Marisitta is feared most the Intello filly had shown little for John O’Shea in five turf starts but offered a bit more on her final start for that yard on the all-weather prior to switching to the stable of Dave Loughnane. After shaping well on his comeback, he improved again to run a close fourth at Chelmsford last time, and he appears to be building up to something. Terry Kent’s gelding is having only his sixth start today, and his third since missing the whole of 2022 with injury.

There are just a couple of interest in the opening 1m handicap, one of them being Warrior Square. I say sure to race, but I have to concede that the jumpers’ bumper fixture at the track on Sunday was as quickly lost to snow as it was hastily arranged in the first place there is indeed no such thing as a certainty in racing. It's somewhat ironic that Southwell – under water a couple of months ago after biblical rains in Nottinghamshire – is the one track sure to be able to race on Thursday with the rain hitting elsewhere. An 11.12 start time this morning means it’ll be the first time I’ve ever had breakfast on the way there, though. There’s a McDonalds on the way to Southwell (the way I go, anyway) and it has been known, when I’ve been busy, to pop in for a McChicken Sandwich and fries on the way to the track.

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