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15:40 Wolverhampton

Pontin's Holidays Apprentice Handicap (Class 6)

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 7f 32y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Fibresand
  • £3,500 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 29.01s
  • Off Time: 15:41:22
  • 12 Ran
1(8)
Silk - Royal Blue, White stripe, halved sleeves
40/1
  • Form 212084-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 65

held up, headway 3f out, weakened over 1f out

2(4)
Silk - Purple, Yellow epaulets
4/1
  • Form 243177-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 65

led until over 5f out, chased leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

3(10)
Silk - Yellow, Light Green epaulets, Yellow sleeves, Light Green spots
5/1
  • Form 433217-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 64

chased leader and keen, led over 5f out, ridden and headed final furlong, soon weakened

4(9)
Silk - Emerald Green and White diabolo, Black sleeves, White cap

Scuba (IRE)

12 b CDC
8/1
  • Form 702966-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 63

held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on

5(11)
Silk - Grey and Pink diamonds, halved sleeves
25/1
  • Form 01497/
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 63

slowly into stride, held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on to lead post

6(2)
Silk - LIGHT GREEN and PURPLE (quartered), LIGHT GREEN sleeves, WHITE cap

Kingsmaite

21 bt CDC
6/1
  • Form 475316-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 63

chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong

7(12)
Silk - Emerald Green, Red chevron, diabolo on sleeves and star on cap
25/1
  • Form 413468-
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 62

behind, ridden and headway on outer over 1f out, kept on, no impression

8(6)
Silk - Yellow, Maroon braces and sleeves, Maroon and Yellow hooped cap
  • Form 624387-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 62

mid-division, ridden and headway on inside over 1f out, stayed on

9(1)
Silk - Emerald Green, White star and star on cap
40/1
  • Form 276997-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 62

held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, no impression

10(3)
Silk - Black, Red star, Black and White hooped sleeves, White cap, Black stars

Imperium

24 p BFC
15/2
  • Form 231212-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 61

in touch, ridden well over 1f out, led near finish, caught post

11(7)
Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow inverted triangle, armlets and diamonds on cap
9/1
  • Form 878795-
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 60

slowly into stride, held up towards rear, effort over 2f out, no impression

12(5)
Silk - Black, grey chevron, black sleeves, beige stars and stars on cap
15/2
  • Form 700125-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 59

chased leaders, ridden to lead 1f out, headed near finish, no extra

In depth

Verdict

Imperium can make consistency pay, with Cool Sands, Mozakhraf and Chalentina seen as the ones to give him most to do. Imperium has not been out of the first three in any of his last seven outings, and although mostly campaigned over shorter, there will be no problem with the step back up to today's trip judged on a sterling effort over the distance at Lingfield in November. Cool Sands is another for whom the trip may be a key factor, as he ran out of steam when tried over a mile last time, while Mozakhraf's only victory came on the Fibresand, but he has definite place claims on past form. Chalentina has plenty of weight and is just a bit high in the handicap at present, and a bigger danger may well be Redwood Rocks who drops back down to his winning grade. In addition he has his regular rider Mark Lawson on board, so has more going for him than most. Imperium has stronger claims though, and is the pick.

Formwatch

Chalentina 7-2 (8-13) Held up in touch, headway over 2f out, weakened 1f out, 4th of 5, 6l behind The City Kid (8-4) at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo clm (6) pol in Dec.

Redwood Rocks (IRE) 10-1 (8-12) Towards rear, ridden over 3f out, kept on, never nearer, 7th of 13, 8l behind La Colline (8-6) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Dec.

Mozakhraf (USA) 5-1 (8-8) In touch and keen, weakened final furlong, 7th of 13, 2 1/2l behind Dichoh (9-2) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.

Scuba (IRE) 3-1 (8-13) Towards rear, ridden 3f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous, 6th of 10, 7l behind Plateau (8-13) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-70 (6) pol in Dec.

Kingsmaite 8-1 (8-6) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened 1f out, 6th of 8, 8l behind Magical Music (9-2) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcap (5) pol in Dec.

Out For A Stroll 20-1 (8-11) Held up and keen, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, never dangerous, 8th of 11, 6l behind Dart Along (8-12) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.

Flying Bantam (IRE) 14-1 (7-13) Never a factor, 7th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Writ (8-8) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.

Imperium 11-4jt-fav (9-2) Prominent, ridden to dispute lead inside final furlong, every chance, not quite pace of winner near finish, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Siraj (9-2) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Dec.