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18:15 Wolverhampton

Gold Cup Best Odds At bookmakers.co.uk Selling Handicap (Class 6)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 141y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Polytrack
  • £3,000 added
  • Winner: £1,941
  • 2nd: £578
  • 3rd: £289
  • 4th: £144
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 49.95s
  • Off Time: 18:23:05
  • 8 Ran
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1
Silk -

Daniel Thomas (IRE)

9/2

    2
    Silk -

    Balmoral Castle

    10/1

      3
      Silk -

      Unlimited

      5/2

        1(6)
        Silk - Red, Royal Blue epaulets, Royal Blue sleeves, Red armlets, White cap

        Unlimited

        24 C
        5/2
        • Form 50-8822
        • Age 11
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 60

        steadied start, held up in rear, headway on inside from 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra

        2(4)
        Silk - Black and white diamonds, white and black striped sleeves, black cap

        Balmoral Castle

        32
        10/1
        • Form 872-7
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-3
        • Official Rating 56

        tracked leader, ridden to challenge over 1f out, soon every chance, ran on closing stages

        3(3)
        Silk - Maroon, white cross of lorraine, diabolo on sleeves, royal blue cap, yellow star

        Eljowzah (IRE)

        2 BF
        9/2
        • Form 888-277
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-3
        • Official Rating 56

        held up, headway under pressure over 1f out, never nearer

        4(7)
        Silk - Red and white (quartered), halved sleeves, white cap

        Daniel Thomas (IRE)

        22 pt DCD
        9/2
        • Form 1-83770
        • Age 11
        • Weight 9-2
        • Official Rating 55

        settled well in rear, switched right and headway over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, driven out

        5(5)
        Silk - White, black stripe, armlets and diamond on cap

        Rasselas (IRE)

        150 CD
        9/2
        • Form 352100-
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-2
        • Official Rating 55

        tracked leaders, driven to lead over 2f out, hung left when headed over 1f out, not run on

        6(1)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Light Blue epaulets, Light Blue and Royal Blue hooped sleeves

        Rockgoat (IRE)

        9 hv CD
        17/2
        • Form 550-398
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-1
        • Official Rating 54

        led until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

        7(2)
        Silk - Dark Blue, Pink cross belts, armlets and cap

        Bentley

        9 p BFCCD
        5/1
        • Form 4294-22
        • Age 9
        • Weight 8-11
        • Official Rating 50

        chased leaders, effort over 1f out, soon one pace

        8(8)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow stripe, chevrons on sleeves, Yellow cap

        High Five Prince (IRE)

        14
        33/1
        • Form 138-000
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-7
        • Official Rating 45

        chased leaders, under pressure 4f out, weakened over 2f out

        In depth

        Verdict

        Not much between these at the weights but a couple arrive in much better form than the opposition. Bentley has been running well at Southwell recently but is a course and distance winner so should make another bold bid. However, UNLIMITED looks to have the superior form having gone close in handicaps over track and trip on a couple of occasions last month and he gets the nod. Rasselas won here last term and Balmoral Castle has a second at Kempton to his credit but both have been below par of late and the same comment applies to Daniel Thomas.

        Formwatch

        Unlimited 20-1 (8-10) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on and held towards finish, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Yankee Storm (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.

        Balmoral Castle 8-1 (9-4) In rear, outpaced over 4f out, 7th of 10, 27l behind Our Ivor (8-12) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Feb.

        Eljowzah (IRE) 3-1 (9-0) In touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 13l behind Outlaw Torn (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.

        Daniel Thomas (IRE) 20-1 (9-4) Raced wide tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 11, 22l behind Time Square (8-4) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Feb.

        Rasselas (IRE) 16-1 (9-6) Held up in rear, headway into mid-division over 5f out, weakened 3f out, soon short of room and eased, last of 14, well behind Jordaura (9-10) at Musselburgh 1m 1f sell hcp 0-65 (6) sft in Oct.

        Rockgoat (IRE) 16-1 (8-10) Keen headway to lead over 9f out, clear over 8f out, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 47l behind Jack Dawkins (8-11) at Southwell 1m 3f sell stks (6) fbs.

        Bentley 3-1fav (8-12) Held up, pushed along halway, headway under pressure from over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, just failed, 2nd of 10, ns behind Mucky Molly (9-4) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-52 (6) fbs.

        High Five Prince (IRE) 33-1 (8-10) Prominent, took keen hold, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 10th of 13, 23l behind Midnight Sequel (8-13) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-50 (7) pol in Feb.