19:30 Wolverhampton

Saturday 30 October 2021

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Betway Handicap

Off time: 19:31 | Winning time: 2m 0.6s

(1)

Hillwalker^b1⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Cameron Noble⁽³⁾| T: D Faulkner| OR: 65

50/1

Out of sorts for Tim Easterby last year and last of 8 in handicap at Goodwood (9f, good to firm, 50/1) on belated return 62 days ago. Blinkered for 1st time.

Form: 3/5700-8

(5)

Gold Souk^t,v1¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Joshua Bryan| T: D Steele| OR: 62

25/1

Latest win at Lingfield in May. Thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Yarmouth (10.1f, good to soft, 40/1) 11 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Visor on 1st time. Others more persuasive.

Form: 552360

(12)

Invincible Soldier²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: T E Whelan| T: C G Cox| OR: 65| CD

11/4

C&D winner in September. Respectable fifth of 10 in handicap at this course (12.2f, 3/1) 26 days ago, not settling. Back down in trip. Not dismissed.

Form: 214315

(10)

Waltzing Queen⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: S W Kelly| T: Rae Guest| OR: 65

11/1

Fair maiden. Eighth of 10 in handicap at Chelmsford City (8f, 17/2) 48 days ago, going off too hard. Makes tapeta debut.

Form: 232438

(7)

Trusty Scout^p1²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: D C Costello| T: D Pipe| OR: 64| BF| D

14/1

Winner at Hamilton in September. Second of 4 in seller (evens) at Leicester (10f, heavy) 25 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. First run for yard after leaving David O'Meara. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 785912

(9)

Lenny's Spirit²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: David Egan| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 63

4/1

York winner last year. 9/1, respectable third of 12 in handicap at Chelmsford City (8f) 21 days ago. Deserves a change of luck.

Form: 485333

(4)

Chifa^p1¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: L Morris| T: E De Giles| OR: 57

22/1

Maiden. 12/1, bit below form seventh of 14 in handicap at Kempton (8f) 11 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 489407

(6)

Billy Roberts³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: P Mulrennan| T: S Whitaker| OR: 56

7/1

7/1, didn't need to improve to win 10-runner handicap at Beverley (9.9f, good to firm) 39 days ago, well ridden by Mulrennan. Expected to be bang there again.

Form: 226651

(3)

Diamond Jill³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: R Kingscote| T: Sarah Hollinshead| OR: 56| CD

5/1

C&D winner in May. 18/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at Chester (10.3f, good) 35 days ago, carried badly right from over 2f out. Could bounce back here.

Form: 144447

(13)

Le Bayou^b²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Cam Hardie| T: J L Eyre| OR: 54

10/1

Winner at Beverley in July. Good second of 11 in handicap at Nottingham (10.2f, soft, 9/2) 24 days ago, clear of rest. In top form and can double his tally before long.

Form: 215622

(8)

Janie Jones¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: David Probert| T: M R Channon| OR: 57

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ninth of 10 on handicap debut at Yarmouth (8f, good to soft, 25/1) 19 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. 3 lb drop will help.

Form: 8589

(2)

Storm Dreamer^p1³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: Morgan Cole⁽⁷⁾| T: E J Alston| OR: 52

25/1

Modest maiden. Thirteenth of 14 in handicap (10/1) at Newcastle (8f) 39 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Work to do.

Form: 053580

(11)

Emanate¹³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Elisha Whittington⁽⁵⁾| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 49

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Off 138 days. Makes tapeta debut. Lots of improvement needed.

Form: 7638

Forecasts

Invincible Soldier (11/4), Lenny's Spirit (4/1), Diamond Jill (5/1), Billy Roberts (7/1), Le Bayou (10/1), Waltzing Queen (11/1), Janie Jones (14/1), Trusty Scout (14/1), Chifa (22/1), Gold Souk (25/1), Storm Dreamer (25/1), Emanate (50/1), Hillwalker (50/1)

BILLY ROBERTS ended a long losing run last time at Beverley and is lower in the weights on the AW. His best runs away from turf have come at this venue and he's taken to go in again under Paul Mulrennan. Le Bayou is the danger, while Lenny's Spirit could also figure.