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14:20 Wolverhampton

Ringside Suite 700 Theatre Style Conference Claiming Stakes (Class 6)

  • 6 Runners
  • Distance: 1m 4f 50y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Fibresand
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 2m 43.88s
  • Off Time: 14:20:09
  • 6 Ran
1(2)
Silk - White, Purple stars, Purple cap, White star
1/2
  • Form 421811
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 64

held up, headway 6f out, led well over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on to lead close home

2(3)
Silk - Red, Royal Blue stars, halved sleeves and stars on cap
9/4
  • Form 135160-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-9
  • Official Rating 64

with leader, lead after 1f, ridden and headed well over 2f out, weakened quickly

3(5)
Silk - White, Red hoops, stars on sleeves, Red cap
16/1
  • Form 05090-0
  • Age 5
  • Weight 8-8
  • Official Rating 55

ran in snatches, chased leaders, ridden over 6f out, weakened over 2f out

4(1)
Silk - Red, White Cross of Lorraine, striped sleeves, hooped cap
25/1
  • Form 37180/0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 8-4
  • Official Rating 58

led 1f, chased leader to 9f out, soon ridden, weakened 6f out, virtually pulled up over 4f out

5(6)
Silk - Yellow, Royal Blue epaulets, diamonds on sleeves, quartered cap
50/1
  • Form 66659-0
  • Age 4
  • Weight 7-13
  • Official Rating 35

chased leaders, went 2nd 9f out to over 3f out, soon weakened

6(4)
Silk - DARK BLUE, WHITE stars, WHITE and RED hooped sleeves, WHITE cap
  • Form 600470
  • Age 4
  • Weight 7-13
  • Official Rating 39

behind, headway 6f out, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, rider soon dropped whip, edged left inside final furlong, headed close home

In depth

Verdict

Zalkani ,Gallery Breeze and Dartanian look the three to concentrate on in this claimer and the vote is given to Zalkani. The selection has won his last two races in good style, notably when beating High Hope last time out. He remains on a fair mark and under conditions that suit he is hard to oppose. Gallery Breeze rates the main danger on his best form but he has yet to win over this trip and the suspicion is he may just need the run after a 256-day absence and he looks opposable on that basis. Dartanian showed little last time so can not be put forward with any confidence while Tennessee Belle is from a yard in form but her overall profiler leaves her with little to find and with this in mind for the winner we return to Zalkani who gets the confident vote.

Formwatch

Zalkani (IRE) 9-4fav (9-11) Held up towards rear, headway 4f out, ridden 2f out, ran on inside final furlong to lead near finish, won at W'hampton 1m 4f clm (5) pol beating High Hope (9-4) by a hd, 10 ran.

Gallery Breeze 33-1 (8-8) Mid-division and keen, ridden when rider lost reins over 2f out, not recover, 14th of 20, 9l behind Kingsholm (8-9) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Oct.

Shaaban (IRE) 125-1 (10-4) Slowly into stride, always rear group, last of 17, 24l behind Adobe (10-10) at Warwick 1m amt hcp (6) gf.

Dartanian 100-1 (10-4) Held up behind, never a factor, 15th of 17, 13l behind Adobe (10-10) at Warwick 1m amt hcp (6) gf.

Keyalzao (IRE) 100-1 (8-1) Towards rear, never a factor, 17th of 18, 20l behind Trevian (8-8) at Ripon 1m hcap (6) gf.

Tennessee Belle (IRE) 33-1 (8-10) Always towards rear, 10th of 14, 19l behind Champagne Shadow (9-13) at Lingfield 1m 4f sll (6) pol.