18:45 Wolverhampton

Saturday 30 December 2023

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Off time: 18:46 | Winning time: 1m 59.36s

(3)

Zambezi Magic^h²³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Jordan Williams⁽⁵⁾| T: B J Llewellyn| OR: 62

18/1

Made little impression when eleventh of 14 in handicap (66/1) at Chelmsford City (10f) 23 days ago. Readily passed over.

Form: 154-080

(2)

Art Of Romance⁵³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Aiden Brookes⁽⁵⁾| T: Micky Hammond| OR: 62

25/1

First run since leaving Brian Meehan when third of 5 in an uncompetitive seller (25/1) at Chelmsford City (8f) 53 days ago. Makes tapeta debut.

Form: 276903

(9)

Crafter¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Billy Loughnane| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 58| CD

2/1

Well-backed 8/1, capitalised on a much-reduced mark after a 10-week break in 11-runner handicap at this C&D 2 weeks ago, overcoming pace bias to lead close home. Only 2 lb higher here so every chance he can follow up.

Form: 046301

(5)

Shaheen Saqaar²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J Mitchell| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 60

5/2

5/1, sixth of 8 in handicap at Lingfield (12f, AW) 24 days ago, seemingly in need of more of an end-to-end gallop. Down in trip. Solid each-way claims.

Form: 896736

(10)

Havana Goldrush^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Mr Taylor Fisher⁽³⁾| T: J S Moore| OR: 57| CD

7/2

Course winner. 6/1, underperformed when 5¼ lengths seventh of 11 to Crafter in handicap at this C&D 2 weeks ago.

Form: 465937

(4)

Carey Street⁴³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Marco Ghiani| T: Mrs L Stubbs| OR: 56| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2022. 22/1, ran below form after 5 months off when fifth of 9 in handicap at this C&D just over 6 weeks ago. Needs to get back on track after a short break.

Form: 654295

(8)

Rebecca West⁴⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: K Shoemark| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 54

50/1

20/1, well-beaten third of 5 in juvenile hurdle at Leicester (15.5f, heavy) 40 days ago. Modest on the Flat, good third when last seen on handicap debut at Yarmouth in June on final outing for John & Thady Gosden.

Form: 9-933

(7)

Madam Macho⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: A Mullen| T: C Johnston| OR: 53

33/1

100/1, fared no better when ninth of 12 in handicap at Southwell (11.1f) 9 days ago.

Form: 569-P99

(1)

Ebury⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-9| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 45

16/1

22/1 and eyeshields on for 1st time, respectable fifth of 12 in handicap at this course (7.2f) 4 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 499505

(6)

Techno Lady^p1²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Cam Hardie| T: R A Fahey| OR: 45

33/1

18/1, again showed little when eighth of 12 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 23 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 0-87498

Forecasts

Crafter (2/1), Shaheen Saqaar (5/2), Havana Goldrush (7/2), Carey Street (7/1), Ebury (16/1), Zambezi Magic (18/1), Art Of Romance (25/1), Techno Lady (33/1), Madam Macho (33/1), Rebecca West (50/1)

CRAFTER landed some tidy bets when capitalising on a much-reduced mark over C&D 2 weeks ago, and having been nudged up just 2 lb for that success, Mark Loughnane's 5-y-o has solid claims of following up. He can get the better of Shaheen Saqaar, who should benefit from this drop back in trip, with Havana Goldrush and Ebury taken to fight out minor honours.