12:50 Southwell
Thursday 18 January 2018
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sunbets.co.uk Handicap (Div 2)
- 3YO plus | Class 6 | 1m 13y | Standard | 10 Runners | Fibresand | Weighed In
- Off time: 12:54 | Winning time: 1m 42.43s
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The recent change of headgear to blinkers appears to have revived her and she's now tried in a visor for the first time. A winner off a 5lb lower mark on her penultimate start she looked as though she could cope with this mark last time; previous run here was poor though.
C&D winner on her penultimate start off a 4lb lower mark she looked to have little to spare there but did manage to follow-up last time out over further at Wolverhampton. Goes again off the same mark here and can be given a hat-trick chance in a poor race.
Comes back from a break to make her handicap debut on a new surface stepping up significantly in trip having run just three times last year. Sire doesn't have an outstanding record on this surface and may be best watched for now.
Showed his best form so far when third here in a weak maiden (well backed) on his penultimate start (hampered at halfway). Failed to build on that run on another AW surface last time and looks likely to appreciate a return to this surface on his handicap debut.
A winner on turf last year off a mark of 53 at Bath over 1m2f he looks to have been given a chance by the handicapper. Returned to form last time out on his first try on Fibresand but that was over 1m3f and it remains to be seen how this sharper trip suits.
Usually runs a race around here despite having only won once over C&D (1/11). His previous run around here (positively ridden) showed him in a decent light in similar grade to this but he disappointed last time out and needs to bounce back here.
Tried over 1m3f here the last twice he looked as though he was just ticking over in those runs and now tries a shorter trip. Still to win a race he should run his race here but looks to have a place chance at best.
Three-times a winner around here he's won just once over this C&D but he's continued to disappoint of late and is now tried back over a mile again. Now tried back over a mile and in a blinkers/eyeshields combination.
Interesting handicap debutante who makes his stable debut here having come from David O'Meara with the cheekpieces going on for the first time. Failed to see out a mile in one race as a three-year-old but may be stronger now; sire has a limited record here but progeny have shown some promise on it.
Raced far too freely here last time out over this trip having had two previous underwhelming tries on the surface. Others make more appeal with his form figures here reading 770.
Forecasts
Sunshineandbubbles (13/8), Mamnoon (4/1), Just Fred (13/2), Ignacio Zuloaga (7/1), Limerick Lord (8/1), Port Soif (20/1), Quadriga (20/1), Secret Lightning (20/1), Jaffar (25/1), Fille The Force (40/1)
This division looks a little more interesting than the first and there are a few in here that are potentially better than this grade. Port Soif is a fascinating contender and if she handles the surface she could be very interesting for a shrewd yard off a mark that may well underestimate her. Sunshineandbubbles has to be respected going for her hat-trick as does Secret Lightning with the visor on for the first time. Mamnoon is another to enter the mix if this trip isn’t too sharp but overall the vote goes to IGNACIO ZULOAGA who may do better now in handicaps and back on what looks to be his favoured surface.
- Ignacio Zuloaga
- Port Soif
- Sunshineandbubbles
Prize Money
1st: £3,105.002nd: £924.003rd: £461.004th: £300.005th: £300.006th: £300.007th: £300.008th: £300.00
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