, soft) on final 2-y-o start, slowly away. This is far more realistic, but others preferred all the same.

Form: 280-

(6)

Alaskan Jewel³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Ryan Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: A Keatley| OR: 67

18/1

Winner at Wolverhampton in January. Respectable third of 7 in handicap at Newcastle (5f, 10/3) 30 days ago, not ideally placed. Back up in trip and should make her presence felt.

Form: 8353-13

(11)

Kingofhell¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: R Kingscote| T: E Walker| OR: 67

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 5/2, seventh of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (6f, AW) 15 days ago, left poorly placed. That was a rather disappointing display but he's not one to write off just yet.

Form: 0054-7

(8)

War Brave^b1²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Laura Pearson⁽³⁾| T: D Loughnane| OR: 65

33/1

17/2, last of 6 in handicap at this course (8.1f) 23 days ago. Back down in trip and blinkers on 1st time. Probably best to look elsewhere.

Form: 63547-6

(2)

Bonita B^p¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: David Egan| T: M R Channon| OR: 65

16/1

One win from 22 Flat runs. Respectable third of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (6f, AW, 8/1) 15 days ago. Unlikely that she will be far away, but others make more appeal for win purposes.

Form: 8-14443

(7)

Cotai Grey¹⁸⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: J Garritty| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 63

10/1

15/2, good second of 19 in nursery at Thirsk (6f, good to firm) when last seen in September. Up 4 lb and another step forward needed if he's to go one better here.

Form: 666762-

Forecasts

True Icon (3/1), Justcallmepete (7/2), Crush And Run (4/1), Raydoun (13/2), Cotai Grey (10/1), Kingofhell (12/1), Bonita B (16/1), Alaskan Jewel (18/1), Build Me Up (25/1), Tudor Queen (28/1), War Brave (33/1), Paddy K (100/1)

Despite encountering traffic problems at crucial stages of the race, RAYDOUN ultimately won with plenty in hand at Newcastle three weeks ago and a 4 lb rise for that looks very fair indeed. He is taken to follow up here, perhaps at the chief expense of handicap-debutant Crush And Run, who made it third time lucky in a Lingfield maiden last time. True Icon and Alaskan Jewel are others to consider.