2:55 Southwell Tips

He Knows Better probably found beyond three miles too far last time when outstayed by House of Habsburg at Warwick. Should get his first chase win dropped back in distance to two and a half miles.

Rule Me In can get off the mark over the larger obstacles at Southwell this afternoon. The Christian Williams-trained horse has had three runs over fences to date. He's been beaten at least 25 lengths on all three starts, but the last of those was over 3 miles and stretched his stamina too much. He's dropped from an initial mark of 107 to a mark of 100 and is 1 from 1 at Southwell. He's got form over 2m 4f in soft ground, finishing second, although he was beaten 19 lengths on his second hurdles start a year ago. The horse that beat him in a maiden that day was Wade Out, who's now rated 145, and the selection was only getting 5 lbs from the winner. The horses behind him that day make his current rating look workable. Christian Williams has a good strike rate overall at Southwell, and this could be the day to be with this runner.

He looks to be a pretty solid option and appears to be consistent in terms of giving it his best. 3/11 last time over just 2 miles but has stayed this far before. Looks to be a good each-way bet.

Small each-way tip for this horse who very rarely runs a bad race over fences, he's at least worth a look today. Good effort when last seen, he now drops down in Class so he may well find this more suitable.