BetMGM Supports Safer Gambling Handicap (Div 2).
Southwell · Friday, 23 Jan · 22:45
· 7f 14y
· Class 4
· ALLWEATHER
WEIGHEDIN
Status
18:45
Off time
8
Runners
Standard
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 8 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
4.50
7/2
02 · 🥈 2nd
5.50
9/2
03 · 🥉 3rd
5.50
9/2
04 · —
7
6/1
05 · —
7.50
13/2
06 · —
7.50
13/2
07 · —
9.50
17/2
08 · —
13
12/1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | 4 |
Eligible (G)
Veteran now but he posted a career best when winning 11-runner handicap at Newcastle (8f) 13 days ago. Scored comfortably there so this 4-time C&D winner merits serious consideration despite a 6 lb weights rise.
|
Joanna Mason | M & D Easterby | 10 | 61.2 kg |
5.50
9/2
|
| 7th | 2 | 7 |
Al Muqdad (G)
Back to winning ways at Wolverhampton in November but retried in cheekpieces when only sixth of 8 in handicap there (7.2f) 17 days ago. Can bounce back with headgear now dispensed with.
|
D Nolan | D O'Meara | 6 | 60.3 kg |
7.50
13/2
|
| 6th | 3 | 1 |
King Of Ithaca (G)
Gained a fourth C&D success in 7-runner handicap here 35 days ago. Hiked up 6 lb but well on top at the finish there and must enter calculations.
|
Rossa Ryan | J Tate | 6 | 60.3 kg |
5.50
9/2
|
| 8th | 4 | 8 |
Law Of Design (G)
A fair 7f winner for Brian Meehan. Off 3 months and went without headgear for his new yard when eleventh of 12 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f) 34 days ago. Needs to step forward.
|
Edward Greatrex | Ian Williams | 4 | 59.9 kg |
13
12/1
|
| 5th | 5 | 2 |
Hitched (G)
[H]
On a losing run but he comes here in good nick, collared only late on when a head second of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (8.6f) 7 days ago. Has to be taken seriously off an unchanged mark.
|
L Morris | D M Simcock | 6 | 59.9 kg |
7.50
13/2
|
| 4th | 6 | 6 |
Tolstoy (G)
[P]
Quirky sort who is 15 runs since his last win in 2024 but he posted a good fifth of 11 in handicap at Chelmsford City (7f) 12 days ago, nearest finish having gone freely. Can't be ruled out.
|
Ben Robinson | B Ellison | 7 | 59.9 kg |
7
6/1
|
| 2nd | 7 | 3 |
Feel The Need (G)
FAV
Course winner but he was below par when last seen out in the autumn, eleventh of 15 in handicap at Doncaster (7f) last time. Needs to hit the ground running after a 90-day break.
|
Jason Hart | M Herrington | 6 | 58.1 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
| 3rd | 8 | 5 |
Sensorium (G)
[T]
Scored at Chelmsford City in October and not disgraced when sixth of 12 in handicap at this C&D 19 days ago. In the mix off a 2 lb lower mark here.
|
Tom Marquand | Dylan Cunha | 4 | 57.2 kg |
9.50
17/2
|
Betting forecast: Feel The Need (7/2), Eligible (9/2), King Of Ithaca (9/2), Tolstoy (6/1), Hitched (13/2), Al Muqdad (13/2), Sensorium (17/2), Law Of Design (12/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 4972.0 GBP |
| P2 | 2333.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1166.0 GBP |
| P4 | 583.0 GBP |
| P5 | 291.0 GBP |