19:40 Wolverhampton

Thursday 31 August 2017

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Invest Wolverhampton - City Of Opportunity Novice Auction Stakes

Off time: 19:43 | Winning time: 1m 29.25s

1^st

(8)

Eesha Beauty

28-11

11/2

T: M BottiJ: Harry Bentley

Held up in touch in mid-division, headway on outside from 2f out, led well inside final furlong, ran on op 5/1

2^nd

1 ¼

(4)

Merkava

29-2

8/1

T: R BrislandJ: Tom Marquand

Led, headed over 5f out, every chance inside final furlong, held towards finish op 9/1 tchd 10/1

3^rd

(11)

Star Of Zaam

29-9

6/1

T: K R BurkeJ: C Lee (3)

Chased leaders, not clear run over 1f out, ran on towards finish tchd 11/2 and tchd 7/1

4^th

(9)

Gripper

29-2

10/1

T: R M BeckettJ: P J Dobbs

Slowly into stride, in rear, headway over 1f out, ran on, nearest finish op 12/1

5^th

nse

(7)

Another Day Of Sun

29-9

7/2f

T: M R ChannonJ: S De Sousa

Prominent, led over 5f out, driven over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, no extra close home op 4/1

6^th

(3)

Ojala

29-2

11/2

T: S DowJ: Paddy Bradley (5)

Prominent early, chased leaders, not clear run over 1f out, soon switched right, ran on towards finish op 6/1 tchd 5/1

7^th

(2)

Laytown

28-11

25/1

T: J A OsborneJ: D C Costello

Held up towards rear, headway on inside 4f out, staying on same pace when hampered well inside final furlong

8^th

2 ½

(6)

Moxy Mares

29-2

11/2

T: D M LoughnaneJ: S J Drowne

Towards rear, ridden 3f out, weakened over 2f out, edged right on last bend op 4/1 tchd 7/2

9^th

(10)

Tommy Shelby

29-2

16/1

T: R A FaheyJ: T Hamilton

Slowly into stride, always behind op 20/1

10^th

(1)

Calvin's Gal

28-11

125/1

T: L McJannetJ: Danny Brock

Took keen hold, chased leaders, 2nd over 3f out, lost place over 1f out op 100/1

Also Ran

(12)

Tipi

29-2

100/1

T: C WallisJ: Adam Beschizza

Slowly away, soon pulled up tchd 125/1

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Non-Runners

(5)

Seaborough

Weight: 9-2| Age: 2

T: A King J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.70Pl:£1.70, £2.70, £2.10EX:£58.10Trifecta:£375.80SF:£47.23Swingers:£10.50, £6.40, £9.10

Forecasts

Another Day Of Sun (7/2), Eesha Beauty (11/2), Ojala (11/2), Moxy Mares (11/2), Star Of Zaam (6/1), Merkava (8/1), Gripper (10/1), Seaborough (12/1), Tommy Shelby (16/1), Laytown (25/1), Tipi (100/1), Calvin's Gal (125/1)

Eesha Beauty posted a better effort on her second start recently at Windsor and is entitled to respect in this field while Merkava would be considered on her Yarmouth debut but was poor since on the AW. Another Day Of Sun showed up well at this track last time and retains the scope for better. Moxy Mares caught the eye on debut at Doncaster and should be noted in the betting but STAR OF ZAAM, a winner at Catterick in July over 6f, has a number of credible efforts in the book, stays this far and, having run well on firm ground, should handle the AW and stands a decent chance of extending Karl Burke's recent good form.