17:40 Wolverhampton

Saturday 21 October 2017

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FCL Global Forwarding Maiden Stakes

Off time: 17:40 | Winning time: 1m 1.93s

(5)

Ahundrednotout¹⁰¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: S Donohoe| T: J Feane| OR: 50

8/1

Six-race maiden but three runs this season have been better, off since July and dropped to 5f for the first time. Interesting to see how market rates him.

Form: 080-733

(7)

Blazed^t³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Patrick Pilley⁽⁵⁾| T: H & R Charlton| OR: 69

13/8

Had improved with each start prior to last month's handicap bow at Yarmouth (6f, soft), when breaking slowly and perhaps not relishing the conditions. May well do better back on AW and is a contender on maiden form.

Form: 8256

(1)

Eye Burner¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Kieren Fox| T: J R Jenkins

100/1

Equiano colt hasn't beaten a rival home in two turf starts over 6f, both with give under foot. Sent off big prices both times and hard to recommend switched to AW and down in trip.

Form: 80

(2)

Raffle King¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Callum Shepherd⁽³⁾| T: M R Channon| OR: 66

5/2

Couple of promising efforts over 5f at Newcastle and Lingfield on AW lately, taking runner-up spot in both, latest off this mark. Entitled to have a say.

Form: 289822

(3)

Singula¹²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: William Carson| T: A King| OR: 61

22/1

Moderate in three maidens and very tame effort on handicap bow at Sandown (7f, good to firm) in June. Been off since and watching brief appears safest for now.

Form: 860-0

(9)

Chillililli¹⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 42

100/1

Filly doesn't make significant appeal on return from 157 days off and will need to produce much more than she has shown in ten career starts if hoping for a breakthrough.

Form: 998760

(4)

Like Minds³³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: K Stott| T: D H Brown| OR: 41

66/1

Of rather limited ability based on her juvenile form, will need to have strengthened up now returning from 334-day layoff, with market perhaps able to determined confidence.

Form: 96670-

(6)

Noneedtotellme^v⁴⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: William Cox⁽⁷⁾| T: J W Unett| OR: 40

66/1

Four-year-old remains a maiden after nine starts, well held in pair of turf outings at Yarmouth and Brighton in August/early September, drops to 5f for the first time and makes little appeal.

Form: 0858-58

(8)

Zilza^b,t¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: J Quinn| T: C Allen| OR: 63

5/2

Has had plenty of chances by now, has run some promising races without opening account. Unable to take a Windsor maiden (6f, good to soft) this month, going down ½L in third of 14. This isn't strong and must enter calculations as such.

Form: 365433

Non-Runners

(10)

Connacht Girl¹⁴³

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: K R Burke J: B A Curtis

Forecasts

Blazed (13/8), Connacht Girl (9/4), Raffle King (5/2), Zilza (5/2), Ahundrednotout (8/1), Singula (22/1), Noneedtotellme (66/1), Like Minds (66/1), Chillililli (100/1), Eye Burner (100/1)

Connacht Girl, now back under the eye of Karl Burke, has got to be respected and her best form makes her the one they all have to beat. However, she was very poor in three earlier this year for Adrian Keatley and, as such, is something of a risky proposition on this second stable bow after 143 days off. RAFFLE KING has been runner-up twice over this trip recently and, from an unchanged mark, gets the tentative vote in a trappy contest. Blazed should be capable of better than he produced in soft ground at Yarmouth on handicap debut and is respected while Zilza cannot be crossed off with certainty at this level following a sound run at Windsor on turf.