17:30 Southwell

Tuesday 31 January 2023

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Spreadex Sports Best Premier League Odds Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Off time: 17:31 | Winning time: 1m 40.39s

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(7)

Irish Flame³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Connor Beasley| T: M Dods| D

7/1

Left Clive Cox after debut and much-improved form when winning 7-runner novice event at Newcastle (8f, 17/2) 34 days ago, plenty in hand. Open to further improvement.

Form: 51-

(2)

Okeanos³³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Jason Hart| T: I Furtado

40/1

13/8 and cheekpieces on, fourth of 7 in novice event at this course (7.1f) on debut 33 days ago, very slowly away. Capable of much better.

Form: 4-

(8)

Ruby Arabella³³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Joey Haynes| T: I Furtado

300/1

Twice-raced maiden. 125/1, last of 7 in novice event at this course (7.1f) 33 days ago.

Form: 07-

(1)

Imperial Ace¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: R Coakley| T: H Palmer| D

11/4

Promising type. Won 8-runner novice event (5/2) at Newcastle (8f) 19 days ago. Should progress, particularly as his stamina is drawn out.

Form: 3-1

(3)

Regal Empire¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Tom Marquand| T: J Tate| CD

4/1

Promising individual. Won 12-runner novice event at this C&D (22/1) 11 days ago, keeping on well. Should have more to offer.

Form: 91

(11)

Bravura²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott

11/1

Twice-raced maiden. 9/1, second of 12 in maiden at Lingfield (8f, AW) 29 days ago. Open to progress.

Form: 6-2

(5)

Congress¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Jonny Peate⁽⁵⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray

200/1

13¾ lengths ninth of 12 to Regal Empire in novice event (80/1) at this C&D 11 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals.

Form: 6-89

(13)

Grand Central^b,e/s¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Josephine Gordon| T: P S McEntee| OR: 64

80/1

Fair gelding. Very good fourth of 10 in handicap (50/1) at Kempton (8f) 12 days ago. Makes tapeta debut.

Form: 3876-54

(4)

Roaring Legend⁴⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: J Ferguson

1/1

Promising type. Second of 7 in novice event at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 9/1) on debut 49 days ago. Bred to be useful and there should be plenty more to come.

Form: 2-

(6)

The Follower¹⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: S H James| T: T D Barron

150/1

Tenth of 11 in novice event (66/1) at Thirsk (7f, soft) on debut. Off 141 days.

Form: 0-

(12)

Ella's Angel

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: K T O'Neill| T: J Coulson

250/1

Lethal Force filly. Dam maiden (should have stayed 1m).

Form:

(9)

The White Elephant¹⁰²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: G Lee| T: Ronald Thompson

300/1

Last of 9 in maiden (300/1) at Doncaster (8f, heavy). Off 102 days.

Form: 89-

Non-Runners

(10)

Flying Frontier

Weight: 8-10| Age: 3

T: J Tate J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Roaring Legend (1/1), Imperial Ace (11/4), Regal Empire (4/1), Irish Flame (7/1), Bravura (11/1), Flying Frontier (12/1), Okeanos (40/1), Grand Central (80/1), The Follower (150/1), Congress (200/1), Ella's Angel (250/1), Ruby Arabella (300/1), The White Elephant (300/1)

ROARING LEGEND is bred to be useful and had a couple of next-time-out winners (including Imperial Ace) behind when runner-up on debut at Wolverhampton last month. The weight he receives from his main rivals could be telling, for all there's depth to this with Regal Empire, Irish Flame and the aforementioned Hugo Palmer-trained runner all of interest.