17:10 Southwell

Sunday 20 August 2023

All14:3515:0515:4016:1016:4017:1017:40

N&L Franklin Developments Handicap

Off time: 17:13 | Winning time: 58.79s

(13)

Dalby Forest⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Cieren Fallon| T: D M Simcock| OR: 62| D

9/2

Winner at Chelmsford in February. 10/1, last of 6 in handicap at Yarmouth (5f, good to firm) 4 days ago. May fare better back on AW.

Form: 127476

(2)

Mehmo^v²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Frederick Larson⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 58| CD

5/2

Two C&D wins in January and added to tally at Beverley (5f) last month. 15/2, respectable third of 9 in handicap at Thirsk (5f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Considered.

Form: 576313

(4)

Marwari³³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Shane Gray| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 57| CD

11/1

C&D winner. Last of 8 in handicap at Nottingham (6f, soft, 33/1) 33 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 25-6208

(7)

Shesadabber¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Phil Dennis| T: P D Evans| OR: 57| D

11/1

Arrives on a hat-trick after 5f wins at Bath and Catterick this month. Yet to prove herself on tapeta but has a slightly lower AW mark and worth another chance to show she can do it on an artificial surface.

Form: 256311

(3)

Rodborough^p1⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Rowan Scott| T: A D Brown| OR: 57

14/1

Eleventh of 14 in handicap at Thirsk (6f, good to firm, 28/1) 9 days ago. Cheekpieces on first time. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 309-570

(6)

Brandy Station^p¹⁵⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: Alex Jary⁽⁷⁾| T: L Williamson| OR: 54| CD

28/1

Four-time C&D winner but off since a below-par run in March. Back on a good mark but might be best watched this time.

Form: 03-6338

(8)

Fantasy Navigator^t,v1¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Ray Dawson| T: M Appleby| OR: 52

7/1

Tongue strap on first time, bit below form sixth of 10 in handicap at Yarmouth (6f, good to firm, 9/1) 11 days ago. The tongue tie remains with a first-time visor added now.

Form: 0-65546

(5)

Breath Catcher⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| OR: 53

66/1

Seventh of 9 in handicap (80/1) at Nottingham (5f, good to soft) 5 days ago.

Form: 34-8697

(9)

Golden Prosperity^p⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Kieran Schofield⁽⁵⁾| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR: 50| D

16/1

Finally off the mark in 10-runner classified event at Musselburgh (5f, good) 46 days ago by ½ length from Birdie Bowers. Not an obvious one to follow up.

Form: 043621

(1)

Canaria Prince^b²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 49| BF| D

13/2

Fifth of 8 in handicap at Pontefract (5f, good to soft, 9/4) 21 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Dangerously well handicapped and can't be discounted if taking to the new surface.

Form: 363385

(11)

Birdie Bowers⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Sean Kirrane| T: D Thompson| OR: 48| CD

8/1

C&D winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2022 but has been runner-up in 5f classified events at Musselburgh (to Golden Prospect) and Redcar on her last 2 outings.

Form: 399522

Non-Runners

(12)

Blazing Hot²⁹

Weight: 9-10| Age: 6

T: D C Griffiths J: Non Runner

(10)

Under Curfew¹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 7

T: A W Carroll J: Hollie Doyle

Forecasts

Mehmo (5/2), Dalby Forest (9/2), Under Curfew (6/1), Canaria Prince (13/2), Fantasy Navigator (7/1), Birdie Bowers (8/1), Shesadabber (11/1), Marwari (11/1), Blazing Hot (12/1), Rodborough (14/1), Golden Prosperity (16/1), Brandy Station (28/1), Breath Catcher (66/1)

SHESADABBER is worth a final opportunity to show she acts on AW as she's able to race off 2lb lower than when scoring at Catterick 12 days ago. Mehmo has a good C&D record and is second choice ahead of Canaria Prince.