17:00 Southwell

Tuesday 30 January 2024

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Off time: 17:03 | Winning time: 1m 40.43s

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Create⁸⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: D Swift| T: S Dixon| OR: 70| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Tenth of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (8f, 17/2) 88 days ago, too free. Could be interesting from reduced mark back at this venue.

Form: 1250-

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L'Argent¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: L Morris| T: M Appleby| OR: 70

25/1

22/1, fourth of 8 in handicap at Chelmsford City (7f) 12 days ago, late headway. Down another 2 lb and could have races in him.

Form: 42/70-04

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Khathak^t,v¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: D Nolan| T: R A Fahey| OR: 70| D

15/2

Temperamental sort. Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. 14/1, creditable sixth of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (8f) 14 days ago, having run of race. Hard to fancy.

Form: 02526-6

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Yorkstone³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Joanna Mason| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 68| CD

9/4

Career best when winning 12-runner handicap at this C&D (11/1) 39 days ago (strong form, dead-heated with Soames Forsyte). 3 lb rise looks lenient now and he looks set for another big run.

Form: 261131-

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Soames Forsyte^p¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: T Eaves| T: M Herrington| OR: 68| CD

9/2

Dead-heated with Yorkstone over C&D then improved on that to win 7-runner handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 18 days ago, showing good attitude. Remains well treated on his best form and got to be on the shortlist again.

Form: 87381-1

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Bluebottle Blue^t¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Tom Marquand| T: W J Haggas| OR: 64

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 25/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, very good second of 9 in handicap at Newcastle (8f) 11 days ago. Has races in her for top yard.

Form: 368-2

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Conservative¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Elisha Whittington⁽³⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 63| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2022. Off 7 months, eighth of 10 in handicap (22/1) at this C&D 19 days ago.

Form: 643U7-8

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King Of York^p¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 62| BF

11/4

4/1, creditable third of 10 in handicap at this C&D 19 days ago.

Form: 40642-3

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Al Suil Eile⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 8-12| J: R Havlin| T: S A Harris| OR: 59| CD

22/1

4-time course winner. Latest win here in December. Eighth of 11 in handicap at Chelmsford City (8f, 14/1) 9 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals. Has work to do.

Form: 4651-58

Forecasts

Yorkstone (9/4), King Of York (11/4), Soames Forsyte (9/2), Khathak (15/2), Create (12/1), Conservative (14/1), Bluebottle Blue (18/1), Al Suil Eile (22/1), L'Argent (25/1)

The C&D handicap that saw YORKSTONE and Soames Forsyte share the spoils last month is proving to be strong form and that pair could come to the fore again, with Yorkstone taken to continue his improvement and make it 4 wins from his last 5 starts on the level. Bluebottle Blue is a big threat for William Haggas, while Create could bounce back returned to Southwell.