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17:05 Wolverhampton

Black Country Business Festival Handicap (Class 6)

  • 10 Runners
  • Distance: 7f 36y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £6,069 added
  • Winner: £3,105
  • 2nd: £924
  • 3rd: £462
  • 4th: £300
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 29.77s
  • Off Time: 17:08:17
  • 10 Ran
1(5)
Silk - Dark blue, beige hollow box
7/2
  • Form 503302
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 60

led 1f, tracked leader, tried to challenge between front pair when hampered over 1f out, driven and stayed on when gap appeared inside final furlong, ridden out, not reach winner

4(7)
Silk - Dark blue, white seams, red and white diabolo on sleeves, red cap

Rockesbury

22 p CD
11/2
  • Form 6719-62
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 60

prominent, ridden over 2f out, stayed on to challenge and every chance when edged left over 1f out, outpaced inside final furlong

5(9)
Silk - Maroon and Yellow check, Maroon sleeves, Yellow cap

Sooqaan

19 p CD
12/1
  • Form 166263
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 60

tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression

6(2)
Silk - Emerald green, white cross of lorraine and sleeves, white cap, emerald green star
13/2
  • Form 40-0077
  • Age 9
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 58

slowly into stride, soon mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, ridden and kept on same pace final furlong, never able to challenge

7(6)
Silk - Purple, Orange diamond, White cap

Viola Park

29 p DCD
6/1
  • Form 631288
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 58

mid-division, ridden over 1f out, never pace to challenge

8(11)
Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue star, Orange sleeves and cap

Caledonia Laird

83 v CD
20/1
  • Form 266-718
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 58

behind and outpaced, wide into straight, ridden over 1f out, never able to get involved

9(3)
Silk - Dark Blue and Yellow diamonds, Dark Blue sleeves, Yellow armlets, Yellow cap, Dark Blue diamonds
6/1
  • Form 376801
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-5
  • Official Rating 58

tracked leaders, driven and headway over 1f out, led entering final furlong, soon ridden, ran on

10(10)
Silk - Red, white braces, white sleeves, red diamonds, white cap, red diamond

Adventureman

11 b C
7/1
  • Form 000230
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 57

driven to lead after 1f, ridden and hard pressed when edged right over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, soon weakened

11(8)
Silk - Black and Red (quartered), hooped sleeves

Skyva

13 C
8/1
  • Form 46-4882
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 52

slowly into stride, behind, headway on inside over 1f out, ridden and stayed on to dispute 2nd inside final furlong, not reach winner

12(12)
Silk - Purple, White epaulets
80/1
  • Form 298/9-98
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-12
  • Official Rating 51

behind, outpaced over 2f out, never a threat

2(1)
NR

Descendant

16 CD
12/1
  • Form 8-07609
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 60

NonRunner

3(4)
NR
10/1
  • Form 67-6550
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 60

NonRunner

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

Street Poet has been thereabouts over longer trips here recently and should figure again but ROCKESBURY is just preferred. The latter won over track and trip in November and after finding only Little Miss Daisy too good back at the track last time, Dave Loughnane’s charge gets the vote to reverse running on better terms. Sooqaan is best at Southwell while Caledonia Laird remains 6lb higher than when scoring here in February and Descendant makes more appeal than Burren View Lady of the two Irish raiders.

Formwatch

Street Poet (IRE) 3-1fav (9-3) Led, ridden entering final furlong, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 12, 3/4l behind Celtic Artisan (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in May.

Rockesbury 7-2 (9-7) Tracked leader, effort on inside over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on same pace closing stages, 2nd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Little Miss Daisy (9-0) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Apr.

Sooqaan 7-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, no impression with clear pair inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 5l behind Ticks The Boxes (8-8) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in May.

Burren View Lady (IRE) 16-1 (9-7) A little awkward leaving stalls, chased leaders, soon 6th, one pace final furlong, 7th of 14, 2 1/2l behind Ken's Sam's (9-10) at Dundalk 6f hcp pol in Apr.

Viola Park 6-1 (9-7) Held up in touch on inside, niggled along 2f out, ridden just over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 8th of 11, 6 1/2l behind My Town Chicago (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Apr.

Caledonia Laird 16-1 (9-5) Always towards rear, 8th of 12, 6 1/4l behind Viola Park (9-1) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Feb.

Little Miss Daisy 28-1 (9-0) In touch, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Apr beating Rockesbury (9-7) by 1 1/2l, 12 ran.

Adventureman 10-1 (8-9) Led until 2f out, weakening when hampered on inside over 1f out, eased, 10th of 11, 12 1/4l behind Nezar (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in May.

Skyva 9-1 (9-1) In touch near side of group, headway chasing leaders halfway, went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Red Stripes (9-3) at Southwell 5f hcp (6) pol in May.

Conqueress (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Prominent, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 8, 16 1/2l behind Take It Down Under (9-3) at Yarmouth 1m hcp (6) gf in Apr.

Descendant 33-1 (9-12) Waited with, soon towards rear, switched right from 2f out and some headway, kept on same pace from over 1f out, 9th of 16, 3 1/4l behind Khafaaq (10-0) at Gowran Park 1m hcp Yielding in May.

Steal The Scene (IRE) 7-1 (8-13) Always towards rear, 10th of 12, 11 1/4l behind Casement (9-9) at Pontefract 1m hcp (5) gf in Apr.