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16:45 Wolverhampton

Betway Handicap (Class 4)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 51y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £9,662 added
  • Winner: £5,208
  • 2nd: £1,550
  • 3rd: £774
  • 4th: £400
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 40.20s
  • Off Time: 16:45:13
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Arabic Culture (USA)

5/4

    2
    Silk -

    Matewan (IRE)

    4/1

      1(5)
      Silk - Black, red star and armlets

      Arabic Culture (USA)

      11 CCD
      5/4
      • Form 217222
      • Age 5
      • Weight 9-9
      • Official Rating 82

      raced wide close up, pushed along and headway 2f out, soon chased leader, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, led close home

      2(2)
      Silk - Grey, beige star, grey sleeves, beige stars and stars on cap

      Gabrials Boy

      86
      8/1
      • Form 4310
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-7
      • Official Rating 84

      keen close up in 5th, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish

      3(1)
      Silk - Purple, red star and sleeves, red cap, purple star

      Singing Sheriff

      54 D
      9/4
      • Form 1D0402
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-3
      • Official Rating 76

      keen tracked leaders, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, edged left and no extra towards finish

      4(3)
      Silk - White, Dark Blue armlets and cap

      Production

      43
      9/1
      • Form 855145
      • Age 3
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 79

      set steady pace, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong

      5(4)
      Silk - DARK BLUE and WHITE check, DARK BLUE sleeves, EMERALD GREEN cap

      Matewan (IRE)

      119 p D
      4/1
      • Form 11-0261
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-2
      • Official Rating 75

      taken to post early, tracked leader, ridden to lead 2f out, headed close home

      Previous results

      2018
      (3)
      Silk -

      Redicean

      9/4
      • Age 4
      • Weight 9-7

      In depth

      Verdict

      Arabic Culture has made giant strides since winning a seller here in January but he’s probably in the handicapper’s grip now. MATEWAN was third here on his only previous run on the all-weather and was progressive on Turf over the summer. He‘s returning from a break but is potentially well treated on this surface. Production is back on the level having failed to take to hurdles and is best watched but Singing Sheriff ran well at Kempton following a short lay-off and makes more appeal than Gabrials Boy.

      Formwatch

      Arabic Culture (USA) 9-2 (9-4) In touch, pushed along and headway 2f out, ridden and stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Big Daddy Kane (8-8) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Nov.

      Gabrials Boy 50-1 (8-6) In touch, stayed far side, ridden and weakened2f out, tailed off, last of 12, 33l behind Ranch Hand (9-1) at Haydock 1m 6f hcp (2) sft in Sep.

      Singing Sheriff 16-1 (9-2) Mid-division, headway and switched left 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, stayed on well, just held, 2nd of 14, hd behind Regal Director (9-9) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Oct.

      Production 3-1 (10-12) Went right 1st, tracked leaders, blundered and lost place 3 out, rallied briefly turning into straight, never on terms, weakened next, 7th of 8, 33 1/4l behind Prefontaine (10-12) at Kempton 2m (3) gd in Oct.

      Matewan (IRE) 9-4jfav (9-5) Steadied start, in touch, pushed along 3f out, headway to chase leader over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden and ran on, won at Ripon 1m 4f hcp (5) gs in Aug beating Deinonychus (8-5) by 1l, 7 ran.