17:30 Wolverhampton

Monday 7 November 2022

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AWC Nursery

Off time: 17:31 | Winning time: 1m 48.56s

(5)

Venetian³³

Age: 2| Weight: 9-11| J: F Norton| T: C & M Johnston| OR: 77

9/4

Winner at Hamilton in August. 9/2, fifth of 7 in nursery at Nottingham (10.2f, heavy) 33 days ago, fading late on. Makes tapeta debut. Expected to be bang there in this lower grade.

Form: 233135

(6)

Dragonball Prince¹⁸

Age: 2| Weight: 9-11| J: Cieren Fallon| T: H Palmer| OR: 77

9/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 15/8, fifth of 7 in C&D novice 18 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 535

(3)

Bear Force³⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Rob Hornby| T: J G Portman| OR: 73

10/1

Has improved with each start, finishing third of 10 in maiden (18/1) at Brighton (7f, good to soft) 34 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Considered.

Form: 793

(10)

Hadley Park^t²^{(ex 6)}

Age: 2| Weight: 9-6| J: K Stott| T: G Boughey| OR: 66

6/5

Lightly-raced winner. 10/3 and tongue strap on for 1st time, career best when winning 10-runner nursery at Chelmsford City (8f) 2 days ago, plenty in hand. Carries penalty. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 7301

(4)

Lionella³⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 9-0| J: David Probert| T: A King| OR: 66

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 11/1, fourth of 10 in novice at Windsor (1m, good to firm) 35 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 854

(1)

My Honey B³⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: Joanna Mason| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 65

12/1

Career best when winning 9-runner nursery at Southwell (1m) 34 days ago, pushed out. Raised 6 lb but should continue to give a good account.

Form: 863361

(9)

Beautiful Star⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-13| J: S M Levey| T: R Hannon| OR: 65

14/1

17/2, respectable fourth of 11 in nursery at this course (7f) 9 days ago. Back up in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: 746744

(7)

Starmas^p1⁹

Age: 2| Weight: 8-12| J: David Egan| T: D Loughnane| OR: 64

80/1

Last of 11 in nursery at this course (7f, 22/1) 9 days ago. Back up in trip. Cheekpieces on first time. Headgear needs to have a positive effect.

Form: 720470

(8)

Sweet Fortune^p⁶⁵

Age: 2| Weight: 8-7| J: S A Gray| T: K R Burke| OR: 59| CD

33/1

C&D winner in August but only sixth of 7 in a C&D nursery last time. Possibly vulnerable to less-exposed types.

Form: 634126

Non-Runners

(2)

Corsican Caper³¹

Weight: 9-5| Age: 2

T: K P De Foy J: Daniel Muscutt

Forecasts

Hadley Park (6/5), Venetian (9/4), Dragonball Prince (9/1), Bear Force (10/1), My Honey B (12/1), Beautiful Star (14/1), Corsican Caper (14/1), Lionella (25/1), Sweet Fortune (33/1), Starmas (80/1)

VENETIAN seemed to find 1¼m on testing ground stretching his stamina last time and is given another chance back over a shorter trip. Bear Force, Corsican Caper and Hadley Park, the last named well-in despite a penalty for Saturday's nursery debut win, all rate possible improvers in handicaps and may give the selection most to do.