17:15 Southwell

Tuesday 23 April 2024

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Off time: 17:17 | Winning time: 5m 9.2s

Kaleb^p⁷¹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-1| J: J M Quinlan| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 121

5/1

Held in strong handicaps around the turn of the year but fitted with blinkers eased in class, he was probably going to finish second but for a late fall at Plumpton. Big player from the same mark.

Form: 7-2270U

Yes Indeed^t²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: R P McLernon| T: J & A O'Neill| OR: 117

16/1

Fairly useful winning chaser in France and some decent placed efforts for this yard. Jumped poorly at Haydock in March and this his first hurdles outing for 3 years.

Form: 234P44

Klitschko^h⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Tom Cannon| T: A King| OR: 117| BF

9/4

Debut bumper winner and looked to be going the right way over hurdles, successful at Plumpton in February 2023. Backward step at Doncaster last month but heavy ground may have been against him.

Form: 321-327

Kerosine Light^b1⁴⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Theo Gillard| T: D McCain Jnr| OR: 115

50/1

Three wins for this yard in summer 2022 but off for 9 months prior to finishing a remote fifth at Uttoxeter last May and also pulled up on March's return to action. Blinkers replace cheekpieces.

Form: 13D1-5P

Basford²⁶⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Sean Quinlan| T: J Candlish| OR: 115| BF| C

9/1

Bumper winner who scored 4 times over hurdles last summer, producing a dominant display in handicap company at Southwell (3m). Good run of form came to a halt at Perth in August and he's been off the track since. Usual headgear left off.

Form: 21211P

Nelson River¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: Lily Pinchin| T: A W Carroll| OR: 115

80/1

Caused a surprise when taking 4-runner novice at Leicester on debut over fences in February 2022. Went the wrong way over fences later that year and recent AW efforts hardly brimming with promise.

Form: 125/P46-

Nordic Tiger^t⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Alice Stevens⁽⁵⁾| T: Harry Derham| OR: 114| D

7/2

French import who is firmly on the up, winning back-to-back handicaps within a week in February and losing little in defeat when second of 5 over 20.5f a month later. Another bold bid firmly on the cards.

Form: 533112

Letthedustsettle²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Stan Sheppard| T: T Lacey| OR: 112

15/2

Came good over hurdles at the fifth attempt at Catterick (2m) in January and easily defied a penalty at the same C&D 9 days later. Gave something like his running once again when third at Plumpton (25f, soft) but he pulled up at Exeter latest.

Form: 01123P

Allbetsoff¹⁵⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Jamie Hamilton| T: M Walford| OR: 108| C

13/2

Bagged his third win of 2023 in 6-runner Huntingdon claimer (15.8f) in November prior to a lesser effort returned to handicaps back at that venue later that month. Off since and back over a new trip.

Form: 331410

Pozo Emery^v³⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: J Kington| T: L Morgan| OR: 106

20/1

Promising novice hurdler for Paul Nicholls in 2021. Pulled up in 2 chase starts for new yard since returning from a long absence and dropping in the weights without looking ready to take advantage over timber.

Form: 2/PP324

Non-Runners

Billy Boi Blue³⁵

Weight: 11-13| Age: 7

T: D Killahena & G McPherson J: Kielan Woods

Intimate²⁷

Weight: 11-7| Age: 6

T: Miss V Williams J: Charlie Deutsch

Captain's Pick¹²

Weight: 10-9| Age: 6

T: Christian Williams J: Jack Tudor

Forecasts

Klitschko (9/4), Intimate (3/1), Nordic Tiger (7/2), Kaleb (5/1), Allbetsoff (13/2), Billy Boi Blue (7/1), Letthedustsettle (15/2), Basford (9/1), Captain's Pick (12/1), Yes Indeed (16/1), Pozo Emery (20/1), Kerosine Light (50/1), Nelson River (80/1)

KALEB was set to show improved form (booked for second) until a late unseat at Plumpton when last seen in February and from the same mark, he can confirm himself to be well handicapped. Billy Boi Blue is a likely improver now allotted a mark, with Nordic Tiger expected to be on the premises again.