20:00 Southwell

Tuesday 14 March 2023

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Scu Selects Expert Tips By BetUK Handicap

Off time: 20:01 | Winning time: 2m 45.56s

(8)

Victoriano⁴⁵⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| OR: 60| BF

20/1

Respectable second of 7 in handicap at Newcastle (16.2f, 11/5). Off 15 months. Down in trip. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 243112/

(7)

Purple Ice^p¹⁴⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Connor Beasley| T: M Dods| OR: 61

5/1

17/2, creditable third of 9 in handicap at Newcastle (12.4f). Off 147 days.

Form: 587333-

(4)

Soaring Star^p⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: G Lee| T: P A Kirby| OR: 59| CD

11/2

Temperamental sort. C&D winner. 8/1, respectable seventh of 12 in handicap at this course (11.1f) 49 days ago.

Form: 08574-7

(3)

Claddaghduff¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Saffie Osborne| T: J A Osborne| OR: 58

16/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, last of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (12f, AW, 3/1) 18 days ago.

Form: 60-8338

(1)

Scarborough Castle¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Callum Shepherd| T: D M Simcock| OR: 57| CD

4/1

C&D winner. Creditable second of 8 in handicap (10/3) at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 10 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 339-362

(2)

Fighting Poet^p1¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: R Havlin| T: R T Phillips| OR: 53

10/1

7/1, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (12f, AW) 18 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 4507-84

(5)

Bug Boy³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: William Cox| T: A G Newcombe| OR: 52| D

8/1

Seventh of 10 in handicap (18/1) at Wolverhampton (12.2f) 36 days ago, running on.

Form: 4758-97

(6)

Bond Spirit^p³²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Dylan Hogan| T: L Allan| OR: 52| CD

2/1

C&D winner. Winner here in January. 7/2, good third of 12 in handicap at this course (14.1f) 32 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Can give a good account.

Form: 563-133

Non-Runners

(9)

Testing Faith³¹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: Ian Williams J: David Egan

Forecasts

Bond Spirit (2/1), Scarborough Castle (4/1), Purple Ice (5/1), Soaring Star (11/2), Testing Faith (6/1), Bug Boy (8/1), Fighting Poet (10/1), Claddaghduff (16/1), Victoriano (20/1)

SCARBOROUGH CASTLE has a good record here and arrives on the back of a decent second at Wolverhampton, so earns the vote. Bond Spirit is holding his form very well and is feared most ahead of Testing Faith, who looked on the way back when second at Wolverhampton.