16:45 Wolverhampton

Friday 13 November 2020

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Play 4 To Win At Betway Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 1m 13.84s

(3)

Princes Des Sables²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 80| D

15/2

Five wins from 19 Flat runs. Bit below form seventh of 12 in handicap (10/1) at this C&D 27 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 0-06437

(5)

Praxeology⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: R Kingscote| T: D Loughnane| OR: 80| D

11/2

25/1, fourteenth of 19 in handicap at Doncaster (7f, soft) 6 days ago. Form prior to that was encouraging though and one to consider for each-way purposes.

Form: 060220

(7)

Diamond Dougal^v²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Ray Dawson⁽³⁾| T: R M H Cowell| OR: 79| D

12/1

Blinkered for 1st time, eighth of 10 in handicap (18/1) at Newbury (6f, heavy) 21 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Visor back on. Others make more appeal.

Form: 403808

(11)

Fantastic Flyer^p⁸⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: George Downing| T: D K Ivory| OR: 78| C| D

40/1

Course winner. Seven wins from 23 Flat runs. 40/1, ninth of 10 in handicap at Kempton (6f) 87 days ago, not ideally placed. Best watched after nearly three months off from wide draw.

Form: 511469

(6)

The Blue Bower¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Tyler Saunders⁽⁵⁾| T: J G Portman| OR: 76| C| D

4/1

Course winner. 4 wins from 9 runs this year. Latest win at Kempton in September. 17/2, good second of 13 in handicap at this C&D 11 days ago, finishing well. Should go close.

Form: 515152

(10)

Lezardrieux¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 75| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Five wins from 16 Flat runs. 3 wins from 10 runs this year. Good second of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (6f, 5/1) 14 days ago, clear of rest. Merits consideration.

Form: 421212

(8)

Love Love¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: S De Sousa| T: R Hannon| OR: 75| C

11/1

Lightly-raced winner. Didn't need to be at best when winning 8-runner minor event (15/8) at this course (5.1f) 13 days ago. Doesn't look particularly well treated for handicap debut.

Form: 5324-1

(9)

Glasvegas²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: T P Queally| T: P D Evans| OR: 74| D

20/1

Visored for 1st time, bit below form fourth of 12 in handicap (9/1) at Doncaster (7f, soft) 20 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Keith Dalgleish. Has work to do.

Form: 088604

(2)

Nearly A Gonna²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Cam Hardie| T: T D Easterby| OR: 71| D

14/1

Winner at Ripon in July. 50/1, eighth of 12 in handicap at Doncaster (7f, soft) 20 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Others make more appeal.

Form: 401048

(4)

Garth Rockett^p,t⁸^{(ex 5)}

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: L Morris| T: M Murphy| OR: 66| D

7/2

4 wins from 9 runs this year. Career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Chelmsford City (6f, 5/2) 8 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Leniently treated under penalty and hard to oppose currently.

Form: 489011

(1)

Final Frontier³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 8-5| J: J P Sullivan| T: Mrs R Carr| OR: 64| D

33/1

Tenth of 13 in handicap (33/1) at Newcastle (6f) 37 days ago. Difficult to enthuse over.

Form: 534-430

Forecasts

Garth Rockett (7/2), The Blue Bower (4/1), Lezardrieux (5/1), Praxeology (11/2), Princes Des Sables (15/2), Love Love (11/1), Diamond Dougal (12/1), Nearly A Gonna (14/1), Glasvegas (20/1), Final Frontier (33/1), Fantastic Flyer (40/1)

GARTH ROCKETT is thriving at the moment and it would be brave to oppose his hat-trick bid under a 5 lb penalty given he is due to go up 9 lb after this engagement. The Blue Bower is a consistent sort who might give him most to think about. Praxeology may make the frame if he puts his Doncaster disappointment behind him.