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Southwell 5.00
PERENNIAL 1/2pt ew (12-1 B365 9-1 generally 4 places)
BEAUTY CHOICE 1/2pt ew (20-1 generally 4 places)

Perennial won a 7 furlong novice event at Salisbury in June and after a slightly disappointing run at Windsor he started off in handicaps with a 3rd of 5 at Sandown. He then changed stables and after a break of 4 months he was 5th of 7 at Chelmsford last month on his first start for his new yard, in a race that didn't see him at his best, as he was poorly placed and found the six furlongs a bit too sharp. Back up to a mile today and with the tongue tie added to the hood, a better run can be expected.
Beauty Choice had some good runs last year with successive top three finishes at Pontefract, Catterick and Haydock, before landing the spoils at Chelmsford in December, his 3rd win of the year. He is up 2lb for that win and although this is tougher, he comes here in pretty good form, so is definitely worth a chance at nice odds.

Several bookies are paying 4 places

Southwell 8.30
LIGHT UP OUR STARS 1/2pt ew (14-1 B365 12-1 generally 4 places)
EMBARKED 1/2pt ew (20-1 B365 18-1 generally 4 places)

Light up the Stars is a bit of a Wolverhampton specialist and his two most recent runs there saw him finish 4th of 9 and 3rd of 11 in December. At the age of 9 his best days may be behind him but 2 of his 9 All Weather runs have been over this course and distance and no reason to believe he shouldn't go well again today.
Embarked is a big price, probably because his most recent runs have been a bit below par, but he is now 1lb lower than when he made all to win here over 7 furlongs in September. Today's trip of a mile will suit and if he brings his 'A' game today then he can definitely outrun his odds.

Several bookies are paying 4 places