20:00 Wolverhampton

Friday 20 December 2019

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Betway Live Casino Handicap

Off time: 20:00 | Winning time: 1m 0.67s

(5)

Mutabaahy⁶^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 54| CD

2/1

C&D victory over Sir Hector 10 days ago his second win here and been third since at Newcastle. Under his 5lb penalty he is 8lb worse off with the aforementioned rival.

Form: 598013

(9)

Sir Hector¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: L Morris| T: C Wallis| OR: 55| BF| D

3/1

Short head winner here followed by ¾L second to Mutabaahy latest. Gets an 8lb turnaround with that rival today so reversal of fortunes expected and looks the one to beat here.

Form: 8259D2

(11)

Maid Millie^h1²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Ray Dawson⁽⁵⁾| T: Jane Chapple-Hyam| OR: 54

12/1

14-race maiden but barely run a bad race in 2019 especially on AW. Stable debut sees her tackle 5f for the very first time (should suit) and with a hood to sharpen her up she's expected to go close.

Form: 433443

(1)

Harry's Ridge²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Jason Hart| T: E J Alston| OR: 53| BF

2/1

Showed little in qualifiers but backed into favouritism for handicap debut and finished a close up third despite starting slowly and meeting traffic issues. Against in-form rivals but he looks the one open to improvement.

Form: 0953

(10)

Autumn Splendour^b¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: David Probert| T: J M Bradley| OR: 52

33/1

On a long losing run now and his distant eighth behind Sir Hector last time out tells you all you need to know regarding his chances.

Form: 840678

(4)

Edged Out^p²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 9-3| J: Mitch Godwin⁽³⁾| T: C Mason| OR: 51| D

66/1

Now two and a half years since her last win. Belatedly AW debut at Lingfield saw a brief revival but two poor efforts since have quickly tempered any enthusiasm.

Form: 530378

(7)

Rangefield Express^b¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: S H James| T: G A Harker| OR: 51| D

20/1

Off the mark at the 16th time of asking ant Newcastle but ran deplorably next at Southwell. Return to this surface may help now but overall profile unappealing.

Form: 044719

(3)

Miss Gradenko^p¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: P J McDonald| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 51| D

14/1

Lightly raced 5f Kempton winner beaten 4L when sixth to King Hector last time out. 2lb better off now but that unlikely enough to turn the tables.

Form: 0-47176

(6)

Kibaar¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: T Eaves| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 47| D

25/1

Now 7lb below last winning mark but that largely due to a 0-10 2019 record. Fourth at Newcastle latest a far effort but must improve on that to make the frame.

Form: 085064

Non-Runners

(2)

Peters Pudding²

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: L Williamson J: Gavin Ashton

(8)

Hanati⁶⁹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 3

T: B Ellison J: Kieran Schofield

Forecasts

Mutabaahy (2/1), Harry's Ridge (2/1), Sir Hector (3/1), Maid Millie (12/1), Miss Gradenko (14/1), Rangefield Express (20/1), Kibaar (25/1), Hanati (25/1), Autumn Splendour (33/1), Peters Pudding (50/1), Edged Out (66/1)

With a few of these pretty closely matched on form the vote goes to unexposed HARRY'S RIDGE who ran well in third last time despite a slow start and traffic problems subsequently. Of the more proven commodities Sir Hector looks a rock-solid contender as he is weighted to turn the tables on Mutabaahy.