19:30 Wolverhampton

Monday 22 December 2025

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Off time: 19:30 | Winning time: 1m 48.20s

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Love Your Work¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-11| J: K T O'Neill| T: Darryll Holland| OR: 68| CD

9/1

C&D winner. 3 wins from 17 runs this year, the latest at Chelmsford in November. 10/1, seventh of 9 in handicap at Chelmsford City (8f) 11 days ago, badly hampered. Must improve.

Form: 414217

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(5)

Toralou²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Billy Loughnane| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 67

15/2

Winner at Musselburgh in August. Respectable third of 9 in handicap (18/1) at this C&D 28 days ago. Should be on the premises.

Form: 622183

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Joseph^p²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Warren Fentiman⁽⁵⁾| T: J Butler| OR: 66

11/2

Good second of 8 in handicap at Newcastle (8f, 3/1) 28 days ago, no match for winner. Record stands at 0-13, but he's considered all the same.

Form: 066472

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The Sweet Escape^b1¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Rowan Scott| T: D Loughnane| OR: 66

7/2

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, good third of 9 in handicap at Chelmsford City (8f, 11/2) 11 days ago. Now tried in blinkers and he looks vulnerable from a win point of view.

Form: 504443

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Coolree²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: George Wood| T: S England| OR: 63

9/1

Below form sixth of 10 in handicap (11/2) at Newcastle (8f) 26 days ago, going off too hard. 0-14 on the AW and he's opposable on debut for new yard.

Form: 562466

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First Greyed^v⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: Cieren Fallon| T: T Faulkner| OR: 63| CD

7/2

C&D winner. 3 wins from 7 runs this year. Creditable fourth of 12 in handicap at this C&D (12/1) 9 days ago. Boasts a 50% strike rate on the AW and he's very much one to consider.

Form: 111404

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Francesi⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Myla Coppins⁽⁷⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 62

5/1

Two wins from 46 Flat runs. Improved on recent efforts to win 7-runner handicap (12/1) at Newcastle (8f) 9 days ago, readily. 5 lb rise tolerable and he has to enter calculations.

Form: 622421

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Equion⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: L Morris| T: A W Carroll| OR: 61| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Below form seventh of 12 in handicap at this C&D (13/2) 9 days ago. Francesi is presumably the stable No 1.

Form: 608447

Non-Runners

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Renewable Dream⁸⁸

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: S Spencer J: Gianluca Sanna

Forecasts

First Greyed (7/2), The Sweet Escape (7/2), Francesi (5/1), Joseph (11/2), Toralou (15/2), Love Your Work (9/1), Coolree (9/1), Equion (12/1), Renewable Dream (16/1)

FIRST GREYED has won on three of his half-a-dozen previous visits to all-weather tracks and, having shaped well when fourth over C&D recently, the 7-y-o is taken to regain the winning thread. Francesi did the job well at Newcastle and he is an obvious threat, while Joseph and Toralou are live each-way candidates.