Flat Racing Tuesday 14th Dec

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1.25 Southwell Good looking handicap for the course. Silaah looks first string on jockey bookings of the Nicholls 3 but hung badly last time out and clearly a concern. Out of the 3 La Capriosa looks the most interesting to me who struggled to cut much mustard back on polytrack last time out from a wide draw and worth forgetting about but does have a very good record over this CD but a career best needed now and Equeleus Pictor was only 1 length behind him last time out and gets a 3lb turn around in the weights if not counting jockey claim and caught the eye staying on well in the finish as if his turn werent far away again. He is very attractively handicapped at the moment having won off a 10lb higher mark last year and also well drawn over the flying five down the middle here! 0.5pt e/w Equuleus Pictor 8/1 hills 1.55 Southwell Another good handicap with several of these with a good chance on paper but Nazreef looks a class above some of these. Lightly raced and unexposed, and certainly open to more improvement. 2 from 2 over CD and shaped well last month in competitive apprentice handicap at doncaster that was over 7f and he was staying on well and should clearly relish this step back up in trip and a truer test on the Fibresand. Wide draw not ideal but I fully expect him to be up with the pace and fairly wide and therefore come down the stands side which it is paying to do at the moment. 1pt win Nazreef 5/2 hills