Racecards
19:30 Wolverhampton
Bet Direct Football Cashbacks Handicap (Class E)
- 12 Runners
- Distance: 7f
- Going: Standard
Turku
17- Form 204612
- Age 4
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey T G McLaughlin
pushed along leaving stalls, soon in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
- Form 550424
- Age 6
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer Paul Johnson
- Jockey L Fletcher
in touch early, soon ridden and outpaced
Tantric
16- Form 603320
- Age 3
- Weight 9-13
- Trainer J O'Reilly
- Jockey J D O'Reilly
held up, headway on wide outside over 5f out, ridden and weakened 2f out
Celtic Mill
14- Form 420040
- Age 4
- Weight 9-13
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept one-paced from over 1f out
- Form 021536
- Age 3
- Weight 9-12
- Trainer D Haydn Jones
- Jockey Paul Eddery
held up, steady headway 3f out, ridden over 2f out, eased once beaten well inside final furlong
Better Off
11- Form 202534
- Age 4
- Weight 9-11
- Trainer Mrs N Macauley
- Jockey Joanna Badger
always prominent, ridden 4f out, kept on from over 1f out, ran on (wore cheek pieces)
- Form 400210
- Age 7
- Weight 9-8
- Trainer E J Alston
- Jockey Dean McKeown
prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
- Form 140000
- Age 3
- Weight 9-8
- Trainer Paul Johnson
- Jockey R Winston
slowly into stride, always outpaced
- Form 463120
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer W Brisbourne
- Jockey Kieren Fallon
always prominent, ridden 4f out, led over 2f out, headed well inside final furlong, kept on
In depth
Verdict
Summer Shades is turned out quickly after an appearance at Lingfield on Thursday and is the TEAMtalk selection to bounce back to form. Mark Brisbourne's filly followed a course and distance victory with a fine placed effort on turf before meeting plenty of traffic problems last time and can gain compensation. Taranaki is a specialist over this trip on turf winning three times this season and is well treated on his return to the all-weather so merits respect. Ashtree Belle is a course winner and boasts some solid turf form but is held by the selection when the pair clashed here in September while Turku has been running well in claimers but faces a tougher task under top weight.