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15:05 Wolverhampton

50 Free Bet At coral.co.uk Handicap (Class 5)

  • 7 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 50y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £4,000 added
  • Winner: £2,588
  • 2nd: £770
  • 3rd: £385
  • 4th: £192
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 37.15s
  • Off Time: 15:10:47
  • 7 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Illustrious Forest

11/10

    2
    Silk -

    Reflect (IRE)

    9/1

      1(6)
      Silk - White and Light Green check, White sleeves, hooped cap

      Epic Storm (IRE)

      20 CD
      7/2
      • Form 66/2148-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-10
      • Official Rating 75

      held up in last pair, outpaced over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, never reached leaders

      2(2)
      Silk - Pink and Dark Blue stripes, Dark Blue and Pink diabolo on sleeves, Pink cap

      Standpoint

      14 C
      6/1
      • Form 093346-
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-9
      • Official Rating 74

      disputed 2nd, driven over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, edged left under pressure inside final furlong, kept on same pace, well held when lost 2nd near finish

      3(4)
      Silk - Emerald green, yellow cross belts, emerald green sleeves, yellow stars, yellow cap

      Boston Blue

      35 D
      33/1
      • Form 50/5160-
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 72

      chased leaders on inside, lost place over 3f out, soon behind

      4(3)
      Silk - Purple, pink stars, purple sleeves, pink spots, purple cap, pink star

      Reflect (IRE)

      12 t D
      9/1
      • Form 002624-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 72

      held up in last pair, headway under pressure 2f out, ridden and effort on outside over 1f out, edged right and ran on well inside final furlong, went 2nd near finish, no impression with winner

      5(1)
      Silk - Black, Red cross belts, diabolo on sleeves, quartered cap

      Illustrious Forest

      8 CD
      11/10
      • Form 100802-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 71

      made all, ridden and wandered slightly entering final furlong, soon clear, stayed on well

      6(7)
      Silk - Black, Yellow hoops, Yellow and Black diabolo on sleeves, Black cap, Yellow star

      Mazij

      70 DCD
      33/1
      • Form 718990-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 70

      disputed 2nd, driven over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, soon weakened

      7(5)
      Silk - Pink, Purple cross belts, quartered cap

      Minsky Mine (IRE)

      26
      8/1
      • Form 33/4423-
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 64

      tracked leaders, driven over 3f out, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, no extra towards finish

      Previous results

      2012
      (2)
      Silk -

      Shieldmaiden (USA)

      10/1
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-6

      2011
      (1)
      Silk -

      Kiama Bay (IRE)

      11/4
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-8

      In depth

      Verdict

      Epic Storm hasn't progressed since winning a maiden race over C&D in November and is closely matched with Standpoint on their running at Lingfield last month. Illustrious Forest has more obvious claims as he found only Sir Boss too good last time and the latter won again earlier this week. Boston Blue and Mazij won on the Turf last year but have been in dreadful form subsequently so REFLECT gets a tentative vote. He's 10lb lower than when runner-up in a Beverley seller in September and will have come on for his recent debut for Derek Shaw over a shorter trip at this track.

      Formwatch

      Epic Storm (IRE) 9-2 (9-1) Steadied start towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never near leaders, 8th of 10, 5l behind Flying Power (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.

      Standpoint 10-1 (9-3) Took keen hold in rear, headway over 1f out, never nearer, 6th of 8, 4l behind Wildomar (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.

      Boston Blue 25-1 (10-0) Mid-division, headway halfway, weakened over 3f out, last of 12, 29l behind Gabrial's King (9-0) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.

      Reflect (IRE) 7-1 (9-7) Pulled hard in rear, behind 6f out, ridden 3f out, kept on from over 1f out, never a factor, 4th of 5, 7l behind Knowe Head (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f Handicap (0-78) (3yo+) (5) pol in Dec.

      Illustrious Forest 9-1 (9-7) Tracked leader, driven to lead over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Sir Boss (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.

      Mazij 28-1 (9-10) Tracked leader until ridden and lost place over 4f out, 12th of 13, well behind Saaboog (9-0) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Oct.

      Minsky Mine (IRE) 9-2 (9-6) Raced wide early tracked leader over 8f out, ridden to lead 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 6l behind Layline (9-10) at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp 0-70 (5) hvy in Oct.