18:30 Wolverhampton

Sunday 7 January 2024

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Off time: 18:31 | Winning time: 1m 48.82s

(10)

Titan Rock²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Jason Hart| T: J & S Quinn| OR: 85| C

17/2

Course winner. Respectable fourth of 9 in handicap (10/1) at this course (7.2f) 29 days ago. Up in trip. Merits consideration.

Form: 602204-

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(2)

Bass Player⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: J Mitchell| T: K Frost| OR: 84

13/2

Thirteen runs since last win in 2022. 4/1, good ½-length second of 8 to Ernie's Valentine in handicap at this C&D 8 days ago. Unreliable sort, though.

Form: 659932-

(11)

Chantico^p1¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A Keatley| OR: 80

10/1

First run since leaving Roger Varian when eighth of 11 in handicap at Kempton (8f, 15/2) 18 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Not taken lightly at these weights if back on song.

Form: 33/1408-

(5)

Maysong^p⁹²

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: K T O'Neill| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 80

33/1

12/1, respectable eighth of 16 in handicap at Redcar (8f, good), not clear run. Off 92 days but can't be discounted.

Form: 772858-

(12)

Hartswood⁴³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 80

18/1

Latest win at Ayr in October. 12/1, eighth of 12 in handicap at this course (9.5f) 43 days ago so needs to bounce back.

Form: 651708-

(9)

Ernie's Valentine^t⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Laura Pearson| T: D Loughnane| OR: 80| CD

7/1

Improved on recent efforts for his new yard to win 8-runner handicap at this C&D 8 days ago by ½ length from Bass Player. Up 2 lb but he did well to come off a modest pace there so another bold showing is on the cards.

Form: 755681-

(4)

Borgi³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: R Havlin| T: S Woods| OR: 80| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, ninth of 11 in handicap (11/2) at Chelmsford City (10f) 31 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 16/5829-

(3)

True Statesman^b1⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Rossa Ryan| T: C Johnston| OR: 79

5/1

Creditable ½-length third of 8 to Ernie's Valentine in handicap at this C&D (5/1) 8 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time and can go well again.

Form: 3/89033-

(1)

Summa Peto⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Billy Loughnane| T: M Appleby| OR: 78| CD

4/1

C&D winner. Off 7 months and shaped encouragingly on his first run since leaving Keith Dalgleish when fifth of 10 in handicap at this C&D 51 days ago. Can build on it.

Form: 7690/05-

(8)

Law Supreme¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: C Lee| T: Ian Williams| OR: 75

25/1

Sixth of 8 in handicap at this course (9.5f, 40/1) 12 days ago, needing stronger gallop. No forlorn hope.

Form: 1644/86-

(6)

Cosmos Raj^v1¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Mark Winn⁽³⁾| T: D O'Meara| OR: 74

12/1

Gained first AW win in 9-runner handicap at Newcastle (8f, 11/4) 10 days ago. Visor replaces cheekpieces and in the mix once more.

Form: 525431-

Non-Runners

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Master Of Combat²

Weight: 9-8| Age: 6

T: K Frost J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Summa Peto (4/1), Borgi (5/1), True Statesman (5/1), Master Of Combat (5/1), Bass Player (13/2), Ernie's Valentine (7/1), Titan Rock (17/2), Chantico (10/1), Cosmos Raj (12/1), Hartswood (18/1), Law Supreme (25/1), Maysong (33/1)

Plenty with chances but ERNIE'S VALENTINE has made a really positive start to life with David Loughnane and is fancied to make light of a 2 lb rise for his recent C&D success having overcome a pace bias there. Summa Peto also started out well for a new yard when a C&D fifth last time and is feared most with improvement anticipated ahead of Titan Rock, who could benefit from this step up in trip.