19:15 Wolverhampton

Saturday 7 January 2017

All17:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:1520:45

Betway App Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 19:17 | Winning time: 2m 1.94s

(1)

Bassino^h1²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Racheal Kneller⁽⁵⁾| T: J Bennett| OR: 55

28/1

Makes handicap debut but three poor runs to date and with one of those over C&D it's hard to see how he'll get involved here.

Form: 7-52670

(3)

Yasood²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Josephine Gordon| T: P S McEntee| OR: 55

13/2

Has failed to place on 13 starts to date and his handicap mark will likely need to fall further before getting involved at the business end.

Form: 006075

(5)

Nouvelle Ere^t¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: George Downing⁽³⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 53

9/1

Has had an interrupted career since the spring of 2016 and has shown very little on the three times he has made it to the track in that time. Best watched and questions to answer currently.

Form: 281847

(13)

Jazri^b¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: L Morris| T: J M Bradley| OR: 52

7/1

C&D winner who has fallen to handy mark but didn't appear to have many excuses last time out. Jockey booking is a positive and will no doubt help him but wide draw looks a tricky question to answer.

Form: 6-72437

(4)

Boychick¹²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: R Kingscote| T: E Walker| OR: 52

7/4

Progressing nicely when last seen and has to be a contender if no worse for a mid-season break.

Form: 0123-11

(6)

Living Leader^b,t²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: S Donohoe| T: G Harris| OR: 50

14/1

First foray into the hurdles sphere ended with him finishing tailed off. This more suitable but was out of form when last seen so hard to have a lot of faith in. Best performances have come over shorter trips.

Form: 070-911

(10)

Sarakova^v1¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Ryan Powell| T: K Frost| OR: 50

20/1

Unplaced on all six starts to date and has a wide draw. Needs a first time visor to have a dramatic effect (finished last of 11 when trying blinkers as a 3yo).

Form: 6-85740

(2)

Royal Acclaim⁸⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: T Eaves| T: Rebecca Bastiman| OR: 47

33/1

Seems to be regressing at a rate of knots. First time on the AW and needs the break to have freshened him up but plenty more have pressing claims.

Form: 79588-0

(8)

Foylesideview¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: R Havlin| T: H Chisman| OR: 45

11/1

Unplaced on eight of his last nine starts. Sole win did come at this course and he's back down to that winning mark but hard to fancy on what he's shown so far this winter.

Form: 773079

(7)

Pivotal Dream¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Charlie Bennett⁽⁵⁾| T: W M Brisbourne| OR: 46

9/1

Long-standing maiden who's best efforts have come when she's had a good pace to aim at. Still needs to pull out more though to be considered for win purposes.

Form: 4-46310

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 10p in the pound

Non-Runners

(9)

Hold Hands³⁸

Weight: 9-7| Age: 6

T: B G Powell J: G Baker

(12)

Breakheart³

Weight: 9-6| Age: 10

T: A M Balding J: Joshua Bryan

(11)

Tanzina¹⁶

Weight: 9-5| Age: 5

T: Mrs L J Mongan J: L P Keniry

Forecasts

Boychick (7/4), Hold Hands (4/1), Tanzina (11/2), Yasood (13/2), Jazri (7/1), Breakheart (8/1), Nouvelle Ere (9/1), Pivotal Dream (9/1), Foylesideview (11/1), Living Leader (14/1), Sarakova (20/1), Bassino (28/1), Royal Acclaim (33/1)

HOLD HANDS gets the services of George Baker for the first time here and while she's still a maiden, she's performed admirably of late and may be able to build on that. Boychick has a lot less miles on the clock than his rivals and has been in good form of late while Jazri has fallen to a decent mark but needs to bounce back. 1. Hold Hands 2. Boychick 3. Jazri