16:40 Southwell

Friday 28 October 2022

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Top Odds Every Day With BetUK Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 16:41 | Winning time: 3m 38.94s

(4)

Artemis Sky¹⁷¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: Christian Howarth| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 61

18/1

Bit below form fourth of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (13f, AW, 20/1), needing stiffer test. Off 171 days and up in trip on debut for new yard. Will be a danger to all if she puts her best foot forward.

Form: 23623-4

(7)

Blazon^p³⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 10-1| J: O McSweeney| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls| OR: 59| D

11/2

9/1, ninth of 13 in handicap at Kempton (16f) 30 days ago, slowly away. Cheekpieces back on and while he's certainly capable of a bold show off this mark, others make greater appeal on balance.

Form: 487539

(1)

Sweet Dime^p⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Billy Loughnane⁽⁷⁾| T: A Forbes| OR: 58

50/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2019. Last of 7 in handicap at Wolverhampton (14f, 12/1) 58 days ago. Cheekpieces back on and needs to bounce back.

Form: 062567

(6)

Cease And Desist^h1¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Sam Feilden⁽⁵⁾| T: L Bailey| OR: 52

28/1

28/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap at Newcastle (12.4f) 17 days ago. Significantly up in trip and hood on 1st time. Claims judged on peak form but he does have a bit to prove at present.

Form: 6-04400

(2)

Copperplate^b³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Deon Le Roux⁽⁷⁾| T: R Hughes| OR: 59| BF| D

6/4

Latest win at Chelmsford City in September. 2/1, bit below form tenth of 16 in handicap at Ffos Las (14f, good to soft) 33 days ago. Possibilities back on the AW.

Form: 512210

(3)

Easy Equation^p¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Aidan Keeley| T: J S Moore| OR: 50

9/4

Modest maiden. Good second of 12 in handicap (17/2) at Wolverhampton (16.6f) 13 days ago. Reproduction of that effort would put him firmly in the picture.

Form: 332442

(9)

Wadacre Tir³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Ryan Sexton| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 53

6/1

12/1, last of 11 in handicap at Catterick (15.9f, good to soft) 30 days ago (gelded since). Hard to warm to on the back of that display.

Form: 8-87650

(8)

Merlin's Gold^p³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Aiden Brookes| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 45

25/1

100/1, sixth of 7 in juvenile hurdle at Sedgefield (16.8f, good to soft) on NH debut 31 days ago. Latest effort in this sphere was poor and he's readily passed over.

Form: 806-830

Non-Runners

(5)

Storm Arcadio⁵⁸

Weight: 10-2| Age: 6

T: L Horsfall J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Copperplate (6/4), Easy Equation (9/4), Blazon (11/2), Wadacre Tir (6/1), Artemis Sky (18/1), Merlin's Gold (25/1), Cease And Desist (28/1), Storm Arcadio (33/1), Sweet Dime (50/1)

This could be the day when EASY EQUATION gains a much-belated but deserved first taste of success. The 4-y-o proved that he stays this trip when hitting the crossbar recently at Wolverhampton and a reproduction of that would probably suffice. Copperplate merits respect back on the all-weather but he may now be a shade too high in the weights and Artemis Sky could be a bigger threat, provided she's ready to roll following a break.