17:45 Wolverhampton

Friday 21 February 2020

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Play 4 To Score At Betway Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 17:46 | Winning time: 2m 2.0s

(7)

Beatbybeatbybeat^v⁸³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 61| CD

10/1

Both her AW wins have come at this venue and 6lb lower than her latest C&D success. Hasn't looked the easiest to train in recent times though (returns from another absence here) and probably best watched.

Form: 624797-

(1)

Pilot Wings²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Elisha Whittington⁽⁷⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 59| BF| CD

11/10

Off the mark at the 16th attempt when landing a C&D handicap here in January but failed to back that up, despite escaping a penalty when fifth of 10 at Lingfield; revised mark here and will need more.

Form: 4580-15

(8)

All Right¹⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: L Morris| T: D P Quinn| OR: 58| D

66/1

Won a Yarmouth handicap for Henry Candy in the summer and latest effort at Southwell best forgiven when doing too much early; starts out for new yard here (bought for 1,700 gns) and perhaps best watched on return.

Form: 042129-

(9)

Bell Heather^p²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: B A Curtis| T: P Morris| OR: 58| CD

6/1

Five wins from 17 course starts and bounced back to form when winning over 7f here last time. Markedly up in trip but has won at this distance and only has a 3lb higher mark to cope with; widest draw not ideal.

Form: 05009-1

(6)

Seaforth¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: Finley Marsh⁽³⁾| T: A Wintle| OR: 56| CD

9/2

Three-time course winner, latest of those in a selling handicap in January. Yet to win over this far but ran well here last time out when meeting interference and not ruled out if everything drops right for him.

Form: 56-3154

(2)

Fivehundredmiles²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: S Donohoe| T: P D Evans| OR: 55| D

12/1

Losing run stretches back to a second of two turf wins in 2017. Yet to win on AW and very disappointing when beaten out of sight of Southwell last time; had shown a bit on yard debut at Lingfield prior to that but hard to recommend.

Form: 7600-40

(5)

Pike Corner Cross^b1,t⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: Cameron Iles⁽⁷⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 52| CD

7/1

C&D winner here last year and ran well in defeat in two course starts prior to a run at Lingfield last time out (had excuses). Will need the first-time blinkers to eke out a bit of improvement.

Form: 672-326

(4)

Sea Sister²³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: K T O'Neill| T: O Murphy| OR: 47

40/1

Shown nothing in three starts in maiden company including on debut for this yard at Windsor last time out; up in trip on handicap debut and may do better; market possibly best guide on reappearance here.

Form: 80/0-

(3)

Aljunood^h¹²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-7| J: A Mullen| T: J R Norton| OR: 45WS

40/1

Just a maiden win to his name when trained in Ireland by Dermot Weld back in 2017; returns from an unsuccessful spell over hurdles and probably best watched judged on his most recent Flat starts.

Form: 900006-

Forecasts

Pilot Wings (11/10), Seaforth (9/2), Bell Heather (6/1), Pike Corner Cross (7/1), Beatbybeatbybeat (10/1), Fivehundredmiles (12/1), Sea Sister (40/1), Aljunood (40/1), All Right (66/1)

A tricky race to unravel but there was little between PIKE CORNER CROSS and Seaforth here last week and with the potential of first-time headgear bringing some improvement, the former is preferred. Bell Heather is a course specialist who shouldn't be ignored back up in trip.