15:51 Wolverhampton

Friday 2 October 2026

All13:3114:0614:4115:1615:5116:2516:5517:2517:55

Franklin Hodge Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 15:51 | Winning time: 1m 14.27s

(5)

Arishka's Dream⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Alec Voikhansky| T: D & C Kubler| OR: 70| CD

7/1

Narrowly beaten in back-to-back all-weather handicaps following a maiden success over C&D. Disappointed both starts on turf and may have needed the outing after 11 weeks off over C&D in August.

Form: 122887

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(10)

Fordham Flyer¹⁶⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Mikey Sheehy| T: P A Kirby| OR: 70

66/1

Finished last of 7 on debut for Danny Brooke last summer but offered a lot more when reaching the frame in maiden/novice for Phil Kirby in the autumn. Easy to put a line through his return/handicap debut at Ripon back in the spring but concerning he's been off since.

Form: 724-9

(7)

Queen Sana^p²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Billy Loughnane| T: Ollie Sangster| OR: 70| D

10/1

Justified support in first-time cheekpieces to belatedly get off the mark in 6-runner maiden at Catterick (6f, good) last month, albeit left with a simple task due to the underperformance of her main market rival. Back in a handicap from just 1 lb higher and can kick on now up and running.

Form: 262471

(9)

Early Release²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Amy Tucker⁽⁷⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 69| D

66/1

Bounced back to form to score at Bath in May but below that level the last twice, most recently at Kempton (6f) 4 weeks ago. Now just 1 lb above his last winning mark but needs to show more before becoming of interest.

Form: 167156

(2)

Campenaerts³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Olivia Tubb⁽⁵⁾| T: J G Portman| OR: 68| C

11/4

Dual 5f nursery winner (including here) for Archie Watson. Well backed and turned in his best effort since joining current yard when second of 8 over C&D just over 5 weeks ago and he's on a good mark if able to build on that.

Form: 1-69782

(6)

Shaw Park^p1⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 65

11/2

Operating below best at present and needs this first start over a sprint trip to spark some sort of revival. First-time cheekpieces also applied.

Form: 308435

(4)

Lamlash Bay¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Shay Farmer⁽⁵⁾| T: M & D Easterby| OR: 65| D

7/2

Took a big step forward when readily making all at Ripon (6f) in July and got back on the up dropped notably in grade when also winning 11-runner selling handicap at Thirsk (6f, good) last month. Nudged up only 1 lb and not ruled out if handling the surface.

Form: 451591

(3)

Far Too Fizzy¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Jack Doughty| T: D Loughnane| OR: 63| D

7/2

Lingfield scorer back in January who has made the frame several times since, including when arguably having a bit too much use made of him over C&D 11 days ago. Well drawn to attack so he could well be in the shake-up.

Form: 402354

(8)

Phoenix Moon³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Rob Hornby| T: D J Coakley| OR: 59| D

22/1

Made a winning return at Lingfield in March but recent efforts have left plenty to be desired. Tough to enthuse over.

Form: 423886

(1)

Montpellier Green^p⁸⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: William Cox| T: Ian Williams| OR: 52

22/1

Struggled for form in handicaps for this yard last year, though after 7 months off he probably needed the run when well held at Chester (7f) in July. Has dropped a long way in the weights so he's worth a market check back sprinting.

Form: 88900-8

Forecasts

Campenaerts (11/4), Lamlash Bay (7/2), Far Too Fizzy (7/2), Shaw Park (11/2), Arishka's Dream (7/1), Queen Sana (10/1), Phoenix Moon (22/1), Montpellier Green (22/1), Early Release (66/1), Fordham Flyer (66/1)

QUEEN SANA bolted up sporting first-time cheekpieces in a Catterick maiden last month and returning to a handicap from just 1 lb higher, Ollie Sangster's filly is fancied to follow up at the expense of Campenaerts, who turned in his best effort since joining this yard when runner-up over C&D last time. Lamlash Bay has done most of his racing on turf but he can also feature if taking to the surface.