18:40 Wolverhampton

Wednesday 12 August 2020

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Off time: 18:41 | Winning time: 1m 13.34s

(3)

Kingsholm¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Oisin Murphy| T: J R Fanshawe| OR: 65

9/4

Showed ability on sole run for Archie Watson last summer but then off for for a year and switched yards before reappearing for James Fanshawe last month. Better on latest and more to come now handicapping for the first time.

Form: 5-95

(10)

Lamorna^b1,t1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: F Norton| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 65

66/1

Poor form with previous trainer and on first run for this yard. Tongue-tie and blinkers now go on but will have to have a dramatic transformation to make an impact.

Form: 0500

(1)

Cupid's Beau¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: L Morris| T: D Loughnane| OR: 64

4/1

Has taken a step forward on each run and beaten just a head in maiden here last month (Kingsholm under 2L back in fifth). Well backed that day so it was clearly no surprise and may have more to offer.

Form: 07-2

(11)

Sir Rodneyredblood¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Marco Ghiani⁽⁵⁾| T: J R Jenkins| OR: 64| D

7/1

Front-runner who took advantage of some trouble in behind when scoring at Lingfield last time and 4lb rise will make things tougher in better contest.

Form: 3-13551

(8)

Bernard Spierpoint¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Josephine Gordon| T: S L Keightley| OR: 62

5/1

Took a big step forward on third start when belying his odds of 100/1 when splitting Cupid's Beau and Kingsholm here last time. Like those, he is lightly raced and much depends on which of then have made the most progress since.

Form: 584

(7)

Quaint¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Tom Marquand| T: H Morrison| OR: 59

6/1

Finished third behind Sir Rodneyredblood and Bartat at Lingfield last time but involved in scrimmaging at the start and no surprise should she turn the tables now on better terms. Sound claims.

Form: 327-633

(2)

Bartat¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: S De Sousa| T: M R Channon| OR: 57

11/2

Spilt two of these rivals at Lingfield last time but career record of just one win from 15 runs is slightly off-putting and others may have more room for improvement.

Form: 0-35302

(4)

Cece Ceylon^p³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: K Stott| T: P T Midgley| OR: 57

40/1

Regressive when with Ralph Beckett and no sign of any form in two runs for this yard and not hard to look elsewhere.

Form: 8046-60

(5)

Outtake²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: A Mullen| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 55

66/1

Form tailed off when with Richard Hannon, and two runs this summer for Ruth Carr have offered no hope and hard to see him playing a part in this.

Form: 3606-09

(9)

Diamond Cottage⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Charlie Bennett| T: M S Saunders| OR: 54| BF

33/1

Windsor third in June would put her in the mix and subsequent run here can be ignored as she met interference leaving the stalls. Still lightly raced and open to improvement so not easily ruled out.

Form: 885-38

(6)

Skyllachy²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: David Probert| T: M D I Usher| OR: 52

50/1

Poor form all runs at big prices and easy to look elsewhere having failed to beat a single rival on comeback run last month.

Form: 08-609

Non-Runners

(12)

Grace And Virtue¹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: R A Fahey J: T Hamilton

(13)

Sparkling Diamond²¹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: P J McBride J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Kingsholm (9/4), Cupid's Beau (4/1), Bernard Spierpoint (5/1), Bartat (11/2), Quaint (6/1), Grace And Virtue (6/1), Sir Rodneyredblood (7/1), Sparkling Diamond (7/1), Diamond Cottage (33/1), Cece Ceylon (40/1), Skyllachy (50/1), Lamorna (66/1), Outtake (66/1)

Plenty of these have met before and one that hasn't, Grace And Virtue, whilst boasting the best form, could be running for the second time in 26 hours in a heatwave if coming on from Haydock. KINGSHOLM cost a packet at the sales 18 months ago, and while he will never reach the heights expected of him, may come out best from the recent maiden here and get off the mark. Cupid's Beau has to be of interest from the same race and along with Quaint, may give the selection most to do.