13:50 Southwell

Friday 20 January 2023

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Huge Daily Boosts Only At BetUK Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 13:51 | Winning time: 2m 25.40s

(1)

Rock Chant^t²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Ben Sanderson⁽³⁾| T: Ian Williams| OR: 57

3/1

Winner in Ireland in July 2021. Has lost his way for this yard, ninth of 13 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 100/1) 25 days ago.

Form: 390099-

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(6)

Opticality^p,t1³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Rob Hornby| T: M Hunt| OR: 55

17/2

Still a maiden and only seventh of 11 in handicap (17/2) at Lingfield (10f, AW) 37 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 238007-

(7)

Half Nelson^t⁴⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: D C Costello| T: G Harris| OR: 54

100/1

Last of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (12.2f, 50/1) 46 days ago, weakening quickly. Hard to warm to.

Form: 786708-

(4)

Pittsburg^t²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: Finley Marsh| T: R Potter| OR: 53

7/2

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. 11/2, good second of 12 in handicap at this course (8.1f) 29 days ago, caught further back than ideal. Weighted to go well nudged up just 1 lb.

Form: 9972-

(8)

International Law^v⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: Harry Russell⁽³⁾| T: A Brittain| OR: 53| C

11/2

Course winner. Latest win here in October. 33/1, below-par seventh of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (12.4f) 8 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 3125-67

(2)

Young Winston^h³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: A Mullen| T: J Mackie| OR: 54

12/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2021 but he posted a good fourth of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 4/1) 39 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 376574-

(3)

Ciao Adios^b1¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 54

25/1

Winner at Salisbury in July. 7/1, below-form fifth of 8 in handicap at Chelmsford City (13.3f) 15 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Blinkers on 1st time. Others more persuasive.

Form: 41702-5

(12)

Dashing To You^b¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Collen Storey| T: W Stone| OR: 53

7/1

Good third of 10 in handicap (16/1) at Lingfield (10f, AW) 13 days ago. Merits consideration off an unchanged mark.

Form: 97845-3

(5)

Lhebayeb^h²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Callum Shepherd| T: V R A Dartnall| OR: 50

17/2

Remains a maiden after 16 Flat runs. Ninth of 12 in handicap (6/1) at Wolverhampton (9.5f) 21 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 43/6439-

(11)

Samurai Sneddz^b¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Phil Dennis| T: K Scott| OR: 48

16/1

Temperamental sort. Below form fifth of 10 in minor event at Newcastle (12.4f, 4/1) 16 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 34875-5

(9)

Turbulent Power¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Dylan Hogan| T: B Rothwell| OR: 45

33/1

250/1, below form eighth of 16 in novice hurdle at Doncaster (16.6f, soft) 10 days ago. Poor on the Flat so more is needed.

Form: 983784

(10)

Fairy Footprints³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Joey Haynes| T: I Furtado| OR: 47

20/1

18/1, ninth of 14 in handicap at this C&D 36 days ago.

Form: 0/02579-

Forecasts

Rock Chant (3/1), Pittsburg (7/2), International Law (11/2), Dashing To You (7/1), Lhebayeb (17/2), Opticality (17/2), Young Winston (12/1), Samurai Sneddz (16/1), Fairy Footprints (20/1), Ciao Adios (25/1), Turbulent Power (33/1), Half Nelson (100/1)

PITTSBURG signalled he is ready to go in again when runner-up here last month and can capitalise on a handy-looking mark. Young Winston is on a long losing run but still feared most on the back of his good Wolverhampton fourth, ahead of in-form Dashing To You.