3:20 Southwell Tips

Hunky Dory has been knocking on the door lately. This is not a competitive race, and with the help of first-time cheekpieces, he stands a good chance of getting his head in front.

Four-time winner for Kevin Ryan, who has made a good start to life with Finn McSharry, with a couple of solid placed efforts in Newcastle. The latter came in a Class 4 a fortnight ago. Should go very well back in Class 5 this afternoon.

Won over 7 furlongs at Newcastle under today's jockey 15 days ago and will welcome the likely fast pace dropping in trip.

This is a useful horse dropping in grade today, and that should see him competitive. Top connections know how to place horses to win these all-weather handicaps, so he should go well.

Was a B/F when suffering interference in a similar class handicap @ Wolverhampton Lto, but was a good winner of a similar class novice over this C/D on prior run. Only 4lb higher here, under used jockey back up and shrewd trainer who has a very good record here last 5 seasons, is best with his 3yos in same period @ 25 percent with a Lsp of 24.50 making current 9/1 very good Ew value in the race.

Em Four, bred, owned and trained by Jamie Osborne, clearly has a few quirks ??' the horse, that is. He wore a red hood last time and was mounted away from the parade ring. However, Em Four is taking a big drop in class today and is on a very workable mark. If he gets it together, he has every chance off a mark just a pound higher than his win at Epsom over 6 furlongs in August.

Can be forgiven for his latest effort, where he looked unsuited by the heavy ground at Bath. He has fallen to a handy-looking mark, four pounds below his last win. He is a three-time winner on artificial surfaces. He makes his Southwell debut, potentially refreshed by a short break, and his double-figure odds make plenty of appeal.