17:00 Wolverhampton

Wednesday 27 December 2023

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Off time: 17:04 | Winning time: 1m 14.91s

(5)

Dandys Derriere^p,t¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Harry Russell| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 62| CD

13/2

C&D winner. 15/2, ninth of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f) 18 days ago, doing too much too soon. Better judged on previous form.

Form: 161209

(6)

First Company⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Callum Hutchinson⁽³⁾| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 62| D

5/1

Doubled his tally in 12-runner handicap at Kempton (6f) 42 days ago, well ridden. Can give another good account.

Form: 437241

(2)

Dercol^h1¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Josephine Gordon| T: K Frost| OR: 60

7/1

Lightly-raced maiden who wasn't seen to best effect on first run since leaving Mark Loughnane when ninth of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (6f) 18 days ago, hampered. Hood on for 1st time.

Form: 86299

(1)

Astrophysics¹⁷

Age: 11| Weight: 9-9| J: D C Costello| T: A W Carroll| OR: 60| CD

12/1

3-time C&D winner who possibly needed the run after 6 months off when seventh of 12 in handicap at this C&D (40/1) 17 days ago, never nearer. Not ruled out.

Form: 705297

(8)

The Princes Poet¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Cam Hardie| T: I W McInnes| OR: 60| D

25/1

Respectable sixth of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (6f, 66/1) 18 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 773686

(11)

Bomb Squad³³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: T Eaves| T: J Mackie| OR: 60| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Southwell in August. Good second of 12 in handicap (9/1) at Southwell (6.1f) 33 days ago, running on late. Stall 11 not ideal but still warrants respect.

Form: 231442

(3)

Catesby¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 56| CD

4/1

C&D winner who again ran below form when eighth of 12 in handicap at this C&D 17 days ago, slowly away.

Form: 291388

(10)

Monitola^h⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Marco Ghiani| T: S C Williams| OR: 54

20/1

Hooded for 1st time, seventh of 10 in handicap (25/1) at this course (5.1f) 9 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip. Still early days with current yard.

Form: 680507

(7)

Coast²²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Elisha Whittington⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 49| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Tenth of 11 in handicap at this C&D (13/2) 22 days ago, going off too hard.

Form: 782250

(4)

Embla^p¹⁷⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Tommie Jakes⁽⁷⁾| T: A D Brown| OR: 45| C| D

28/1

Course winner who ran a bit below form when sixth of 10 in minor event at Musselburgh (5f, good). Off 175 days. Back up in trip.

Form: 414686

(9)

Red Walls⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Ethan Jones⁽⁷⁾| T: L Williamson| OR: 45| C| D

4/1

Course winner. 8/1, won 11-runner handicap at Southwell (6.1f) 5 days ago, battling well. Shortlist material.

Form: 527731

Forecasts

Red Walls (4/1), Catesby (4/1), First Company (5/1), Dandys Derriere (13/2), Dercol (7/1), Bomb Squad (9/1), Coast (12/1), Astrophysics (12/1), Monitola (20/1), The Princes Poet (25/1), Embla (28/1)

RED WALLS knuckled down well to register a first success of the year at Southwell last week and gets the nod to follow up. First Company and Bomb Squad head up the opposition.