Create Your Bet Builders At Midnite Handicap.
Southwell · Thursday, 18 Dec · 20:52
· 4f 214y
· Class 5
· ALLWEATHER
WEIGHEDIN
Status
16:52
Off time
9
Runners
Standard
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 9 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
4
3/1
02 · 🥈 2nd
5
4/1
03 · 🥉 3rd
5.50
9/2
04 · —
6.50
11/2
05 · —
7.50
13/2
06 · —
11
10/1
07 · —
13
12/1
08 · —
17
16/1
09 · —
41
40/1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9th | 1 | 7 |
Law Of Average (G)
40/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at Kempton (6f) 50 days ago. Largely disappointed this year.
|
Joey Haynes | C Banham | 4 | 61.2 kg |
6.50
11/2
|
| 1st | 2 | 9 |
Ziggy's Triton (G)
[P]
Disappointed at Lingfield latest but had acquitted himself well in previous 2 starts, including when close third over C&D last month. Respected.
|
D Nolan | D O'Meara | 3 | 61.2 kg |
5
4/1
|
| 3rd | 3 | 8 |
Glory Fighter (G)
Latest win at Catterick in August. 25/1, eighth of 9 in handicap at Newcastle (5f) 13 days ago. Work to do.
|
Mark Winn | P T Midgley | 9 | 60.8 kg |
41
40/1
|
| 7th | 4 | 3 |
Bang On The Bell (G)
[B]
Respectable sixth of 10 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f, 66/1) 40 days ago, never nearer. Others look better treated.
|
Jonny Peate | J R Jenkins | 6 | 60.3 kg |
13
12/1
|
| 6th | 5 | 5 |
Fiorella Princess (F)
Latest win at Sandown in September. 20/1, first run since leaving Lemos De Souza when sixth of 7 in handicap at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 17 days ago. Others more persuasive.
|
H Crouch | C Wallis | 3 | 59.9 kg |
17
16/1
|
| 4th | 6 | 2 |
Thankuappreciate (G)
C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2024. Tongue strap on for 1st time, eleventh of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (5f, 15/2) 30 days ago, slowly away. Something to find on form.
|
Zak Wheatley | D Carroll | 5 | 59.9 kg |
7.50
13/2
|
| 8th | 7 | 1 |
Winchurch (G)
[P]
Landed 5f Leicester handicap in June and much better than his recent form figures suggest, once more denied a clear run in C&D handicap 6 days ago, Figures off a handy mark.
|
Liam Wright | M Appleby | 3 | 59 kg |
11
10/1
|
| 5th | 8 | 6 |
Sam's Hope (M)
FAV
[T]
Made it 3 wins from last 4 starts when scoring over C&D last month and shaped better than bare result when fifth of 13 in handicap (11/2) at Wolverhampton (6.1f) 19 days ago. Shortlisted.
|
Darragh Keenan | Martin Dunne | 5 | 57.6 kg |
4
3/1
|
| 2nd | 9 | 4 |
Popular Dream (G)
3-time C&D winner. Latest win here in October. 13/2, below form sixth of 13 in handicap at this C&D 6 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.
|
Joanna Mason | D Shaw | 5 | 56.7 kg |
5.50
9/2
|
Betting forecast: Sam's Hope (3/1), Ziggy's Triton (4/1), Popular Dream (9/2), Law Of Average (11/2), Thankuappreciate (13/2), Winchurch (10/1), Bang On The Bell (12/1), Fiorella Princess (16/1), Glory Fighter (40/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 3716.0 GBP |
| P2 | 1744.0 GBP |
| P3 | 871.0 GBP |
| P4 | 436.0 GBP |
| P5 | 217.0 GBP |