18:30 Wolverhampton

Saturday 18 October 2025

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Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 18:30 | Winning time: 2m 0.91s

(7)

Shady Bay^t²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Alec Voikhansky⁽³⁾| T: T Ward| OR: 73

6/1

Latest win at Newbury in July. Below form seventh of 12 in handicap at Newbury (10f, good to soft, 7/1) 29 days ago. Looks vulnerable for win purposes.

Form: 511357

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(2)

Risen Again^h⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: William Carson| T: Alice Haynes| OR: 71

14/1

Winner at Yarmouth in May. 11/2, creditable second of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, AW) 45 days ago. 0-10 on the AW, but he's clearly effective on synthetics and should make his presence felt.

Form: 143822

(8)

Bint Al Daar¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: J Mitchell| T: K Frost| OR: 70| CD

9/2

C&D winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2024. 40/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at Kempton (11f) 17 days ago. Needs to bounce back in a major way.

Form: 505706

(5)

Flightofthephoenix¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Ben Sanderson| T: C Hills| OR: 73

4/1

Good third of 13 in handicap (12/1) at Chelmsford City (10f) 16 days ago. 1 lb nudge fair enough and this maiden will surely get her head in front sooner rather than later.

Form: 663263

(9)

Camzara¹¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: P Cosgrave| T: G Boughey| OR: 71

6/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 15/2, seventh of 9 in handicap at Ffos Las (12f, soft). Off 111 days and improvement needed down in trip here.

Form: 5-347

(6)

Popeye Doyle^p,t⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Hollie Doyle| T: H Palmer| OR: 70| CD

5/2

Course winner. 2 wins from 5 runs this year, the latest at Kempton in August. Creditable third of 11 in handicap at Southwell (8.1f, 5/1) 44 days ago and he's high on the shortlist with this step back up in trip no bad thing.

Form: 6-09113

(3)

Coolree^b,t⁵⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: L Morris| T: Lemos Souza| OR: 66

20/1

Latest win at Beverley in May. Creditable second of 9 in handicap at Beverley (8.4f, good to firm, 9/1) 55 days ago, suited by strong pace. Place possibilities.

Form: 418562

(4)

Flaine^p,t²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Connor Planas⁽³⁾| T: D Loughnane| OR: 66| CD

25/1

18/1, career best when winning 9-runner handicap at this C&D 26 days ago, overcoming pace bias. 2 lb rise looks about right, but she will probably need a new personal-best in order to follow up in this contest.

Form: 412791

(10)

Liberty Bird²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: J Fanning| T: C Johnston| OR: 61

14/1

Creditable 1½ lengths third of 9 to Flaine in handicap (11/2) at this C&D 26 days ago. Entitled to get closer to that rival on these revised terms, but one or two of these are more appealing for win purposes.

Form: 043563

Non-Runners

(1)

Into Combat³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: Sir Mark Prescott J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Popeye Doyle (5/2), Flightofthephoenix (4/1), Bint Al Daar (9/2), Shady Bay (6/1), Camzara (6/1), Risen Again (14/1), Liberty Bird (14/1), Into Combat (16/1), Coolree (20/1), Flaine (25/1)

The vote goes to FLIGHTOFTHEPHOENIX, who was a solid third upped to this trip at Chelmsford recently and a reproduction of that would probably suffice. Popeye Doyle shaped as though the return to this trip would help when placed over a mile at Southwell last time and he is next on the list ahead of Risen Again.