Racecards
15:20 Wolverhampton
Book Now For Christmas Nursery (Div 2) (Class 5)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 5f 216y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £4,000 added
- Winner: £2,588
- 2nd: £770
- 3rd: £385
- 4th: £192
- Form 112705
- Age 2
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 73
tracked leaders, lost place over 4f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 361355
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey M Dwyer
held up, headway over 3f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon headed, unable to quicken
Mutafarrej
42- Form 75670
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer C & M Johnston
- Jockey P Hanagan
tracked leaders on outside, went 2nd 4f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
- Form 4044
- Age 2
- Weight 9-3
- Official Rating 69
- Trainer Tom Dascombe
- Jockey Stephen Craine
tracked leaders, took keen hold, pushed along over 2f out, lost place over 1f out
- Form 150
- Age 2
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 67
- Trainer Mrs I G-Leveque
- Jockey Lemos De Souza
prominent, led 5f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
- Form 352747
- Age 2
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 66
- Trainer Eve Johnson Houghton
- Jockey J P Fahy
held up in rear, headway on outside 1f out, led inside final furlong, edged left, ran on
Tamarin
25- Form 763
- Age 2
- Weight 8-12
- Official Rating 64
- Trainer Sir Michael Stoute
- Jockey S W Kelly
led, headed 5f out, stayed prominent, every chance inside final furlong, held towards finish
- Form 504443
- Age 2
- Weight 8-11
- Official Rating 63
- Trainer Mrs L J Mongan
- Jockey Liam Jones
towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, well beaten over 1f out
In depth
Verdict
TAMARIN will likely prove popular now handicapping for the time having finished third here last month. The Stoute filly is preferred to Little Belter, a well beaten favourite at Ripon last time. Charlie's Star has tumbled 15lb down the weights since July and finished closer at Kempton last time but both Zebelini and Mutafarrej have gone backwards of late. Shamrock Sheila has done her winning in plating races so far and may struggle again.
Formwatch
Shamrock Sheila (IRE) 33-1 (8-2) Soon behind, outpaced 3f out, ridden and kept on under pressure on outside over 1f out, never troubled leaders, 5th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Stinky Socks (7-11) at Wolverhampton 5f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4).
Emef Rock (IRE) 33-1 (8-8) Close up, ridden and kept on same pace final 2f, 5th of 10, 6l behind Evening Rain (9-2) at Lingfield 6f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Mutafarrej 15-2 (9-6) Prominent, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 10th of 14, 15l behind Mr Shekells (8-7) at Redcar 7f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Sep.
Little Belter (IRE) 11-4fav (9-1) Held up in last pair, not clearest of runs 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to threaten, 4th of 7, 4 1/2l behind Pumaflor (8-6) at Ripon 6f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Aug.
Zebelini (IRE) 25-1 (8-11) Chased leader, ridden over 1f out, soon lost 2nd and weakened final furlong, 11th of 13, 6l behind Charlie Lad (8-8) at Nottingham 5f 2yo hcp 0-80 (4) sft.
British Embassy (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Pulled hard in rear, headway over 2f out, soon under pressure, never dangerous, 7th of 10, 8l behind Black Granite (9-6) at Salisbury 7f 2yo hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Sep.
Tamarin 11-2 (9-0) Tracked leader, led halfway, ridden over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 8, 5l behind Hard To Handel (9-5) at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo mdn stks (5) in Sep.
Charlie's Star 2-1 (8-8) Tracked leading pair on inside, pushed along halfway, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, one pace into 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 8, 1l behind Almoqatel (9-1) at Kempton 7f 2yo clm stks (6) pol in Sep.
Always Be Ready 25-1 (9-5) Led early, chased winner, ridden and no impression when hung left over 1f out, 2nd of 10, 7l behind Encore d'Or (9-5) at Wolverhampton 6f 2yo mdn stks (5).
Toni's A Star 50-1 (9-0) Awkward start, always behind, last of 11, 19l behind Seve (9-5) at Chester 5f 2yo mdn (4) gd in Jun.