17:00 Southwell

Saturday 22 February 2025

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BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 17:00 | Winning time: 1m 27.87s

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(1)

Bajan Bandit¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 80| C| D

8/1

Course winner. Latest win here in January. 7/1, respectable fourth of 12 in handicap at this course (8.1f) 15 days ago. Should remain competitive.

Form: 4309-14

(8)

Abduction¹¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: D Egan| T: J S Goldie| OR: 80| D

16/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2023. Found run of good form coming to a halt when sixth of 12 in handicap (14/1) at Doncaster (7f, heavy). Off 119 days but has gone well fresh before.

Form: 378226-

(10)

Enola Grey⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Ethan Jones⁽⁵⁾| T: G Tutty| OR: 79| C| D

16/1

Course winner. Latest win at Wolverhampton in December. Creditable 2¼ lengths third of 8 to Powdering in handicap at this C&D (7/2) 7 days ago, slowly away. Should remain competitive.

Form: 1-25333

(7)

Powdering⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Joanna Mason| T: M Herrington| OR: 78| CD

12/1

Four wins from 18 runs last year. Career best when winning 8-runner handicap (12/1) at this C&D 7 days ago, readily. Ought to go well again.

Form: 67562-1

(5)

Beattie Is Back^p1¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Warren Fentiman⁽⁷⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 77| D

25/1

Latest win at Newcastle in November. Sixth of 7 in handicap (4/1) at Lingfield (7f, AW) 15 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 3813-26

(2)

Where's Freddy^p,t⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: S M Levey| T: S C Williams| OR: 77| D

10/3

Confirmed promise of last run when winning 10-runner handicap (11/4) at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 47 days ago, readily. Likely to go well again.

Form: 15256-1

(4)

Benavente⁴³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: S A Gray| T: Kevin Coleman| OR: 76| C| D

17/2

Course winner. Respectable sixth of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (7f, 18/1) 43 days ago. Needs to up his game.

Form: 05867-6

(6)

How Impressive^t¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Jason Hart| T: H Palmer| OR: 76| CD

28/1

C&D winner. Five wins from 20 runs last year. Last of 7 in handicap (10/1) at Lingfield (7f, AW) 15 days ago. Mark continues to ease.

Form: 004-077

(3)

So Quiet^t1³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: T E Whelan| T: Harry Charlton| OR: 76| D

2/1

9/2, tenth of 12 in handicap at Lingfield (8f, AW) 35 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Worth another chance.

Form: 2494-20

(12)

Swiss Ace²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 75| D

28/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2023. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, seventh of 9 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f, 7/2) 21 days ago.

Form: 4954-27

(11)

Lessay^b1⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Cieren Fallon| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 75| D

20/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2023. 11/2, fourth of 7 in handicap at Chelmsford City (6f) 9 days ago, caught further back than ideal. Blinkers on for 1st time and not one to give up on.

Form: 6255-34

(9)

Straight A⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 72| CD

17/2

C&D winner. Latest win at Wolverhampton in January. 9/2, creditable third of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 5 days ago. Should remain competitive.

Form: 70-3123

Forecasts

So Quiet (2/1), Where's Freddy (10/3), Bajan Bandit (8/1), Benavente (17/2), Straight A (17/2), Powdering (12/1), Abduction (16/1), Enola Grey (16/1), Lessay (20/1), Beattie Is Back (25/1), Swiss Ace (28/1), How Impressive (28/1)

WHERE'S FREDDY ran out a ready winner of a Wolverhampton handicap on his most recent outing and is still unexposed on all-weather after just the 3 starts, so he's the percentage call to follow up in a competitive affair. Lessay was caught further back than ideal at Chelmsford last week and isn't one to give up on, with recent C&D scorer Powering another to consider.