Racecards
14:30 Wolverhampton
Littlewoods Bet Direct Banded Stakes (Class H)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 5f
- Going: Standard
- Form 3500-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
chased leaders to halfway
Cark
9- Form 000400-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer J Balding
- Jockey L Fletcher
chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 30000-6
- Age 7
- Weight 9-7
prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 300644-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-7
led after 1f, headed halfway, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
- Form 6/0020-4
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer J Bradley
- Jockey P Fitzsimons
behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on, nearest at finish
Lone Piper
38- Form 000056-
- Age 9
- Weight 9-7
prominent, led halfway, ridden and headed just over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 000600-
- Age 10
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer K Cunningham-Brown
- Jockey S Whitworth
outpaced, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on, nearest at finish
Mesmerised
76- Form 030000-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer Miss A Stokell
- Jockey Ann Stokell
always behind
- Form 404000-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer J Bradley
- Jockey F P Ferris
prominent, ridden and every chance 2f out, hampered just over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
On The Level
80- Form 043255-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer Mrs N Macauley
- Jockey P McCabe
in touch, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out
- Form 200000-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-7
led 1f, chased leaders, not clear run 2f out, ridden to lead just over 1f out, ran on
- Form 206000-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
chased leaders 3f
- Form 552060-
- Age 9
- Weight 9-7
- Trainer D W Chapman
- Jockey R Brisland
held up, headway over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, soon ridden, not quicken
In depth
Verdict
Professional losers a plenty on view with Cark, Calendar Girl and Diaphanous more likely suitors. Cark has plenty of speed and has disappointed a variety of trainers throughout his career. Yet to win on this surface, he seems invariably to find one too good. Calendar Girl is unexposed and with Peter Makin's name in the training column makes plenty of appeal if up to the task. Diaphanous barely stays five furlongs and is another to try and thwart a long losing run. Torrent is a light of former days and the market is watched for any clues. So Sober hails from an in-form yard although his recent work is anything to write home about. Calendar Girl is given a tentative vote with Torrent watched in the market.