16:45 Southwell

Thursday 1 May 2025

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GB Civil Engineering Handicap

Off time: 16:46 | Winning time: 1m 27.87s

(10)

Gamblers Kitty⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Aidan Keeley| T: C A Dwyer| OR: 64

11/2

Off 6 months before a respectable sixth of 11 in handicap at Doncaster (7f, good) 6 days ago. Can give a good account in his bid for a maiden success.

Form: 66428-6

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(8)

King Of York^b⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: D Swift| T: S Dixon| OR: 63| BF| CD

11/2

4-time C&D winner. Latest win here in March. 14/1, good third of 11 in handicap at Doncaster (7f, good) 6 days ago, running on. Needs considering off the same mark.

Form: 711263

(4)

Bellasio³³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Oliver Stammers| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 62

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 8 in handicap (13/2) at Ripon (8f, good to firm) 11 months ago. Needs to hit the ground running on his comeback.

Form: 23/68-

(2)

Reginald Charles⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: P J McDonald| T: G R Oldroyd| OR: 62| CD

11/4

Off 13 months but he has gone 2-2 for his current yard over C&D in January and in 5-runner handicap at Newcastle (7.1f, 10/11) 42 days ago. Up 6 lb but weighted to go close once more.

Form: 764/0-11

(5)

Broken Spear¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: D C Costello| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR: 62| D

14/1

Latest win at Newcastle in March. Raced freely when seventh of 8 in handicap (6/1) at Ripon (8f, good to firm) 14 days ago. Not ruled out back in trip.

Form: 331347

(3)

Saisons D'Or²²

Age: 10| Weight: 9-6| J: Billy Garritty| T: Jedd O'Keeffe| OR: 61| CD

14/1

C&D winner but only twelfth of 14 in handicap (13/2) at Catterick (7f, good) 22 days ago. This veteran needs to bounce back.

Form: 233-650

(6)

Billy McGarry¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Andrea Pinna⁽⁷⁾| T: M Herrington| OR: 60| BF| C| D

4/1

Dual course winner over 1m this spring and he recorded a solid second of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 12 days ago, racing closer to pace than ideal. Well in the mix again off an unchanged mark.

Form: 322112

(1)

Fistral Beach¹⁰^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Jack Doughty⁽³⁾| T: J Mackie| OR: 53| CD

4/1

Made it three wins from her last four starts (including over C&D) in 11-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 10 days ago, though helped there by being held up in strongly-run race. She still merits consideration under a 5 lb penalty.

Form: 541121

(7)

Madame Fenella¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: David Probert| T: D Shaw| OR: 52

50/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2023 but shaped as if still in need of the run when fifth of 7 in handicap at this course (6.1f) 11 days ago. Can take a step forward.

Form: 3849-75

Non-Runners

(9)

Brother Dave³⁶³

Weight: 8-11| Age: 5

T: Mrs R Carr J: Cam Hardie

Forecasts

Reginald Charles (11/4), Fistral Beach (4/1), Billy McGarry (4/1), King Of York (11/2), Gamblers Kitty (11/2), Brother Dave (12/1), Saisons D'Or (14/1), Broken Spear (14/1), Bellasio (20/1), Madame Fenella (50/1)

REGINALD CHARLES hasn't looked back since joining Geoff Oldroyd and can overcome a 6 lb rise to complete his hat-trick. Course scorer Billy McGarry comes here at the top of his game so rates a big threat, while Gamblers Kitty, Broken Spear and King of York all enter calculations too.