17:00 Southwell

Saturday 17 January 2026

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Off time: 17:00 | Winning time: 1m 40.99s

(10)

Love Your Work¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 9-9| J: K T O'Neill| T: Darryll Holland| OR: 70| CD

12/1

Five-time C&D winner. Four wins from 19 runs last year. Tenth of 12 under a penalty in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 7/1) 18 days ago. 2 lb lower and his AW record is a positive one.

Form: 421710-

(1)

Forest Caper^h²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Cieren Fallon| T: D O'Meara| OR: 70

17/2

Yet to win a race and expensive to follow, just a respectable fifth of 10 in novice at this C&D 20 days ago. This is the easiest band of handicap he's contested.

Form: 332305-

(2)

Ernie's Valentine¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: Phoebe Edwards⁽⁷⁾| T: R Burdon| OR: 69| D

15/2

Latest win at Wolverhampton in November. 14/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 15 days ago. Likely to bounce back given overall profile.

Form: 32134-5

(8)

Double Time^h,t³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: Callum Hutchinson| T: Tim Vaughan| OR: 69| D

13/2

Latest win at Kempton in October. Shaped better than the result when sixth of 10 in handicap at this C&D (11/1) 30 days ago, doing plenty at the head of affairs. Enters calculations.

Form: 916146-

(6)

Terries Royale³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 67| D

4/1

Down in the weights but failed to fire on first AW start for a while when sixth of 9 in handicap at Chelmsford (8f) 37 days ago. Eased further 2 lb and represents in-form yard.

Form: 658306-

(3)

Soames Forsyte^p¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Dylan Hogan| T: M Herrington| OR: 66| CD

28/1

Unreliable type. C&D winner. Three wins from 12 runs last year. Last of 8 in handicap (40/1) at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 15 days ago, very slowly away. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 17907-8

(4)

Al Hofzan¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: William Cox| T: G Nicholls| OR: 66

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 18/1, good third of 7 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 15 days ago, sticking to task. 1m therefore looks well worth exploring.

Form: 623-3

(9)

Far Ahead⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Ethan Tindall⁽⁷⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 65

50/1

40/1, last of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (8f) 7 days ago. Dropped further 5 lb but has questions to answer.

Form: 19066-0

(12)

Beaming Light^e/s1³³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Rowan Scott| T: D Loughnane| OR: 65| D

11/2

Three wins from 12 runs last year. Fourth of 7 in handicap (10/1) at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 33 days ago. Eyeshields on first time and inching back towards last winning mark.

Form: 373694-

(7)

Havana Touch³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: S D Bowen| T: J Butler| OR: 63

50/1

Last of 9 in handicap (50/1) at Chelmsford City (8f) 37 days ago.

Form: 051679-

(11)

Mercurius Power^t,p²⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Jessica Macey| OR: 61| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2024. Seventh of 9 in handicap at Newcastle (8f, 11/2) 29 days ago. Has fallen to a workable mark.

Form: 769327-

(5)

Miners Gamble^v⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| OR: 59

7/2

Not for the first time wasn't seen to best effect when fifth of 8 in handicap at Chelmsford (8f) 6 days ago, nearest finish having been denied a clear run. Shortlist material.

Form: 2608-45

Forecasts

Miners Gamble (7/2), Terries Royale (4/1), Beaming Light (11/2), Double Time (13/2), Ernie's Valentine (15/2), Forest Caper (17/2), Al Hofzan (9/1), Love Your Work (12/1), Mercurius Power (16/1), Soames Forsyte (28/1), Havana Touch (50/1), Far Ahead (50/1)

MINERS GAMBLE hasn't had much luck of late, again not seen to best effect when denied a clear run at Chelmsford last week and the feeling is that he'll cash in on this mark sooner rather than later. Double Time and Mercurius Power are a couple of potential threats.