15:30 Southwell

Tuesday 13 June 2023

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GB Civils Handicap

Off time: 15:37 | Winning time: 1m 41.63s

(11)

Acotango²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Ray Dawson| T: H & R Charlton| OR: 86| BF| D

6/1

11/4, ninth of 11 in handicap at Newmarket (8f, good) 24 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Should go well if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 5241-29

(5)

Come Together^b1¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Rossa Ryan| T: R M Beckett| OR: 85

11/2

Lightly-raced winner. Last of 11 in handicap at Goodwood (8f, good to firm, 5/1) 18 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 691-0

(7)

Band Of Steel^h1,t1²⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: B A Curtis| T: S Woods| OR: 84

4/1

Lightly-raced winner. 50/1, well-beaten eighth of 9 to Flying Honours in Zetland Stakes at Newmarket (10f, good). Off 8 months. Hood/tongue strap on 1st time. Makes handicap debut with more needed.

Form: 2518-

(3)

Metahorse^v¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Benoit D L Sayette| T: M L W Bell| OR: 83

11/2

Good fifth of 10 in handicap (8/1) at York (7.9f, good to firm) 17 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. On the upgrade recently so merits serious consideration off a 2 lb lower mark.

Form: 038-625

(1)

Garrick Painter³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: David Probert| T: T Ward| OR: 79| D

13/2

Lightly-raced winner. Winner at Kempton in February. 4/1, eighth of 11 in handicap at Goodwood (8f, good to soft) 39 days ago. Makes tapeta debut with bounce back required.

Form: 32-18

(9)

Little Edi^p³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Mark Winn⁽⁵⁾| T: R Spencer| OR: 78

7/1

Latest win at Kempton in February. Creditable third of 7 in handicap (9/1) at this course (7.1f) 33 days ago. One for the shortlist.

Form: 25-1283

(8)

Swift Lioness⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Oliver Stammers| T: C Johnston| OR: 78| D

18/1

4/1, last of 4 in handicap at Windsor (10f, heavy) 50 days ago. Dual winner at 2 yrs so she can't be written off.

Form: 14321-4

(10)

Story Of Peace²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: L Morris| T: S & E Crisford| OR: 77

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 10/1, seventh of 12 in minor event at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 21 days ago. Makes handicap debut with more required.

Form: 027

(2)

Inspirited^p⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Stefano Cherchi| T: M Botti| OR: 76

33/1

Lightly-raced winner. 9/1, second of 4 in handicap at Redcar (8f, good to soft) 40 days ago, flattered by proximity. Makes tapeta debut. Still needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 3221-2

(4)

Nights Over Egypt⁷²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: P J McDonald| T: James Horton| OR: 76

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Seventh of 8 in handicap at Doncaster (10.2f, heavy, 11/1) 72 days ago. Back down in trip. Makes tapeta debut. Others appeal more.

Form: 4453-7

Non-Runners

(6)

Trip To Rome²⁰

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: E A L Dunlop J: Thore Hammer-Hansen

Forecasts

Band Of Steel (4/1), Trip To Rome (4/1), Come Together (11/2), Metahorse (11/2), Nights Over Egypt (11/2), Acotango (6/1), Garrick Painter (13/2), Little Edi (7/1), Swift Lioness (18/1), Story Of Peace (25/1), Inspirited (33/1)

METAHORSE has been shown some respite by the handicapper so is worth siding with to get back to winning ways in a race where a number arrive on something of a retrieval mission. That can't be said of Trip To Rome though and Ed Dunlop's recent Kempton scorer rates a big danger. Course third Little Edi appeals as the pick of the rest.