18:10 Wolverhampton

Wednesday 30 December 2020

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Bombardier Handicap

Off time: 18:11 | Winning time: 1m 48.57s

(7)

Nonios^h¹³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: Dylan Hogan⁽³⁾| T: D M Simcock| OR: 87| CD

66/1

Course winner. Tenth of 11 in handicap (25/1) at Chelmsford City (10f), slowly away. Off 130 days. Needs to bounce back after a break.

Form: 137700

(3)

Streak Lightning¹⁵¹

7/2

C&D winner. Latest win at Ripon in June. 8/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap at Goodwood (9f, good to firm). Off 151 days. Most impressive here on debut, so worth considering back from a break.

Form: 1100

(2)

Golden Force^v²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: S Donohoe| T: C Fellowes| OR: 83| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Latest win at York in July. Good ¾-length third of 7 to De Vegas Kid in handicap (16/5) at this C&D 29 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 110763

(13)

Masked Identity^p²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Josephine Gordon| T: S L Keightley| OR: 82| C

12/1

Course winner. Latest win at Newmarket in July. 5/1, 2½ lengths sixth of 7 to De Vegas Kid in handicap at this C&D 29 days ago. Up against it from stall 13.

Form: 102536

(8)

Poetic Force^t²³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Elisha Whittington⁽⁵⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 81| CD

9/1

4-time C&D winner. Latest win at Bath in August. Good third of 12 in handicap (12/1) at this course (7.2f) 23 days ago. Will be suited by a return to this trip, so makes some appeal.

Form: 371673

(10)

Cityzen Serg³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Thore Hammer-Hansen⁽³⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 82| CD

10/3

Career best when winning 10-runner handicap at this C&D (10/3) 39 days ago. Firmly on the up and capable of completing the hat-trick up against more exposed types.

Form: 349911

(5)

De Vegas Kid²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: David Probert| T: A W Carroll| OR: 79| CD

17/2

Won 7-runner handicap (10/1) at this C&D 29 days ago, driven out to lead late in a race that panned out nicely. Should give another good account after a small rise.

Form: 793771

(6)

The Met^p1,t¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Harrison Shaw| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 79| CD

12/1

C&D winner. 7/2, first run since leaving David Loughnane when fifth of 8 in handicap at this course (9.5f) 15 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time and lingering on a handy mark.

Form: 403865

(1)

Elmejor²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: J Mitchell| T: J R Best| OR: 78

11/1

5/1, last of 6 in handicap at Chelmsford City (10f) 20 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Return to this trip should suit, so not totally discounted.

Form: 064926

(11)

Apex King¹¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Laura Pearson⁽⁷⁾| T: D Loughnane| OR: 75

16/1

Latest win at Lingfield in June. 8/1, last of 10 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, good to firm). Off 114 days. Rejoined yard after leaving EdDeGiles.

Form: 169730

(4)

Whatwouldyouknow¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Joanna Mason⁽⁵⁾| T: R C Guest| OR: 69| BF| CD

25/1

3-time C&D winner. Latest win here in December. Below form seventh of 13 in handicap at this course (9.5f, 3/1) 15 days ago. Liable to struggle once again.

Form: 222317

(9)

Evasive Power³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: William Carson| T: R Brisland| OR: 68| C

40/1

Course winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2018. 22/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at Chelmsford City (8f) 37 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 020-866

Non-Runners

(12)

Unforgiving Minute³⁶

Weight: 9-10| Age: 9

T: S Curran J: Grace McEntee

Forecasts

Cityzen Serg (10/3), Streak Lightning (7/2), Golden Force (5/1), Unforgiving Minute (7/1), De Vegas Kid (17/2), Poetic Force (9/1), Elmejor (11/1), The Met (12/1), Masked Identity (12/1), Apex King (16/1), Whatwouldyouknow (25/1), Evasive Power (40/1), Nonios (66/1)

CITYZEN SERG is in terrific form and looks up to landing a C&D hat-trick as he continues on an upward curve. He's preferred to De Vegas Kid and Golden Force, who fought out a tight finish here last time and should be in the mix once more.