18:40 Wolverhampton

Tuesday 23 July 2024

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Off time: 18:40 | Winning time: 3m 7.73s

(1)

Liberated Lad^p,t¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Jack Gilligan| T: B Brookhouse| OR: 60| D

7/2

Successful over this trip at Chelmsford in February and back to winning ways when getting up on the line over 1¼m at Nottingham 17 days ago. Only nudged up 2 lb. Should go well again.

Form: 631241

(8)

Master Grey^p²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 9-9| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: B R Millman| OR: 60| CD

12/1

C&D winner off 2 lb higher last spring. 14/1, ninth of 13 in handicap at Kempton (2m) 27 days ago. Potentially well treated but need to see more.

Form: 123-949

(2)

Pfingstberg²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Callum Shepherd| T: D M Simcock| OR: 57

2/1

Winner at Lingfield (2m) in June. Good neck second of 6 in handicap (3/1) at Newmarket (2m, good to firm) 26 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 27-3312

(5)

Virtual Hug²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Billy Loughnane| T: Mrs N S Evans| OR: 56| CD

4/1

C&D winner in April. Respectable third of 10 over C&D (6/1) 22 days ago. Can make presence felt under Billy Loughnane.

Form: 214293

(10)

Anna Of Saxony¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Rossa Ryan| T: W S Kittow| OR: 53

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 7/2, creditable third of 8 in handicap at Ffos Las (1¾m, good) 13 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Less exposed than most of these.

Form: 7893

(7)

Fond Farewell¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Harry Russell| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 50

16/1

First run since leaving John Joseph Murphy in Ireland when eighth of 12 in handicap at Catterick (2m, good to soft, 7/1) on reappearance 13 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. The sort who could click for this yard but he needs to have come on a fair bit in a short space of time.

Form: 54/194-8

(6)

Casa Luna²²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Hollie Doyle| T: P A Kirby| OR: 47| CD

9/1

Sole win from 29 starts came over C&D in April. Respectable sixth of 10 in C&D handicap (17/2) 22 days ago.

Form: 416376

(3)

Kindgirl^t¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Rob Hornby| T: A Ralph| OR: 47

11/1

Maiden. Good second of 6 in handicap (11/2) at Chepstow (1½m, good) 11 days ago. Another who can't be discounted.

Form: 452-852

(4)

Oceana Orange¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Marco Ghiani| T: A West| OR: 45

66/1

Poor maiden on the Flat and also well held over hurdles for this yard in recent weeks. Hard to recommend.

Form: 889097

Non-Runners

(9)

Kitten's Dream²²

Weight: 8-9| Age: 7

T: S Dixon J: Joey Haynes

Forecasts

Pfingstberg (2/1), Liberated Lad (7/2), Virtual Hug (4/1), Casa Luna (9/1), Kindgirl (11/1), Anna Of Saxony (12/1), Master Grey (12/1), Fond Farewell (16/1), Kitten's Dream (33/1), Oceana Orange (66/1)

PFINGSTBERG arrives in form and might prove the answer to a staying handicap in which a good case can also be made for Virtual Hug, who has a very solid C&D record, and Ben Brookhouse's recent Nottingham scorer Liberated Lad.