19:15 Wolverhampton

Thursday 7 September 2023

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William Hill Keep Your Raceday Positive Racing League Race 32 Handicap

Off time: 19:16 | Winning time: 1m 47.48s

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(2)

Lir Speciale⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Callum Shepherd| T: R Varian| OR: 95

7/2

Latest win at Kempton in May. Last of 25 in handicap (40/1) at Ascot (7f, good to soft) 40 days ago. Has a solid record on AW and seems likely to bounce back up in trip.

Form: 131-100

(5)

Koy Koy³²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Billy Loughnane⁽³⁾| T: G Boughey| OR: 93

5/1

Creditable second of 7 in handicap at Chester (7.6f, heavy, 13/2) 32 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Reliable type who is likely to be on the premises.

Form: 7375-02

(10)

United Front^h¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Frederick Larson⁽³⁾| T: M Appleby| OR: 93

8/1

Latest win at Beverley in June. 10/1, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at Ripon (8f, good) 10 days ago. Goes well on synthetics, so worthy of respect.

Form: 155364

(1)

Hafeet Alain²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: R Coakley| T: E Walker| OR: 92

15/2

Latest win at Newmarket in June. Creditable fourth of 13 in handicap at Haydock (8.2f, good, 6/1) 26 days ago, running on. Holding form well lately, so could feature if things drop right.

Form: 064124

(3)

What's The Story^p¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 9-6| J: Cam Hardie| T: R A Fahey| OR: 89

17/2

Latest win at Carlisle in May. Creditable third of 11 in handicap (7/1) at Sandown (8f, good) 18 days ago, running on. Holding form well and worth a chance to open his account for this stable.

Form: 130223

(8)

Harswell Duke³³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Jonny Peate⁽³⁾| T: R Fell & S Murray| OR: 85| D

40/1

Latest win at Doncaster in April. Only seventh of 9 in handicap at Thirsk (7f, heavy, 7/1) 33 days ago, slowly away. Back up in trip. Others make more appeal.

Form: 13-8107

(7)

Farasi Lane^v²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: S M Levey| T: T Ward| OR: 85

9/2

Latest win at Ascot in July. Creditable second of 13 in handicap at Windsor (8.1f, good to firm, 9/1) 21 days ago. Outbattled last time but expected to give his running.

Form: 453192

(9)

Parlando⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: T E Whelan| T: Ian Williams| OR: 85

5/1

Lightly-raced winner. 10/1, respectable third of 13 in handicap at Newcastle (8f) 7 days ago. Still unexposed, so bigger effort can't be ruled out.

Form: 1/2-33

(4)

Young Fire^v²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: G M Ryan| T: D O'Meara| OR: 83| CD

40/1

C&D winner. 4 wins from 14 runs this year. Sixth of 9 in handicap at Redcar (8f, good to firm, 11/2) 26 days ago. Stronger pace here should suit him, so he's not one to rule out.

Form: 717816

(6)

Cry Havoc¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: L Morris| T: Rae Guest| OR: 80

33/1

Creditable third of 9 in handicap at Kempton (7f, 14/1) 15 days ago, staying on well. On a handy mark, so could feature if she's able to build on latest effort.

Form: 692873

(11)

Night Arc³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Nicola Currie| T: R Hannon| OR: 77

40/1

Latest win at Sandown in July. Below form seventh of 12 in handicap (10/1) at Newmarket (8f, good to firm) 34 days ago. Makes tapeta debut. Has work to do.

Form: 862217

Forecasts

Lir Speciale (7/2), Farasi Lane (9/2), Koy Koy (5/1), Parlando (5/1), Hafeet Alain (15/2), United Front (8/1), What's The Story (17/2), Cry Havoc (33/1), Young Fire (40/1), Night Arc (40/1), Harswell Duke (40/1)

The majority have some sort of chance but it may pay to side with WHAT'S THE STORY, who has been holding his form well and hasn't had much racing for his current yard. Hafeet Alain could emerge as the main danger and United Front should benefit from a return to AW.