16:20 Wolverhampton

Monday 22 January 2018

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10 Free At 32Red.com Handicap

Off time: 16:22 | Winning time: 1m 29.21s

(1)

Raven's Raft⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: L Morris| T: M Appleby| OR: 56

14/1

0-7 so far and tried a variety of trips to no avail. Poor effort on her only other try over 7f and plenty to drove. Dropping in the weights but look regressive.

Form: 36690-9

(7)

Ragstone Sand^v1¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S W Kelly| T: G & J Moore| OR: 55

20/1

Not much to take from four previous outings and the first-time headgear needs to prove some dramatic improvement. Handicap debut at a realistic level but still looks one to be wary of just now.

Form: 078-8

(6)

Ray Purchase^v⁸^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J Fanning| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 49| D

2/1

Built on a good effort over C&D to win at Southwell last week. Carried 6lb extra, so more to do here. But cannot be discounted whilst his stable remains in good form. Shortlisted.

Form: 2300-31

(10)

Shyjack^p1¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Jane Elliott⁽⁵⁾| T: G G Margarson| OR: 54

9/1

Improved effort last time and interesting to note the cheekpieces are applied - probably in a bid to sharpen up his starting stalls procedure. One to monitor in the betting.

Form: 960-4

(3)

River Rule⁸⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Oisin Murphy| T: S C Williams| OR: 54

11/4

Potentially well handicapped and has bags of scope for improvement from a lenient mark. Stable respected with this type of runner, so well worth a check in the betting.

Form: 695-

(9)

Laydee Victoria¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: A Mullen| T: Ollie Pears| OR: 51

9/1

Steady improvement of late and showed a good attitude to win last time out. More on her plate her and has another furlong to tackle, but going the right way and has a reasonable chance of making the frame if her stamina holds out.

Form: 74305-1

(11)

Hocus Focus¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Barry McHugh| T: R C Guest| OR: 49

28/1

Handicap debut after three moderate efforts and improvement needed. This is and modest event, however, and possible there may be more to come in this grade. Worth a check in the betting.

Form: 56-7

(4)

Kylie Style⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Liam Keniry| T: Steph Hollinshead| OR: 49

50/1

Respectable effort on her only previous visit here. Noteworthy that she races without headgear this time, which creates a little bit of doubt. Others more convincing.

Form: 87509-7

(5)

Harvest Day^t³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: P Mulrennan| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 48

11/2

Yard highly respected and back among the winners of late. This filly has improvement to find on face value but possible the new challenge of a Tapeta surface will initiate a better effort. Another to monitor in the betting.

Form: 606547-

(2)

Lastoneforthecraic³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Matt Cosham⁽³⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 48

80/1

Not finished in front of too many rivals in any of her races lately and not hard to oppose on this first attempt over an extended seven furlongs.

Form: 7000-6

(8)

Born For Prosecco^h1¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: P Mathers| T: D Shaw| OR: 45

66/1

Well adrift of Laydee Victoria last time out and hard to see the filly reversing the form. Another that looks best left alone from a betting perspective.

Form: 00-64

Non-Runners

(12)

Mops Tango¹⁸

Weight: 8-12| Age: 3

T: M Appleby J: Alistair Rawlinson

Forecasts

Ray Purchase (2/1), River Rule (11/4), Harvest Day (11/2), Laydee Victoria (9/1), Shyjack (9/1), Raven's Raft (14/1), Ragstone Sand (20/1), Hocus Focus (28/1), Mops Tango (33/1), Kylie Style (50/1), Born For Prosecco (66/1), Lastoneforthecraic (80/1)

There is likely to be a good bit more to come from RIVER RULE, who steps into handicap company on a very winnable mark. Ray Purchase and Hocus Focus are others that appeal as potential improvers, while Shyjack also catches the eye now headgear is applied, presumable in an effort to stop him giving ground away at the start.