19:30 Southwell

Thursday 22 December 2022

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Spreadex Sports Live UK Racing Streaming Handicap

Off time: 19:30 | Winning time: 1m 38.61s

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(3)

Royal Musketeer¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: D Allan| T: Steph Hollinshead| OR: 75

22/1

Sixth of 8 in handicap (12/1) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 17 days ago. Likely he will again come up short.

Form: 356046

(8)

Chief's Will^p⁹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: A Mullen| T: A Watson| OR: 76

40/1

11/1, creditable third of 11 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW) on latest start in September. Place possibilities.

Form: 1-25083

(4)

Vidhaata^b1¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: K Stott| T: M Botti| OR: 75

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 8/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, good fourth of 8 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f) 14 days ago. Now tried in blinkers and he needs to raise his game.

Form: 93404

(10)

Legal Reform^h,t⁴¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Jason Hart| T: I Furtado| OR: 73| BF| C

33/1

Course winner. 9/4, below form ninth of 15 in handicap at Redcar (7f, soft). Off 13 months but will be a threat if resuming in peak form with the tongue strap refitted.

Form: 363219-

(7)

Masqool⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: D C Costello| T: H J Evans| OR: 72| CD

8/1

C&D winner. 5 wins from 19 runs this year, the latest at Kempton in October. 9/1, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, AW) 8 days ago, not ideally placed. Each-way chance.

Form: 111274

(2)

Bushfire¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Connor Beasley| T: G Tutty| OR: 72| D

6/1

5/1, good second of 10 in handicap at this C&D 13 days ago, conceding first run. One to consider off the same mark.

Form: 000632

(1)

Ron O¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: T Eaves| T: R Craggs| OR: 71| CD

4/1

Three wins from 8 runs this year. Career best when winning 10-runner handicap (9/4) at this C&D 13 days ago. Clearly in good heart but more needed if he's to complete the hat-trick off this 4 lb higher mark.

Form: 837611

(11)

Bay Of Naples¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Harrison Shaw| T: M Herrington| OR: 71| C

40/1

Course winner. Seventh of 10 in handicap (66/1) at this C&D 13 days ago. Has dopped to a handy mark but a revival is certainly needed.

Form: 42700-7

(5)

Ring Of Gold³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Billy Loughnane⁽⁷⁾| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 71

7/1

Career best when winning 13-runner handicap at Kempton (7f, 10/3) 36 days ago. 4 lb rise could be manageable and he has to enter calculations.

Form: 1-09241

(6)

Mudlahhim^b⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Phil Dennis| T: S Dixon| OR: 68

66/1

Ninth of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 16/1) 9 days ago. Blinkers back on. Looks up against it.

Form: 403009

(12)

Zealot^p³^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 59| BF| D

5/4

Two wins from 5 runs this year. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, career best when winning 12-runner handicap (4/5) at Kempton (8f) 3 days ago, plenty in hand. Obvious chance of following up under a penalty.

Form: 9-19321

(9)

Smart Connection⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Joey Haynes| T: M C Chapman| OR: 63| D

250/1

100/1, first run since leaving Alice Haynes when last of 5 in handicap at this course (11.1f) 9 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 2269D5

Forecasts

Zealot (5/4), Ron O (4/1), Bushfire (6/1), Ring Of Gold (7/1), Masqool (8/1), Royal Musketeer (22/1), Vidhaata (25/1), Legal Reform (33/1), Chief's Will (40/1), Bay Of Naples (40/1), Mudlahhim (66/1), Smart Connection (250/1)

Several of these arrive here in good form but ZEALOT nevertheless stands out on the back of his clear-cut success in first-time cheekpieces at Kempton on Monday, just 3 days after going close on debut for Michael Appleby over this C&D. He will take plenty of stopping under a penalty. Bushfire has been knocking on the door of late and is feared most ahead of Ring of Gold and Legal Reform.