Racecards
15:50 Wolverhampton
Bet Champions League Football - Betdaq Handicap (Class 5)
- 9 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f 50y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £6,000 added

- Form 250863
- Age 5
- Weight 9-10
- Official Rating 70
tracked leaders, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on

- Form 132774
- Age 6
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer R Brotherton
- Jockey P Cosgrave
held up, headway 2f out, ridden and weakened approaching final furlong

- Form 865145
- Age 5
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer J R Jenkins
- Jockey N Callan
slowly away, in rear, effort on outer over 3f out, weakened 2f out

- Form 111-845
- Age 5
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey R Kingscote
slowly into stride in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on to go moderate 3rd inside final furlong

- Form 4-80449
- Age 4
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 65
- Trainer W R Swinburn
- Jockey David Probert
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out

- Form 118626
- Age 7
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 63
tracked leader, led after 3f, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened and lost 3rd inside final furlong

- Form 144905-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 61
held up, pushed along 5f out, never a factor

- Form 00-72
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer L M Cumani
- Jockey W Buick
led 3f, led again 2f out, ridden, hung right and headed inside final furlong, kept on one pace

- Form 210090
- Age 3
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer Ollie Pears
- Jockey F Tylicki
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
In depth
Verdict
KAZBOW will be short odds to see off Lilac Moon and Moonshine Creek. Luca Cumani's runners in handicaps always attract plenty of interest and having seen plenty of support on handicap introduction, we are confident that there will be plenty of money around this afternoon. A half-brother to useful stayer, Key Time, we were somewhat surprised that he was so readily overhauled. Lilac Moon has not had much racing this term and while well beaten on a previous visit to the course, she is worth another try this afternoon. Moonshine Creek is back to a feasible mark. His latest effort had followed a four month absence so he can be expected to have come on for the run. Chookie Hamilton is dropped in trip having disappointed over 1m6f at this course on a number of occasions. Trachonitis is not without hope on some of his better efforts although his trainer's stable form leaves a lot to be desired. Augustus John is not the most frequent of winners and would have made much more appeal were this on Southwell's fibresand. Rehabilitation won his maiden at the course and is probably best of the rest. Kazbow is not without a couple of chinks in the armour though could still be good enough in this grade.
Formwatch
Chookie Hamilton 14-1 (9-1) Held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, went 3rd 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 10, 6l behind Dayia (9-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Oct.
Augustus John (IRE) 20-1 (9-11) In touch, edging left over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 2 1/4l behind Inspirina (9-11) at Epsom Downs 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jul.
Trachonitis (IRE) 8-1 (9-8) Behind, headway over 2f out, never on terms, 5th of 11, 11l behind Bell Island (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Oct.
Lilac Moon (GER) 14-1 (9-1) Chased leader, every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Follow The Flag (9-4) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Oct.
Rehabilitation 6-1 (10-11) Dwelt, soon in mid-division on inner, some headway under pressure over 1f out, never trouble leaders, 9th of 14, 5l behind Sceilin (11-0) at Warwick 1m 3f am hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Sep.
Moonshine Creek 8-1 (9-3) Led for 2f, handy, went 2nd approaching 7f out, led over 3f out until ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 10, 15l behind Black Rain (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Oct.
Stage Acclaim (IRE) 33-1 (8-11) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 5th of 13, 3l behind Afram Blue (8-5) at Salisbury 1m 2f clm stks (5) gd in Oct '08.
Kazbow (IRE) 2-1fav (9-3) Tracked leaders, tracked leader over 6f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and kept on same pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Admirable Duque (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Oct.
Petsas Pleasure 28-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 11th of 13, 7l behind Alqaahir (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Oct.