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Southwell · Saturday, 17 Jan · 21:00
· 1m 13y
· Class 5
· ALLWEATHER
WEIGHEDIN
Status
17:00
Off time
12
Runners
Standard
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 12 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
4.50
7/2
02 · 🥈 2nd
5
4/1
03 · 🥉 3rd
6.50
11/2
04 · —
7.50
13/2
05 · —
8.50
15/2
06 · —
9.50
17/2
07 · —
10
9/1
08 · —
13
12/1
09 · —
17
16/1
10 · —
29
28/1
11 · —
51
50/1
12 · —
51
50/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11th | 1 | 10 |
Love Your Work (G)
Five-time C&D winner. Four wins from 19 runs last year. Tenth of 12 under a penalty in handicap at Wolverhampton (9.5f, 7/1) 18 days ago. 2 lb lower and his AW record is a positive one.
|
K T O'Neill | Darryll Holland | 10 | 61.2 kg |
13
12/1
|
| 3rd | 2 | 1 |
Forest Caper (G)
[H]
Yet to win a race and expensive to follow, just a respectable fifth of 10 in novice at this C&D 20 days ago. This is the easiest band of handicap he's contested.
|
Cieren Fallon | D O'Meara | 5 | 61.2 kg |
9.50
17/2
|
| 2nd | 3 | 2 |
Ernie's Valentine (G)
Latest win at Wolverhampton in November. 14/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 15 days ago. Likely to bounce back given overall profile.
|
Phoebe Edwards | R Burdon | 7 | 60.8 kg |
8.50
15/2
|
| 7th | 4 | 8 |
Double Time (G)
[HT]
Latest win at Kempton in October. Shaped better than the result when sixth of 10 in handicap at this C&D (11/1) 30 days ago, doing plenty at the head of affairs. Enters calculations.
|
Callum Hutchinson | Tim Vaughan | 8 | 60.8 kg |
7.50
13/2
|
| 6th | 5 | 6 |
Terries Royale (G)
Down in the weights but failed to fire on first AW start for a while when sixth of 9 in handicap at Chelmsford (8f) 37 days ago. Eased further 2 lb and represents in-form yard.
|
Alistair Rawlinson | M Appleby | 6 | 59.9 kg |
5
4/1
|
| 1st | 6 | 3 |
Soames Forsyte (G)
[P]
Unreliable type. C&D winner. Three wins from 12 runs last year. Last of 8 in handicap (40/1) at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 15 days ago, very slowly away. Not easy to make a case for.
|
Dylan Hogan | M Herrington | 7 | 59.4 kg |
29
28/1
|
| 10th | 7 | 4 |
Al Hofzan (G)
Lightly-raced maiden. 18/1, good third of 7 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 15 days ago, sticking to task. 1m therefore looks well worth exploring.
|
William Cox | G Nicholls | 4 | 59.4 kg |
10
9/1
|
| 12th | 8 | 9 |
Far Ahead (G)
40/1, last of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (8f) 7 days ago. Dropped further 5 lb but has questions to answer.
|
Ethan Tindall | R A Fahey | 4 | 59 kg |
51
50/1
|
| 4th | 9 | 12 |
Beaming Light (G)
[E1]
Three wins from 12 runs last year. Fourth of 7 in handicap (10/1) at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 33 days ago. Eyeshields on first time and inching back towards last winning mark.
|
Rowan Scott | D Loughnane | 6 | 59 kg |
6.50
11/2
|
| 8th | 10 | 7 |
Havana Touch (G)
Last of 9 in handicap (50/1) at Chelmsford City (8f) 37 days ago.
|
S D Bowen | J Butler | 5 | 58.1 kg |
51
50/1
|
| 5th | 11 | 11 |
Mercurius Power (G)
[TP]
C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2024. Seventh of 9 in handicap at Newcastle (8f, 11/2) 29 days ago. Has fallen to a workable mark.
|
Lewis Edmunds | Jessica Macey | 8 | 57.2 kg |
17
16/1
|
| 9th | 12 | 5 |
Miners Gamble (G)
FAV
[V]
Not for the first time wasn't seen to best effect when fifth of 8 in handicap at Chelmsford (8f) 6 days ago, nearest finish having been denied a clear run. Shortlist material.
|
Ben Robinson | B Ellison | 5 | 56.2 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
Betting forecast: Miners Gamble (7/2), Terries Royale (4/1), Beaming Light (11/2), Double Time (13/2), Ernie's Valentine (15/2), Forest Caper (17/2), Al Hofzan (9/1), Love Your Work (12/1), Mercurius Power (16/1), Soames Forsyte (28/1), Havana Touch (50/1), Far Ahead (50/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 4397.0 GBP |
| P2 | 2063.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1031.0 GBP |
| P4 | 516.0 GBP |
| P5 | 257.0 GBP |