17:15 Wolverhampton

Monday 3 December 2018

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Betway Casino Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 17:15 | Winning time: 1m 59.18s

(7)

Proceed¹⁸⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Jason Watson| T: R Varian| OR: 60

9/2

Showed little in a trio of maidens at up to 1m in the spring at big prices but can do better for top stable now handicapping and interesting jockey booking makes him worth a second look.

Form: 070

(5)

Amity Island¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Ben Robinson| T: Ollie Pears| OR: 59

9/1

Won at 1m at Southwell in April off 2lb higher mark but generally struggled since and others make more appeal.

Form: 137577

(2)

Turn Of Luck^p1¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Nicola Currie| T: J A Osborne| OR: 59

6/1

Outpaced at 1m on recent handicap debut so this step up in trip is a plus. Cheek pieces now added and could have more to come.

Form: 4508

(8)

Lamb Chop¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Poppy Bridgwater⁽³⁾| T: S Kirk| OR: 58

10/1

Won a seller on turf at Leicester in September but AW form leaves her with improvement to find to trouble the best of these.

Form: 261085

(1)

Dance Me⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Tristan Price⁽⁷⁾| T: S Kirk| OR: 57

8/1

Still a maiden after 17 runs though did show a touch more over C&D last time to put her in the mix.

Form: 753864

(4)

Blue Harmony⁵¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Amelia Glass⁽⁷⁾| T: M Blake| OR: 57

50/1

Ran poorly on debut for current yard last time and on all known evidence it's not hard to look elsewhere.

Form: 004649

(12)

Licinius¹⁵⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: William Cox| T: C Hills| OR: 56

33/1

Has only beaten two rivals in a trio of maidens and not seen since July. May do better now handicapping and market could tell us more.

Form: 9-58

(13)

Sosian¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Sebastian Woods⁽³⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 56

14/1

No better from the front last time and although she has a few placed efforts to her name, improvement needed to break her duck.

Form: 782635

(11)

Destinys Rock⁸⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Megan Nicholls⁽³⁾| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 56

11/1

Disappointed here last time but is better than that and some of her placed efforts, including over C&D puts her in the shake up.

Form: 383338

(6)

Cross Swords^p1¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Ben Sanderson⁽³⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 56

15/2

Bit better when failing to stay 1m4f at Newcastle last time. Cheek pieces now tried and with the handicapper giving him a chance he looks one for the short list.

Form: 445096

(9)

Boscastle¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Oliver Stammers⁽⁷⁾| T: H Morrison| OR: 56| BF

4/1

This is her trip judged on a couple of placed efforts at Chelmsford including when bumping into an improver last time. May have more to come.

Form: 002442

(3)

Going Native¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Darragh Keenan⁽³⁾| T: Olly Williams| OR: 52

33/1

Hasn't looked as though an upturn in fortunes is imminent at shorter and needs to improve plenty for this step up in trip.

Form: 878909

Non-Runners

(10)

Polly's Gold¹⁶

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: Paul George J: Rhiain Ingram

Forecasts

Boscastle (4/1), Proceed (9/2), Turn Of Luck (6/1), Cross Swords (15/2), Dance Me (8/1), Amity Island (9/1), Lamb Chop (10/1), Destinys Rock (11/1), Sosian (14/1), Polly's Gold (14/1), Going Native (33/1), Licinius (33/1), Blue Harmony (50/1)

A weak contest and hard to fancy anything with much confidence. A tentative vote goes to BOSCASTLE who may have more to come. Proceed is interesting now handicapping while Turn Of Luck makes up the short list.