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16:00 Wolverhampton

Ladbrokes Handicap (Class 4)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 7f 32y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £7,250 added
  • Winner: £4,690
  • 2nd: £1,396
  • 3rd: £697
  • 4th: £349
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 30.70s
  • Off Time: 16:01:07
  • 8 Ran
Go to Full Result
1
Silk -

Forceful Appeal (USA)

8/1

    2
    Silk -

    Al's Memory (IRE)

    14/1

      3
      Silk -

      Kyllachy Star

      7/2

        1(4)
        Silk - White, Red sash, Red and White striped cap

        Ruwaiyan (USA)

        43 p CD
        2/1
        • Form 535138-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 82

        steadied start, held up in rear, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, never on terms

        2(7)
        Silk - Pink, black sleeves, pink diamonds

        Al's Memory (IRE)

        9 DCD
        14/1
        • Form 80135-7
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-5
        • Official Rating 80

        led, hard ridden over 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong

        3(5)
        Silk - Pink, royal blue cross of lorraine and sleeves, royal blue and pink quartered cap

        Forceful Appeal (USA)

        157 D
        8/1
        • Form 153426-
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-4
        • Official Rating 79

        in touch, headway over 1f out, soon challenging, stayed on well to lead closing stages

        4(8)
        Silk - Red and White (halved), White sleeves, Red stars, White cap, Red star

        Fantasy Gladiator

        9 DCD
        12/1
        • Form 27513-4
        • Age 8
        • Weight 9-3
        • Official Rating 78

        took keen hold in touch, went 2nd at halfway, hard driven over 2f out, soon lost place

        5(2)
        Silk - Orange, White cross belts and sleeves, White cap, Orange spots

        Trojan Rocket (IRE)

        149 CCD
        12/1
        • Form 0/15507-
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-3
        • Official Rating 78

        tracked leader, ridden to challenge approaching final furlong, kept on same pace

        6(6)
        Silk - Brown, black sleeves and cap

        Pearl Nation (USA)

        17
        7/2
        • Form 4/55882-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-2
        • Official Rating 77

        held up in rear, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, never able to challenge

        7(1)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Light Blue chevron, White cap

        Powerful Pierre

        10 b CCD
        6/1
        • Form 11271-1
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-0
        • Official Rating 75

        held up towards rear, weakened over 2f out

        8(3)
        Silk - Grey, beige star, grey sleeves, beige stars and stars on cap

        Kyllachy Star

        8 v D
        7/2
        • Form 02687-1
        • Age 8
        • Weight 8-9
        • Official Rating 70

        tracked leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, stayed on well

        In depth

        Verdict

        Powerful Pierre picked up a claiming race here last time and had narrowly beaten Pearl Nation over track and trip before that. The latter is weighted to reverse running and is also preferred to Kyllachy Star, winning for the first time since 2011 when successful at Lingfield last week. Al's Memory won six times last year and had RUWAIYAN in third when recording the latest of those wins over track and trip in November. But he's been out of form since and James Tate's charge can take revenge dropping back down in class after a recent outing in Class 2 company here.

        Formwatch

        Ruwaiyan (USA) 7-1 (8-8) Towards rear, headway over 1f out, never on terms, 8th of 12, 7l behind Solar Deity (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2) pol in Nov.

        Al's Memory (IRE) 8-1 (8-8) Rearing in stalls and started slowly, held up, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, never on terms, last of 7, 22l behind Apostle (8-12) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-95 (3) pol.

        Forceful Appeal (USA) 12-1 (9-12) In rear, ridden over 2f out, never near leaders, 6th of 7, 9l behind Regal Hawk (9-2) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Aug.

        Fantasy Gladiator 8-1 (8-7) Pushed along when hampered over 5f out, held up in rear, headway on inside 2f out, 4th and one pace final furlong, 4th of 7, 7l behind Apostle (8-12) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-95 (3) pol.

        Trojan Rocket (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Behind, outpaced 3f out, never on terms, 7th of 11, 7l behind Hadaj (9-4) at Newmarket 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Aug.

        Pearl Nation (USA) 6-1 (9-7) Mid-division, headway over 2f out to chase leaders, led well over 1f out, kept on and headed close home, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Powerful Pierre (8-11) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.

        Powerful Pierre 9-4fav (8-6) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, led and bumped inside final furlong, edged right close home, held on, won at Wolverhampton 6f clm stks 0-75 (5) pol beating George Fenton (8-11) by hd, 9 ran.

        Kyllachy Star 10-1 (8-11) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong to lead final 75 yards, ran on, won at Lingfield 7f hacp 0-70 (5) pol beating Iceblast (9-3) by 1 3/4l, 13 ran.