15:00 Wolverhampton

Wednesday 15 February 2017

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Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 1m 1.69s

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(2)

Roaring Rory^p⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: Lewis Edmunds⁽⁵⁾| T: Ollie Pears| OR: 60

9/2

Two wins from 18 starts to date but they've either come in claiming or selling company and he's only placed once in nine handicap efforts. With two of his best efforts to date coming over C&D, he can't be completely ruled out.

Form: 9-41673

(5)

Toni's A Star²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Georgia Cox⁽⁵⁾| T: A W Carroll| OR: 60

8/1

Has now returned to her last winning mark after three disappointing efforts following her Bath win in September. Three of her five wins have come over this C&D and the recent short break may have freshened her up so she warrants respect but she's not the most consistent mare.

Form: 160-076

(4)

David's Beauty^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Connor Beasley| T: B P J Baugh| OR: 58

12/1

Won a claimer on the AW but has never won off a mark this high in a handicap and had the run of the race when finishing third here last time. Will need to find more and not as likely to get an easy lead on the front end.

Form: 32130-3

(7)

Mr Michael^p,t¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: M Harley| T: A B Joyce| OR: 57

9/2

Still a maiden after ten starts but likely to find this less competitive than the races he's contested in Ireland of late. Low grade Irish raiders have been running well on the AW recently so market can guide expectations.

Form: 0-98476

(9)

Storm Trooper⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: Barry McHugh| T: D Nicholls| OR: 56

3/1

Appears better suited to turf than the AW and still struggling to get competitive despite a falling mark. Short break may have freshened him up a little but he will need everything to fall right from the widest draw.

Form: 006-530

(6)

Pearl Noir^b¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: Robbie Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: S Dixon| OR: 54

9/1

C&D winner back in 2014 and been in fine form of late, most recently finishing second to Annie Salts here last week. Should make another bold bid from the front and it won't be long before he pops up in a race like this.

Form: 425042

(1)

Insolenceofoffice^p¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 8-13| J: G Lee| T: R Ford| OR: 52

28/1

Three-time course winner but been in no sort of form in two starts this year. Probably better over a furlong further than this and hard to fancy on current form.

Form: 2-08988

(3)

Fabulous Flyer¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Martin Lane| T: J Gask| OR: 50

5/1

Been running well of late, with a Lingfield win over this trip punctuating a couple of placed efforts, one of which came here. Likely to be competitive once again from today's mark and has a little more potential to improve than most of these.

Form: 122233

(8)

Rojina^b¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: J F Egan| T: L Williamson| OR: 45

66/1

Failed to place in 11 starts but there was very minor progress on latest start. That said, he will need to step up markedly on that effort to feature here.

Form: 897566

Forecasts

Storm Trooper (3/1), Roaring Rory (9/2), Mr Michael (9/2), Fabulous Flyer (5/1), Toni's A Star (8/1), Pearl Noir (9/1), David's Beauty (12/1), Insolenceofoffice (28/1), Rojina (66/1)

FABULOUS FLYER has been in fine form of late and he returns on the same mark that he finished second to Swendab on at Kempton last time. That was her third consecutive effort in the first three and she appears to have turned a corner this year. Pearl Noir often runs to a similar level and he looks likely to pop up in a race of this nature at some stage while Mr Michael is likely to find this easier than the Dundalk races he's been running in. 1. Fabulous Flyer 2. Mr Michael 3. Pearl Noir