20:00 Wolverhampton

Saturday 15 April 2023

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Off time: 20:00 | Winning time: 2m 2.67s

(1)

Dark Company¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Archie Young⁽⁷⁾| T: C Johnston| OR: 57

9/2

Untrustworthy individual. 28/1, below form sixth of 10 in handicap at this course (8.6f) 19 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 99934-6

(4)

Well Prepared^t⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Oisin Murphy| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 55| CD

5/2

C&D winner. Latest win at Chelmsford City in February. 40/1, below form eighth of 14 in handicap at Bath (10.2f, soft) 8 days ago. Should bounce back returned to AW and good shout under Murphy.

Form: 49-4118

(6)

Cityzen Serg^b1⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Jordan Williams⁽⁵⁾| T: M Young| OR: 54| CD

33/1

Course winner. Eighteen runs since last win in 2021. 80/1, last of 8 in handicap at this course (12.2f) 42 days ago. Down in trip. Blinkered for 1st time. Others make more appeal.

Form: 668-508

(3)

Young Winston^h²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Alistair Rawlinson| T: J Mackie| OR: 53

7/2

One win from 25 Flat runs. Twenty runs since last win in 2021. Sixth of 7 in handicap at this course (12.2f, 9/2) 29 days ago. Back down in trip. Likely to be on the premises.

Form: 74-5386

(5)

Captain Pugwash^v¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 9-4| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A W Carroll| OR: 50

11/4

11/2, second of 6 in minor event at Lingfield (10f, AW) 17 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 61/8-762

(8)

Hopeforthebest^p1,t1³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Mr Taylor Fisher⁽⁵⁾| T: M Murphy & M Keady| OR: 50

22/1

Thirteenth of 14 in handicap (100/1) at Southwell (8.1f) 37 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time, cheekpieces on for 1st time. Hard to fancy.

Form: 4690-00

(7)

Crazy Spin^t,v¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: D Swift| T: I Furtado| OR: 48

15/2

12/1, sixth of 8 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 15 days ago, well positioned. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 572246

(2)

Vaxholm⁷⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Laura Coughlan⁽⁵⁾| T: F Brennan| OR: 45| CD

28/1

Course winner. 200/1, pulled up in juvenile hurdle at Huntingdon (15.8f, good to soft) 75 days ago. Hard to make a case for back on the level.

Form: 5678-76

Forecasts

Well Prepared (5/2), Captain Pugwash (11/4), Young Winston (7/2), Dark Company (9/2), Crazy Spin (15/2), Hopeforthebest (22/1), Vaxholm (28/1), Cityzen Serg (33/1)

WELL PREPARED was disappointing on turf last time but he'd been in good order on synthetics prior to that and he's fancied to resume winning ways with Oisin Murphy booked. Captain Pugwash is respected after a solid showing at Lingfield and Young Winston can't be dismissed.