19:30 Wolverhampton

Wednesday 21 December 2022

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BetUK's Acca Club 5 Free Bet Handicap

Off time: 19:30 | Winning time: 1m 12.86s

(2)

Laheg⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: L Morris| T: M Botti| OR: 80| D

11/4

Latest win at Chelmsford City in October. Seventh of 10 in handicap (10/3) at the same course (6f) 41 days ago. Gelded since and will be a danger to all if able to bounce back.

Form: 10-7417

(6)

Ballyare^p,t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: S A Gray| T: Miss Lucinda V Russell| OR: 78| CD

9/2

C&D winner. Latest win at Chester in June. 33/1, creditable fifth of 13 in handicap at Newcastle (6f) 19 days ago, caught further back than ideal. Down another 1 lb and he's one to be interested in.

Form: 718065

(1)

Intervention^p¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Frederick Larson⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 78| CD

9/4

C&D winner. 7 wins from 24 runs this year. 7/1, respectable third of 10 in handicap at this C&D 11 days ago. Likely he'll be on the premises once again.

Form: 364373

(3)

Muscika^v¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: Jason Watson| T: D O'Meara| OR: 78| CD

4/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Chelmsford City in November. 6/1, respectable third of 8 in handicap at this C&D 18 days ago. Likely to be in the mix.

Form: 087513

(4)

Watermelon Sugar³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Joey Haynes| T: C Banham| OR: 77| CD

16/1

C&D winner. 4 wins from 6 runs this year. 22/1, first run since leaving Archie Watson when ninth of 11 in handicap at this C&D 32 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 111129

(7)

Idoapologise^p³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Ben Robinson| T: B Ellison| OR: 68| CD

9/1

C&D winner. 3 wins from 20 runs this year. Latest win at Lingfield in November. Eighth of 10 in handicap at this C&D (12/1) 3 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Current mark is probably just beyond his reach nowadays.

Form: 151018

(8)

Neptune Legend¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: David Probert| T: A W Carroll| OR: 68

66/1

Fifteen runs since last win in 2021. Last of 10 in handicap (80/1) at this C&D 11 days ago. Readily passed over. Yard also saddles Bezzas Lad.

Form: 530700

(5)

Bezzas Lad²³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Mollie Phillips⁽³⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 64| CD

33/1

C&D winner. 50/1, last of 11 in handicap at this C&D 23 days ago. Back to a potentially lenient mark but others look more likely all the same.

Form: 400300

Non-Runners

(9)

Amber Dew¹¹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: S Dixon J: Elisha Whittington

Forecasts

Intervention (9/4), Laheg (11/4), Muscika (4/1), Ballyare (9/2), Amber Dew (8/1), Idoapologise (9/1), Watermelon Sugar (16/1), Bezzas Lad (33/1), Neptune Legend (66/1)

It could be worth siding with BALLYARE, who did well to finish as close as he did when fifth at Newcastle last time and he's edged back down to the mark off which he hit the target at Chester during the summer. Muscika did little wrong when third over this C&D recently and should be bang there once more, while Laheg and Intervention are others to consider.