17:30 Wolverhampton

Monday 28 February 2022

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Betway Handicap

Off time: 17:31 | Winning time: 1m 0.30s

(4)

Atiyah^b²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Connor Beasley| T: T D Barron| OR: 74| CD

3/1

C&D winner. 12/1, creditable fourth of 10 in handicap at Newcastle (5f) 24 days ago, running on. Shortlist material.

Form: 204-524

(7)

Lilkian¹¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Tyler Heard⁽⁵⁾| T: Darryll Holland| OR: 73| BF| C| D

14/1

Course winner but below form fourth of 10 in handicap at Chelmsford City (6f). Off 114 days and needs to hit the ground running.

Form: 113424-

(1)

Sarah's Verse¹⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Jason Watson| T: R Harris| OR: 71

14/1

Three-time winner last year. 7/1, creditable second of 7 in handicap at Bath (5.7f, good). Off 154 days but can give another good account.

Form: 222202-

(2)

The Thin Blue Line²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Callum Rodriguez| T: K Dalgleish| OR: 71| BF| D

3/1

Latest win at Southwell in December. Seventh of 10 in handicap at Newcastle (5f, 11/4) 24 days ago, so more is needed here.

Form: 831-327

(3)

Buy Me Back²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Tom Marquand| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 71| CD

9/1

C&D winner. 10/1, below par seventh of 10 in handicap at Chelmsford City (5f) 25 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 5035-37

(5)

Seraphinite²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: R Havlin| T: W Jarvis| OR: 70| D

10/1

14/1, modest eighth of 10 in handicap at Chelmsford City (5f) 25 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 1362-68

(6)

Cuban Breeze^v¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Gina Mangan⁽⁵⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 68| C| D

6/1

First run since leaving Mick Quinn when visored and comfortably landed 10-runner handicap (13/2) at Chelmsford City (5f) 11 days ago. Big player despite 4 lb rise.

Form: 85304-1

(11)

Scale Force^b⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Hollie Doyle| T: Miss Gay Kelleway| OR: 65| CD

7/1

C&D winner. 9/4, good second of 3 in seller at Southwell (5f) 6 days ago. Eleven runs since his last win in 2021, however.

Form: 6-94362

(8)

Perfect Sign²²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: L Morris| T: G Harris| OR: 62

100/1

150/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at Kempton (6f) 22 days ago. Plenty more is required if she's to gain a second win.

Form: 01/05-97

(9)

Mutabaahy⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-9| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 62| CD

20/1

6-time C&D winne but it's now twenty runs since last win in 2021. Hampered when seventh of 11 in handicap (25/1) at Newcastle (5f) 9 days ago, but others still appeal more.

Form: 656-977

Non-Runners

(10)

Vandad³⁴

Weight: 9-6| Age: 5

T: M J Attwater J: Non Runner

Forecasts

The Thin Blue Line (3/1), Atiyah (3/1), Cuban Breeze (6/1), Scale Force (7/1), Buy Me Back (9/1), Seraphinite (10/1), Sarah's Verse (14/1), Lilkian (14/1), Vandad (16/1), Mutabaahy (20/1), Perfect Sign (100/1)

CUBAN BREEZE was revitalised by a yard switch and change of headgear when scoring in good style at Chelmsford City and can follow up here despite taking a 4 lb rise in the weights. C&D scorer Atiyah is feared most, with Scale Force another with winning form here appealing as the pick of the remainder.