Snowden Hurdler Can Be The Top Horse At Southwell

Horse Racing

Racing365
July 25, 2019 8:16 am

Aids To Confirm Return To Form For Sheehan Mount

A pedigree that shows Dansili as a sire out of a Barathea mare might be expected to be seen in a top mile event at Ascot but CARNTOP goes for the Spend Summer At Southwell Golf Club Handicap Hurdle today, partnered by Gavin Sheehan.

With an 11.

25 start it could be a December fixture, but the sun is shining and will look even brighter if the gelding gets home in front for trainer Jamie Snowden.

Carntop came back to form at Ffos Las last Friday when blinkers were added to the tongue-tie he had worn in his previous seven races and he did much better in getting the runner-up spot behind Noah And The Arc.

What makes the form, in context, look decent was the beating of JACBEQUICK into third.

The latter is a consistent animal with three seconds and a win in his last four races.

Carntop goes off the same mark of 120 here and if he reproduces that form it should be enough, and he won off 121 at Worcester last August.

OSKEMAN looks a live danger with the champion jockey Richard Johnson on board.

His latest run saw him victorious in a Uttoxeter novice but at the end there were only four finishers and he had previously gone 15 career races on the flat without a win.

A mark of 115 might be a shade high.

STEPOVER likes this course as her figures of 4,5,1,1,2,2 and 4 show, and she is up just 2lbs for her last win, at Worcester last summer.

She hasn’t been out for six months, though.

THE VOLLAN has improved dramatically for the fitting of a tongue-tie and looks sure to go well off a mark just 4lbs higher than he shouldered when winning over course and distance in June.

The trainer and jockey’s 20% plus at the course from a big sample sways the decision towards Carntop and BetVictor’s and Betway’s 7/1 in a nine horse race looks top each-way material.

G Lees