20:00 Southwell

Tuesday 10 January 2023

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Off time: 20:02 | Winning time: 3m 39.90s

(5)

Norman Kindu^v1²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: P Mulrennan| T: R Menzies| OR: 60

33/1

20/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, eighth of 9 in handicap at this C&D 26 days ago. Visored for 1st time. Probably best to look elsewhere.

Form: 5245/08-

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(8)

Ain't No Sunshine⁸⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 60| D

15/2

Lightly-raced maiden onthe Flat. Fairly useful bumper winner. Tenth of 11 in handicap at Redcar (14f, good to soft, 50/1) 88 days ago. Opposable.

Form: 4870-

(11)

Tiger Spirit^t²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: T Eaves| T: M Herrington| OR: 58| D

16/1

Good third of 9 in handicap (50/1) at this C&D 26 days ago. That represented a step forward and not without each-way hope if able to build on that.

Form: 751673-

(1)

Bird For Life¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-6| J: Darragh Keenan| T: M D I Usher| OR: 57| D

9/1

Unreliable sort. 8/1, creditable ½-length second of 9 to Zuckerberg in handicap at this C&D 19 days ago. Clearly in good heart and shouldn't be far away.

Form: 011412-

(6)

Robeam^p¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Phil Dennis| T: M Mullineaux| OR: 55| CD

25/1

C&D winner. Sixth of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (14f, 66/1) 14 days ago. Others make more appeal, for all that he's now eased in class off a reduced mark.

Form: 166/266-

(7)

Sociologist^p¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-1| J: Elisha Whittington⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 52| C

18/1

Course winner. 13/2, respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at this course (12.1f) 19 days ago. Significantly up in trip and he has to enter calculations.

Form: 452845-

(10)

Third Avenue³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: K T O'Neill| T: A Crook| OR: 51

66/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, pulled up in novice hurdle at Wetherby (21.2f, soft, 300/1) on NH debut 38 days ago. Poor in this sphere and likely to struggle.

Form: 75048/8-

(3)

Gentle Fire⁵^{(ex 4)}

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: S Drinkwater| OR: 46| D

5/4

Fair bumper winner. Career best when winning 13-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (14f, 16/5) 5 days ago, kept up to work. Obvious claims under a 4 lb penalty.

Form: 5094-1

(4)

Smart Boyo^b⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Connor Beasley| T: P A Kirby| OR: 48| D

3/1

Creditable second of 8 in handicap at Newcastle (16.2f, 4/1) 6 days ago. Place possibilities off the same mark here.

Form: 64882-2

(9)

Steel Helmet⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 8-9| J: Josephine Gordon| T: H Bethell| OR: 45| D

12/1

Creditable 7¼ lengths seventh of 13 to Gentle Fire in handicap (16/1) at Wolverhampton (14f) 5 days ago. Hard to envisage him reversing the placings with that rival here.

Form: 302/05-7

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(2)

Zuckerberg¹⁹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 7

T: J Candlish J: Lewis Edmunds

Forecasts

Gentle Fire (5/4), Smart Boyo (3/1), Zuckerberg (9/2), Ain't No Sunshine (15/2), Bird For Life (9/1), Steel Helmet (12/1), Tiger Spirit (16/1), Sociologist (18/1), Robeam (25/1), Norman Kindu (33/1), Third Avenue (66/1)

GENTLE FIRE raised her game when scoring with a bit to spare at Wolverhampton last week, justifying market support in the process, and she looks capable of going in again under a penalty. Recent C&D 1-2 Zuckerberg and Bird For Life both merit respect but bigger threats may be posed by Sociologist, who has dipped to a career-low mark, Smart Boyo and Tiger Spirit.