Racecards
15:10 Wolverhampton
FCL Global Forwarding Making Logistics Personal Handicap (Class 3)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 7f 32y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £15,000 added
- Winner: £9,452
- 2nd: £2,829
- 3rd: £1,414
- 4th: £708
- Form 63031-5
- Age 3
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 88
mid-division, headway on outer to press winner over 4f out, driven 2f out, ridden and lost place 1f out, no extra
- Form 3481-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 87
- Trainer J & T Gosden
- Jockey W Buick
tracked leaders, effort on outer 2f out, ridden 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression with front pair inside final furlong
Medahim (IRE)
131- Form 1-
- Age 3
- Weight 9-6
- Official Rating 87
soon tracked leaders, driven 2f out, ridden to chase winner 1f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, held towards finish
- Form 1U720-2
- Age 3
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 83
- Trainer A M Balding
- Jockey Rob Hornby
slowly into stride, behind, outpaced over 2f out, ridden 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong to take 4th near finish, not reach leaders
- Form 911-150
- Age 3
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 82
- Trainer J A Osborne
- Jockey T J Murphy
in rear, outpaced over 2f out, ridden 1f out, never a threat
- Form 741-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-13
- Official Rating 80
- Trainer W J Haggas
- Jockey S De Sousa
made all, ridden 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, held on well
- Form 71900-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer K R Burke
- Jockey P J McDonald
tracked leaders, driven 2f out, lost place 1f out, faded inside final furlong
Abiento (IRE)
198- Form 325810-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer R A Fahey
- Jockey T Hamilton
mid-division, driven over 2f out, never on terms, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
In depth
Verdict
Berkshire Boy was narrowly beaten at Kempton on his reappearance but this is tougher while High Acclaim had little chance against higher rated opposition in Listed company last month. But a few of these are less exposed including Newbury maiden winner Parfait and Original Choice, who won his maiden at Redcar in November. However, MEDAHIM made a winning start at Kempton in December and with improvement expected over this extra furlong, he may prove good enough in a hard race to call.
Formwatch
High Acclaim (USA) 16-1 (9-1) Close up, ridden over 1f out, faded final furlong, 5th of 9, 6 3/4l behind Second Thought (9-1) at Lingfield 7f lst stks (1) pol in Mar.
Parfait (IRE) 9-2 (9-5) Made all, ridden over 1f out, ran on, won at Newbury 6f mdn stks (4) gs in Oct beating Firefright (9-5) by 1l, 16 ran.
Medahim (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) Held up in mid-division, headway over 1f out, soon ridden to lead inside final furlong, won at Kempton 6f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec beating Saluti (9-5) by 3 1/4l, 10 ran.
Berkshire Boy (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Slowly away, behind ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on towards finish, just held, 2nd of 7, hd behind Family Fortunes (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Vatican Hill (IRE) 14-1 (9-6) Keen held up, ridden 2f out, never a factor, 10th of 11, 10 3/4l behind Gilgamesh (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Original Choice (IRE) 5-2fav (9-5) Close up, led halfway, headed 3f out, led over 1f out, kept on well, won at Redcar 7f mdn stks (5) gs in Nov beating Game Starter (9-5) by 1 1/2l, 16 ran.
Burrishoole Abbey (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Dwelt, towards rear, never dangerous, 12th of 15, 11 1/4l behind Tawny Port (9-1) at Ayr 6f (2) gs in Sep.
Abiento (IRE) 28-1 (8-12) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon weakened, 13th of 20, 7 1/4l behind Wick Powell (8-3) at Redcar 6f lst stks (1) gf in Oct.