18:00 Wolverhampton

Monday 15 February 2021

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Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap

Off time: 18:02 | Winning time: 1m 59.55s

(4)

Hector's Here^b⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Jason Hart| T: I Furtado| OR: 66| BF| CD

10/3

Course winner. Latest win here in December. Bit below form sixth of 12 in handicap (3/1) at this course (8.6f) 41 days ago, missing break. One to consider.

Form: 77411-6

(5)

Never Said Nothing^h⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: L Morris| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 65| CD

13/8

Course winner. Latest win at Bath in September. Creditable second of 8 in claimer at this C&D (11/2) 5 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 1982-22

(8)

Zillion¹²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: L P Keniry| T: Mrs S Gardner| OR: 63

16/1

100/1, below form eighth of 13 in handicap at Bath (17.1f, good). Off 124 days. Significantly down in trip. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 77146/8-

(7)

Laurentia¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: George Downing| T: D K Ivory| OR: 62| CD

7/1

Course winner. Four wins from 14 runs last year. Latest win at Lingfield in November. Creditable fifth of 11 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, AW, 40/1) 10 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 17146-5

(3)

Raajihah²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: D C Costello| T: K Bishop| OR: 60

50/1

Sixth of 12 in minor event at this C&D (200/1) 20 days ago, left poorly placed. Makes handicap debut. Limited appeal.

Form: 5-56

(1)

Michele Strogoff³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-2| J: B A Curtis| T: M Appleby| OR: 60| CD

3/1

3-time C&D winner. Thirty three runs since last win in 2019. 18/1, sixth of 7 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 31 days ago. Beginning to look very well handicapped and Curtis takes over in the saddle.

Form: 696-876

(6)

Amor Fati⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Callum Hutchinson⁽⁷⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 54| CD

16/1

Best avoided. C&D winner. 25/1, last of 9 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 9 days ago, very slowly away. Now below last winning mark. One to note in the market.

Form: 88770-9

Non-Runners

(9)

Broken Rifle²

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: I Furtado J: S M Levey

(2)

Epic Challenge²

Weight: 8-13| Age: 6

T: I Furtado J: Joey Haynes

Forecasts

Never Said Nothing (13/8), Michele Strogoff (3/1), Broken Rifle (3/1), Hector's Here (10/3), Epic Challenge (6/1), Laurentia (7/1), Zillion (16/1), Amor Fati (16/1), Raajihah (50/1)

MICHELE STROGOFF has largely disappointed since returning from a break in November but he is looking well treated as a result. Down in class and with Ben Curtis taking the ride, he is chanced to take advantage of a low mark. Broken Rifle should go close if repeating his win here last week, though needs to put a lesser effort on Saturday behind him. Hector's Here looks best of the remainder.