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17:00 Wolverhampton

Hotel And Conferencing At Dunstall Park Apprentice Handicap (Class 5)

  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 5f 194y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Fibresand
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 3m 6.24s
  • 8 Ran
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1
Silk -

I'll Do It Today

3/1

    2
    Silk -

    Valeureux

    14/1

      3
      Silk -

      Will He Rock (IRE)

      7/2

        1(2)
        Silk - Red and Black diabolo, Red sleeves, Red cap, Black stars

        Will He Rock (IRE)

        208 BF
        7/2
        • Form 34/1128-
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-9
        • Official Rating 73

        held up, headway 5f out, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong

        2(5)
        Silk - Yellow, Maroon braces, striped sleeves

        Latif (USA)

        7 C
        7/2
        • Form 121341
        • Age 5
        • Weight 9-7
        • Official Rating 65

        slowly into stride, took keen hold, always towards rear

        3(1)
        Silk - Emerald Green, Yellow halved sleeves, White cap

        Slalom (IRE)

        522 C
        20/1
        • Form 758502/
        • Age 6
        • Weight 9-1
        • Official Rating 67

        tracked leaders, ridden 4f out, soon weakened

        4(3)
        Silk - Red, white epaulets, royal blue sleeves, white armlets, white cap

        Shingle Street (IRE)

        281 b
        10/1
        • Form 9825/62-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-12
        • Official Rating 66

        soon tracking leader, not much room and lost place 3f out, ridden over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong

        5(6)
        Silk - RED, WHITE chevron and armlets, striped cap

        I'll Do It Today

        28 BFCD
        3/1
        • Form 7/51-436
        • Age 5
        • Weight 8-5
        • Official Rating 55

        in touch, ridden to lead 3f out, clear over 1f out, ran on

        6(7)
        Silk - Flame, green collar and cuffs, quartered cap

        Valeureux

        25 t
        14/1
        • Form 48/5-502
        • Age 8
        • Weight 8-4
        • Official Rating 50

        mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, went 2nd final furlong, no chance with winner

        7(8)
        Silk - Emerald green and purple diamonds, emerald green sleeves, purple seams

        Ice And Fire

        4 b CDD
        12/1
        • Form 6-36561
        • Age 7
        • Weight 8-4
        • Official Rating 45

        always towards rear

        8(4)
        Silk - Red, yellow hoop and sleeves, white cap

        Mary Gray

        150 D
        11/2
        • Form 019400-
        • Age 4
        • Weight 8-3
        • Official Rating 57

        led, headed and ridden 3f out, weakened inside final furlong

        In depth

        Verdict

        Latif, Mary Gray and Valeureux look the most likely candidates in the closing apprentice-handicap and our selection is Mary Gray. The Mark Johnston-trained filly has bags of stamina as she showed when winning at Carlisle and Haydock last summer. She has won off a higher mark than this before and if she comes here fit she will take all the beating. Valeureux was a close up second over this course and trip earlier this month and he is entitled to go close again today. However that was his best run in some time, and although there may be more to come, others are preferred. Latif ran away with a Lingfield-handicap last week but faces a stiff task under a penalty and over a longer trip. So we return to our selection, Mary Gray to win the closing race under Greg Fairley.

        Formwatch

        Will He Rock (IRE) 3-1fav (9-9) Settled 4th, close 3rd approaching straight, no extra from 2f out, 8th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Persian Knight (9-1) at Curragh 1m 2f app hcp 0-80 gd in Sept.

        Latif (USA) 5-1 (8-13) Started slowly, held up, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon clear, ridden out, won at Lingfield 1m 4f hcap (5) pol beating Taxman (8-10) by 1 1/2l, 7 ran.

        Slalom (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) Close up, ridden to lead 2f out, kept on final furlong, headed close home, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Sharp Needle (9-4) at Lingfield 1m hcp (E3) pol in Oct '04.

        Shingle Street (IRE) 7-1 (8-11) Tracked winner, headway to challenge 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, held towards finish, 2nd of 6, nk behind Tomasino (9-13) at Newcastle 1m 4f clm (5) gf in Jun.

        I'll Do It Today 7-2fav (9-2) Held up in touch, bumped 5f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 6l behind Salut Saint Cloud (9-1) at W'hampton 2m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.

        Valeureux 12-1 (10-2) Slowly into stride, headway over 2f out, led inside last, headed post, 2nd of 13, hd behind Reminiscent (10-2) at W'hampton 1m 6f amt hcp (5) pol.

        Ice And Fire 33-1 (8-8) Held up, headway over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, ran on, won at W'hampton 1m 6f banded stk (7) pol beating Larad (9-2) by 1 1/2l, 12 ran.

        Mary Gray 25-1 (8-5) Soon chasing leaders, led 6f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened quickly, 14th of 17, well behind Hernando's Boy (8-12) at Catterick 1m 6f hcp (5) sft in Nov.