Racecards
14:10 Wolverhampton
Voted Best Small Midlands Racecourse 2017 Handicap (Class 7)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 5f 21y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £3,500 added
- Winner: £2,264
- 2nd: £674
- 3rd: £337
- 4th: £168
- Form 681651
- Age 5
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 47
- Trainer C Wallis
- Jockey Charles Bishop
slowly into stride and switched left start, held up and behind, headway on inside and switched right over 1f out, ran on under pressure to lead towards finish
- Form 098241
- Age 6
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 46
- Trainer L Williamson
- Jockey Raul Da Silva
chased leaders on outside, pushed along halfway, edged left and weakened over 1f out
- Form 070-472
- Age 6
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 51
- Trainer S A Harris
- Jockey Charlie Bennett
chased leader, edged right over 1f out, ridden and every chance when edged right inside final furlong, ran on
- Form 64-5763
- Age 10
- Weight 9-8
- Official Rating 51
- Trainer Rebecca Bastiman
- Jockey Jason Hart
mid-division on outside, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, not trouble leaders
- Form 797-896
- Age 10
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 50
- Trainer R J Hodges
- Jockey David Probert
led, ridden and hung right from over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, stayed on
- Form 780-503
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 48
- Trainer A Brittain
- Jockey Cam Hardie
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not reach leaders
- Form 72-8456
- Age 5
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer Andi Brown
- Jockey E J Walsh
behind, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, never troubled leaders
- Form 4654-09
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer A Brittain
- Jockey William Cox
chased leaders on inside, ridden and weakened over 1f out
- Form 9-84845
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer D Flood
- Jockey Harry Burns
chased leaders, ridden to lead well inside final furlong, headed towards finish
- Form 1/24-993
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 49
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey Non Runner
NonRunner
Verdict
The top pair are carrying penalties for their victories a week ago and La Fortuna has been well beaten in both starts on this track as has Culloden, runner-up to him at Chelmsford. Mighty Zip made all for a very comfortable victory at that same fixture and is an obvious threat to all though he appears to go best on that course nowadays. See Vermont has a poor all-weather record compared to his strike-rate on Turf so the vote goes to GORGEOUS. Tony Carroll's lightly-raced mare beat La Fortuna at Southwell in December 2016 and is better off at the weights. She should be at her peak now having stayed on strongly when a close third at Lingfield last month.
Formwatch
La Fortuna 5-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, kept on to lead towards finish, won at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (6) pol in Mar beating Culloden (9-3) by 1l, 10 ran.
Mighty Zip (USA) 5-1 (9-0) Went sharply left leaving stalls, made all, clear over 1f out, easily, won at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (6) pol in Mar beating Waneen (9-5) by 2l, 10 ran.
Culloden 10-1 (9-3) Led, ridden inside final furlong, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 10, 1l behind La Fortuna (9-0) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
See Vermont 9-1 (9-4) Towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong until well inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 11, 2l behind Dazeekha (9-0) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Dreams Of Glory 16-1 (9-6) Hung right, raced wide tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 8, 4l behind Roy's Legacy (9-7) at Lingfield 5f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Monsieur Mel 14-1 (8-9) Held up in touch, pushed along halfway, headway near side of group under pressure over 1f out, kept on, 3rd of 11, 1 3/4l behind Fuel Injection (8-11) at Newcastle 5f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Camino 14-1 (8-12) Slowly away, in rear, plugged on from over 1f out, never dangerous, 6th of 10, 9 1/2l behind Mighty Zip (9-0) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Digital Revolution 14-1 (9-5) Close up, ridden and weakened 2f out, 9th of 10, 14 1/4l behind Warrior's Valley (8-11) at Southwell 5f hcp (7) pol in Mar.
Stopdworldnletmeof 14-1 (9-5) Led ridden over 2f out, headed over over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 8, 12 1/4l behind Da Capo Dandy (9-5) at Southwell 6f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Gorgeous (FR) 16-1 (8-11) Dwelt towards rear, headway and edged left over 1f out, ridden and ran on, not reach leaders, 3rd of 10, 1 3/4l behind Red Invader (9-5) at Lingfield 5f hcp (6) pol in Mar.