20:30 Southwell

Thursday 22 December 2022

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BetUK's Acca Club 5 Free Bet Handicap

Off time: 20:31 | Winning time: 3m 43.9s

(3)

Ghostly¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Cam Hardie| T: Mrs Stella Barclay| OR: 57

50/1

Latest win at Hamilton in June. Fifth of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (12.2f, 20/1) 17 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals. Significantly back up in trip and looks vulnerable.

Form: 321405

(4)

The Resdev Way⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-11| J: G Lee| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 57| C| D

33/1

Course winner. 3 wins from 14 runs this year. 14/1, good fourth of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (14f) 9 days ago. Place possibilities.

Form: 233374

(10)

Raiff^p1,t¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Joe Williamson⁽⁵⁾| T: P A Kirby| OR: 57| BF| D

11/2

Tongue strap on for 1st time, second of 13 in handicap at this course (12.1f, 11/4) 13 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time and should make his presence felt.

Form: 2-78902

(7)

Bird For Life¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-10| J: Tyler Heard⁽³⁾| T: M D I Usher| OR: 56| D

8/1

Unreliable sort. 3 wins from 15 runs this year. Improved on recent efforts to win 9-runner handicap (3/1) at Wolverhampton (16.6f) 12 days ago, pushed out. 3-4 under Tyler Heard and another bold show anticipated.

Form: 401141

(1)

Zuckerberg^p²³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: J Candlish| OR: 56| D

28/1

Fifth of 7 in handicap chase (15/8) at Southwell (15.8f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Modest on the Flat, respectable on last Flat outing. Others make more appeal on balance.

Form: 59-3483

(8)

Funky Town Pinkie⁹^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Joey Haynes| T: I Furtado| OR: 56| CD

2/1

Two wins from 5 runs this year. 11/4, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at this course (14.1f) 9 days ago, keeping on well. More needed under a penalty but she's has to be respected all the same.

Form: 8-43211

(9)

Reset Button^t³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: K Stott| T: B Brookhouse| OR: 50| BF

11/8

11/4, first run since leaving Ian Williams when good second of 9 in handicap at Chelmsford City (14f) 3 days ago. Has to be taken seriously off the same mark here.

Form: 216092

(11)

Steel Helmet¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: Jason Hart| T: H Bethell| OR: 45| D

28/1

Twelfth of 13 in handicap (66/1) at this course (12.1f) 13 days ago. Significantly up in trip and it's best to look elsewhere.

Form: 503/02-0

(6)

Easter Sundae⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Dylan Hogan| T: L Allan| OR: 50

100/1

13 lengths eighth of 10 to Funky Town Pinkie in handicap at this course (14.1f, 80/1) 9 days ago. Clearly has work to do.

Form: 600078

Non-Runners

(2)

King Charles¹²

Weight: 9-9| Age: 5

T: B J Llewellyn J: Jordan Williams

(5)

Vertice⁴⁵

Weight: 9-0| Age: 5

T: D Thompson J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Reset Button (11/8), Funky Town Pinkie (2/1), Raiff (11/2), Bird For Life (8/1), King Charles (8/1), Vertice (25/1), Zuckerberg (28/1), Steel Helmet (28/1), The Resdev Way (33/1), Ghostly (50/1), Easter Sundae (100/1)

RESET BUTTON left the impression that this trip would be within his range when touched off over 1¾m at Chelmsford on Monday and he could be the answer if coping with this quick turnaround. Bird For Life is going through a good spell at present and she is not passed over lightly, while the hat-trick seeking Funky Town Pinkie has to enter calculations, too.