keen, soon with leader, led 4f out, ridden over 1f out, edged right and headed well inside final furlong
mid-division, lost place over 3f out, ridden and headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong
keen, chased leaders, ridden to go 2nd over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong
held up, headway over 4f out, not clear run over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, one pace
mid-division, headway over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, one pace final furlong
soon pushed along towards rear, ridden over 6f out, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden when not much room and lost place over 2f out, hung left and switched right over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
chased leaders 8f, soon behind
held up in rear, ridden and headway over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
held up, headway over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
Unquestionably the race of the day at Wolverhampton and it looks to concern Calatagan, Typhoon Tilly and Amir Zaman and we shall side with Calatagan. Malcolm Jefferson's horse is entered for the County Hurdle at Cheltenham next week but he is still relatively unexposed on the level and provided that a couple of recent runs over hurdles haven't taken their toll, he has the ability to win handicaps at this level. Paul Hanagan's booking looks to be incredibly positive on this occasion. Typhoon Tilly continues in good form at the moment and is likely to be favourite as a consequence. Connections look to have finally appreciated that the horse was been run over the wrong trip for a good few years and "improvement" has been gleaned through sticking to twelve furlongs. Do not expect to see Typhoon Tilly on the scene until the later stages. Simply The Guest is another to have shown improvement on recent form. The gelding had broken a long losing run prior to landing a hat-trick. He does run well at this time of year and has to be watched in the market again. Giunchiglio returns from a near- six month absence. Red Skelton produced a fair effort for his first run this year and can be expected to come on for that effort.
Typhoon Tilly 7-4fav Keen, mid-division, headway 8f out, ridden 3f out, weakened 1f out, 6th of 8, 14l behind Broughton Knows at W'hampton 1m 4f clm (F4) pol in Feb.
Calatagan (IRE) 16-1 In touch, led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, one pace final furlong, 5th of 16, 4l behind Scott at York 1m 4f app hcp (E3) gd in Oct.
Isa'af (IRE) 20-1 Held up towards rear, in touch halfway, ridden over 2f, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 4l behind Moonshine Beach at Pontefract 2m 2f hcp (E3) gd in Oct.
Bubbling Fun 9-2 Held up, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on towards finish, 4th of 8, 3/4l behind Kavi at W'hampton 1m 4f stk (E3) pol in Feb.
Simply The Guest (IRE) 3-1 Towards rear, pushed along over 5f out, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp (F4) pol in Feb beating Risk Free by 2l, 12 ran.
Jake Black (IRE) 4-1fav Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 5th of 12, 8l behind Sorbiesharry at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp (E3) pol in Feb.
Red Skelton (IRE) 25-1 Went left start, held up in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, soon switched right, ran on nearest at finish, 3rd of 10, 3l behind Midshipman at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp (E3) pol in Feb.
Sharaab (USA) 16-1 Held up, headway on outer over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, never nearer, 6th of 13, 6l behind Tromp at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stk (D3) pol in Feb.
