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15:00 Wolverhampton

Betdirect.Co.Uk Handicap (Class F)

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f
  • Going: Standard
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 41.38s
  • 11 Ran
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1
Silk -

Fight The Feeling

7/1

    2
    Silk -

    Kentucky Bullet (USA)

    9/1

      3
      Silk -

      Ersaal (USA)

      50/1

        1(7)
        Silk - White, Black cross belts, Yellow sleeves and cap

        Smoothie (IRE)

        11
        5/2
        • Form 001661
        • Age 5
        • Weight 10-6

        in touch, headway over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong

        2(2)
        Silk - Royal Blue, Yellow chevron, checked sleeves, Yellow cap

        Fight The Feeling

        31 v
        7/1
        • Form 013530
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-8

        in touch, headway on bit on inside over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on to lead close home

        3(12)
        Silk - Red, White spots, diabolo on sleeves, White cap

        Top Trees

        74
        12/1
        • Form 02-5001
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-7

        held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened

        4(9)
        Silk - ROYAL BLUE, WHITE Cross of Lorraine and armlets, check cap

        Ipledgeallegiance (USA)

        11
        12/1
        • Form 050045
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-6

        held up, effort over 4f out, headway over 2f out, one pace

        6(6)
        Silk - ORANGE, EMERALD GREEN sash, EMERALD GREEN and WHITE check sleeves and cap

        Ersaal (USA)

        24
        50/1
        • Form 46-0650
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-5

        prominent, went 2nd 8f out, ridden over 3f out, kept on final furlong

        7(5)
        Silk - Black, White hooped sleeves, Red and White hooped cap

        Fairy Wind (GER)

        31
        4/1
        • Form 600002
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-5

        prominent, pushed along and lost place over 5f out

        8(4)
        Silk - Yellow, Black diamond and sleeves, Red cap

        Claptrap

        31
        9/1
        • Form 233460
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-4

        slowly into stride, behind, ridden over 1f out, ran on well towards finish

        9(11)
        Silk - Cambridge Blue, Purple sleeves, Black cap, Gold spots

        Sorbiesharry (IRE)

        20
        14/1
        • Form 000350
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-2

        held up, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong

        10(8)
        Silk - Purple and Red (halved), hooped sleeves, quartered cap

        Sabreline

        73
        33/1
        • Form 440030
        • Age 4
        • Weight 9-1

        led, ridden over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, weakened inside

        11(3)
        Silk - ORANGE, BLACK disc, armlets and cap

        Kentucky Bullet (USA)

        98
        9/1
        • Form 106104
        • Age 7
        • Weight 9-1

        prominent, ridden to lead well over 1f out, kept on, headed close home

        12(10)
        Silk - Dark Green and White diabolo, chevrons on sleeves, Dark Green cap

        Phantom Stock

        423
        10/1
        • Form 000-
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-0

        took keen hold, held up behind, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

        5(1)
        NR

        Grand Halo (IRE)

        45 v
        • Form 020425
        • Age 3
        • Weight 9-5

        Nonrunner

        In depth

        Verdict

        Smoothie gets the vote here ahead of Fight The Feeling, Top Trees, Grand Halo and Claptrap. The selection looks set to make bold bid under a penalty to follow up his recent course and distance win and has to be on the shortlist of nominations for this contest. Ipledgeallegiance has a bit to find on that form. Fight The Feeling has won here from a mark of 48 and is now rated 51 and, wearing a first-time visor, could be competitive. Top Trees won a Bath maiden in September and has gone well here from a higher mark in the past. Of the others, Grand Halo, whose dam is a half-sister to Dr Devious, is entitled to be improving and this does not represent a strong level of race. Fairy Wind is a multiple German winner and showed his best form in these isles when second at Southwell last time. Much as he seems to have regressed since those heady Teutonic days, he might have a roll of the dice still to come. Jamie Osborne runs Claptrap, whose best efforts have come here at around his current mark, while Sorbiesharry has won from a mark of 54 at Southwell and is now rated 46. Sabreline is another that should be more at home at this level, while Kentucky Bullet is actually rated four-pounds lower than for his course and distance win in July. For good measure, William Jarvis runs Phantom Stock. Much as he has some decent American blood on the dam¿s side of his pedigree, he has shown little in three turf starts and hasn't seen the racetrack for 423 days. This leads us back to Smoothie, who comes here in good heart.