Racecards
17:10 Wolverhampton
Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap (Class 4)
- 5 Runners
- Distance: 1m 1f 104y
- Going: Standard
- Surface: AllWeather
- £9,250 added
- Winner: £4,347
- 2nd: £2,041
- 3rd: £1,021
- 4th: £510
- Form 25-2122
- Age 4
- Weight 9-7
- Official Rating 84
- Trainer D M Loughnane
- Jockey R Kingscote
led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, stayed on when hampered inside final furlong
Khatm
11- Form 111121
- Age 4
- Weight 9-2
- Official Rating 79
- Trainer G Boughey
- Jockey Mark Crehan
rearing in stalls, dwelt, soon tracked leader, led approaching final furlong, ridden and ran on when edged left inside final furlong
- Form 000-643
- Age 9
- Weight 9-1
- Official Rating 78
- Trainer D M Simcock
- Jockey J P Spencer
keen close up in rear, effort over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
- Form 0938-26
- Age 10
- Weight 9-0
- Official Rating 77
keen tracked leaders, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out
In depth
Verdict
Unruly in the stalls, Khatm overcame a poor start to score over 7f at Southwell and record his fifth success in his last six starts. He’s yet to win on Tapeta but can’t be ruled out with any confidence despite a further 4lb rise. Precision Storm has something to prove 8lb higher than when scoring here earlier while Oslo came up short once again at Lingfield last time. The veteran My Target scored off his current mark at this time last year but NONIOS was also successful over track and trip last March off a 12lb higher mark and David Simcock’s charge gets the vote on the back of a recent placed effort at Lingfield.
Formwatch
Oslo 3-1 (9-13) Held up in rear, switched wide and headway when ridden 2f out, one pace final furlong, 5th of 6, 3 1/4l behind Protected Guest (9-13) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Precision Storm 3-1jfav (9-7) Held up in mid-division, not much room over 2f out, headway on inside when not clear run over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 2nd of 11, 4 1/4l behind Arij (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Khatm 10-11fav (9-13) Dwelt, tracked leaders, stayed alone far side from 3f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, ran on, won at Southwell 7f hcp (5) pol in Mar beating Equidae (9-7) by 1l, 6 ran.
Nonios (IRE) 8-1 (9-6) Held up well off the pace in rear, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on into never nearer 3rd post, too much to do, 3rd of 7, 2 1/4l behind Gavi Di Gavi (9-1) at Lingfield 1m hcp (4) pol in Mar.
My Target (IRE) 11-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, dropped to last halfway, ridden over 1f out, nearest finish, 6th of 10, 8 3/4l behind Starfighter (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Mar.