20:00 Wolverhampton

Monday 19 January 2026

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Off time: 20:01 | Winning time: 1m 28.23s

(5)

Hardstyle⁵^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: Billy Loughnane| T: G Boughey| OR: 55| BF

2/5

Promising sort. Career best when winning 8-runner handicap (13/8) at Lingfield (8f, AW) 5 days ago, keeping on well. Remains open to improvement and leading claims under a penalty.

Form: 8664-1

(6)

Ganthorpe^b³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Billy Garritty| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 55

22/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Blinkered for 1st time, sixth of 8 in novice at Southwell (6.1f, 100/1) 32 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 076-

(7)

Maynora^p1¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Sean Kirrane| T: Craig Lidster| OR: 54

11/1

Blinkered for 1st time, fifth of 8 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f, 14/1) 18 days ago, slowly away. Cheekpieces on 1st time and step forward needed.

Form: 85546-5

(4)

Resalah²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Jack Dace⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs N S Evans| OR: 53

80/1

First run since leaving Alice Haynes when last of 10 in nursery at this course (6.1f, 66/1) 20 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 554670-

(2)

Electrocution¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Joey Haynes| T: C Banham| OR: 51

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Seventh of 9 in handicap (33/1) at Lingfield (7f, AW) 12 days ago. Needs to raise his game.

Form: 8867-7

(3)

Backfire²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Mikkel Mortensen⁽⁵⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 51

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden. First run since leaving Peter Chapple-Hyam when sixth of 10 in novice at this C&D (28/1) 28 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 566-

(8)

Sorted¹²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Jason Hart| T: D M Loughnane| OR: 50

9/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 80/1, last of 10 in novice at this course (6.1f). Off 125 days ahead of this handicap debut and he's readily passed over.

Form: 870-

(9)

Fallacious Promise⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: P Mulrennan| T: J Butler| OR: 50

10/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 12 in novice at Lingfield (7f, AW, 250/1) 42 days ago. Likely to improve now pitched into a handicap.

Form: 905-

(10)

Miss Ayala¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: George Bass| T: M D I Usher| OR: 50| D

12/1

Winner at Chelmsford City in September. Respectable fifth of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW, 12/1) 12 days ago. Place possibilities.

Form: 35155-5

(1)

Blue Mountains¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Jack Nicholls⁽⁵⁾| T: M Botti| OR: 45

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good fourth of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (7f, AW, 18/1) 12 days ago. Wouldn't be without an each-way shout if able to build on that.

Form: 0606-4

Forecasts

Hardstyle (2/5), Sorted (9/1), Fallacious Promise (10/1), Blue Mountains (11/1), Maynora (11/1), Miss Ayala (12/1), Ganthorpe (22/1), Backfire (25/1), Electrocution (33/1), Resalah (80/1)

Anything other than another clear-cut success for HARDSTYLE would be a surprise, given the dearth of credible opposition to George Boughey's representative. Indeed, he did the job well over a mile here recently and neither the drop back to 7f nor the 6 lb penalty are likely to pose much of a problem. Fallacious Promise is a likely improver now handicapping and gets the nod for forecast purposes ahead of Miss Ayala.