Southwell 18th March (AW)

[chris34]

Sorry these are brief Cheltenham rules the roost this week even for me!! 2.30 Southwell SpicnSpan might be worth taking on at a short price as he is yet to win a handicap off a mark this high and last 2 wins have come in CD sellers clearly in good with a decent enough 2nd last time out when chasing the useful wheres riley but even so value could be elsewhere. Pennyspider might be worth taking a risk on making fibresand debut been off the track for 543 days when we saw her a week ago in a claimer ran creditably and should come on from that run only 2lb lower than last win, she is a Bath speciliast on good/soft ground which would suggest she should enjoy the fibresand. 0.25pt e/w pennyspider 4.25 Southwell Decent looking class 3 handicap over the flying 5f. Rebel duke beat the useful Nickel silver when we last saw him who has since gone on to win again twice off a 4lb higher mark concern is that most wins have come quickly after a race (all bar maiden win) and he has now had a 76 day break. Arthurs edge looked to be improving landing back to back handicaps before going on to be second in listed company last time out but never gone well fresh and tries fibresand first time. Thebes is clearly in form having finished a fantastic second to the very useful Tiddliwinks at the weekend also beat onceuponatime prior to that and actually recieves 9lb from him today because he has won since and runs under a penalty and handicap rise which makes things tough for him. Pawan has plummeted in the weights and is a useful sort but you can guarantee he will be nearly 10lb over weight because of his hopeless rider aswel as already being 1lb out of the handicap which is sad really as he is potentially well treated now and stables runners appear to be picking up. Wheres riley takes a big step up in class but has been improving at rapid knots over CD and was impressive last time out but 16lb rise in weights (under penalty) is a big ask but even so clearly improving, the other interesting runner is Rievaulx World who held hot company last year group and listed company and had little joy but first try on fibresand he could well be well handicapped having only raced once in handicap company running away 6 lengths clear of second off a 10lb lower mark 2 years ago. 0.5pt win thebes 0.25pt e/w wheres riley (if over 4/1 if under 0.5pt win) 0.25pt e/w rievaulx world 5.05 Southwell Reverend green is an interesting runner in this tight looking handicap having won a NHF race over this track during the cold snap and then winning a maiden in good style no match for the useful Spruce last time out but remains unexposed and open to further improvement off a 1lb lower mark. 0.5pt win reverend green

[Trotter]

Re: Southwell 18th March (AW) 2.30 Bookiesindexboy - EW Doesn't run here very often and has never won, but did run a good race last time here, finishing a length behind progressive 'Where's Reilly' Was bumped at the start that day, which might have hindered him a bit Ran poorly last time out at Wolves, but that's low grade AW handicappers for you, they're none too consistant - he's just as likely to bounce back from that as he is to run poorly again.