20:30 Wolverhampton

Tuesday 1 April 2025

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Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Handicap

Off time: 20:30 | Winning time: 1m 48.06s

(10)

Flatley^p¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: Finley Marsh| T: A Wintle| OR: 64| CD

11/1

3-time C&D winner, latest in 9-runner handicap 14 days ago. Ought to be thereabouts once more despite a 3 lb weights rise.

Form: 7600-81

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(9)

Local Bay¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Jason Watson| T: A W Carroll| OR: 64| C| D

25/1

Course winner. Four wins from 17 runs last year. 100/1, eighth of 10 in handicap at this C&D 15 days ago, left poorly placed. Possibilities.

Form: 07087-8

(5)

Poetic Force⁵²

Age: 11| Weight: 9-8| J: Molly Gunn⁽⁷⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 63| CD

12/1

5-time C&D winner. Twenty one runs since last win in 2023. Seventh of 10 in handicap (10/1) at this C&D 52 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 2226-47

(1)

First Greyed^v¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-8| J: Billy Loughnane| T: T Faulkner| OR: 63| CD

3/1

Scored over C&D and followed it up with success in 8-runner handicap at Southwell (8.1f) 11 days ago. Up another 3 lb but big shout in his hat-trick bid.

Form: 37/8-811

(6)

Cerulean Summer¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: D Egan| T: Dylan Cunha| OR: 63| CD

6/1

Course winner. Good third of 9 in handicap (15/2) at Chelmsford City (10f) 19 days ago, not ideally placed. Can go well off an unchanged mark.

Form: 3-33423

(4)

Venetian¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Sean Davis| T: Sean Davis| OR: 62| CD

3/1

Improved on recent efforts to win 8-runner handicap at this course (9.5f, 13/8) 18 days ago. This Irish raider is not taken lightly in her current mood despite a 7 lb weights hike.

Form: 2490-61

(3)

I Can't Believe^b1¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: George Downing| T: P D Evans| OR: 61| CD

11/1

C&D winner in January. 11/2, creditable third of 8 in handicap at this course (9.5f) 10 days ago, running on. Blinkers on 1st time and can make his presence felt.

Form: 65-1243

(7)

Visibility¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 60| CD

7/1

Six-time course winner. 15/2, solid fourth of 9 to Flatley in handicap at this C&D 14 days ago, caught further back than ideal. A likely player.

Form: 865474

(2)

Forever Proud^p³³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: H Crouch| T: James Owen| OR: 60| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Latest win at Kempton in January. Good third of 10 in handicap (6/1) at Chelmsford City (7f) 33 days ago. Back up in trip. Cheekpieces back on and well in the mix.

Form: 617503

Non-Runners

(8)

Light Up Our Stars⁴

Weight: 8-13| Age: 9

T: S Dixon J: Mikkel Mortensen

Forecasts

First Greyed (3/1), Venetian (3/1), Cerulean Summer (6/1), Forever Proud (6/1), Visibility (7/1), Flatley (11/1), I Can't Believe (11/1), Poetic Force (12/1), Local Bay (25/1), Light Up Our Stars (25/1)

This is wide open but Thomas Faulkner's thriving FIRST GREYED still looks ahead of his mark and is taken to bag a quick hat-trick at the chief expense of in-form course specialist Visibility. C&D Forever Proud can also have a say, while Cerulean Summer, I Can't Believe and Venetian all warrant plenty of respect too in this highly competitive event.