Racecards
19:00 Wolverhampton
Bet Direct At Dunstall Park Handicap (Class F)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f
- Going: Slow
- Form 0906/59
- Age 6
- Weight 10-0
held up in touch, headway 7f out, led 4f out, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 882-431
- Age 4
- Weight 9-10
in touch, ridden 5f out, no headway final 3f
Skirt Around
15- Form 70000-5
- Age 5
- Weight 9-9
- Trainer W J Musson
- Jockey J Fortune
tracked leaders, ridden 5f out, weakening when hampered 4f out, tailed off
- Form 00870-0
- Age 4
- Weight 9-8
- Trainer A P Jarvis
- Jockey L Harman
held up towards rear, ridden 4f out, soon weakened
- Form 53600-7
- Age 8
- Weight 9-6
held up towards rear, headway 6f out, ridden and weakened 3f out
- Form 202973-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-5
held up, headway on inside 4f out, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 267-222
- Age 8
- Weight 9-4
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey Dean McKeown
held up towards rear, headway going well 4f out. led final furlong, ridden out
- Form 26909-2
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer Miss Gay Kelleway
- Jockey D Kinsella
held up, good headway 3f out, one-paced final furlong
- Form 9940-0
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Trainer Sir Mark Prescott
- Jockey W Woods
led for 4f, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
Plough Boy
495- Form 200144/
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
in touch and pulled hard, headway to lead after 4f , ridden and headed 4f out, soon weakened
In depth
Verdict
There will be plenty of people prepared to give Bhutan another chance, but even though he has plenty of ability, he doesn't like to excerpt himself. Although Desert Spa is tumbling down the handicap, he has looked out of sorts recently and is best watched until he shows signs of a revival. Hot Love is effective over course and distance as she showed when runner-up to Belinda earlier this month. She runs off the same mark her and may provide the biggest threat to Deco Star, who hacked up in a seller here last week. This doesn't look much better than that grade and he may be capable of defying this higher mark.