13:50 Wolverhampton

Monday 16 January 2017

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32Red Casino Handicap

Off time: 13:51 | Winning time: 1m 13.88s

(7)

Cappananty Con⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: R Winston| T: D K Ivory| OR: 67

5/1

Still a maiden after nine starts but hinted that this mark is within his compass last time with a second at this course. Shaped well over 6f on sole try at this distance as a two-year-old finishing a two and a quarter length second to a horse now rated 80. Needs to build on that last performance.

Form: 270657

(10)

Poppy Pivot⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Lewis Edmunds⁽⁷⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 65

66/1

Best effort to date came at Catterick over 5f. Shaped as if amiss on last two starts failing to beat a rival on both occasions. Has first run for a new yard now and likely to come on for this run off the back of an absence.

Form: 72505-0

(3)

Fethiye Boy⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: L Morris| T: R Harris| OR: 65

20/1

Best efforts so far have come when allowed to dominate from the front. Only previous attempt over 5f was disappointing as was her last effort on AW debut so plenty to prove.

Form: 238-811

(5)

Oh Geno⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: J P Spencer| T: R Spencer| OR: 64

4/1

Made an encouraging AW debut at Southwell last time out finishing third behind two horses who have won since. This track/surface is something of a different animal but there's a good chance he will go on it and his mark looks lenient despite going up 2 lb for that third placed effort.

Form: 535

(1)

Bismarck The Flyer²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: P J McDonald| T: Ollie Pears| OR: 63

16/1

Two wins from seven starts but they both came in selling company and his seventh of 11 at Newcastle on handicap debut last time is a better gauge. Dropped just 2 lb for that disappointing effort and he'll likely need to come down further in the handicap before becoming of interest.

Form: 37-3553

(9)

Gentleman Giles¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: T J Murphy| T: J A Osborne| OR: 61

8/1

Improved markedly on his seven unplaced starts by winning over C&D last week, finishing his race to good effect. The time of that race was respectable for the grade but he has a tough draw to deal with today.

Form: 495885

(4)

Magdalene Fox^b⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: A Kirby| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 61

10/3

Bounced in to form last time by winning over C&D. Had the run of the race that day, dominating from the front but the time of his win was quicker than the respectable effort of Gentleman Giles' effort a few days later, so a repeat of that may well be good enough to take this.

Form: 87760

(2)

Celerity¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: A Mullen| T: P D Evans| OR: 60

100/1

Unplaced on all five career efforts to date and struggled last time over C&D. Tough to see her getting involved here off the back o that effort.

Form: 645986

(6)

Scotch Myst¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: T Hamilton| T: R A Fahey| OR: 58

11/2

Finished second in front of Oh Geno (third) at Southwell in a good race two starts back and finally broke his duck when scoring in small field affair there next time. Only gone up a total of 3 lb for those two efforts and he's run well at this track before so no obvious reason why he won't go close.

Form: 154203

(8)

Mr Strutter¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 57

6/1

Improved to finish second over C&D behind Gentlemen Giles last time out and gets a four lb pull in the weights for a one length beating so may be able to reverse form with that rival here but he may struggle against some other better handicapped horses.

Form: 274461

Non-Runners

(11)

Sea Tea Dea²⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: A Carson J: William Carson

Forecasts

Magdalene Fox (10/3), Oh Geno (4/1), Cappananty Con (5/1), Scotch Myst (11/2), Mr Strutter (6/1), Sea Tea Dea (7/1), Gentleman Giles (8/1), Bismarck The Flyer (16/1), Fethiye Boy (20/1), Poppy Pivot (66/1), Celerity (100/1)

SCOTCH MYST has been in fine form of late and he's performed well over C&D in the past so he should take all the beating here. Oh Geno's form ties in closely with that rival and shouldn't be underestimated while the time of Magdalene Fox's recent C&D success was good for the grade and he could be dangerous if he gets loose on the front end. 1. Scotch Myst 2. Oh Geno 3. Magdalene Fox