17:35 Wolverhampton

Thursday 4 January 2018

All13:5514:2515:0015:3016:0516:3517:0517:35

Betway Middle Distance Handicap

Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 2m 39.16s

1^st

(11)

Acker Bilk

48-12

4/1

T: K DalgleishJ: D C Costello

In touch, headway to track leaders over 2f out, led well over 1f out, soon clear, edged left inside final furlong, comfortable op 5/2

2^nd

(1)

Gabrial The Terror

89-3

9/1

T: P MorrisJ: Liam Keniry

Very slowly away, behind, headway over 3f out, ridden and stayed on to go 2nd near finish, no threat to clear winner op 13/2 tchd 10/1

3^rd

(4)

Pour L'Amour

59-5

13/2

T: D M LoughnaneJ: J Fanning

Close up, ridden to lead 2f out, soon headed, kept on same pace, lost 2nd near finish op 6/1 tchd 5/1

4^th

3 ¼

(6)

Handsome Dan

129-2

20/1

T: Sarah HollinsheadJ: L Morris

Towards rear, ridden 4f out, headway under pressure over 1f out, never nearer tchd 18/1

5^th

(7)

Frozon

59-0

20/1

T: H BethellJ: Jason Hart

In touch, pushed along 3f out, ridden 2f out, never a factor tchd 18/1 and tchd 22/1

6^th

(3)

Crindle Carr

49-3

25/1

T: J L FlintJ: Daniel Muscutt

Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong tchd 28/1

7^th

(2)

Tis Wonderful

48-13

7/2

T: C J GrayJ: William Cox (5)

Led, ridden 3f out, headed 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong op 9/2

8^th

(12)

Inflexiball

69-3

28/1

T: J MackieJ: Oisin Murphy

Raced very wide 1f, held up, ridden over 3f out, never a factor op 18/1

9^th

(8)

William Booth

49-4

9/4f

T: I FurtadoJ: P Makin

Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out op 3/1

10^th

(9)

Sackfullofdreams

58-13

66/1

T: Mike HammondJ: Charles Bishop

Raced wide, in touch, pushed along halfway, weakened 4f out, eased over 2f out, tailed off op 50/1 tchd 100/1

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Non-Runners

(10)

Raashdy⁸

Weight: 9-5| Age: 5

T: P W Hiatt J: Non Runner

(5)

Widnes¹²

Weight: 9-0| Age: 4

T: A Bailey J: Fran Berry

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.50Pl:£1.60, £2.70, £2.40EX:£30.80Trifecta:£111.00Tricast:£228.37SF:£35.16Swingers:£10.00, £4.10, £7.40

Forecasts

William Booth (9/4), Tis Wonderful (7/2), Widnes (7/2), Acker Bilk (4/1), Raashdy (5/1), Pour L'Amour (13/2), Gabrial The Terror (9/1), Handsome Dan (20/1), Frozon (20/1), Crindle Carr (25/1), Inflexiball (28/1), Sackfullofdreams (66/1)

The one who appeals most here is TIS WONDERFUL, who was beaten only by an impressive opponent over C&D recently, and was clear of the third. To think that he would have won that race by 4L if it wasn't for the winner and he remains on the same mark now over the same C&D means he is obvious interest after some other good efforts on the AW recently. Meanwhile Widnes was also a runner-up in a similar race on the AW recently and can give the selection most to think about, ahead of Acker Bilk, who ran well on handicap debut at Newcastle last time.