Racecards
19:20 Wolverhampton
Esp Experience Challenge Tri-Banded Stakes (Class H) (Class H)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f
- Going: Standard
Bretton
3- Form 266444
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
- Trainer R Hollinshead
- Jockey N Callan
led, ridden and headed over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
- Form 0006-62
- Age 3
- Weight 9-0
chased leaders, ridden 7f out, weakened 3f out
- Form 00-0405
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
- Trainer S C Williams
- Jockey R L Moore
chased leaders, ridden 5f out, weakened over 3f out
- Form 000-02
- Age 3
- Weight 8-9
in touch, headway over 5f out, pushed aloong over 3f out, led final furlong, edged right and soon clear, ran on
Middleham Rose
105- Form 000-66
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
- Trainer P Haslam
- Jockey Rory Moore
in touch, headway over 6f out, led over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, headed final furlong, soon beaten
- Form 600-06
- Age 3
- Weight 8-4
with leader to halfway, weakened quickly
In depth
Verdict
True To Yourself ran well enough last time to make him a leading contender here and he gets the vote ahead of Bretton and Bunino Ven. The selection showed improved form to finish second behind Secret Bloom on this track, and with the step up in trip unlikely to inconvenience him he is put forward as the one to beat. Bretton is from a yard that does well here and he is dropped in grade, so if the market vibes are positive then it could pay to take the hint. Bunino Ven was disappointing last time and failed to settle but he is capable of better than that so can't be entirely ruled out. Middleham Rose has shown a fair level of form, but like Bunino Ven, he will have to improve to trouble our selection, True To Yourself.