16:40 Wolverhampton

Saturday 3 September 2022

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Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 1m 48.04s

(1)

Ciotog³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Luke Catton| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 65

28/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, eleventh of 13 in handicap at Brighton (8f, good, 80/1) 31 days ago. Others have achieved more.

Form: 22-6600

(7)

River Wharfe^p³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Mollie Phillips| T: A W Carroll| OR: 64

28/1

25/1, twelfth of 13 in handicap at Brighton (8f, good) 31 days ago. Cheekpieces back on with work to do.

Form: 960-020

(6)

Opticality⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Aidan Keeley⁽³⁾| T: M Hunt| OR: 64

5/2

6/1, good second of 9 in handicap at Ffos Las (10f, good to soft) 9 days ago, clear of rest. Well in the mix.

Form: 4-52022

(2)

Far From A Ruby¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: O McSweeney| T: K Scott| OR: 62| BF| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Tenth of 11 in handicap (7/2) at Catterick (7f, good to firm) 19 days ago, very slowly away. Back up in trip. Can give a good account if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 472210

(9)

Ricksen^h²²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Mr Taylor Fisher⁽⁵⁾| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 60

16/1

Fair fifth of 7 in handicap (4/1) at this C&D, well positioned. Off 7 months and needs to hit the ground running.

Form: 65349-5

(4)

Street Poet^p,t¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: Jonathan Fisher| T: M Herrington| OR: 58| CD

12/1

4-time C&D winner. Latest win at Chelmsford City in August. Creditable third of 6 in handicap (11/4) at Chelmsford City (7f) 14 days ago. Back up in trip and needs considering.

Form: 435123

(5)

Maylah¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Mark Winn⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 57| C

5/4

4/9, comfortably landed 7-runner minor event at Chelmsford City (8f) 14 days ago. This course winner holds very good claims back in handicap company.

Form: 634121

(8)

Harbour Vision^v¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Kieran Schofield| T: S Dixon| OR: 57

15/2

Twenty nine runs since last win in 2020. 12/1, creditable third of 14 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 12 days ago, doing too much too soon. Can make presence felt.

Form: 450523

Non-Runners

(3)

Lady Ziana²⁴

Weight: 8-12| Age: 4

T: D H Brown J: Jonny Peate

Forecasts

Maylah (5/4), Opticality (5/2), Harbour Vision (15/2), Far From A Ruby (9/1), Street Poet (12/1), Lady Ziana (14/1), Ricksen (16/1), River Wharfe (28/1), Ciotog (28/1)

A few with chances but the vote goes to MAYLAH who looks handily weighted returned to handicap company after his comfortable success in a Chelmsford City classified event a fortnight ago. Opticality is feared most on the back of her good Ffos Las second with 4-time C&D winner Street Poet another to consider.