20:00 Wolverhampton

Tuesday 7 May 2019

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Grand Theatre Wolverhampton Handicap

Off time: 20:00 | Winning time: 2m 2.74s

(1)

Dark Glory^p1²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Oisin Murphy| T: B J Meehan| OR: 67

6/1

Placed over 1m in novice company at Brighton (good) in October but struggled in handicap and seasonal debut at Windsor (1m, good) last month. Cheekpieces tried for the first time stepping up in distance.

Form: 793-8

(5)

Craneur¹⁶⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: H Crouch| T: H J L Dunlop| OR: 66

9/1

Held in three starts in novice company last autumn. Gelded since most recent start over 7f at Kempton in November and is stepping up in trip on handicap debut.

Form: 847-

(3)

Sea Of Marengo⁶²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J F Egan| T: Paul George| OR: 65

12/1

Registered a novice race victory in a 1m2f match at Lingfield two months ago. Form of that nothing special and Interesting to see how he fares on handicap debut.

Form: 866-1

(4)

Lieutenant Conde⁹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Charlie Bennett| T: H Morrison| OR: 62

17/2

Finished fourth on both handicap starts so far including over 1m at Kempton in early February. Absent since and shapes as if this step up in distance will suit.

Form: 74-344

(2)

Precision Prince¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: S W Kelly| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 61| CD

8/1

Dual winner on the AW including over this C&D in early February. Some sound efforts in defeat subsequently and is a notable runner off a mark 2lb higher than for his latest success.

Form: 2-21385

(8)

Chance Of Glory¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 59

12/1

Beaten 20L when finishing fourth of six over 7f at Southwell on seasonal debut last month. More needed stepping up in trip on first start in handicap company.

Form: 49-4

(9)

Spiritual Boy¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Cam Hardie| T: D O'Meara| OR: 58

14/1

Promising effort in finishing 4¼ fourth in a 1m handicap at Redcar (good-to-firm) on handicap debut last month. Interesting runner on first attempt at this distance.

Form: 868-4

(10)

Robeam¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: P Mathers| T: R A Fahey| OR: 52

7/2

Ten race maiden finished runner-up over this C&D last time out. Experienced trouble in running that day and is one for the shortlist despite a 2lb rise in the weights.

Form: 87-5572

(6)

Sadlers Beach^h1¹³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Hayley Turner| T: M P Tregoning| OR: 49

22/1

Well held in three 7f AW novice events late last year. Hood tried for the first time and bred to appreciate this step up in distance on seasonal reappearance.

Form: 980-

(11)

Archdeacon^p1²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-3| J: K T O'Neill| T: D K Ivory| OR: 47

6/1

Maiden after seven starts and finished a fair fifth over 1m at Kempton last month. Cheekpieces tried for the first time and shapes as if this step up in trip will suit.

Form: 60-4995

(7)

Margaret J^p²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 8-2| J: L Morris| T: P S McEntee| OR: 45

20/1

12 race maiden ran a decent race when 4L fourth over 1m at Kempton last time out. Top jockey in the saddle once more and has run well over this C&D in the past.

Form: 6-46404

Forecasts

Robeam (7/2), Archdeacon (6/1), Dark Glory (6/1), Precision Prince (8/1), Lieutenant Conde (17/2), Craneur (9/1), Sea Of Marengo (12/1), Chance Of Glory (12/1), Spiritual Boy (14/1), Margaret J (20/1), Sadlers Beach (22/1)

ROBEAM ran well when finishing runner-up here last time out and he can register a first victory in this competitive three-year-old handicap. Precision Prince was a winner here earlier this year and he can finish runner-up in this event while third place can go the way of Lieutenant Conde who should appreciate this distance.