19:30 Southwell

Tuesday 27 February 2024

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Find More Big Deals At BetUK Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 19:31 | Winning time: 2m 24.02s

(5)

Destinado^v¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Aidan Keeley⁽³⁾| T: James Owen| OR: 55| C

3/1

Course winner. Latest win at Lingfield in January. 7/1, fourth of 6 in handicap at same course (15.8f, AW) 16 days ago. Back down in trip. Visor back on. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 131164

(6)

Trusty Scout¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Cam Hardie| T: D Shaw| OR: 54

11/2

Consistent sort who posted another creditable effort when third of 10 in handicap over C&D (4/1) 12 days ago, caught further back than ideal. LIkely contender.

Form: 3-27223

(3)

Barbarosa^h,t⁸^{(ex 4)}

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: J Mitchell| T: C Hobson| OR: 50

12/1

Built on encouraging yard debut when narrowly taking 7-runner minor event at Lingfield (10f, AW, 9/2) 8 days ago. More to do under 4 lb penalty here but must enter calculations.

Form: 1264/31

(10)

Velvet Vulcan^p,t⁴^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Callum Shepherd| T: M Murphy & M Keady| OR: 49

2/1

Off the mark when taking 9-runner minor event at Lingfield (12f, AW) 4 days ago, well on top finish. 5 lb penalty to carry now but another bold bid anticipated.

Form: 607-241

(8)

Sarkha^p,t¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Rowan Scott| T: Phillip Makin| OR: 53

28/1

Ninth of 10 in handicap at Newcastle (12.4f, 12/1) 10 days ago. Tongue strap/cheekpieces back on. Claims on best form.

Form: 50838-9

(4)

Global Tycoon^v1¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J Parr| OR: 52

7/1

Latest win at Wolverhampton in October. 12/1, good third of 12 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f) 18 days ago. Visor on 1st time. Not out of things.

Form: 3416-83

(1)

Defence Treaty^p,t²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: T Eaves| T: N & W Twiston-Davies| OR: 51| CD

7/1

C&D winner. 13/2, creditable fifth of 11 in handicap at this C&D 28 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 8589-55

(7)

Thelastwinterarrow²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Luke Catton⁽⁵⁾| T: Dylan Cunha| OR: 50

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 150/1, seventh of 8 in maiden at Kempton (8f) 24 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Something to find on form.

Form: 5-97

(12)

Corsican Caper^v¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Oisin Murphy| T: K Frost| OR: 49| C

14/1

Course winner in January. Bit below form sixth of 10 in minor event at Wolverhampton (12.2f, 12/1) 15 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 89-1886

(9)

Straitouttacompton^t⁶⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: K T O'Neill| T: M C Chapman| OR: 45| C

150/1

4-time course winner. Twenty seven runs since last win in 2021. 200/1, last of 12 in handicap at this course (8.1f) 60 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Very hard to make a case for. 1 lb out of the weights.

Form: 709890-

Non-Runners

(2)

Moai²⁴

Weight: 9-9| Age: 6

T: I Furtado J: Elle-May Croot

(11)

Cliffs Of Malta³⁰¹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 6

T: Marie Martin J: R Havlin

Forecasts

Velvet Vulcan (2/1), Destinado (3/1), Trusty Scout (11/2), Defence Treaty (7/1), Global Tycoon (7/1), Barbarosa (12/1), Corsican Caper (14/1), Cliffs Of Malta (14/1), Moai (20/1), Sarkha (28/1), Thelastwinterarrow (33/1), Straitouttacompton (150/1)

Preference is for VELVET VULCAN, who won in decisive fashion at Lingfield last week and still looks feasibly treated, despite a 5 lb penalty. Trusty Scout and Destinado head the list of dangers.