20:30 Wolverhampton

Saturday 5 October 2019

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Off time: 20:31 | Winning time: 2m 37.78s

(6)

Tralee Hills^p⁷⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Toby Eley⁽⁵⁾| T: P Hedger| OR: 75| D

25/1

Victorious by a short-head in a 1m4f handicap at Lingfield in February. Disappointing since subsequent wind surgery and returns from a break back down to his last winning mark.

Form: 7-31008

(1)

Trailboss^v1²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: S Donohoe| T: E F Vaughan| OR: 70| D

14/1

Broke his maiden when winning by 2L in first time blinkers over 1m4f at Doncaster (good) in June. Disappointing in two subsequent starts including over 1m2f last time out. Visor tried for the first time back up in distance.

Form: 238147

(11)

Monsieur Lambrays^b³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: J Mitchell| T: Tom Clover| OR: 75| CD

4/1

Registered his first victory when taking a novice event over this C&D at the end of August. Races off a mark 3lb higher than when finishing runner-up over this trip at Newbury (good) on his penultimate start.

Form: 723431

(9)

Cherries At Dawn⁸⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Callum Shepherd| T: D J S Ffrench Davis| OR: 68

33/1

Good ½L second in a C&D novice race in April but has struggled in two subsequent starts including on handicap debut at Chepstow (1m4f, good-to-firm) in July. Others make more appeal on her return from a break.

Form: 4287

(12)

Dobrianka^p1²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Rob Hornby| T: R M Beckett| OR: 74| BF

7/2

Made a promising handicap debut when finishing 2½L second over this distance at Kempton just under a month ago. Races off a 2lb higher mark here and remains open to improvement with cheekpieces tried for the first time.

Form: 7342

(5)

Smiley Bagel¹³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Kevin Lundie⁽⁵⁾| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 68| CD

50/1

Successful six times from 23 AW starts including over this C&D. Beaten 13½L when fifth of six at Leicester (1m4f, good-to-firm) on debut for this yard back in May and return to the AW is a positive.

Form: 460245

(10)

Valence^p¹¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Edward Greatrex| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 73

20/1

Recorded a 2L victory in first time cheekpieces (retained since) in a 1m2f handicap at Beverley (good-to-soft) in May. Gelded subsequently and returns from a break following a 6¾L seventh of eight at Sandown (1m2f, soft) in June.

Form: 35-4017

(4)

Beguiling Charm³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: L P Keniry| T: E Walker| OR: 72

14/1

Struggled in two starts since winning by 1L in a 1m2f handicap at Leicester (good-to-firm) in July. Races off a mark 4lb higher than for that victory.

Form: 234175

(7)

Robert L'Echelle^b1¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Charlie Bennett| T: H Morrison| OR: 71| C

13/2

Beaten 5¼L in a 1m4f handicap at Kempton last month on his return from a break. Likely to have improved for the run and market support would be notable with blinkers tried for the first time.

Form: 2-17835

(8)

Bug Boy^p²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Rhiain Ingram⁽⁵⁾| T: Paul George| OR: 70| BF| D

16/1

Winner of two of his last four starts including by 3¼L at Chepstow (1m4f, good) early last month. Good 4L third off the same mark subsequently and is interesting despite a 4lb rise in the weights.

Form: 221713

(2)

Fume^h1⁷⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Jane Elliott⁽³⁾| T: J D Bethell| OR: 68

14/1

13 race maiden returned from wind surgery with a 1¾L third in a 14 runner 1m handicap at Ripon (good-to-firm). Disappointed dropped to 7f subsequently and steps up markedly in distance with a hood worn for the first time following a break.

Form: 337030

(3)

All Points West⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 68| BF

3/1

Gelded and had wind surgery prior to finishing 9L second in a five runner 1m4f event at Pontefract (good-to-soft) on handicap debut last week. Notable runner with improvement likely.

Form: 978-2

Forecasts

All Points West (3/1), Dobrianka (7/2), Monsieur Lambrays (4/1), Robert L'Echelle (13/2), Beguiling Charm (14/1), Trailboss (14/1), Fume (14/1), Bug Boy (16/1), Valence (20/1), Tralee Hills (25/1), Cherries At Dawn (33/1), Smiley Bagel (50/1)

ALL POINTS WEST finished a decent second on handicap debut recently and he can go one better by taking the concluding race on the card for a trainer and jockey who are an impressive 22/89 when teaming up together in handicaps at this track. Dobrianka finished runner-up last time out and she can finish in the same position in this contest while third can go to Bug Boy who has been in good form in recent outings.