Racecards
15:15 Wolverhampton
Grand Theatre Ladies Day Fillies' Handicap (Class 4)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 7f 36y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £10,200 added
- Winner: £5,822
- 2nd: £1,732
- 3rd: £866
- 4th: £433
Tivoli (IRE)
16- Form 4231-2
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 85
- Trainer J & T Gosden
- Jockey R Havlin
tracked leaders, soon tracked leader, led over 2f out, kept on
- Form 512-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer H Candy
- Jockey Harry Bentley
led early, tracked leader until about halfway, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
- Form 513-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer R Varian
- Jockey Andrea Atzeni
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden and no extra inside final furlong
- Form 453-1
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Official Rating 72
- Trainer M Dods
- Jockey David Egan
soon led, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
Verdict
Ortiz landed a novices' event over 6f at Kempton and started odds-on over this trip on a return visit but found one too good and returns after a long break. Elation won at Ripon in August but didn't go as well on soft ground back there the following month. ZAHRAA showed some first-season potential on Turf and attracted good support on her reappearance over this course and distance where she battled on gamely to land the spoils. She's only been raised 3lb and can complete a double. A winner at Kempton in October, Tivoli couldn't quite hold the four-year-old Promising over 6f here a couple of weeks ago and will make a bold bid to get back on the winning trail. Line House looks best of Karl Burke's pair having returned from Meydan to score easily at Southwell before two moderate efforts.
Formwatch
Tivoli (IRE) 5-2 (9-5) Soon led, ridden 2f out, headed narrowly inside final furlong, ran on, just held, 2nd of 12, hd behind Promising (9-10) at Wolverhampton 6f fll stks (5) pol in Apr.
Ortiz 8-13fav (9-7) Chased leaders on outside, led inside final 2f, ridden and joined inside final furlong, headed 100 yards out, rallied, just held, 2nd of 11, hd behind Augenblick (9-0) at Kempton 7f fll stks (6) pol in Oct.
Elation (IRE) 2-1fav (9-4) Slowly into stride, rear of mid-division, niggled along 3f out, switched right and headway over 2f out, 3rd over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 9, 4 3/4l behind Showmethedough (9-2) at Ripon 6f stks (5) sft in Sep.
Zahraa 7-2jfav (9-6) Led, headed over 4f out, chased leader, ridden to regain lead last 100 yards, held on, won at Wolverhampton 7f hcp fll (5) pol in Apr beating I Was Only Joking (9-7) by nk, 9 ran.
Cirrus Minor (FR) 6-1 (9-0) Led early, prominent, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 7, 20 1/4l behind Crown Walk (9-0) at Chelmsford City 7f fll stks (4) pol in Dec.