Today on Sky Sports Racing: Royal Ascot form on offer at Southwell
Elvenia has not been out since a good seventh in the Albany Stakes for the Kevin Ryan team at last year's Royal Ascot meeting; Charlie Johnston has made an encouraging start and should land a race with Krona on the Southwell card on Tuesday; watch live on Sky Sports Racing from 4.55pm
Monday 20 February 2023 12:19, UK
Albany Stakes seventh Elvenia has not been seen since her run at Royal Ascot and returns with a decent chance for the Kevin Ryan team at Southwell on Tuesday.
7.00 Southwell - Albany also-ran returns at Southwell
Elvenia will be expected to make it two wins from three starts under Neil Callan in this talkSPORT Powered By Fans Fillies' Novice Stakes (7:00).
She made a taking racecourse debut when winning at Newcastle first time up, before finishing a creditable seventh behind eventual Breeders' Cup heroine Meditate in the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot.
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Assuming she has trained on, she ought to land this for the Kevin Ryan team with 72-rated Medici Chapel a possible danger for the John and Thady Gosden team.
George Boughey's Class Member was fourth on debut and should improve for that effort at Wolverhampton.
4.55 Southwell - Last-time-out winners clash
Charlie Johnston's last-time-out winner Krona will surely be a short price to go in again in the talkSPORT Handicap (4:55).
The three-year-old filly improved considerably for a step up in trip on handicap debut with a wide-margin success and could well defy the penalty here.
Foinix is the other last-time-out victor in the four-runner field and rates a serious danger, having bolted up at Chelmsford for the Gay Kelleway team.
5.30 Southwell - Unexposed rivals take in hot handicap
The talkSPORT Download The App Handicap (5:30) looks particularly tricky, with several in-form runners making up the eight runners in this Class 5 field.
Returning former champion jockey Oisin Murphy has the plum ride on No Saint for Michael Bell, who got off the mark last time under Dylan Hogan and can probably find a spot of further improvement.
Aclaimed Art is one to also consider from the James Tate team, with Rossa Ryan taking the ride following a narrow success at Kempton last time.
Watch Southwell live on Sky Sports Racing on Tuesday February 21.
