17:40 Wolverhampton

Saturday 8 March 2025

All14:4515:2015:5516:3017:0517:4018:15

Win 1M With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap

Off time: 17:41 | Winning time: 1m 2.27s

(6)

Hardlass⁴⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: S H James| T: Grant Tuer| OR: 55

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 25/1, fourth of 7 in handicap at Newcastle (5f) 46 days ago, left poorly placed. Likely to find one or two too good.

Form: 050-4

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(1)

Bank On Kent⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: P J McDonald| T: P D Evans| OR: 55

15/8

Career best when winning 10-runner handicap (7/1) at Southwell (6.1f) 8 days ago, battling well. 2 lb nudge fair enough and he's the one to beat.

Form: 32-5641

(2)

Blue Force One^h¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Paddy Bradley| T: M J Attwater| OR: 52

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 14/1, eighth of 9 in handicap at this course (6.1f) 18 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 775-48

(10)

Hala Joza¹³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Darragh Keenan| T: Martin Dunne| OR: 51

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Last of 9 in maiden at Newcastle (6f, 50/1) on final run for David Loughnane when last seen in October. Needs to raise her game on handicap/yard debut.

Form: 689-

(3)

Ancient State^t1²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: O J Orr| T: Martin Dunne| OR: 50

13/8

Lightly-raced maiden. Below form fifth of 10 in handicap at Chelmsford City (7f, 17/2) 23 days ago. Down in trip and tongue strap on 1st time. Not without each-way hope.

Form: 0-935

(8)

Kameko Spirit^t1³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Jason Watson| T: Darryll Holland| OR: 48

9/2

Very good second of 8 in handicap at Chelmsford City (5f, 5/1) 37 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time and he has to enter calculations.

Form: 0684-32

(5)

La Mer Grise²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A W Carroll| OR: 45

20/1

Sixth of 7 in handicap (14/1) at Chelmsford City (7f) 23 days ago. Back down in trip and she looks set for another struggle.

Form: 076-456

(4)

Miss Campanella¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Josephine Gordon| T: D Shaw| OR: 45

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 8 in handicap (150/1) at this course (6.1f) 18 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: 087-8

Non-Runners

(11)

Royal Accord¹⁸

Weight: 9-9| Age: 3

T: S C Williams J: Marco Ghiani

(9)

No Gain³⁵

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: Martin Dunne J: Darragh Keenan

(7)

Ejuna²⁸

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: C Allen J: Connor Planas

Forecasts

Ancient State (13/8), Bank On Kent (15/8), Royal Accord (10/3), Kameko Spirit (9/2), No Gain (13/2), Hardlass (8/1), Blue Force One (16/1), La Mer Grise (20/1), Hala Joza (33/1), Ejuna (100/1), Miss Campanella (125/1)

The vote goes to BANK ON KENT, who knuckled down well when belatedly opening his account at Southwell recently and this 2 lb higher mark should be comfortably within reach. Kameko Spirit has been knocking on the door and is second choice ahead of Ancient State.