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14:50 Wolverhampton
Betway Handicap (Class 3)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 1m 1f 104y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £12,000 added
- Winner: £6,281
- 2nd: £2,947
- 3rd: £1,472
- 4th: £737
- Form 21-1126
- Age 4
- Weight 10-1
- Official Rating 91
- Trainer I Furtado
- Jockey T E Whelan
tracked leader, led over 2f out, soon joined, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
- Form 2138-63
- Age 3
- Weight 9-12
- Official Rating 91
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey David Probert
keen close up, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
- Form 110397
- Age 3
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer K Dalgleish
- Jockey Callum Rodriguez
led 2f, tracked leaders, ridden to lead again inside final furlong, ran on
Arqoob (IRE)
34- Form 453124
- Age 3
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer W Jarvis
- Jockey Cieren Fallon
close up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
Apex King (IRE)
247- Form 304-521
- Age 7
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer D Loughnane
- Jockey Rossa Ryan
keen wide and headway to lead after 2f, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened, tailed off
- Form 174621
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer M Botti
- Jockey Hollie Doyle
keen held up, dropped to rear 4f out, pushed along over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, not pace to challenge
- Form 369886
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 76
raced wide keen in touch, pushed along and headway over 2f over 2f out, ridden and every chance from over 1f out, not quicken towards finish
- Form 51-7582
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 71
- Trainer R Hughes
- Jockey George Rooke
in touch in rear, pushed along and headway over 1f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, ran on
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
Byford returns from a lay-off 4lb higher than when scoring at Lingfield in February. Alba Rose placed at Doncaster last month and debuts on the all-weather along with Arqoob while Apex King has shown his best over a mile so far and won over the latter trip at Lingfield last time. But TRICOLORE (NAP) has raced twice over course and distance and won on both occasions. He finished well ahead of Songkran last time and there looks more to come. One Last Dance went close here recently but is upped a couple of grades.
Formwatch
Byford (FR) 50-1 (9-5) Keen in touch in rear, pushed along 2f out, soon weakened, last of 6, 8 1/2l behind Bangkok (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (2) pol in Apr.
Alba Rose 40-1 (9-7) Led 4f, tracked leader, led again over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra in 3rd final 100 yards, 3rd of 7, 1 1/4l behind Titian (9-1) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (3) sft in Oct.
Summa Peto (USA) 15-2 (9-4) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 12, 3 1/2l behind You're Hired (9-9) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (3) pol in Oct.
Arqoob (IRE) 11-2 (9-2) Wore hood to post, tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, soon outpaced, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 4th of 9, 6 3/4l behind Pied Piper (9-3) at Leicester 1m 2f hcp (3) hvy in Oct.
Apex King (IRE) 11-4 (8-13) Led 1f, tracked leaders, ridden to lead entering final furlong, ran on, won at Lingfield 1m hcp (3) pol in Mar beating Ahdab (9-2) by 1 1/4l, 7 ran.
Tricolore (ITY) 6-1 (9-6) Steadied start, in touch, headway and switched right over 1f out, headway to lead when edged left inside final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Oct beating Pretty Sweet (9-8) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Songkran (IRE) 50-1 (9-10) Towards rear, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, nearest finish, 6th of 11, 3 3/4l behind Tricolore (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
One Last Dance (IRE) 16-5 (9-4) Led 1f, tracked leaders, pushed along and switched right over 1f out, ridden to lead again inside final furlong, soon edged right and headed, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Lower Street (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp fll (5) pol in Oct.