14:40 Wolverhampton

Monday 6 March 2017

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Betway Sprint Handicap (Div 2)

Off time: 14:41 | Winning time: 1m 14.2s

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(8)

Picket Line¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Josephine Gordon| T: G Deacon| OR: 72

8/1

Course winner who's had an interrupted career of late. Didn't show much on recent comeback run and has to prove his well-being.

Form: 7-06371

(2)

Fleckerl^p⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-7| J: P Mulrennan| T: C R Dore| OR: 70

3/1

Got his career off the mark here in 2013 (maiden, extended 1m) and has improved while dropping back in trip in recent times, producing a career best win at Lingfield over 6f from a mark of 85 last March. Showed signs of a revival last time with a placed effort here last month and chance he could build on that.

Form: 880328

(7)

Spiraea¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: T Eaves| T: I Furtado| OR: 68

11/2

All four wins have come on the turf but she's shown how effective she can be on the AW, finishing runner-up in each of her last three starts on a variety of surfaces. Hard to question her attitude though and she should be effective off 3lb higher. Leading player in this.

Form: 022276

(1)

Pushkin Museum⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-3| J: A Kirby| T: P Morris| OR: 66

11/4

Failed in a hat-trick bid last time but that was still a respectable effort and he's well-handicapped on old form. He's won two and placed on two of his five starts here and jockey's worth his 3lb claim so should give another good account.

Form: 113522

(6)

Indian Affair^b,t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-13| J: L Morris| T: J M Bradley| OR: 62

14/1

Two-time C&D winner but very inconsistent these days and showed nothing here on last start when last of nine. Booking of this jockey is a positive but little else in his favour judged on his recent efforts.

Form: 569482

(3)

Athassel²

Age: 8| Weight: 8-11| J: Katherine Begley⁽⁷⁾| T: P D Evans| OR: 60

13/2

Won over C&D here in December and added two more successes at the track over 7f in January. Signs the handicapper has caught up with him now though but should give another good account and clearly still in form.

Form: 136641

(5)

Loumarin^p²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: S De Sousa| T: M Appleby| OR: 58

6/1

15 starts without a win but signs she was getting her act together last time. Booking of this jockey is a positive but his mount hasn't put together back-to-back performances in some time and she looks vulnerable for win purposes.

Form: 333383

Non-Runners

(9)

African Blessing¹⁹⁸

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: T D Barron J: P Makin

(4)

Strictly Carter³⁶

Weight: 8-8| Age: 4

T: A Bailey J: David Probert

Forecasts

Pushkin Museum (11/4), Fleckerl (3/1), Spiraea (11/2), Loumarin (6/1), Athassel (13/2), African Blessing (15/2), Picket Line (8/1), Strictly Carter (8/1), Indian Affair (14/1)

PUSHKIN MUSUEM was only narrowly denied in a hat-trick bid last time and the booking of a capable 3lb claimer bolsters his chance of making it three wins from four starts. Fleckerl showed signs of a return to form last so may be able to build on that and Spiraea looks the main danger to the selection having finished runner-up in each of her last three outings.