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14:00 Wolverhampton

Bet Direct On The FA Cup Selling Stakes (Class G4) (Class 4)

  • 13 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 1f
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 53.09s
  • 13 Ran
2
Silk -
7/1

    3
    Silk -
    1(13)
    Silk - BLACK, RED disc, halved sleeves, quartered cap

    Dundonald

    23 b
    50/1
    • Form 306054-
    • Age 6
    • Weight 9-0
    • Official Rating 35

    in touch, ridden and every chance well over 1f out, weakened final furlong

    2(4)
    Silk - White and Black (halved horizontally), check cap, Yellow sleeves
    66/1
    • Form 000000-
    • Age 7
    • Weight 9-0
    • Official Rating 55

    outpaced

    3(6)
    Silk - White, Purple sash and sleeves, White and Purple quartered cap

    Just Wiz

    11 b
    8/1
    • Form 302504-
    • Age 9
    • Weight 9-0
    • Official Rating 48

    towards rear, ridden over 4f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous

    4(3)
    Silk - White and Royal Blue diamonds, Pink sleeves, Royal Blue cap, Pink diamond
    12/1
    • Form 002600-
    • Age 6
    • Weight 9-0
    • Official Rating 46

    slowly into stride, behind, not clear run 3f out, effort over 1f out, soon weakened

    5(1)
    Silk - Royal Blue, White chevron, Emerald Green and White hooped sleeves, Red cap, White stars
    20/1
    • Form 530000/
    • Age 8
    • Weight 9-0
    • Official Rating 52

    chased leaders 6f

    6(7)
    Silk - Black, Red hoop, Black sleeves, Red seams, Red cap

    Risk Free

    8 b
    7/1
    • Form 066433-
    • Age 8
    • Weight 9-0
    • Official Rating 50

    mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, led briefly inside final furlong, soon hung left, stayed on

    7(2)
    Silk - Emerald Green and Yellow diamonds, Emerald Green and White halved sleeves
    • Form 400/600-
    • Age 8
    • Weight 9-0
    • Official Rating 98

    led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened

    8(10)
    Silk - ORANGE, WHITE inverted triangle, BLACK sleeves, ORANGE cap, BLACK spots
    16/1
    • Form 054030-
    • Age 8
    • Weight 9-0
    • Official Rating 45

    mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong

    9(9)
    Silk - LIGHT BLUE, DARK BLUE Cross of Lorraine, hooped sleeves, striped cap
    25/1
    • Form 000/065-
    • Age 5
    • Weight 9-0
    • Official Rating 40

    behind, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

    10(8)
    Silk - Dark Blue, Grey seams and armlets
    11/2
    • Form 610000-
    • Age 4
    • Weight 8-13
    • Official Rating 64

    behind, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong

    11(5)
    Silk - Pink, Black spots on sleeves, Black cap
    16/1
    • Form 010052-
    • Age 5
    • Weight 8-9
    • Official Rating 45

    prominent, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

    12(12)
    Silk - Orange, Dark Blue epaulets, halved sleeves, Orange cap, Dark Blue diamond
    • Form 600/06-4
    • Age 6
    • Weight 8-9
    • Official Rating 45

    prominent 5f

    13(11)
    Silk - Grey, Black armlets, White cap
    • Form 05340-2
    • Age 5
    • Weight 8-9
    • Official Rating 52

    held up, headway over 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong

    In depth

    Verdict

    Shamrock City may not be as good as he once was and lacks experience of the surface but has so much in hands on official BHB ratings that he has to be the selection with Risk Free and Ziet d'Alsace rated the biggest dangers. The selection, a Listed race winner as a three-year-old, only beat two horses home in three starts last term but they were all in much better company than this and the eight-year-old has to be the choice in this grade. Nick Littmoden's Just Wiz is a consistent performer in this grade and is entitled to run his usual race along with Tony Carroll's Ziet d'Alsace, who receives weight from most of her rivals. Belisco has claims on the form shown when landing a claimer at Lingfield in August but Chris Dwyer's gelding has struggled to reproduce a similar level of ability since then and a bigger threat may come from Risk Free. The David Evans-trained gelding is consistent at this level but if Shamrock City can show anything like his best then he will take all of the beating.