19:45 Southwell

Thursday 15 October 2020

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Off time: 19:46 | Winning time: 1m 41.54s

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(13)

Xcelente⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: D Fentiman| T: T D Easterby| OR: 65

6/4

12/1, very good second of 12 in handicap at this course (7.1f) 7 days ago, just failing. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 80-7082

(5)

House Deposit^t²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: D Nolan| T: D Carroll| OR: 61

15/2

Bit below form fifth of 13 in handicap (25/1) at Ayr (8f, good to soft) 27 days ago, finding test too much. Makes fibresand debut.

Form: 235425

(7)

Kodikova^e/s¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J F Egan| T: P W D'Arcy| OR: 63

9/1

6/1, ninth of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 16 days ago. Had previously ran well behind one well ahead of its mark and not one to write off given she's still low-mileage.

Form: 88-6529

(4)

Absolute Dream^v1²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: T Hamilton| T: R A Fahey| OR: 60

11/1

One win from 21 Flat runs. Thirteen runs since last win in 2018. Seventh of 8 in handicap (11/2) at Hamilton (9.2f, soft) 25 days ago. Makes fibresand debut. Visor on 1st time.

Form: 465247

(6)

Courtesy^b1²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: F Norton| T: M Meade| OR: 62

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 14/1) 26 days ago. Application of blinkers needs to have a positive effect now.

Form: 5400

(11)

Curtiz³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Charlie Bennett| T: H Morrison| OR: 62

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 6/1, eighth of 9 in handicap at Haydock (11.8f, soft) 35 days ago, conditions a possible excuse. Best effort to date came here at least so not ruled out.

Form: 92-698

(1)

Nine Elms²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: S R Bowring| OR: 57| CD

5/1

C&D winner here in August. 16/5, creditable fourth of 9 in handicap at Newcastle (8f) 23 days ago. No reason why he won't go well again.

Form: 6-38614

(12)

Geography Teacher⁷^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: William Carver⁽⁵⁾| T: K Frost| OR: 51| CD

11/2

4-time course winner. First run since leaving R. Mike Smith when 5/1, won 11-runner handicap at this C&D 7 days ago, staying on to lead post. Possibilities under a penalty.

Form: 28-0061

(10)

Brass Clankers^p1⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: K T O'Neill| T: R Brisland| OR: 51

80/1

23¼ lengths twelfth of 13 to Nine Elms in handicap (28/1) at this C&D 45 days ago, slowly away. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 044-470

(3)

Gently Spoken⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Barry McHugh| T: S Dixon| OR: 50

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Seventh of 9 in handicap at this course (6.1f, 28/1) 7 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 95-777

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(8)

Cape Greco⁹

Weight: 9-12| Age: 5

T: Miss Gay Kelleway J: B A Curtis

(2)

Sherwood Forrester⁴⁷

Weight: 9-0| Age: 4

T: Paul George J: L Morris

(9)

Total Distraction⁷

Weight: 8-4| Age: 3

T: K R Burke J: C Lee

Forecasts

Xcelente (6/4), Nine Elms (5/1), Geography Teacher (11/2), Total Distraction (6/1), Cape Greco (7/1), House Deposit (15/2), Curtiz (8/1), Sherwood Forrester (8/1), Kodikova (9/1), Absolute Dream (11/1), Courtesy (66/1), Gently Spoken (80/1), Brass Clankers (80/1)

XCELENTE has tumbled down the weights this season and ran his best race for some time when runner-up over 7f here 7 days ago and a repeat should see him firmly in the mix tackling 1m for the first time. Total Distraction and Geography Teacher head up the dangers, along with Nine Elms.