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15:30 Wolverhampton

Better Book Early At Pontin's Claiming Stakes (Class 6)

  • 5 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 1f 103y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Fibresand
  • £3,000 added
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 2.43s
  • Off Time: 15:31:10
  • 5 Ran
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1
Silk -

Sawwaah (IRE)

11/4

    2
    Silk -

    Given A Choice (IRE)

    8/11

      1(4)
      Silk - Red, Black epaulets, Red and White striped sleeves, Red cap, White star

      Given A Choice (IRE)

      4 CD
      8/11
      • Form 4203-13
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-6
      • Official Rating 82

      led after 1f, ridden, edged right, headed 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, flattered by proximity

      2(2)
      Silk - WHITE, EMERALD GREEN epaulets and stars on sleeves, YELLOW cap

      Ninth House (USA)

      16 bt CDC
      4/1
      • Form 42511-3
      • Age 6
      • Weight 9-5
      • Official Rating 75

      held up, headway to chase leading pair over 2f out, one pace

      3(3)
      Silk - EMERALD GREEN and YELLOW (halved), YELLOW sleeves, EMERALD GREEN cap

      Sawwaah (IRE)

      9 v CDD
      11/4
      • Form 11122-1
      • Age 11
      • Weight 9-0
      • Official Rating 78

      always prominent, led on bit 2f out, cheekily

      4(1)
      Silk - Yellow, Red diamond, Red and Yellow halved sleeves, Yellow cap, Red diamond

      Hayley's Pearl

      9
      100/1
      • Form 7-5
      • Age 9
      • Weight 8-11

      held up, ridden, weakened over 2f out

      5(5)
      Silk - Yellow, Maroon braces and sleeves, Maroon and Yellow hooped cap

      Shaydreambeliever

      19
      25/1
      • Form 997/61-5
      • Age 5
      • Weight 8-8
      • Official Rating 64

      led 1f, chased leader until 5f out, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened

      In depth

      Verdict

      This should lie between the top three in the weights with Given A Choice getting the choice ahead of Ninth House and Sawwaah. The last mentioned has been threatening to win for some time and finally came good when successful in a Lingfield claimer last time. Tom Dascombe's gelding has to be respected and has more solid claims than Shaydreambeliever, who won a Southwell claimer two starts ago but needs to improve to trouble the judge. Hayley's Pearl is hard to recommend on all known form and of more interest has to be Nick Littmoden's Ninth House, who has shown a consistent level of form recently. Preference though is for James Given's Given A Choice who has similarly been running consistently well but in better grade and he is taken to win again.

      Formwatch

      Given A Choice (IRE) 11-4 (9-11) Held up, effort and headway approaching 2f out, soon chasing leaders and kept on, 3rd of 6, 1l behind Alonso de Guzman (7-12) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.

      Ninth House (USA) 5-1 (9-4) Held up in rear, short of room over 2f out, headway over 1f out, never able to challenge, 3rd of 7, 2l behind Monkey Glas (9-1) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol.

      Sawwaah (IRE) Evensfav (9-5) Dwelt, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leader, led over 1f out, ran on, won at Lingfield 1m 2f clm (6) pol beating Inside Story (9-9) by 3l, 6 ran.

      Hayley's Pearl 50-1 (9-2) Held up, ridden 4f out, plugged on, 5th of 11, 8l behind Steig (9-7) at W'hampton 1m 4f mdn stk (5) pol.

      Shaydreambeliever 7-2 (9-2) Led early, chased leader, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 5th of 6, 14l behind Looks The Business (8-12) at W'hampton 1m 4f clm (6) pol.