15:45 Southwell

Friday 2 August 2024

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Borders Ltd 2024 Handicap

Off time: 15:45 | Winning time: 1m 28.8s

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(13)

Chola Empire¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: D M Simcock| OR: 77| CD

9/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in March. 8/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Yarmouth (7f, good) 16 days ago. Looks vulnerable under joint top-weight.

Form: 216035

(1)

King's Vanity^h1²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Rob Hornby| T: A M Balding| OR: 77| D

11/2

Seventh of 11 in handicap at Haydock (6f, good, 12/1) 29 days ago. Hood on 1st time and he's not ruled out back on the AW.

Form: 120097

(10)

Wildfell^t1¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: J F Egan| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 75| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2023. 15/2 and blinkered for 1st time, last of 7 in handicap at Ayr (8f, good to firm) 11 days ago, slowly away. Tongue strap on 1st time. Others make more appeal for win purposes.

Form: 496067

(5)

Orbital Chime¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: George Wood| T: James Horton| OR: 75

17/2

Creditable fifth of 12 in handicap at Thirsk (7f, good, 12/1) 16 days ago. Not without an each-way chance, albeit he shapes as though a drop back to 6f would be ideal.

Form: 18/84-65

(8)

Mr Squires⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Ray Dawson| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 74| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Wolverhampton in June. 5/1, last of 9 in handicap at Chester (7.6f, good) 49 days ago, going off too hard. Looks vulnerable.

Form: 631319

(2)

Shaw Park⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Tyler Heard⁽³⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 70| BF| D

7/1

Latest win at Brighton in June. 25/1, bit below form sixth of 12 in handicap at this C&D 4 days ago. 0-12 on AW and he's probably worth taking on.

Form: 421126

(12)

Bicep¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Ben Robinson| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 69| D

14/1

40/1, eleventh of 12 in handicap at Thirsk (6f, good) 16 days ago. Runner-up off 7 lb higher over 6f here in March and he's of strong interest returned to this surface.

Form: 0-20070

(9)

Soames Forsyte^p¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Dylan Hogan| T: M Herrington| OR: 68| C

14/1

Course winner. Latest win at Nottingham in June. 10/1, sixth of 7 in handicap at Haydock (8f, good to firm) 14 days ago, slowly away. Place possibilities.

Form: 490166

(3)

Dumfries¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Joanna Mason| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 67| C

4/1

Course winner. Bit below form fifth of 10 in handicap at Beverley (7.4f, good to soft, 25/1) 17 days ago, left poorly placed. Others preferred.

Form: 590685

(4)

Broken Spear^p⁹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 9-1| J: Harry Russell| T: T Coyle & K Wood| OR: 67| D

33/1

Fourth of 7 in handicap (9/2) at Leicester (6f, heavy). Off 97 days. Cheekpieces back on. Winless following 7 attempts on the AW and he's likely to come up short once more.

Form: 358-844

(6)

King Of Ithaca²³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Hayley Turner| T: J Tate| OR: 64| BF| D

10/1

Creditable fourth of 9 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 11/5) 23 days ago. Given a chance by the handicapper and he's one to consider.

Form: 34-7964

(11)

Buckshaw Village¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Zak Wheatley⁽³⁾| T: D Carroll| OR: 63| D

20/1

One win from 28 Flat runs. Sixteen runs since last win in 2022. Tenth of 14 in handicap (15/2) at Doncaster (7f, good to firm) 13 days ago. Likely to find one or two too good.

Form: 242460

(7)

Reputation¹²³

Age: 11| Weight: 8-8| J: Hollie Doyle| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 60| BF| D

33/1

3/1, respectable fourth of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f), not knocked about. Off 123 days but this 11-y-o will certainly have a part to play if fit enough to do himself justice.

Form: 5-47334

Forecasts

Dumfries (4/1), Chola Empire (9/2), King's Vanity (11/2), Shaw Park (7/1), Orbital Chime (17/2), King Of Ithaca (10/1), Bicep (14/1), Soames Forsyte (14/1), Mr Squires (14/1), Wildfell (16/1), Buckshaw Village (20/1), Reputation (33/1), Broken Spear (33/1)

The one who appeals most is BICEP, who has failed to make an impact in stronger handicaps than this on turf of late but he now returns to the all-weather on an attractive mark. King's Vanity is another who could benefit from the return to synthetics (the first-time hood may also help) and he is second choice ahead of King of Ithaca and Reputation.