20:15 Wolverhampton

Friday 22 December 2023

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Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Handicap

Off time: 20:15 | Winning time: 1m 48.29s

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(2)

Tiger Beetle¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Rob Hornby| T: M G Rimell| OR: 75| CD

4/1

Course winner. Latest win here in November. 8/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at Lingfield (10f, AW) 17 days ago, not clear run. Can make presence felt.

Form: 861136

(8)

Kaaranah¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: George Wood| T: J Butler| OR: 72

10/1

Latest win at Kempton in September. Eighth of 11 in handicap (22/1) at this C&D 12 days ago, merely passing beaten rivals. Can give a good account.

Form: 688198

(4)

Light Up Our Stars^h³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 72| CD

8/1

C&D winner. Latest win here in October. Seventh of 8 in handicap (16/1) at this C&D 3 days ago so needs to bounce back.

Form: 511777

(7)

Sucellus^t¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: George Rooke| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 72| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Eighth of 10 in handicap at this course (12.2f, 9/2) 18 days ago. Down in trip. Chance if rediscovering old form.

Form: 479708

(9)

Cosmos Raj^p¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: D Tudhope| T: D O'Meara| OR: 72

15/2

12/1, creditable fourth of 11 in handicap at this C&D 12 days ago, never nearer. Not discounted.

Form: 425254

(10)

Break Point¹¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Rose Dawes⁽⁵⁾| T: D Shaw| OR: 73

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 12/1, fifth of 8 in handicap at Newmarket (12f, good to firm), finding test too much. Off 119 days. First run for yard after leaving Sean Woods. Something to find on form.

Form: 3475

(1)

Lafan¹⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: L P Keniry| T: D Donovan| OR: 71| CD

50/1

Course winner. Ninth of 10 in handicap (25/1) at Kempton (11f). Off 177 days. Back down in trip. First run for yard after leaving Barry Brennan. Needs to get back on track.

Form: 603139

(3)

Hale End^p³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: C Lee| T: M Dods| OR: 72

5/1

Arrives in fine form, third of 10 to Tiger Beetle in handicap at this course (9.5f, 10/1) 38 days ago when caught further back than ideal. Big shout eased 1 lb.

Form: 225343

(12)

Supaspecialawesome^v³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J Mitchell| T: H Palmer| OR: 70| C

7/1

Course winner. 13/2, seventh of 10 in handicap at this C&D 35 days ago so needs to take a step forward.

Form: 722077

(6)

Port Erin¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Harry Burns⁽³⁾| T: Mrs L Stubbs| OR: 70

80/1

3 wins from 10 runs this year. Latest win at Kempton in October. 11/1, last of 12 in handicap at Newcastle (7.1f) 14 days ago. Back up in trip. Difficult ask.

Form: 321860

(5)

Wadacre Grace¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: F Norton| T: C Johnston| OR: 68

8/1

4 wins from 21 runs this year. Latest win at Chelmsford City in November. 11/1, creditable third of 11 in handicap at this C&D 13 days ago. Can go well again.

Form: 913163

(11)

Great Blasket⁸³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Gina Mangan⁽³⁾| T: Dr R Newland & J Insole| OR: 67

5/1

2 wins from 4 runs this year. 9/2, below form fifth of 12 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, heavy) 83 days ago. First run for yard after leaving John Joseph Murphy and not taken lightly if back on his A-game.

Form: 80-1195

Forecasts

Tiger Beetle (4/1), Great Blasket (5/1), Hale End (5/1), Supaspecialawesome (7/1), Cosmos Raj (15/2), Wadacre Grace (8/1), Light Up Our Stars (8/1), Kaaranah (10/1), Sucellus (10/1), Lafan (50/1), Port Erin (80/1), Break Point (100/1)

HALE END is knocking on the door and can get back to winning ways eased 1 lb here having not enjoyed the rub of the green when third here last time. Tiger Beetle came out on top that day and rates the chief threat to Michael Dods's 3-y-o, with Wadacre Grace another who can have a say in an open contest.