Polished Boots is ready to shine at Southwell

Boots And Spurs is back in good form and looks sure to run his race in the Sunbets Handicap at Southwell.

Trained by Scott Dixon, Boots And Spurs is now eight and has plenty of miles on the clock, but he has won his fair share of races.

He is the sort of year-round horse an owner can only dream about, yet, looking at his mark on the all-weather compared to the turf, he looks extremely well-in for this race.

Having won at Ripon in June off 78, he struggled with marks in the 80s thereafter before he dropped back to 77 and won again at Catterick in October, going close again off 81 on his return there last time out. Given the disparity between his two ratings, he is almost a stone lower for this and, while he is not as good on the Fibresand, he did win on it a couple of years ago and the excellent Jamie Gormley gets a good tune out of him.