18:30 Wolverhampton

Monday 6 October 2025

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Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 519 Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 18:30 | Winning time: 1m 27.74s

(9)

Lhebayeb¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Daniel Muscutt| T: R J Price| OR: 55| C

25/1

Last of 11 in handicap at this course over 9f (28/1) 16 days ago, racing keenly and weakening. Drop in trip may help but needs to settle better.

Form: 729460

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(7)

Blue Empress^b¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Hollie Doyle| T: A Watson| OR: 55

10/3

Still seeking a first win after 14 starts but has shown fair form at this track, including a fourth beaten 1½ lengths in July. Fifth of 10 in handicap at this C&D (12/1) 16 days ago, losing a shoe in the closing stages. Should be competitive.

Form: 807485

(10)

Gilt Edge^p¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 9-7| J: Gina Mangan| T: C Mason| OR: 53| CD

22/1

Course and distance winner finished sixth of 10 in handicap here (28/1) 16 days ago, weakening late after racing prominently. Needs to recapture earlier form to be competitive.

Form: 159-286

(8)

Star Of Atlantis^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Billy Loughnane| T: A Wintle| OR: 51| C| D

9/2

Course winner. Third of 8 in handicap over C&D (11/1) 14 days ago, settling better than previous runs and making late headway. Could be competitive again if repeating that more composed effort.

Form: 692573

(2)

Diligent Henry^v¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Lewis Edmunds| T: Jessica Macey| OR: 50| CD

4/1

C&D winner in April but disappointing since, finishing fourth of 8 in handicap at this C&D (3/1) 14 days ago when not seeing it out after getting an uncontested lead.

Form: 389754

(6)

Desert Dream^t¹⁷

Age: 11| Weight: 9-2| J: D Swift| T: S Spencer| OR: 48| CD

12/1

Inconsistent performer with seconds at Catterick and Beverley before finishing a poor seventh of 9 in handicap at Ayr (22/1) 17 days ago. First go on AW for a while and is a C&D winner.

Form: 752827

(11)

Embarked⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 47| CD

7/2

C&D winner who finished 2nd in handicap here (12/1) 14 days ago before fourth of 12 in AW handicap at Southwell (8f) 9 days ago (33/1), hampered 2f out.

Form: 631024

(5)

Lion Ring¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: Ryan Kavanagh⁽⁵⁾| T: Andrew Martin| OR: 47

15/2

Finished second of 12 in a handicap at Chelmsford (9/2) 18 days ago, breaking well and helping force the pace before being worn down close home. Showing signs of returning to the form that saw him win 4 races at this time last year.

Form: 556502

(1)

Alyara^b⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: William Carson| T: Joe Ponting| OR: 45

50/1

Inconsistent form on the AW, finished 8th of 10 in handicap at Kempton (50/1) 5 days ago when prominent before weakening. Without a win in 15 races and difficult to fancy on recent efforts.

Form: 972058

(12)

Spartan Fighter^v²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: Cam Hardie| T: A Brittain| OR: 45| C| D

28/1

Experienced gelding without a win in 18 runs. Sixth of 11 in handicap at Newcastle (17/2) 28 days ago, producing a laboured effort. Hard to fancy on current form.

Form: 550686

(3)

The Cola Kid^t,v³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: Tyler Heard| T: G Harris| OR: 45| D

40/1

Operating below his best in recent runs, finishing last of 7 at Ffos Las (11/4) 39 days ago. Visor back on replacing blinkers.

Form: 857677

(4)

Pipkin^b²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Edward Greatrex| T: W S Kittow| OR: 45

80/1

Poor form throughout, eighth of 9 at Ffos Las (33/1) 27 days ago.

Form: 9-97878

Forecasts

Blue Empress (10/3), Embarked (7/2), Diligent Henry (4/1), Star Of Atlantis (9/2), Lion Ring (15/2), Desert Dream (12/1), Gilt Edge (22/1), Lhebayeb (25/1), Spartan Fighter (28/1), The Cola Kid (40/1), Alyara (50/1), Pipkin (80/1)

STAR OF ATLANTIS settled a bit better here last time and can come out on top if building on that. Blue Empress is a player, as is Lion Ring, who is showing signs of returning to his hat-trick winning form after a good second at Chelmsford.