18:00 Southwell

Friday 3 January 2025

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BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap

Off time: 18:01 | Winning time: 1m 29.81s

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(1)

Foro Romano¹²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Marco Ghiani| T: M Botti| OR: 69

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 18/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 7 in nursery at Ripon (5f, good to firm). Off 129 days. Significantly up in trip. First run for yard after leaving George Boughey.

Form: 3287-

(3)

Rock Diva⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: T E Whelan| T: Ollie Sangster| OR: 67

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Reared leaving stalls when eighth of 12 in maiden at Wolverhampton (8.6f, 12/1) 43 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Remains with potential.

Form: 338-

(5)

Brightandbeautiful^h¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Hayley Turner| T: A M Balding| OR: 67

7/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable fourth of 9 in nursery (15/2) at Chelmsford City (7f) 15 days ago, slowly away. In the picture.

Form: 9434-

(9)

Minelone^t1,v1³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S D Bowen⁽³⁾| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 67

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 17/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, eighth of 10 in maiden at Lingfield (8f, AW) 31 days ago. Visor/tongue strap on 1st time for his handicap debut with more required.

Form: 438-

(10)

Cosmic Force²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Callum Shepherd| T: G Boughey| OR: 64

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good sixth of 12 in nursery at this course (6.1f, 11/1) 20 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 6906

(6)

Whizz By⁵²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: S M Levey| T: T Ward| OR: 63| CD

7/2

Lightly-raced winner. Two wins from 5 runs last year. Career best when winning 12-runner nursery at this C&D (7/2) 52 days ago. Not taken lightly in her hat-trick bid despite a 5 lb weights rise.

Form: 85711-

(4)

Empowered Queen^p²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Nicola Currie| T: Ollie Sangster| OR: 61

12/1

18/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, very good fourth of 12 in nursery at this course (6.1f) 20 days ago. Player off an unchanged mark now back up to 7f with the headgear again sported.

Form: 6684D4-

(7)

Bantz²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Joanna Mason| T: G Tutty| OR: 61

22/1

8/1, respectable fifth of 9 in nursery at Newcastle (6f) 22 days ago, finishing well. Can make his presence felt once more.

Form: 600985-

(8)

The Outlaw⁷⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Edward Greatrex| T: R M Beckett| OR: 61

7/4

Thrice-raced maiden. Eighth of 13 in maiden (20/1) at Newbury (6.5f, heavy) 70 days ago. Still much respected for good yard on his handicap debut after a break.

Form: 878-

(2)

Desert Eye^b1,t²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 59

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, respectable sixth of 11 in maiden at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 20 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time and respected now going into handicaps.

Form: 7446-

Forecasts

The Outlaw (7/4), Whizz By (7/2), Cosmic Force (4/1), Brightandbeautiful (7/1), Empowered Queen (12/1), Minelone (18/1), Bantz (22/1), Foro Romano (25/1), Rock Diva (28/1), Desert Eye (33/1)

A few with chances but the vote goes to EMPOWERED QUEEN who rates the pick of the weights on the back of her very good recent fourth here and should find this return to further also a plus. Hat-trick seeking Whizz By rates the obvious threat, with Bantz and Rock Diva also in the picture.