14:20 Wolverhampton

Wednesday 2 January 2019

All12:4013:1013:4514:2014:5015:20

Betway Heed Your Hunch Handicap

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 2m 0.32s

(7)

Michele Strogoff¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: M Appleby| OR: 87| CD

2/1

Front-runner who is chasing a C&D hat-trick and most recent win was probably a career best. 6lb rise for 3L win then is perfectly fair and yard continue among the winners.

Form: 464211-

(6)

Military Law²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 87

6/4

Looked a horse of potential when winning at Newbury in October 2017 but absent until filling the runner-up spot at Lingfield last month. Surely more to come and opening mark doesn't look too severe.

Form: 91/2-

(4)

High Acclaim¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: David Probert| T: R A Teal| OR: 78

16/1

Won a valuable handicap on the turf at Doncaster in March but didn't quite manage to build on that and not surprisingly failed to stay over hurdles last time.

Form: 578597-

(3)

This Girl³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: R Kingscote| T: Tom Dascombe| OR: 79

7/1

Sprang a 20/1 shock on Haydock debut but hasn't really improved on that and never got competitive on latest having been a touch slowly away.

Form: 1/334-

(5)

Illustrissime^p¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Joey Haynes| T: I Furtado| OR: 76| BF| D

7/1

Has been campaigned over 1m4f recently and in good form at that trip. Failed to land a gamble at Newcastle last time in first time cheek pieces which are retained here.

Form: 692123-

(2)

Argus⁴⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: Edward Greatrex| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 73

33/1

Out of sorts for some time and hard to know at present how much ability he actually retains.

Form: 908870-

(1)

Central City²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: K T O'Neill| T: Ian Williams| OR: 73| C

10/1

Was in cracking form in the autumn. A bit quiet on recent efforts and has stamina to prove at this longer trip.

Form: 611309-

Forecasts

Military Law (6/4), Michele Strogoff (2/1), Illustrissime (7/1), This Girl (7/1), Central City (10/1), High Acclaim (16/1), Argus (33/1)

MILITARY LAW surely has plenty more to come and is a confident choice to get back on the winning trail. Michele Strogoff will give it a go from the front with Illiustrissime looking best of the rest.