14:15 Wolverhampton

Wednesday 13 December 2017

All13:4514:1514:4515:1515:5016:2516:5517:25

Betway Handicap (Div 1)

Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 1m 15.72s

1^st

(6)

Jack Blane

39-0

9/4

T: K DalgleishJ: P Makin

Held up rear of mid-division, headway to lead over 1f out, ridden out tchd 2/1 and tchd 5/2

2^nd

(7)

Snow Excuse

38-7

14/1

T: B SmartJ: Shane Gray

In rear, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 2nd close home, not trouble winner op 18/1 tchd 22/1

3^rd

(4)

French

49-5

5/1

T: A BrittainJ: Cam Hardie

Prominent, hung left and led over 1f out, soon headed, kept on inside final furlong, lost 2nd near finish tchd 9/2 and tchd 11/2

4^th

(8)

Sir Harry Collins

38-7

10/1

T: M ApplebyJ: A Mullen

Chased leaders, not clear run over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong tchd 9/1 and tchd 11/1

5^th

(3)

Zenovia

39-5

7/4f

T: A WatsonJ: B A Curtis

Hampered soon after start, in rear and niggled along, headway entering final furlong, kept on, never nearer op 13/8 tchd 2/1

6^th

(2)

Dalness Express

48-7

150/1

T: J G M O'SheaJ: William Cox (5)

Pressed leader, driven over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong op 66/1

7^th

1 ½

(10)

Dodgy Bob

49-9

11/1

T: M MullineauxJ: Phil Dennis (3)

Chased leaders, driven on outside over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong op 10/1 tchd 9/1

8^th

2 ¼

(5)

Blistering Dancer

78-7

25/1

T: A W CarrollJ: F Norton

Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong op 28/1

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Non-Runners

(1)

Control Centre²³

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: Mrs Marjorie Fife J: Harrison Shaw

(9)

Bobby Vee¹⁶⁶

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: D K Ivory J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.10Pl:£1.10, £3.40, £1.70EX:£31.40Trifecta:£170.80Tricast:£141.62SF:£32.01Swingers:£6.40, £3.70, £12.10

Forecasts

Zenovia (7/4), Jack Blane (9/4), French (5/1), Sir Harry Collins (10/1), Control Centre (10/1), Dodgy Bob (11/1), Snow Excuse (14/1), Blistering Dancer (25/1), Dalness Express (150/1)

In a very tricky contest indeed the vote goes to ZENOVIA who looked like one to stay on the right side of when winning in October. Things haven't gone to plan since but there is no obvious reason she won't go close here. Sir Harry Collins looks like he is building towards something since switching to the Mick Appleby team and he could go close despite being 2lb out of the handicap. Jack Blane could prove competitive if as effective over 6f.