18:30 Wolverhampton

Monday 17 October 2022

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At The Races App Market Movers Handicap

Off time: 18:31 | Winning time: 1m 26.92s

(4)

Animal Instinct^p¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: L Morris| T: Ian Williams| OR: 81| D

18/1

25/1, eleventh of 13 in handicap at Kempton (7f) 12 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 584060

(6)

Manhattanville^p1¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 78| D

4/1

Consistent sort who posted a solid third of 11 in handicap at this C&D (5/1) 14 days ago, running on. Cheekpieces on 1st time and in the mix.

Form: 228333

(1)

Buckshaw Village³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Billy Garritty| T: R A Fahey| OR: 78| D

5/2

Winner at Lingfield in August. Tenth of 13 in handicap (6/1) at Newcastle (7.1f) 32 days ago. Can give a good account if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 024610

(10)

Giewont^e/c,t⁶⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Frederick Larson⁽³⁾| T: R A Teal| OR: 78| CD

11/1

C&D winner. Below form 6¾ lengths fifth of 11 to Buckshaw Village in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW, 7/1) 67 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Darryll Holland. Others have achieved more.

Form: 614475

(5)

Spacer⁷⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Ray Dawson| T: D Loughnane| OR: 77| D

9/1

12/1, eleventh of 13 in handicap at Doncaster (8f, good to firm) 74 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0-46200

(2)

Boafo Boy²³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Saffie Osborne⁽³⁾| T: J A Osborne| OR: 77

11/1

Lightly-raced winner. Creditable fifth of 8 in handicap (4/1) at Kempton (6f), slowly away. Off 7 months. Makes tapeta debut. Not discounted.

Form: 143-25

(7)

Aussie Banker¹⁶³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Callum Shepherd| T: R Hughes| OR: 76| BF

7/2

Lightly-raced winner. Winner at Haydock in April. 13/8, respectable sixth of 11 in handicap at Nottingham (8.3f, good). Off 163 days. Can make presence felt.

Form: 453-16

(12)

Brains¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Grace McEntee⁽³⁾| T: J Butler| OR: 74

18/1

Patiently ridden all three runs for his current yard, not knocked about when eighth of 11 in handicap at this C&D (14/1) 14 days ago. Very much one to consider off a good mark.

Form: 762688

(3)

Smeaton's Light¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: George Bass⁽³⁾| T: M R Channon| OR: 72

9/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2021. Creditable third of 10 in handicap (5/1) at this course (6.1f) 16 days ago so no forlorn hope.

Form: 556483

(8)

Poet^p¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 67

80/1

Ninth of 10 in handicap (66/1) at this course (6.1f) 16 days ago. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 438709

Non-Runners

(9)

Top Secret³⁰

Weight: 9-11| Age: 5

T: W Muir & C Grassick J: Benoit D L Sayette

(11)

Chola Empire³⁰

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: D M Simcock J: Callum Shepherd

Forecasts

Buckshaw Village (5/2), Aussie Banker (7/2), Manhattanville (4/1), Chola Empire (7/1), Smeaton's Light (9/1), Spacer (9/1), Top Secret (10/1), Giewont (11/1), Boafo Boy (11/1), Animal Instinct (18/1), Brains (18/1), Poet (80/1)

A case can be made for a few of these but BRAINS caught the eye when a patiently-riddden C&D eighth last time for John Butler and can capitalise on a further 2 lb drop in the weights here. Aussie Banker is weighted to have a big say too and rates the chief threat after a break with the consistent Manhattanville rating a solid place prospect once more.