14:10 Wolverhampton

Sunday 31 January 2021

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Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 2m 43.42s

(9)

Tanqeeb^p¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: B A Curtis| T: Ian Williams| OR: 58| C

6/1

Course winner. 11/1, respectable third of 9 in handicap at this course (9.5f) 13 days ago, slowly away. Back up in trip. Booking of Curtis a plus. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 51384-3

(6)

Henry Croft¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: L Morris| T: A W Carroll| OR: 57

9/1

Eighth of 9 in handicap at this course (9.5f, 66/1) 13 days ago, not knocked about. Up in trip. One to note in the market.

Form: 172/7-08

(1)

Gypsy Dancer^h¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: David Probert| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 59

16/1

Third of 5 in seller at Lingfield (12f, AW, 5/2) 15 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Others more persuasive.

Form: 07/48-33

(7)

Quoteline Direct^h³⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: J Garritty| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 56

4/1

Twenty four runs since last win in 2018. 7/1, seventh of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (12.4f) 34 days ago, slowly away. Others make more appeal.

Form: 375227-

(8)

Seasearch^p¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: William Cox⁽³⁾| T: C J Gray| OR: 55| CD

50/1

C&D winner. 50/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Chepstow (19.4f, heavy) 11 days ago. Down in trip. Poor on last Flat run.

Form: 104330/

(5)

Flight Command¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: George Rooke⁽⁵⁾| T: S Drinkwater| OR: 58

13/2

One win from 3 runs last year. Winner at Gowran in October. 4/1, fifth of 6 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 14 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 4/071-55

(12)

Liva^p⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: J Fanning| T: Stef Keniry| OR: 54

11/4

Sixteen runs since last win in 2018. Creditable third of 10 in handicap (5/1) at Kempton (12f) 6 days ago. Leading claims if repeating that effort.

Form: 5936-53

(4)

Butterfield⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 9-1| J: Liam Keniry| T: B Forsey| OR: 53| C

50/1

Course winner. One win from 2 runs last year. 18/1, last of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, AW) 7 days ago. Up in trip. Others have achieved more.

Form: 741/17-8

(11)

G For Gabrial¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: T Hamilton| T: R A Fahey| OR: 55| BF

11/2

One win from 23 Flat runs. Sixteen runs since last win in 2019. Creditable fourth of 12 in handicap at this course (9.5f, 6/1) 13 days ago. Up in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: 3333-54

(3)

Frame Rate^p⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Tyler Heard⁽⁷⁾| T: C J Gray| OR: 51

33/1

First run since leaving Iain Jardine when eleventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at Exeter (18.5f, heavy, 50/1) 58 days ago. Modest on the Flat, respectable on last Flat outing.

Form: 220362-

(2)

Man Of Verve¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 8-8| J: Shane Gray| T: P A Kirby| OR: 46| C

16/1

Course winner. Latest win at Newcastle in September. Bit below form eighth of 13 in handicap (10/1) at Newcastle (10.2f) 16 days ago, not ideally placed. Back up in trip.

Form: 9015-88

Non-Runners

(10)

Enmeshing¹⁵

Weight: 9-4| Age: 8

T: Alexandra Dunn J: Daniel Muscutt

Forecasts

Liva (11/4), Quoteline Direct (4/1), G For Gabrial (11/2), Tanqeeb (6/1), Flight Command (13/2), Henry Croft (9/1), Man Of Verve (16/1), Gypsy Dancer (16/1), Enmeshing (16/1), Frame Rate (33/1), Butterfield (50/1), Seasearch (50/1)

LIVA hasn't won on the level since July 2018 but he's been knocking on the door in recent runs and should be able to gain a long overdue success off an attractive-looking mark. Tanqeeb shouldn't be far away after a solid effort at this venue earlier in the month. G For Gabrial is a reliable each-way proposition.