19:40 Wolverhampton

Monday 18 January 2021

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Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 19:40 | Winning time: 2m 1.97s

(11)

Critical Thinking^p¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: R Kingscote| T: D Loughnane| OR: 67| CD

9/1

8-time course winner. Four wins from 21 runs last year. Creditable third of 9 in handicap at this course (7.2f, 3/1) 14 days ago, running on. One to consider back up in trip.

Form: 61514-3

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(3)

Visibility^p⁷^{(ex 5)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 62| CD

11/4

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap (22/1) at this C&D 7 days ago. Likeable sort who should go well again under a penalty.

Form: 43589-1

(1)

First Dance¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: J P Sullivan| T: T P Tate| OR: 64| CD

18/1

C&D winner. 50/1, creditable third of 12 in handicap at this course (8.6f) 13 days ago, missing break.

Form: 5617/9-3

(10)

Hot Team^v³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Barry McHugh| T: R A Fahey| OR: 64

17/2

One win from 21 Flat runs. Bit below form sixth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (12/1) 34 days ago, ridden too aggressively. Visor back on. Likely to bounce back.

Form: 073756-

(5)

Jack D'Or¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Tom Marquand| T: E Walker| OR: 63

13/2

Respectable fourth of 11 in handicap (15/2) at Lingfield (8f, AW) 16 days ago. Makes some appeal back in a lesser grade of handicap.

Form: 25790-4

(7)

Arabic Welcome²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Christian Howarth⁽⁷⁾| T: M Botti| OR: 63

2/1

Thrice-raced maiden. First run since leaving Saeed Bin Suroor when third of 7 in handicap (11/1) at Newcastle (8f) 21 days ago, finishing with running left. Should improve.

Form: 563-

(2)

Henry Croft⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-6| J: Mollie Phillips⁽⁷⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 61

66/1

Tenth of 12 in handicap (125/1) at Lingfield (10f, AW) 9 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 2172/7-0

(8)

Tanqeeb^p³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Hollie Doyle| T: Ian Williams| OR: 59| C

11/1

Course winner. Latest win at Bath in September. Bit below form fourth of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (12f, AW, 9/2) 30 days ago. Down in trip. Cheekpieces back on. Others make more appeal.

Form: 751384-

(9)

Final Attack^p¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 8-13| J: Liam Keniry| T: Sarah Hollinshead| OR: 54| CD

20/1

4-time course winner. Won 13-runner handicap (22/1) at this C&D 12 days ago. Can give another good account.

Form: 26210-1

Non-Runners

(12)

Win Win Power⁸⁶

Weight: 9-11| Age: 4

T: R Hannon J: Rossa Ryan

(6)

Corked⁵²

Weight: 9-8| Age: 8

T: A C Whillans J: P J McDonald

(4)

Never Said Nothing³⁷

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: D M Loughnane J: L Morris

Forecasts

Arabic Welcome (2/1), Visibility (11/4), Jack D'Or (13/2), Corked (7/1), Win Win Power (7/1), Hot Team (17/2), Critical Thinking (9/1), Never Said Nothing (10/1), Tanqeeb (11/1), First Dance (18/1), Final Attack (20/1), Henry Croft (66/1)

VISIBILITY picked up nicely to score over C&D 7 days ago and could be up to defying a penalty on just his fourth outing for Scott Dixon. Plenty of others have feasible claims, most notable of whom are the in-form mare Corked and 8-time course winner Critical Thinking.