20:00 Wolverhampton

Thursday 18 October 2018

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Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 20:01 | Winning time: 1m 48.82s

(12)

Sumner Beach⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Ben Robinson⁽³⁾| T: B Ellison| OR: 56

3/1

Without a win since scoring at Southwell (5f) on debut in April 2016, but back to form with placed efforts of late; beaten 1½L by Sounds Approving over C&D on Friday.

Form: 576333

(6)

Creative Talent³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: A Kirby| T: A W Carroll| OR: 55

7/2

Has joined Tony Carroll (also saddles Rightway) since finishing down the field over hurdles for Andrew McNamara at Listowel (2m) last month; 0-16 on the Flat and this trip is on the sharp side; market a guide.

Form: 05-5033

(8)

Totally Magic^p¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Phil Dennis⁽³⁾| T: R M Whitaker| OR: 54

10/1

Finished a neck in front of the re-opposing Sumner Beach when runner up to Harry George at Newcastle (1m) on her penultimate start; poor run on turf since, but is 2-8 on the AW and this looks more suitable.

Form: 428620

(4)

Rightway¹⁷⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: R Kingscote| T: A W Carroll| OR: 50| CD

20/1

C&D winner (4/9f) in December 2014; badly out of sorts since early 2017 (eased 18lb in the weights), and returns to the track for the first time since May; stablemate of Creative Talent.

Form: 80-5770

(2)

Puchita⁵⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 54

25/1

13-race maiden (formerly with Richard Hannon); fair third over 7f in a fillies handicap here in April, but very difficult to identify any signs of natural progression since.

Form: 969969

(11)

Lady Of Authority³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Danny Brock| T: R T Phillips| OR: 53| BF

14/1

11-race maiden; continues to fall in the weights, and somewhat surprisingly was sent off 3/1f (opened 25/1) when finishing eighth of 14 at Kempton latest; difficult to build any compelling case for her chances.

Form: 744908

(7)

False Id^b¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Joey Haynes| T: D Loughnane| OR: 47| C

16/1

Neck winner over 7f here in July (for Johnny Farrelly), but below that form in four starts since (three for David Loughnane); 1lb above that winning mark.

Form: 815750

(1)

Safrani^t⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: M Harley| T: D O'Meara| OR: 50

7/2

Six-race maiden; fallen 6lb since introduced to handicapping; weakened close home when finishing in excess of 3L fourth to Molten Lava on AW debut at Chelmsford on Saturday.

Form: 40-0074

(3)

Dukes Meadow⁴⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: N Mackay| T: R Ingram| OR: 45

25/1

2-42 on the AW; 8lb below his last winning mark (February 2018); 20/1 when a well held eighth of 11 to Rakematiz over C&D last month.

Form: 770058

(10)

One Liner^h,t⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Liam Jones| T: J G M O'Shea| OR: 45

80/1

17-race maiden (0-5 for John O'Shea); well beaten on both previous AW starts; impossible to consider despite the paucity of viable opposition.

Form: 00-6070

(5)

Liberisque¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: L Morris| T: E De Giles| OR: 48

11/2

€32,000 yearling; seven-race maiden; slowly getting the hang of racing with her penultimate 40/1 C&D second to subsequent ready winner Decoration Of War reading well in the context of this race.

Form: 886622

Non-Runners

(9)

Soaring Spirits⁹

Weight: 9-13| Age: 8

T: D K Ivory J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Sumner Beach (3/1), Safrani (7/2), Creative Talent (7/2), Soaring Spirits (4/1), Liberisque (11/2), Totally Magic (10/1), Lady Of Authority (14/1), False Id (16/1), Rightway (20/1), Puchita (25/1), Dukes Meadow (25/1), One Liner (80/1)

Difficult to fathom a case (or muster any real enthusiasm) for the vast majority of these runners, so the frustrating Sumner Beach must enter the equation despite a wide draw in stall 12. Safrani ran well enough at Chelmsford on Saturday evening (despite weakening late on), and could potentially build upon that improved showing for David O'Meara, but the most interesting runner is LIBERISQUE. Evidently she's no star, but she's slowly getting to grips with racing, and fortunately for her there's no Decoration of War in the field tonight, so she must surely go very close from her basement mark.