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20:20 Wolverhampton

Stay At Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Nursery Handicap (Class 4)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 141y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £8,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 51.62s
  • Off Time: 20:20:52
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Dialogue

5/4

    2
    Silk -

    Free Thinker

    11/4

      1(5)
      Silk - White and Black (quartered), Black sleeves, White armlets, Red cap

      Northern Tour

      131
      11/2
      • Form 6113
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 85

      slowly into stride, held up, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced, went modest 3rd 1f out

      2(2)
      Silk - DARK GREEN, RED cap, DARK GREEN diamond

      Dialogue

      14
      5/4
      • Form 5418
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 84

      tracked leader, led 3f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on

      3(1)
      Silk - Dark Blue, White cross belts, sleeves and cap

      Starry Sky

      9
      3/1
      • Form 42144
      • Age 2
      • Weight 8-13
      • Official Rating 77

      led, headed 3f out, weakened 2f out

      4(4)
      Silk - Yellow, black star, light blue sleeves

      Free Thinker

      36 BF
      11/4
      • Form 523
      • Age 2
      • Weight 8-12
      • Official Rating 76

      always prominent, chased winner over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong

      6(6)
      Silk - Dark Blue, Emerald Green stripe, Emerald Green cap

      Susurrayshaan

      32
      40/1
      • Form 00096
      • Age 2
      • Weight 7-12
      • Official Rating 52

      in touch, weakened 3f out, tailed off

      5(3)
      NR

      Shakin John

      22
      • Form 087
      • Age 2
      • Weight 7-12
      • Official Rating 56

      Nonrunner

      Previous results

      2007
      (5)
      Silk -

      Moment's Notice

      12/1
      • Age 2
      • Weight 9-4

      In depth

      Verdict

      Beaten favourite last time FREE THINKER gets the vote to redeem himself against Dialogue and Northern Tour. After going close in a lower class two runs ago he stepped up well to improve again last time out at Great Leighs to finish placed. He was a bit one-paced in the finish but has more than enough ability to land a contest of this standard. Mark Johnston's Dialogue will also have claims here after a decent start to his career. The colt landed a Lingfield race two starts ago before finding a step up in class too much when eighth in the Racing Post Nursery. He is more than useful on this surface and the handler's horses are running well. Northern Tour has taken to racing well for trainer Paul Cole and has already chalked up two wins in four starts. He was by no means disgraced on his last outing when third in better company than this but he found the six furlong trip a little too short. The step up in distance and down in class will do his chances no harm but we fancy Free Thinker to just take it. (Jamie Watson)

      Formwatch

      Northern Tour 7-1 (8-9) Held up, ridden over 2f out, switched left 1f out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 5, 6l behind Classic Blade (8-5) at Salisbury 6f 2yo aut (2) gf in Jun.

      Dialogue 12-1 (9-4) Mid-division, effort over 3f, one pace final 2f, 8th of 18, 5l behind Henderson Park (9-3) at Doncaster 1m 2yo hcp (3) gd in Oct.

      Starry Sky 9-2 (8-13) Keen in touch, ridden and not clear run over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 2l behind Worth A King's (8-1) at Great Leighs 1m 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Oct.

      Free Thinker 15-8jt-fav (9-3) Tracked winner, ridden to challenge over 1f out, soon one pace, 3rd of 9, 7l behind Hula King (9-3) at Great Leighs 1m 2yo mdn (4) pol in Oct.

      Susurrayshaan 66-1 (8-10) In touch, weakening when hung left over 1f out, 6th of 10, 7l behind Glowing Praise (8-11) at Warwick 7f 2yo mdn auc (5) sft in Oct.

      Shakin John 66-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, behind, ridden over 3f out, never on terms, 7th of 13, 13l behind Cygnet (9-3) at Nottingham 1m 2yo mdn (5) gs in Oct.