17:05 Southwell

Friday 1 April 2022

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Off time: 17:06 | Winning time: 1m 13.45s

(6)

Drish Hero^p⁶^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: K T O'Neill| T: I Furtado| OR: 59| D

11/4

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap (3/1) at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 6 days ago, always holding on. Not taken lightly under a 5 lb penalty.

Form: 9309-71

(5)

Deevious Beau^b¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Connor Beasley| T: T D Barron| OR: 58| CD

10/3

11/1, hampered when good second of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 15 days ago. Landed this contest 12 months ago, so he rates a player once more.

Form: 202332

(1)

Company Minx¹²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: C Lee| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 57| D

200/1

9/1, seventh of 10 in handicap at Kempton (6f). Off 123 days. Makes tapeta debut with something to find on form.

Form: 859457-

(12)

Katheefa²²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: L Morris| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 56| CD

12/1

4-time C&D winner. 18/1, only eighth of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (6f) 22 days ago. It's now twelve runs since last win in 2021.

Form: 00-5768

(7)

Quanah¹⁷²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: D Tudhope| T: L Bailey| OR: 55| D

40/1

Nineteen runs since last win in 2020. 9/1, tenth of 11 in handicap at Musselburgh (5f, heavy). Off 172 days. Back up in trip. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 200540-

(14)

Gustav Graves^h²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Cam Hardie| T: D Shaw| OR: 55

25/1

Below-par fifth of 7 in handicap at Kempton (5f, 16/5) 20 days ago. Needs to bounce back with hood refitted.

Form: 8-82655

(4)

Louis Treize^h,t²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: D C Costello| T: R Menzies| OR: 54| C| D

9/1

4/1, won 10-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 21 days ago, helped by being held up in strongly-run race. Course winner too but unreliable individual.

Form: 447141

(3)

Clashaniska¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: T E Whelan| T: A West| OR: 53| D

14/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2021, and below form fourth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 15 days ago, nearest finish. Others more persuasive.

Form: 370634

(10)

Twentysharesofgrey²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Laura Pearson⁽³⁾| T: K P De Foy| OR: 52| CD

6/1

C&D winner in February. 7/2, good second of 12 in handicap at Kempton (7f) 23 days ago. Unreliable sort overall, however.

Form: 0-62152

(8)

Knockabout Queen^p³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: P J McDonald| T: M Herrington| OR: 52| CD

80/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in February. 22/1, ninth of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 35 days ago, so she needs to get back on track.

Form: 336109

(11)

Embla¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: D Swift| T: A D Brown| OR: 49

11/1

Good second of 11 in minor event at this course (7.1f, 14/1) 15 days ago. Not taken lightly back in handicap company.

Form: 57922-2

(2)

Jack Ryan^b⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Darragh Keenan| T: J Ryan| OR: 48| D

14/1

Visored for 1st time when only seventh of 9 to Drish Hero in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f, 8/1) 6 days ago. Blinkers back on now with more needed.

Form: 443327

(13)

Red Allure^v¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-9| J: Callum Shepherd| T: R Menzies| OR: 47| BF| C

18/1

Course winner. 3/1, not ideally drawn on her first run since leaving Steph Hollinshead when fifth of 9 in handicap at Newcastle (6f) 16 days ago. No surprise to see her step forward here.

Form: 327-245

Non-Runners

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Jakacan¹⁵³

Weight: 9-1| Age: 4

T: D Carroll J: Zak Wheatley

Forecasts

Drish Hero (11/4), Deevious Beau (10/3), Twentysharesofgrey (6/1), Louis Treize (9/1), Jakacan (10/1), Embla (11/1), Katheefa (12/1), Jack Ryan (14/1), Clashaniska (14/1), Red Allure (18/1), Gustav Graves (25/1), Quanah (40/1), Knockabout Queen (80/1), Company Minx (200/1)

Plenty are in with a shout, but last year's winner DEEVIOUS BEAU looks the way to go given he didn't enjoy the best of runs when second at Wolverhampton last time. Jakacan is weighted to go well if back from a lay-off fully tuned up while both Red Allure and Drish Hero figure high on the shortlist too.