Racecards
16:20 Wolverhampton
Bet Direct Daily Best Bets Banded Stakes (Class 5)
- 11 Runners
- Distance: 7f 32y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: Fibresand
- Form 55-2761
- Age 5
- Weight 9-4
- Official Rating 49
- Trainer S C Williams
- Jockey J-P Guillambert
slowly into stride, mid-division, not clear run over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
- Form 960590
- Age 8
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer A W Carroll
- Jockey Tony Culhane
with leaders, led 5f out, headed when not much room over 2f out, soon weakened
- Form 08670-7
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer T J Etherington
- Jockey P Mathers
held up, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on towards finish
- Form 009160-
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 45
soon with leaders, ridden when edged left and led over 2f out, hung right over 1f out, headed no extra inside final furlong
- Form 900-253
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 47
- Trainer K Bell
- Jockey D R McCabe
with leaders, led 6f out to 5f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Urban Calm
20- Form 0509-03
- Age 4
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer J W Unett
- Jockey S Hitchcott
held up, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
- Form 600-122
- Age 5
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer J M Bradley
- Jockey J Quinn
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, switched left 1f out, stayed on
- Form 13997-6
- Age 6
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 45
- Trainer S A Brookshaw
- Jockey N Chalmers
slowly into stride, behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on, never dangerous
In depth
Verdict
Fulvio is taken to score here with A Teen and Countrywide Girl put forward as the main dangers. The selection won well in this grade over 1m at Lingfield last time when beating Dial Square. He is dropped in trip here which will not be a problem, and if there is any encouragement from the market then the advice would be to follow the money on this Stuart Williams-trained 5-year-old. A-Teen was disappointing over 5f at Southwell last time but he is interesting as he ran well the last time he tackled this longer trip so it would be no surprise to see him run a big race. Countrywide Girl is returning from a break and this mare certainly has the form to win this, so if she is fit enough to do herself justice then she could go well. Vlasta Weiner has been in good form of late and is another to consider but for the winner we return to Fulvio.