Racecards
15:30 Wolverhampton
Bet Direct On The All Weather Handicap (Class F4) (Class 4)
- 11 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather

Field Spark
26- Form 233532-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer J A Glover
- Jockey E Ahern
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, edged right and kept on inside final furlong

- Form 25150-4
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer R Brotherton
- Jockey D Nolan
prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out

- Form 06000-0
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 55
- Trainer C A Dwyer
- Jockey T P Queally
mid-division, ridden over 4f out, not much room over 3f out, soon weakened

Red River Rebel
167- Form 040224-
- Age 7
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 59
- Trainer J R Norton
- Jockey Darren Williams
prominent, hampered over 3f out, soon weakened

- Form 02510-5
- Age 5
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 47
- Trainer Mrs H Sweeting
- Jockey G Baker
held up, effort 4f out, soon weakened

- Form 0/04536-
- Age 5
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 53
always behind

- Form 222522-
- Age 6
- Weight 8-10
- Official Rating 51
- Trainer W M Brisbourne
- Jockey S W Kelly
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, one pace final furlong

- Form 0/16006-
- Age 5
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 49
- Trainer Miss J A Camacho
- Jockey R Winston
slowly into stride, held up and keen, ridden and headway over 2f out, hung left from over 1f out, one pace final furlong

- Form 20336-0
- Age 6
- Weight 8-5
- Official Rating 45
keen, mid-division, headway over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out

Saameq (IRE)
156- Form 600344-
- Age 4
- Weight 8-2
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer I Semple
- Jockey Dean McKeown
slowly into stride, held up, headway 5f out, edged left over 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on

- Form 00050-1
- Age 4
- Weight 8-1
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer P L Clinton
- Jockey R Kennemore
slowly into stride, soon tracking leaders, lost place and hampered over 3f out, soon weakened
In depth
Verdict
In this very competitive handicap top-weight Efrhina has to be feared along with the consistent Red River Rebel, however we will take a chance on Field Spark. Jeremy Glover's five-year-old has shown consistent form in handicaps over the past couple of months, without quite getting his head in front. The closest he came in fact was in a classified event last time out when chasing home Bienheureux. Efrhina was behind Field Spark in that contest and is slightly worse off at the weights today so the selection should confirm the form. However Efrhina has since landed a couple of Southwell handicaps, showing improved form, so could be capable of running the selection very close today. Red River Rebel hasn't been since since the summer when he had some placed efforts in some competitive handicaps. This is his Wolverhampton debut, but he doesn't look harshly treated and could be capable of running into a place. Iftikhar has been knocking on the door recently and may prove best of the remainder, but Field Spark is the pick of the weights and just gets the verdict