15:45 Wolverhampton
Monday 17 April 2017
All12:3013:0013:3014:0514:4015:1015:45
Invest Wolverhampton - The City Of Opportunity Handicap
- 4YO plus  |  Class 6  |  7f 32y  |  Standard  |  9 Runners  |  Allweather  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 15:47Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 1m 28.37s
Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
Winner of 5-26 and tends to need a race or two to put him straight. Yet to make the frame in two AW starts.
Made all to score over C&D last month. A record of 2-30 raises doubts as to whether he will be capable of adding to that tally so soon.
His best recent performances have been over C&D and he has now dropped to a mark where he can prove competitive. Good 5lb claimer adds to the attraction.
Made all to score at Lingfield in 2015 but was lightly raced and largely disappointing last term. Makes debut for new yard off a significantly reduced mark.
11-race maiden who finished last here on her most recent start. In form trainer has experimented with a hood previously and it had an impact when first used.
Winner of four races and something of a 7f specialist. Market signalled a possible revival in fortunes last time only to be brought down when looking beaten. Now 5lb below last winning mark and jockey booking looks positive.
Has shaped well in his last four runs here and finished fourth last time out. C&D winner last year and this is his first race from the same mark since. One for the shortlist.
AW record reads 4-24 and she was a 7L winner on soft ground at Chester last summer. Goes well for this rider but may need this first run since November.
First time cheekpieces worked wonders when landing an amateur rider's race in January. Has gone well in the face of stiffer tasks since but is in good form and extra furlong will not inconvenience her. Further revision of his mark may be her undoing.
Non-Runners
3
(8)
Evanescent19
Weight: 9-7|Â Â Age: 8
T: A W Carroll  J: R Winston
NR
Forecasts
Tavener (7/2), Binky Blue (9/2), Top Offer (9/2), Mr Cool Cash (5/1), Evanescent (11/2), Caledonia Laird (6/1), Castlerea Tess (8/1), Miss Goldsmith (10/1), Bush Beauty (12/1), Foxinthehenhouse (40/1)
Top Offer looks sure to be thereabouts on a track where he produces his best and now that he is beginning to look fairly treated. A good young rider has been booked but marginal preference is for CALEDONIA LAIRD. The yard had a winner here nine days ago and this C&D winner has had little respite from the handicapper since his last success. Now that he is finally down to his last winning mark, and with the team's horses going well, this is his opportunity to gain an overdue win. Tavener will set a good pace and give the strong finishers such as Castlerea Tess and Evanescent something to race off.
- Caledonia Laird
- Top Offer
- Castlerea Tess
Prize Money
1st: £2,782.002nd: £828.003rd: £414.004th: £207.00
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