15:50 Southwell

Thursday 1 February 2018

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Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 1m 42.12s

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Planetaria⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: P Mulrennan| T: Miss J A Camacho| OR: 72| D

6/1

Looks well handicapped on his form when he was with Gary Moss (2016) and has shown glimpses of those runs for this yard. Hovering just above his last winning mark and has form figures of 323 on this surface; back from a break and has run in better class than this.

Form: 970026-

(3)

Monsieur Jimmy⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: G C O'Neill⁽⁷⁾| T: D Carroll| OR: 72| CD

12/1

A five-time winner on the Fibresand his 5th win came here in November over C&D under today's rider. 7lb above that mark now though and well beaten off it the last twice and was slow away last time; may need an ease in grade/handicap before he's winning again.

Form: 1821-59

(4)

What Usain²⁵³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 70

8/1

Has run here before but hardly made a massive impression and now returns from a long break having had his last run on turf (a rare one) at Yarmouth. Both his last two wins have come over further and unless the market suggests otherwise is best watched here.

Form: 521386-

(5)

Jack Of Diamonds²⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: R Winston| T: R A Teal| OR: 70| D

10/1

His two previous runs here are a mixed bag (a runner-up slot the best) and he did win two AW handicaps late last year off lower marks. Those wins came in a consistent spell for him although he looked held off this mark when last seen.

Form: 02231-7

(9)

Symbolic Star^p²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Callum Rodriguez⁽³⁾| T: F P Murtagh| OR: 69| D

3/1

Two wins in the middle of last year signalled that he was on the up (both those wins coming at Newcastle over a mile) and returned from a break to better those two runs last time out over the same C&D. Sire has never had a winner on Fibresand (0/24) and that is a disadvantage on his debut here.

Form: 17187-1

(6)

Ebtkaar²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: P J McDonald| T: M Appleby| OR: 68

5/1

Bought cheaply from the Roger Varian yard he shaped quite well on his stable/handicap debut over 7f. His subsequent two runs though have not been of the same quality and this will be his first try on this surface (sire has a 12% strike-rate here).

Form: 5/332-68

(1)

Maraakib^p²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Tom Marquand| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 61

7/1

His first try here came over too far although in a way it was symptomatic of most of his runs where he travels well and finds little at the end of the race. He was given a more suitable test in a claimer here last time (first-time blinkers) and now makes his debut for a new yard.

Form: 34265-4

(7)

Dose¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: P Hanagan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 57| CD

6/1

Her form here has actually regressed as she was a winner here on her debut on this surface just over a year ago off a 1lb lower mark. Didn't run too badly last time out when second of four at Chelmsford over this trip but has to find her best form on this surface to be winning again.

Form: 5347-82

(2)

General Tufto^b²

Age: 13| Weight: 8-7| J: Joey Haynes| T: C Smith| OR: 45| CD

12/1

Needs no introduction around here and seemingly runs at every meeting on the Fibresand and was the winner of this race back in 2015 off a 7lb higher mark. He continues to run the odd good race but generally struggles for pace these days in races like this.

Form: 5-95324

Forecasts

Symbolic Star (3/1), Ebtkaar (5/1), Dose (6/1), Planetaria (6/1), Maraakib (7/1), What Usain (8/1), Jack Of Diamonds (10/1), Monsieur Jimmy (12/1), General Tufto (12/1)

It’s not hard to have some doubts about the two that may well be towards the head of the market in Dose and Symbolic Star. The former does have winning form here but hasn’t really lived up to that win in two visits here since and the latter whilst in good form is by a sire (New Approach) who is yet to have a win here. Therefore it may be worth taking a chance with PLANETARIA who has run well here on three occasions and is only just above his last winning mark. Jack Of Diamonds may have a bit of work to do off this mark while most of the others either have work to do off their current marks or have no experience of the surface.