16:25 Wolverhampton

Friday 10 March 2023

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Top Odds Every Day With BetUK Handicap

Off time: 16:30 | Winning time: 2m 2.61s

(6)

Dynakite³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: C Lee| T: L Carter| OR: 60

7/2

Latest win at Kempton in January. 13/2, creditable second of 11 in handicap at Southwell (1m) 38 days ago. Another prominent showing is likely.

Form: 869-912

(2)

City Escape^b,e/s²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: David Egan| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 59| CD

3/1

Three-time C&D winner, the latest in January. Respectable fifth here last twice and looks back on a workable mark. Player.

Form: 16-5155

(3)

Midgetonamission^v1⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Jordan Williams⁽⁵⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 59| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Four wins from 21 runs last year. 18/1, fifth of 6 in handicap at Southwell (11f) 48 days ago. Engaged 5.15 Newcastle Thursday.

Form: 0907-65

(1)

Kells²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: A W Carroll| OR: 59

20/1

Remains a maiden after 21 Flat runs. Tongue strap on for 1st time, seventh of 8 in handicap at Chelmsford 22 days ago. The wait for a win is likely to go on.

Form: 309-587

(8)

Boy George¹⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: J F Egan| T: D J S Ffrench Davis| OR: 57

12/1

Two turf wins last year and also runner-up at Goodwood in September. Not at best here final start but is effective round here. Contender if ready to roll after 5 months off.

Form: 124428-

(4)

Dew You Believe^p⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Theodore Ladd| T: M Appleby| OR: 53| CD

9/1

Course winner. Tenth of 11 in handicap (17/2) at Kempton (1m) 9 days ago but claims if back to the form he showed when just touched off over C&D prior to that.

Form: 610-020

(7)

Caracristi¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Madi Patzelt⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Kirby| OR: 53| CD

7/1

C&D winner in December. 20/1, respectable third of 9 in handicap at Newcastle 16 days ago, although she was beaten nearly 9 lengths.

Form: 3321-73

(5)

Captain St Lucifer^t²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-0| J: J Mitchell| T: Suzzanne France| OR: 51

11/4

Just 1 win from 26 starts but there's nothing wrong with his pair of runner-up efforts over C&D this year. Unlikely to be far away if showing up in similar form.

Form: 3665-22

Non-Runners

(9)

Handel³⁵

Weight: 9-6| Age: 5

T: C Banham J: Joey Haynes

Forecasts

Captain St Lucifer (11/4), City Escape (3/1), Dynakite (7/2), Caracristi (7/1), Dew You Believe (9/1), Boy George (12/1), Midgetonamission (14/1), Handel (14/1), Kells (20/1)

CITY ESCAPE knows where the winning post is over this C&D so for that reason is preferred to Captain St Lucifer, who has run well here the last twice but has a 1-26 overall strike-rate. Dynakite completes the shortlist.