19:15 Southwell

Thursday 14 March 2024

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Build Your Acca With BetUK Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 19:15 | Winning time: 2m 24.63s

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Storm Valley²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Billy Loughnane| T: M Crawley| OR: 55| D

9/2

Career best when winning 12-runner handicap at Kempton (11f, 10/3) 29 days ago, readily. Not long with this yard and may have more to offer, so worth considering.

Form: 4853-21

(1)

Optik^b⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Hayley Turner| T: D M Simcock| OR: 55

2/1

15/2, career best when winning 7-runner handicap at Chelmsford City (10f) 5 days ago, running on. Shortlist material.

Form: 116761

(4)

Bletchley Storm¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Dylan Hogan| T: M Wigham| OR: 54| CD

9/2

12/1, career best when winning 11-runner handicap at this C&D 16 days ago, helped by being held up in strongly-run race. Not an obvious sort for the follow-up.

Form: 959-401

(8)

Bug Boy¹⁶⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: T Eaves| T: A G Newcombe| OR: 53| D

16/1

8/1, creditable third of 7 in handicap at Epsom (12f, good to firm). Off 165 days. Likely to need the run.

Form: 541613-

(2)

Billy Bathgate^p1⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-6| J: Jason Hart| T: Ewan Whillans| OR: 52

5/1

One win from 24 Flat runs. Creditable second of 9 in handicap (6/1) at this course (14.1f) 9 days ago. Back down in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Not dismissed.

Form: 07-4252

(7)

Bond Spirit^p¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: R Havlin| T: L Allan| OR: 51| C

11/2

Course winner. 4/1, creditable 3¾ lengths third of 11 to Bletchley Storm in handicap at this C&D 16 days ago. Should be on the premises.

Form: 90-4743

(3)

Cliffs Of Malta³¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Callum Shepherd| T: Marie Martin| OR: 51| BF

18/1

5/2, good second of 10 in handicap at Brighton (11.9f, good). Off 10 months. First run for yard after leaving Michael Roberts. Hard to know what sort of form she'll return in.

Form: 047/322-

(6)

My Sand Boy²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: William Carson| T: A W Carroll| OR: 45

33/1

Fifth of 7 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW, 15/2) 20 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Must improve.

Form: 074-365

Forecasts

Optik (2/1), Bletchley Storm (9/2), Storm Valley (9/2), Billy Bathgate (5/1), Bond Spirit (11/2), Bug Boy (16/1), Cliffs Of Malta (18/1), My Sand Boy (33/1)

OPTIK did well to get up from an unpromising position at Chelmsford 5 days ago and he escapes a penalty for it, so he's capable of going in again. Storm Valley, another last-time-out winner, is an obvious threat and Bond Spirit should give another good account.