Racecards
19:10 Wolverhampton
totepool Handicap (Class 6)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 1m 1f 103y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Polytrack
- £2,500 added
- Winner: £1,704
- 2nd: £503
- 3rd: £252
- Form 966004
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 60
mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon hard ridden, no impression
- Form 083784
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey L Morris
held up in touch, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out
Merrjanah
10- Form 536500
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer J S Wainwright
- Jockey P Aspell
slowly into stride, mid-division, headway over 2f out, never on terms
Joyously
351- Form 678057-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer R C Guest
- Jockey Martin Harley
always behind, never a factor
Edgware Road
31- Form 016498
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 58
mid-division, smooth headway over 2f out, chased winner inside final furlong, nearest finish
Maven
31- Form 6550
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer T D Easterby
- Jockey D Allan
chased leaders, driven to challenge over 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on well
Ace Master
14- Form 414475
- Age 3
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 58
- Trainer S R Bowring
- Jockey R Kennemore
tracked leader, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1 out
- Form 641236
- Age 3
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 56
- Trainer W M Brisbourne
- Jockey S W Kelly
slowly into stride, behind, headway over 2f out, never dangerous
- Form 204-366
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 54
- Trainer R C Guest
- Jockey R Lucey-Butler
tracked leaders, lost place over 3f out
- Form 056534
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 52
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey R Kingscote
led, hard ridden and strongly challenged over 2f out, headed over 1f out, faded final furlong
Excellence (IRE)
192- Form 0-6708
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 46
- Trainer Karen George
- Jockey Julie-anne Cumine
pulled hard in rear, some late headway, never dangerous
- Form 9-65000
- Age 3
- Weight 8-7
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer H A McWilliams
- Jockey J P Sullivan
held up mid-division, under pressure over 4f out, soon weakened
Verdict
Hard to be confident about any of these, but POLAR AURORAS gets the token vote as she's dropped in class after a fourth at Kempton last time. Indian Emperor also produced a better effort at this track last week having slipped down the weights, while Princess Gail scored over a shorter trip here in October, but is 7lb higher today. Baby Driver is another sliding down the handicap and he finished a bit closer at this track on Monday, but Edgware Road and Ace Master have proved best over shorter trips so far.
Formwatch
Indian Emperor (IRE) 50-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 2l behind Winged Valkyrie (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Nov.
Polar Auroras 20-1 (8-10) Behind, headway on inside 2f out, ridden and stayed on to 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 3l behind Full Bloom (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Nov.
Merrjanah 66-1 (10-5) Slowly into stride, in rear, rider became unbalanced and nearly fell off over 2f out, 11th of 14, 10l behind Minortransgression (10-10) at Southwell 1m am hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Nov.
Joyously 50-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on from over 1f out, never near leaders, 7th of 12, 4l behind Bill Page (9-2) at Kempton 1m 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Dec '10.
Edgware Road 15-2 (9-6) Towards rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, no impression, 8th of 19, 4l behind Half A Crown (9-4) at Redcar 6f hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Nov.
Maven 15-2 (8-7) In touch, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, 10th of 11, 18l behind Green Howard (9-7) at Redcar 7f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Nov.
Ace Master 22-1 (9-5) Held up in rear, ridden 3f out, headway over 1f out, never nearer, 5th of 9, 7l behind Silver Wind (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Nov.
Princess Gail 9-2 (9-1) Last to break, held up, headway over 3f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 7l behind Miss Villefranche (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Nov.
Littleportnbrandy (IRE) 20-1 (8-1) Chased leaders, ridden and lost place 4f out, last of 6, 21l behind Honkers Bonkers (8-11) at Southwell 7f 3yo sell stks (6) fbs in Feb.
Baby Driver 9-1 (8-10) Held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, edged left and kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Barton Bounty (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Excellence (IRE) 33-1 (8-7) Mid-division on inside, losing place when badly hampered inside final 3f, no real progress after, not recover, 8th of 13, 11l behind Lady On Top (8-9) at Lingfield 7f hcp (0-55) (6) pol in May.
Cairanne 100-1 (8-12) Mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 7th of 10, 13l behind Riczar (8-12) at Southwell 7f 3yo mdn stks (5) fbs in Nov.
Illawalla 100-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders in 4th, pushed along over 3f out, soon ridden and weakened, last of 12, 42l behind Stylistickhill (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Oct.