19:00 Southwell

Thursday 23 January 2025

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Off time: 19:00 | Winning time: 1m 42.01s

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(3)

Bowood¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Elle-May Croot⁽⁵⁾| T: I Furtado| OR: 82| BF| D

7/2

Three wins from 14 runs last year. Latest win at Nottingham in August. 5/2, fourth of 6 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW) 14 days ago, not ideally placed. Enters calculations.

Form: 10622-4

(7)

Encourageable^b1⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: A J Farragher| T: James Horton| OR: 81| D

40/1

33/1, tenth of 11 in handicap at this course (7.1f) 8 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 0/4287-0

(11)

Lerwick^b1¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: E Bethell| OR: 80| D

17/2

Latest win at Beverley in August. Hooded for 1st time, seventh of 8 in handicap at Newcastle (10.2f, 3/1) 12 days ago. Back down in trip. Blinkers on 1st time now.

Form: 71524-7

(1)

Hitched^h⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: L Morris| T: D M Simcock| OR: 78| D

3/1

Three wins from 10 runs last year. Latest win at Lingfield in January. 3/1, very good second of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 5 days ago. Big shout off an unchanged mark.

Form: 1132-12

(4)

Grabajabba²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Frederick Larson| T: M Appleby| OR: 77| C

11/1

Course winner. Two wins from 3 runs last year. Won 5-runner novice (1/3) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 24 days ago, slowly away. Makes handicap debut and not taken lightly.

Form: 411-

(8)

Cavalry Call⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: J Mitchell| T: S & E Crisford| OR: 76| D

5/1

Winner at Yarmouth in September. 9/1, eighth of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (8f) 48 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 721028-

(9)

First Kiss^p1²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: T E Whelan| T: Ollie Sangster| OR: 76

66/1

Lightly-raced winner. 33/1, first run since leaving John & Thady Gosden when eighth of 10 in handicap at this C&D 25 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 3/918-

(6)

Bajan Bandit⁸³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 76| BF

11/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2023. 9/4, last of 9 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f) 83 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 004309-

(10)

Chuzzlewit⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: T Eaves| T: K A Ryan| OR: 76| D

16/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2024. 11/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at Newcastle (10.2f) 42 days ago. Back down in trip. Something to find on form.

Form: 093907-

(5)

King's School^p,t⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Warren Fentiman⁽⁷⁾| T: G Tutty| OR: 75

22/1

Latest win at Newcastle in December. 9/2, below form third of 7 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f) 9 days ago, slowly away. Can give a good account if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 2411-43

(12)

Gincident^h²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: O McSweeney⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 75| BF| D

17/2

Fifteen runs since last win in 2023. 5/2, bit below form fifth of 10 in handicap at this C&D 25 days ago, racing off the pace and never dangerous. Has fallen to a workable mark but he's not been shaping like a winner in waiting.

Form: 293655-

(2)

Flag Of St George²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Hollie Doyle| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam| OR: 75

18/1

Finished 2-y-o campaign out of form and below best confined to just 2 outings last year, off 8 months before finishing tenth of 11 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 28 days ago. Others stronger.

Form: 0287/60-

Forecasts

Hitched (3/1), Bowood (7/2), Cavalry Call (5/1), Lerwick (17/2), Gincident (17/2), Bajan Bandit (11/1), Grabajabba (11/1), Chuzzlewit (16/1), Flag Of St George (18/1), King's School (22/1), Encourageable (40/1), First Kiss (66/1)

HITCHED arrives at the top of his game so is fancied to quickly resume winning ways off the same mark as when a very good recent Wolverhampton second. Handicap debutant Grabajabba is feared most in his hat-trick bid, with Bowood also weighted to have a say.