Racecards
15:30 Wolverhampton
Littlewoods Bet Direct Handicap (Class C1) (Class 1)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 6f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
Quito (IRE)
39- Form 335102-
- Age 8
- Weight 10-5
- Official Rating 105
- Trainer D W Chapman
- Jockey Tony Culhane
slowly into stride, held up, badly hampered over 2f out, soon eased
- Form 11/0643-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-11
- Official Rating 88
- Trainer G A Butler
- Jockey R Kingscote
held up, headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, ridden out
- Form 02103-R
- Age 6
- Weight 9-9
- Official Rating 95
close up, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace
- Form 210130-
- Age 7
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 91
- Trainer A G Newcombe
- Jockey L P Keniry
slowly into stride, held up, effort when badly hampered over 2f out, no danger after
- Form 546031-
- Age 8
- Weight 9-5
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer N P Littmoden
- Jockey G Baker
behind, headway when bumped over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 000000-
- Age 5
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 89
- Trainer M J Polglase
- Jockey T P Queally
with leaders to halfway, soon weakened
- Form 145003-
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 86
- Trainer G A Butler
- Jockey P Hanagan
chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, edged left and headed inside final furlong, no extra
- Form 00510-0
- Age 8
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 81
- Trainer D Nicholls
- Jockey Adrian Nicholls
with leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
The Lord
6- Form 30606-5
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer W G M Turner
- Jockey C Haddon
chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, hampered over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 001200-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 75
- Trainer Paul Johnson
- Jockey N Chalmers
made most until ridden and headed over 2f out, soon went lame and pulled up
In depth
Verdict
What-A-Dancer was claimed out of Alan Swinbank's stable for ¿20,000 after landing a Lingfield claimer over this trip last time but faces no easy task under a penalty in a better race today and preference is for The Lord, who gets the vote over Rydal. The last mentioned represents the in-form yard of Gerard Butler ran on well close home on his return at Lingfield last month and should strip fitter for the outing. He makes more appeal than stablemate Prince Tum Tum on jockey bookings. Top weight Quito, who is always liable to pop up when in the mood but is hard to catch right, has plenty of weight to carry and is probably best passed over, while Trinculo may need another run or two to put him spot on. The vote then goes to The Lord. Bill Turner's five-year-old caught the eye staying on behind Dancing Mystery at Southwell last week, when 7lbs wrong in the weights and off his proper mark today has an obvious chance. Today's longer trip should not pose any problems and The Lord is taken to make the most of what looks a favourable mark.