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17:40 Wolverhampton

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  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 216y
  • Going: Standard/Slow
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £5,350 added
  • Winner: £3,465
  • 2nd: £1,031
  • 3rd: £515
  • 4th: £257
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 15.19s
  • Off Time: 17:42:47
  • 6 Ran
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1
Silk -

Diriculous

4/1

    2
    Silk -

    Methaaly (IRE)

    6/1

      1(1)
      Silk - Light Blue, Yellow seams, sleeves and cap

      Billy Red

      10 b DCD
      7/2
      • Form 302537-
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 85

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

      2(3)
      Silk - YELLOW, WHITE hoop and armlets, WHITE and YELLOW check cap

      Lujeanie

      29 p D
      3/1
      • Form 890224-
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 83

      in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, kept on

      3(4)
      Silk - Yellow, red cross belts, chevrons on sleeves

      Diriculous

      8 D
      4/1
      • Form 7579/73-
      • Age 7
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 83

      held up in touch and keen, headway over 2f out, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, held on well towards finish

      4(6)
      Silk - Yellow, purple and yellow halved sleeves, yellow and purple quartered cap

      Breathless Kiss (USA)

      16 b
      7/1
      • Form 204231-
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-4
      • Official Rating 82

      towards rear, in rear after 2f, effort 3f out, ridden and raced wide over 1f out, one pace

      5(5)
      Silk - Light Blue, Pink Cross of Lorraine, Pink cap

      Methaaly (IRE)

      34 be CDCD
      6/1
      • Form 515231-
      • Age 8
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 77

      tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish

      6(2)
      Silk - Grey, beige star, grey sleeves, beige stars and stars on cap

      Northern Dare (IRE)

      27 CD
      11/2
      • Form 050009-
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-7
      • Official Rating 71

      dwelt, tracked leaders, lost place over 2f out

      In depth

      Verdict

      A small but competitive field with only Northern Dare easy to rule out. Billy Red may be a shade high in the weights now but is capable in this grade and four-time Polytrack winner Diriculous showed signs of a return to form last time on only his second start after a year off. Lujeanie has been threatening to get his head back in front and is closely matched with recent Kempton winner Breathless Kiss while METHAALY scored over 5f here last time. The latter has won five times at this track now, three over C&D, and on that basis he gets the vote.

      Formwatch

      Billy Red 16-1 (8-7) Close up, ridden 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, 7th of 11, 4l behind Edinburgh Knight (8-9) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-100 (2) pol in Dec.

      Lujeanie 11-4 (9-7) Steadied start, tracked leaders, shaken up over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 4th of 5, 1l behind Hatta Stream (9-2) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.

      Diriculous 10-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden and effort on outside over 1f out, kept on under pressure final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Perfect Act (9-3) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.

      Breathless Kiss (USA) 10-3fav (9-4) Slowly into stride and not much room start, shoved along in rear early stages, headway over 1f out, switched left and led well inside final furlong, readily, won at Kempton 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec beating Vhujon (9-2) by 3/4l, 9 ran.

      Methaaly (IRE) 5-1 (8-4) In rear, came wide entering straight, headway over 1f out, edged left thereafter, ran on to lead post, won at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec beating Sir Geoffrey (9-1) by hd, 6 ran.

      Northern Dare (IRE) 13-2 (9-6) Behind, under pressure halfway, never dangerous, 9th of 10, 10l behind Prince James (8-8) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.