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16:40 Wolverhampton

williamhill.com Classified Claiming Stakes (Class 5)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 20y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £3,500 added
  • Winner: £2,264
  • 2nd: £674
  • 3rd: £337
  • 4th: £168
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 1.22s
  • Off Time: 16:40:28
  • 6 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Steelcut

15/8

    2
    Silk -

    Captain Scooby

    11/1

      1(4)
      Silk - Red, dark blue stars, white cap, dark blue stars

      Captain Scooby

      10 D
      11/1
      • Form 708381
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 73

      dwelt outpaced and soon ridden along, ran on to go 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner

      2(6)
      Silk - Red and Black (quartered), hooped sleeves

      Ice Trooper

      8 b D
      12/1
      • Form 120-905
      • Age 4
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 68

      led, ridden halfway, headed and no extra inside final furlong

      3(1)
      Silk - Red, Yellow braces, chevrons on sleeves, striped cap

      Soopacal (IRE)

      4 DCD
      7/2
      • Form 722-268
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-6
      • Official Rating 65

      tracked leader, ridden 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on one pace

      4(5)
      Silk - LIGHT BLUE, ORANGE epaulets

      Angelo Poliziano

      64 p DCD
      5/2
      • Form 12503-2
      • Age 6
      • Weight 8-2
      • Official Rating 70

      in touch, ridden 2f out, headway 1f out, hung left and kept on same pace inside final furlong

      5(3)
      Silk - Red, Black star, White sleeves and cap

      Decider (USA)

      7 b CDCD
      8/1
      • Form 549451
      • Age 9
      • Weight 8-2
      • Official Rating 59

      tracked leader, ridden 2f out, edged left over 1f out, keeping on same pace when short of room and snatched up inside final furlong

      6(2)
      Silk - Orange, Black stars on sleeves, Black cap, Orange star

      Steelcut

      12 p BFCDCD
      15/8
      • Form 703222
      • Age 8
      • Weight 8-2
      • Official Rating 70

      in touch, headway when not clear run over 1f out, effort between horses to lead insided final furlong, ran on well

      Previous results

      2011
      (1)
      Silk -

      Steelcut

      5/2
      • Age 7
      • Weight 8-4

      In depth

      Verdict

      Steelcut has every chance on today's terms but arrives on the back of a string of seconds and looks likely to find one too good again in ANGELO POLIZIANO. The latter also finished runner-up over C&D last time in a better claimer than this and Ann Duffield's charge gets the vote to go one better. Decider turned over a much higher rated odds-on shot at Lingfield a week ago and it's hard to take the form at face value, so Captain Scooby looks a bigger threat having won a handicap at Kempton on his latest start.

      Formwatch

      Captain Scooby 22-1 (8-13) Held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, just held on, won at Kempton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb beating Italian Tom (9-0) by shd, 12 ran.

      Ice Trooper 3-1 (9-6) Led, ridden 2 lengths clear over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 4l behind Ability N Delivery (9-0) at Lingfield 5f hacp 0-70 (5) pol.

      Soopacal (IRE) 5-1 (8-12) Always in rear, 8th of 10, 2 3/4l behind Dancing Freddy (9-7) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.

      Angelo Poliziano 10-1 (8-7) Chased leaders, ridden inside final 2f, ran on to 2nd towards finish, unable to reach winner, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Desert Strike (8-7) at Wolverhampton 5f clm stks (5) pol in Jan.

      Decider (USA) 7-1 (9-0) Soon pressed leader, ridden 2f out, driven to lead final 75 yards, won at Lingfield 5f sell stks (6) pol beating Mottley Crewe (9-5) by nk, 4 ran.

      Steelcut 10-11fav (8-10) In touch in rear, headway 2f out, ridden to join winner inside final furlong, not quicken near finish, 2nd of 6, nk behind Mother Jones (8-4) at Wolverhampton 6f 4yo clm stks 0-70 (6) pol in Feb.