17:05 Wolverhampton

Thursday 4 January 2018

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Betway Handicap

Off time: 17:06 | Winning time: 2m 4.4s

(5)

Coillte Cailin¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: D C Costello| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 84| CD

12/1

5/22 over C&D with ten further finishes in the places, but needs to improve on some recent efforts including off the same mark as this in order to prove a genuine threat.

Form: 666086-

(7)

Valitop⁸¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Oisin Murphy| T: S Durack| OR: 82

5/1

Only three runs as a juvenile back in 2015 to date, including a Sandown maiden win, but off since finishing down the field in a Newmarket Listed race. Will surely need the run after such a long time off.

Form: 218/

(6)

Daisy Bere^p⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: K R Burke| OR: 80| CD

16/1

Course winner who wasn't disgraced in a better race than this last time over slightly shorter. Starting to look well-handicapped again and can't be ruled out.

Form: 51/6065-

(1)

Tangramm^p²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Charles Bishop| T: D K Ivory| OR: 80| CD

2/1

Up 2lb for a victory at Chelmsford last time which seems a fair rise. Has also gone well here in the past (including winning over C&D), and has a nice draw from stall 1; leading claims.

Form: 847071-

(8)

Nonios^h¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: L P Keniry| T: D M Simcock| OR: 78| CD

5/1

Only win to date came over C&D, and has some other good form at this course. 3lb lower than when running fairly well here last time out and is starting to look very attractively treated.

Form: 0/39785-

(3)

Influent^p1¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: L Morris| T: J Tate| OR: 77

11/4

Has gone close at this level the last twice after getting off the mark on the AW at Kempton in August. Still seems fairly progressive and could improve again for the addition of cheek pieces.

Form: 6/1943-

(4)

Anif^t¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Hollie Doyle| T: Jean-Rene Auvray| OR: 73

12/1

Showed some ability for previous stable but two poor runs for this yard so far, including over hurdles. Tough to see him bouncing back to form here.

Form: 51385-

(2)

Sword of The Lord^p³²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 8-7| J: Ryan Tate| T: Mrs N S Evans| OR: 67

100/1

Dual-purpose type who hasn't been seen under either code for almost a year, but makes his first Flat start since August 2016. Patchy form over jumps since and best watched on stable debut.

Form: 321282/

Forecasts

Tangramm (2/1), Influent (11/4), Nonios (5/1), Valitop (5/1), Anif (12/1), Coillte Cailin (12/1), Daisy Bere (16/1), Sword of The Lord (100/1)

This can go to TANGRAMM, who is just 2lb higher than when winning at Chelmsford last time and also goes well at this course, with a C&D win to his name. With the inside draw to help he should certainly still be on a workable mark. Daisy Bere ran fairly well in a better race than this over shorter at this course last time out, and could be next best, ahead of the lightly-raced Influent.