18:45 Wolverhampton

Friday 13 November 2020

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Bombardier British-Hopped Amber Beer Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 18:46 | Winning time: 1m 27.8s

(3)

Adelante²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: George Rooke⁽⁵⁾| T: George Baker| OR: 75| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2019. Third of 7 in handicap (28/1) at Kempton (7f) 23 days ago. Solid each-way chance.

Form: 598903

(6)

Eye Of The Water¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Joshua Bryan⁽³⁾| T: R Harris| OR: 75| C| D

11/2

Course winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2019. Bit below form fourth of 13 in handicap (5/1) at this course (6.1f) 11 days ago. Should give another bold bid from the front, leading claims,

Form: 222224

(12)

Johnny Reb^v²³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: James Doyle| T: J Ferguson| OR: 74| D

5/1

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap at Kempton (6f, 2/1) 23 days ago, having run of race. Widest draw makes life harder tonight.

Form: 1D8321

(4)

American Entente^t²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: R Havlin| T: J & T Gosden| OR: 75| D

3/1

Thrice-raced winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Won 11-runner minor event (5/1) at Chelmsford City (7f) 22 days ago, keeping on well. Makes handicap debut. More required.

Form: 361

(7)

Evasive Power^p⁶⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: K T O'Neill| T: R Brisland| OR: 73| BF| C

50/1

First run since leaving Denis Hogan when bit below form eighth of 13 in handicap (11/8) at Navan (5.8f, good to soft) 64 days ago. First run for yard after leaving P. Twomey. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 69020-8

(2)

Rux Ruxx^p³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: S De Sousa| T: T D Easterby| OR: 72| D

16/1

20/1, last of 10 in handicap at this C&D 39 days ago. Very hard to make a case for in current form.

Form: 046090

(8)

Mabre¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: T P Queally| T: P D Evans| OR: 72

12/1

Latest win at Yarmouth in October. Creditable third of 12 in handicap (4/1) at Newmarket (8f, heavy) 13 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 431813

(1)

Grey Galleon^v⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: J Mitchell| T: R A Teal| OR: 71

11/1

Latest win at Bath in July. Respectable fifth of 11 in handicap (25/1) at this course (6.1f) 41 days ago, never nearer. Enters calculations.

Form: 9-23145

(11)

Proud Archi¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: P Mulrennan| T: M Dods| OR: 70| D

22/1

Eighteen runs since last win in 2018. 66/1, bit below form fifth of 14 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f) 14 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 358005

(10)

Albadr¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Rhiain Ingram⁽⁵⁾| T: R Ingram| OR: 70

33/1

Good third of 11 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 20/1) 16 days ago, not ideally placed. Solid each-way claims once again.

Form: 5-50083

(5)

Amniarix⁵⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Tom Marquand| T: E Walker| OR: 69

9/2

Twice-raced maiden. 7/2, third of 9 in minor event at Kempton (6f) 56 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Open to progress.

Form: 43

(9)

Nezar²³

Age: 9| Weight: 9-2| J: George Downing| T: D K Ivory| OR: 67| CD

33/1

4-time course winner. 6¾ lengths eighth of 9 to Johnny Reb in handicap at Kempton (6f, 11/1) 23 days ago, met some trouble. Others make more appeal.

Form: 900948

Forecasts

American Entente (3/1), Amniarix (9/2), Johnny Reb (5/1), Eye Of The Water (11/2), Adelante (15/2), Grey Galleon (11/1), Mabre (12/1), Rux Ruxx (16/1), Proud Archi (22/1), Nezar (33/1), Albadr (33/1), Evasive Power (50/1)

This is a very tough puzzle to crack but marginal preference is for EYE OF THE WATER who is a consistent front-runner and he can finally get his long overdue first victory in 2020. Adelante ran well last time at Kempton and she might be able to build on that. Albadr is one of several others with decent each-way claims.