20:00 Wolverhampton

Saturday 9 September 2017

All16:5517:2518:0018:3019:0019:3020:0020:30

sunbets.co.uk Handicap

Off time: 20:00 | Winning time: 2m 35.42s

(3)

Afonso De Sousa¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 89| D

50/1

Useful on his day and successful over this trip at Lingfield in February. Poor last time and probably just below this grade these days.

Form: 70-3148

(1)

Plutocracy^p⁵⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: A Kirby| T: G & J Moore| OR: 87| D

18/1

Victorious on the AW at Lingfield over this distance in December but disappointing in the main since and well held over 1m4f at Newmarket (good-to-firm) last time out.

Form: 31-2P54

(4)

Batts Rock^p⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: S Donohoe| T: M L W Bell| OR: 86| CD

8/1

Landed his maiden here by a wide margin and has stepped up on that since with some good efforts in turf handicaps. However, his mark always seems to rise each time his turn looks near and that is the case again here.

Form: 13-2752

(5)

Angrywhitepyjamas⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: M Dwyer| T: W R Muir| OR: 84| C

18/1

Lightly raced gelding who is 2-3 on AW tracks. Forced to race wide last time from a bad draw but current handicap mark demands improvement.

Form: 316-15

(7)

Laqab¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: S De Sousa| T: R Varian| OR: 82

4/1

Handicap mark looks fair on the balance of his Newcastle victory. Will improve for his reappearance two weeks ago and yard have utilised this rider to good effect in 2017.

Form: 21-5

(6)

Gold Star²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: David Egan⁽³⁾| T: S bin Suroor| OR: 88| D

5/6

Readily landed a weak maiden at Newbury and handicapper has taken few chances. Scope to improve and in form stable are an impressive 28-85 around here.

Form: 31

(2)

Abjar²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: R Kingscote| T: Sir Michael Stoute| OR: 81| CD

4/1

Made all to beat an odds-on favourite over C&D a month ago. Not harshly treated here on either that effort or his previous run at Newcastle. Stable going well and rider has a 25% strike rate for them.

Form: 621

Forecasts

Gold Star (5/6), Abjar (4/1), Laqab (4/1), Batts Rock (8/1), Plutocracy (18/1), Angrywhitepyjamas (18/1), Afonso De Sousa (50/1)

The three-year-olds ABJAR and Gold Star represent in form yards that do well around here. It is easier to argue the former is well handicapped on what he has shown and his proven effectiveness on this surface strengthens his case. Laqab and Angrywhitepyjamas look best of the rest.