17:25 Southwell

Friday 22 December 2023

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Bet 10 Get 40 At BetMGM Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 17:26 | Winning time: 1m 28.43s

(12)

Supreme King¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: P D Evans| OR: 72

11/2

Tenth of 13 in handicap (20/1) at Chelmsford City (7f) 15 days ago, not much room. Each-way shout if he puts his best foot forward.

Form: 542450

(2)

Thapa VC^t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: M G Rimell| OR: 71| D

7/2

Respectable third of 8 in handicap (2/1) at Lingfield (7f, AW) 16 days ago, slowly away. Merits consideration.

Form: 777273

(1)

Motagally^b⁵⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: D Allan| T: S Dixon| OR: 70

8/1

Unreliable individual. Twenty runs since last win in 2020. 18/1, eighth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 59 days ago, merely closing up late. Something to find on form.

Form: 020068

(7)

Arika¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: David Egan| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam| OR: 70

4/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fourth of 11 in maiden (4/1) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 18 days ago, needing stiffer test. Likely improver now handicapping.

Form: 25-4

(9)

No Saint¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: T Eaves| T: S England| OR: 69| D

28/1

40/1, first run since leaving Michael Bell when eighth of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f) 14 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 189748

(4)

San Isidro^h⁸¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Ryan Sexton⁽³⁾| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 68WS

18/1

Tenth of 12 in handicap (50/1) at Newcastle (7.1f) 81 days ago. Readily passed over.

Form: 8-99000

(10)

Bobby Shaft²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: A Mullen| T: J S Wainwright| OR: 67| D

50/1

Last of 11 in handicap at this C&D (125/1) 28 days ago and he's hard to warm to.

Form: 316/080

(6)

The Toff^p³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Phil Dennis| T: K Scott| OR: 66| D

33/1

First run since leaving Charles Hills when eighth of 10 in handicap at Newcastle (8f, 25/1) 37 days ago, slowly away. Cheekpieces refitted on debut for another new yard here.

Form: 183708

(5)

Admiral Nelson^t¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Cam Hardie| T: P D Niven| OR: 66| D

9/2

Improved on recent efforts to win 12-runner handicap at Newcastle (7.1f, 16/1) on debut for new yard 13 days ago. Remains on a good mark up 4 lb and he's a live contender.

Form: 006001

(11)

Wilde And Dandy¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Marco Ghiani| T: I Furtado| OR: 65| D

9/2

Latest win at Chelmsford City in November. Creditable second of 8 in handicap (9/2) at Chelmsford City (7f) 11 days ago. Ought to give another good account.

Form: 297182

Non-Runners

(3)

Shaw Park¹⁴

Weight: 9-8| Age: 4

T: S Dixon J: D Swift

(8)

Pavlodar¹⁰⁹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 4

T: M Appleby J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Thapa VC (7/2), Arika (4/1), Wilde And Dandy (9/2), Admiral Nelson (9/2), Supreme King (11/2), Motagally (8/1), Shaw Park (8/1), Pavlodar (10/1), San Isidro (18/1), No Saint (28/1), The Toff (33/1), Bobby Shaft (50/1)

Irish-import ADMIRAL NELSON made a winning start for new connections at Newcastle recently and, still on a handy mark following a 4 lb rise, he is taken to strike again. Arika is open to improvement now pitched into a handicap and is feared most, while Thapa Vc is feasibly treated and enters calculations, too, on the back of a creditable effort at Lingfield earlier this month.