18:30 Wolverhampton

Tuesday 16 September 2025

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Book To Stay Wolverhampton Holiday Inn Handicap

Off time: 18:37 | Winning time: 1m 13.33s

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(6)

Mighty Gurkha^v¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Taylor Fisher⁽³⁾| T: T Faulkner| OR: 55| D

10/1

Respectable sixth of 10 in C&D handicap 14 days ago. Visor back on.

Form: 035346

(3)

Piranha Rama^v⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Joe Leavy| T: P D Evans| OR: 55| D

10/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2024. 14/1 and blinkered first time, eighth of 12 in handicap at Windsor (6f, good to firm) 50 days ago, weakening when hampered. Visor back on. Others arrive with more pressing claims.

Form: 528568

(7)

Kurimu^p¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Elizabeth Gale⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs N S Evans| OR: 51| D

50/1

One win from 21 starts. Sixth of 8 in handicap at Chepstow (5f, heavy, 16/1) 14 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Back up in trip. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 874366

(8)

Noble Phoenix^p,t¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Ashley Lewis⁽⁷⁾| T: D Flood| OR: 52

66/1

Down the field in all 5 handicaps.

Form: 6-89009

(9)

Sarabi^b⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Hollie Doyle| T: Michael Keady| OR: 51| D

16/1

Winner at Lingfield in June. Good third at Lingfield this month and has a poor draw as an excuse for a lesser effort at Chelmsford last week. Likely still in form.

Form: 661438

(2)

Red Walls⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: C Lee| T: L Williamson| OR: 49| CD

5/1

Five-time course winner. Went close in a Ffos Las classified race last month and had excuses at Chester last week.

Form: 730329

(10)

Sam's Hope^t⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Oisin Murphy| T: Martin Dunne| OR: 48| BF

4/5

One win from 25 Flat runs but largely in good form if late, including second of 10 in handicap (3/1) at Chelmsford (6f) 5 days ago. Has to be taken seriously under Oisin Murphy.

Form: 924242

(11)

Araifjan^p²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-1| J: Connor Planas⁽³⁾| T: M Herrington| OR: 47| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Twenty four runs since last win in 2023. Runner-up in July/August but run of good form came to a halt at Musselburgh last time.

Form: 364226

(1)

Rotation^b,t¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Oliver Carmichael⁽⁷⁾| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 48| D

10/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2024. 16/1 and blinkered first time, respectable fourth of 14 in classified event at Lingfield (7f, AW) 17 days ago.

Form: 563344

(5)

Havana Miss³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: K T O'Neill| T: S Dixon| OR: 46

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 80/1, seventh of 8 in maiden at Southwell (6f) 30 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 567

(4)

Stoneacre Girl¹⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Charlie Bennett| T: S Dixon| OR: 45

33/1

First run since leaving Jessica Macey when ninth of 12 in C&D handicap in April. Off since.

Form: 2586-89

Non-Runners

(12)

Nordic Glory¹⁴

Weight: 9-6| Age: 6

T: M J Attwater J: Ryan Kavanagh

(13)

Savalas²⁹

Weight: 9-0| Age: 10

T: A Wintle J: Saffie Osborne

Forecasts

Sam's Hope (4/5), Nordic Glory (4/1), Red Walls (5/1), Araifjan (10/1), Piranha Rama (10/1), Rotation (10/1), Mighty Gurkha (10/1), Sarabi (16/1), Savalas (16/1), Havana Miss (28/1), Stoneacre Girl (33/1), Kurimu (50/1), Noble Phoenix (66/1)

SAM'S HOPE arrives on the back of a string of good in-frame efforts and Oisin Murphy might be the man to get her head back in front. Nordic Glory has a good record here and will likely pose a threat if a wide stall isn't too big of an inconvenience. Sarabi had an excuse at Chelmsford last week and also makes the shortlist.