19:00 Wolverhampton

Friday 16 January 2026

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Off time: 19:00 | Winning time: 1m 49.47s

1^st

(3)

Paladin

59-4

33/1

T: K FrostJ: Oliver Stammers

Went right and bumped rival leaving stalls, held up towards rear, raced keenly, raced wide to make headway from 3f out, raced towards centre and edged left when pressed leaders over 1f out, ridden approaching final 110yds, ran on well towards finish, led final strides op 28/1

2^nd

(1)

Hitched

69-4

9/1

T: D M SimcockJ: L Morris

In touch with leaders, headway when along inside 2f out, led over 1f out, hung left, ridden inside final 110yds, no extra when headed final strides op 17/2 tchd 8/1

3^rd

(6)

Epictetus

69-10

15/2

T: J A OsborneJ: Jason Hart

Soon led, ridden when headed inside 2f out, edged left inside final furlong, rallied final 110yds, ran on op 13/2 tchd 6/1

4^th

(5)

Advancing

49-10

4/7f

T: M BottiJ: Marco Ghiani

Hampered start, soon raced in second, lost position soon after halfway, pushed along 2f out, headway towards centre from 1f out, kept on op 4/5

5^th

1 ¾

(8)

Whitcombe Rockstar

79-13

6/1

T: Kieran BurkeJ: Daniel Muscutt

Stumbled start, held up in rear, headway on inner over 1f out, denied clear run approaching final 110yds, ran on when switched right but not pace to challenge towards finish tchd 11/2

6^th

(2)

Cephalus

79-3

66/1

T: C BanhamJ: Joey Haynes

Midfield, outpaced inside 2f out, weakened inside final furlong op 40/1

7^th

2 ½

(10)

Sea Founder

49-4

16/1

T: R HughesJ: Finley Marsh

Towards rear, kept wide to make headway before halfway, disputed lead 3f out, impeded over 1f out, outpaced inside 2f out, soon weakened op 14/1

8^th

(4)

First Greyed

88-9

28/1

T: T FaulknerJ: Zoe Lewis (7)

Bumped start, rear of midfield, raced keenly, outpaced and dropped towards rear halfway, raced wide from 2f out, weakened inside final furlong op 25/1

9^th

3 ½

(7)

Rajapour

69-5

14/1

T: D O'MearaJ: D Nolan

In touch with leaders, shuffled back towards rear 3f out, ridden over 1f out, soon outpaced, behind final 110yds op 12/1

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Non-Runners

(9)

Mr Baloo²⁵

Weight: 9-11| Age: 5

T: R Hannon J: Tyrese Cameron

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£34.00Pl:£4.90, £1.80, £2.00EX:£287.80Trifecta:£1,461.70Tricast:£2,512.16SF:£309.38Swingers:£19.70, £17.80, £4.90

Forecasts

Advancing (4/7), Whitcombe Rockstar (6/1), Epictetus (15/2), Hitched (9/1), Mr Baloo (12/1), Rajapour (14/1), Sea Founder (16/1), First Greyed (28/1), Paladin (33/1), Cephalus (66/1)

It's still early days for ADVANCING who justified support with something to spare over C&D on stable debut and he's fancied to defy a 7 lb rise. Mr Baloo wasn't seen to best effect last time and merits consideration off a tempting mark, along with Epictetus who is likely in better heart than recent form figures suggest.