18:00 Wolverhampton

Saturday 18 October 2025

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Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 18:02 | Winning time: 1m 59.68s

(5)

Alpine Oasis¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Jack Nicholls⁽⁵⁾| T: K R Burke| OR: 75

11/1

Won a 12f handicap at Southwell in December and placed third over 11f in March. Last of 6 in handicap at Newmarket (22/1) 14 days ago, racing too freely and refusing to settle after 7 months off. Drop back in trip and return to all-weather could see her more competitive.

Form: 91-7836

(6)

Bobacious⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Mason Paetel⁽⁵⁾| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 72| BF

20/1

Won twice prior to finishing runner-up in July but form has tailed off, ninth of 11 in handicap at Windsor (10/3) 40 days ago when failing to justify significant support. Needs to bounce back but interesting to see if the money comes again.

Form: 611269

(7)

Lazieelunch^b²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Finley Marsh| T: S Woods| OR: 74| CD

6/1

C&D winner has been struggling for form since a promising second at Lingfield, finishing sixth of 10 in handicap at Lingfield (14/1) 25 days ago when appearing laboured. Worth a check to see if the market expects better now back on his last winning mark.

Form: 328056

(10)

Imperial Trooper²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: George Wood| T: J Candlish| OR: 73

8/1

No handicap wins to date but ran creditably on first outing for new yard (formerly trained by Ed Walker) when third in 14-runner event at Haydock. Best not judged on latest run, finishing third of 6 at Chester (10f) on heavy ground 28 days ago. Could be more competitive on all-weather debut.

Form: 7-68033

(4)

American State¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: J Mitchell| T: P Owens| OR: 71

17/2

Form deteriorated since winning at Newbury in June, eighth of 13 in AW handicap at Southwell (16/1) 15 days ago when running poorly in first-time headgear. Visor and tongue strap now removed and remains with something to prove.

Form: 331708

(1)

Fihrayn^p³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Paddy Bradley| T: J R Boyle| OR: 67

33/1

Won at Chelmsford (10f) 58 days ago. Ran one of his lesser races when seventh of 13 in handicap at Kempton (11f) at 9/1 30 days ago, tracking pace before fading in final furlong. Needs more to resume winning ways.

Form: 632157

(8)

Stipulation^p¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Hollie Doyle| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 66| BF| CD

15/8

Won at Yarmouth and followed up at this course and distance 32 days ago. Third of 13 in handicap at Bath over 10f (11/4) 18 days ago when his winning run ended from a higher mark. Still has time on his side to show current mark undersells him and he makes appeal returning to the all-weather.

Form: 663113

(2)

Arth's Gold²⁰⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Alec Voikhansky⁽³⁾| T: R Hannon| OR: 67

9/1

100,000 gns Havana Gold colt hasn't built on promise shown on debut at Kempton but is bred to be suited by this longer trip and could prove a different proposition on handicap debut.

Form: 79-9

(9)

King's Hand³⁹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 66

6/1

Makes plenty of appeal on pedigree and has contested some strong maiden/novice races over shorter. Sure to appreciate the step up in trip and highly likely to improve now handicapping (following a gelding operation) for a yard who do very well with this type.

Form: 657-

(3)

Condotti^p¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Marco Ghiani| T: H Palmer| OR: 64

14/1

Form has deteriorated; last of 11 at Redcar (28/1) 14 days ago, dropping away after tracking pace in a change of headgear. Questions to answer now.

Form: 732760

Forecasts

Stipulation (15/8), Lazieelunch (6/1), King's Hand (6/1), Imperial Trooper (8/1), American State (17/2), Arth's Gold (9/1), Alpine Oasis (11/1), Condotti (14/1), Bobacious (20/1), Fihrayn (33/1)

An interesting handicap for the grade. Well-bred KING'S HAND strikes as a typical Sir Mark Prescott improver and he's fancied to make a winning handicap debut on first start since being gelded. Arth's Gold also looks sure to appreciate the step up in trip on his first start in a handicap and will likely have more to offer, while Stipulation was foiled in his hat-trick bid last month but may still prove better than his current mark.