20:30 Wolverhampton

Saturday 4 March 2023

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BetUK's Acca Club 5 Free Bet Handicap

Off time: 20:31 | Winning time: 1m 59.52s

(9)

Stopnsearch⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Harry Burns⁽³⁾| T: B R Johnson| OR: 67

14/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2021. Creditable second of 9 in handicap (6/1) at Kempton (1m) 46 days ago, keeping on last ½f. Longer trip will hold no fears if he can back that up now.

Form: 28278-2

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(11)

Kentucky Kingdom³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: D C Costello| T: H J Evans| OR: 65| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Respectable third of 6 in handicap at Chelmsford (10f, 8/1) 30 days ago, having to pick way through. Now operating 2 lb below last winning mark and drop back into class 6 company a plus.

Form: 155-583

(2)

Carey Street¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: Joanna Mason| T: Mrs L Stubbs| OR: 64| CD

15/2

C&D winner. 9/2, creditable fourth of 13 in handicap at this course (8.6f) 19 days ago, headed well inside final 1f and no extra. Handy draw to work from and no reason why he won't give another good account.

Form: 2066-44

(1)

Hooflepuff^v⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: K Stott| T: H Bethell| OR: 64| CD

8/1

8-time course winner. Latest win here in November. Creditable seventh of 12 in handicap at Southwell (12.1f, 33/1) 9 days ago. Back down in trip and return to this venue an obvious plus.

Form: 1258-87

(5)

Snooze Lane¹⁰⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Joshua Bryan| T: Sarah Hollinshead| OR: 63| CD

8/1

Low-mileage sort who confirmed previous promise and posted career best effort when winning 10-runner handicap at this course (8.6f, 2/1) by nose from Zumaaty in November, just holding on. That may not prove his limit with this longer trip within range.

Form: 352621-

(8)

Pessoa²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Finley Marsh| T: A Wintle| OR: 63| CD

6/1

Bright start for new yard, making it 2 wins from last 4 starts when taking 12-runner handicap at this venue (8.6f) 3 weeks ago. Not out of the question this even longer trip could unlock further progress.

Form: 801-231

(6)

Zumaaty²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: C Lee| T: I Jardine| OR: 62| CD

10/3

5/2, didn't need to improve to win 7-runner handicap at this C&D 21 days ago, switched 2f out and leading dying strides. His consistency has been hard to knock of late and he ought to play a big part again from 2 lb higher.

Form: 3212-51

(3)

Lost In Time^b,h¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: L Morris| T: D K Ivory| OR: 62| BF

9/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2019. 2/1, creditable third of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (1m) 14 days ago, ridden over 1f out and keeping on. Has fallen a long way in the weights but he remains with just one career success to his name.

Form: 607-043

(7)

Boasty^v¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: K T O'Neill| T: I Furtado| OR: 59

11/2

Good second of 8 in handicap (8/1) at Chelmsford (10f) 16 days ago, racing closer to pace than ideal. Strong possibility he will face competition on the front end again here, though.

Form: 346-942

Non-Runners

(10)

Solanna³⁸

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: J Butler J: Daniel Muscutt

(4)

Caracristi¹⁰

Weight: 8-11| Age: 4

T: P A Kirby J: Madi Patzelt

Forecasts

Zumaaty (10/3), Solanna (5/1), Boasty (11/2), Pessoa (6/1), Kentucky Kingdom (7/1), Carey Street (15/2), Snooze Lane (8/1), Hooflepuff (8/1), Lost In Time (9/1), Stopnsearch (14/1), Caracristi (25/1)

An ultra-competitive finale with the narrow vote in favour of ZUMAATY. He had no problem with the step back up in trip when successful over C&D 3 weeks ago and a 2 lb rise shouldn't prevent another bold showing. Dangers aplenty are headed up by Snooze Lane, Pessoa and Carey Street.