Racecards
14:30 Wolverhampton
Bet Direct In Running Sky Text 293 Selling Stakes (Class G4) (Class 4)
- 13 Runners
- Distance: 1m 1f
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
Zando
42- Form 006010-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 62
- Trainer P C Haslam
- Jockey G Bartley
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out
- Form 00-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer M G Quinlan
- Jockey Nicol Polli
chased leader to over 3f out, weakened quickly
- Form 006062-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
behind, ridden and headway over 2f out, hung right just over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
- Form 05060-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer P C Haslam
- Jockey Mark Flynn
chased leaders to halfway
- Form 060664-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 54
- Trainer B J Meehan
- Jockey Richard Hughes
in touch, ridden to chase leader, carried wide entering straight, one pace final furlong
- Form 102000-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 63
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakening when not much room over 1f out
Namking
26- Form 0004-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 56
- Trainer C W Thornton
- Jockey Dean McKeown
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, headway over 1f out, weakened final furlong
- Form 00010-1
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 67
towards rear, pushed along and headway halfway, led over 2f out, ridden and hung badly right well over 1f out, hit rail 1f out, headed and not quicken inside final furlong
- Form 000550-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer P D Evans
- Jockey J-P Guillambert
behind, ridden and headway halfway, weakened over 2f out
- Form 550600-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Official Rating 60
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey S W Kelly
towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on, never dangerous
- Form 000-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-6
- Trainer R P Elliott
- Jockey Rory Moore
mid-division, ridden halfway, soon weakened
In depth
Verdict
Spence Appeal landed a similar race to this at Lingfield last time and he can follow up today at the expense of Golden Square and Namking. Kevin Ryan's gelding showed tremendous courage to get the better of Missed Turn, with Grezie, a good yardstick to this type of event, well beaten in third. Most of his rivals are well exposed and he looks set to make it back to back victories. Namking is one that does have some scope for improvement having only had the four outings to date. Chris Thornton's gelding finished a promising fourth in a Wolverhampton maiden last time and drops into selling company for the first time this afternoon, he could prove a big danger to all. Golden Square ran well in a seller over course and distance last time and a similar effort will see him in the shake up again. Pat Haslam runs both Zando and Dramatic River, both have shown ability and may prove best of the others, however Spence Appeal is the horse in form and he gets the nod.