19:15 Wolverhampton

Tuesday 10 April 2018

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FCL Global Forwarding Handicap

Off time: 19:16 | Winning time: 3m 3.89s

(3)

Majrooh^t³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Harry Bentley| T: G Peckham| OR: 73| C

7/4

Dual winner in 2015 but lightly raced since. Finished a fair fifth on his return from over 16 months off the track at Lingfield (1m2f) last time out and he is interesting stepping up in trip.

Form: 63062/5

(6)

Chantecler^t¹⁸⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: Liam Keniry| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 71| C

14/1

Running well in the main over hurdles last year and races off a mark 1lb lower than when finishing 4L fourth over 1m4f here in January last year.

Form: 35329/4-

(5)

Cry Wolf^p²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: F Norton| T: H J Evans| OR: 70

9/2

Held fifth at Southwell last month when returning to the Flat following a spell over hurdles. Yet to win in 16 starts and more needed today.

Form: 8427/0-5

(4)

Lady Makfi^p1²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: S Donohoe| T: J Farrelly| OR: 68| C

5/1

Finished a good fourth over C&D in January and has run well twice at Southwell since then. Races off a mark 5lb lower than for that C&D fourth and she is one to note in first time cheekpieces.

Form: 20-4843

(10)

Richard Strauss¹¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: P Aspell| T: P A Kirby| OR: 66

25/1

Sole success came over 1m at Dundalk in May last year. Ran well to finish fourth over hurdles at Musselburgh in December and returning from a break having yet to race over further than 1m2f on the Flat.

Form: 170674-

(7)

Scrafton³²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Aled Beech⁽⁷⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 65| CD

11/1

Southwell handicap winner over this trip 12 months ago but struggled in four starts since. Making his first start since returning to Tony Carroll following two outings for Ben Pauling.

Form: 167109-

(9)

Belabour⁹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: S W Kelly| T: W M Brisbourne| OR: 65

7/1

Winner over 1m4f in January last year and finished runner-up over the same trip here in December. Interesting to see how he fares on just his third start over this distance.

Form: 90628-6

(8)

Gran Maestro^b⁵⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 9-1| J: D C Costello| T: P Winks| OR: 62

20/1

Followed up a handicap hurdle second at Doncaster with victory at Wetherby in January. Held at Catterick the following month and well beaten at Pontefract (2m2f) on his most recent Flat outing last October.

Form: 43233/0

(1)

Ballyfarsoon¹⁷¹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: Finley Marsh⁽⁵⁾| T: P Winks| OR: 59| CD

12/1

Five time winner including four times on the AW. Successful over an extended 2m here on his final outing for Ian Williams last October. Cost current connections £6,500 the following month and debuts for a new yard today.

Form: 808521-

(2)

Cosmic Tigress¹⁹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 8-10| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 57| CD

20/1

Handicap hurdle winner on good ground at Southwell last August and ran well at Worcester subsequently. Races off a mark 3lb lower than when placed at Musselburgh last spring.

Form: 326646-

Forecasts

Majrooh (7/4), Cry Wolf (9/2), Lady Makfi (5/1), Belabour (7/1), Scrafton (11/1), Ballyfarsoon (12/1), Chantecler (14/1), Gran Maestro (20/1), Cosmic Tigress (20/1), Richard Strauss (25/1)

LADY MAKFI has run well off higher marks in the past including when fourth over C&D in January and she is taken to record her fifth AW win in this staying handicap. The selection has acquitted herself well on fibresand the last twice and is taken to get the better of Majrooh who is tackling this trip for the first time today but has run well over 1m4f in the past. Ballyfarsoon is debuting for a new trainer today but having won over further here last time out he can finish third on seasonal debut.