October 19 / 19.30 Wolverhampton (AW)

19.30

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At The Races App Expert Tips Handicap

  • Prize money: £2983.38
  • 0m 6f 20y
  • Class 6
  • 10 runners
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At The Races App Expert Tips Handicap

Runners: 10 runners

Type: Flat AW

Surface: Tapeta

Weather: Showers

1st
12 (6)
Saffredi

6/1 (Won)

  • Win: £7.00
  • Place: £2.20

Form: 364955

Last run: 12 days

W: 9st 1lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 55

Form & Verdict
Placed three times (7f/1m) for Gavin Cromwell in Ireland in the summer; has finished fifth on both outings for new yard, again showing plenty of speed over 7f here on latest; gives the impression this drop to 6f may suit.
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3

(4)

18th Oct 2025

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 6

16:59 Wolverhampton (AW)

Saffredi

9st 8lb

J: William Carson

T: Grace Harris

Ended 2024 by winning the corresponding race off 5lb lower; returned from 170 days off to win another C&D handicap in April (off this mark); not at his best in a Class 5 here two weeks ago but he was caught wide and shouldn't have that issue from stall 4; one to consider.

9/2

10

(9)

4th Oct 2025

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 5

17:30 Wolverhampton (AW)

Saffredi

9st 4lb

J: Stevie Donohoe

T: Grace Harris

Handy sort who has been running well on turf lately including when second of five at Chepstow (6f, good) last time; looks interesting now returned here with his record over C&D reading 113; high on list.

6/1

2nd

3

(7)

19th Aug 2025

Good To Firm

0m 6f 16y

Class 6

19:00 Chepstow

Saffredi

9st 6lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: Grace Harris

Largely consistent since returning from break with 6f AW win in April, and lost out only by two necks when third in slightly better race than this at Newbury (6f, good to firm) last month; below that form when favourite over C&D soon afterwards but still features prominently in calculations.

4/1

10/1

  • Place: £1.70

Form: 626530 D

Last run: 55 days

W: 9st 6lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 59

Form & Verdict
In and out since winning over this trip at Salisbury last summer, well held when last seen at Yarmouth in August; 0-4 on AW; hopes rest on a short break and Daniel Muscutt replacing a 7lb claimer.
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10th

9

(6)

20th Jan 2026

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 6

17:00 Southwell (AW)

Prince Of Bel Lir

10st 4lb

J: Miss Sophie Dobson

T: K R Burke

Holds weak claims on his form this winter for new yard; possibly found 5f too sharp last time but returning to 7f may not be the answer; 6f has looked his optimum trip.

20/1

11/4

  • Place: £2.20

Form: 417921 CD

Last run: 42 days

W: 9st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 65

Form & Verdict
Loves it here and a battling success six weeks ago was his fourth over C&D; next-time-out wins for the second and fourth give that form a solid look; nudged up just 3lb and likely to be in the shake-up again.
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12

(2)

1st Oct 2025

Standard To Slow

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

20:30 Kempton (AW)

Arlecchinos Gift

9st 4lb

J: Jason Watson

T: Mark Usher

His C&D win in February was achieved off a 10lb higher mark; out of sorts more recently though and others look safer.

14/1

5th

8

(1)

2nd Sep 2025

Standard

0m 7f 36y

Class 6

17:10 Wolverhampton (AW)

Arlecchinos Gift

9st 1lb

J: George Bass

T: Mark Usher

All nine wins over 6f including three here; 8lb below his last winning mark, but attempts this far for only the second time on his 64th start and didn't prove his stamina in the first.

16/1

6th

6

(4)

18th Aug 2025

Good To Firm

0m 6f 12y

Class 6

20:00 Windsor

Arlecchinos Gift

9st 8lb

J: Jason Watson

T: Mark Usher

He was winning for the ninth time in his career when scoring at Kempton in February (made most); quiet on turf this summer and opposable despite a reduced mark.

25/1

12/1

Form: 516355 D

Last run: 16 days

W: 9st 7lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 60

Form & Verdict
Made all at Chepstow in July and far from disgraced when fifth of 11 at Chelmsford two weeks ago; 0-9 at Wolverhampton but has been placed here twice; unlikely to be far away.
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10th

5

(3)

29th May 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 16y

Class 6

17:10 Chepstow

Vape

9st 6lb

J: Charlie Tucker

T: John & Rhys Flint

Dual 6f winner (once here) last summer; also suited by 7f but we haven't seen him since a disappointing AW run in September and he probably doesn't have much margin for error off current mark.

12/1

2

(5)

20th Sep 2025

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 6

20:30 Wolverhampton (AW)

Vape

9st 12lb

J: Charlie Tucker

T: John & Rhys Flint

Dual Polytrack winner who boasts a patchy record round here; has enjoyed a good spell of late under Charlie Tucker but whether he's up to winning on Tapeta off his revised mark is the question.

6/1

6

(5)

2nd Sep 2025

Good To Soft

0m 6f 16y

Class 5

16:20 Chepstow

Vape

9st 5lb

J: Charlie Tucker

T: John & Rhys Flint

Thoroughly at home on this track, with three of his last four wins over C&D (good to soft and good) and the latest a fortnight ago, the day after a Windsor success; has won off higher marks than today's and his apprentice rider Charlie Tucker gets a sweet tune out of him; hat-trick is on the cards.

9/2

16/1

Form: 8440-9

Last run: 24 days

W: 9st 9lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 62

Form & Verdict
Promise for Sir Mark Todd as 2yo, expensive to follow last year; showed little at 80-1 on return and difficult to recommend on that evidence.
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7

(8)

22nd Sep 2025

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 6

20:30 Wolverhampton (AW)

Kings Gem

9st 6lb

J: Kevin Stott

T: Thomas Faulkner

18-race maiden who has returned this year in poor form; easy to dismiss.

25/1

16/1

Form: 642556 D

Last run: 16 days

W: 9st 6lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 59

Form & Verdict
Unplaced three times since a near miss off 2lb higher at Salisbury in July; no obvious excuses at Chelmsford 16 days ago.
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6th

6

(4)

10th Apr 2025

Standard

1m 0f 5y

Class 6

20:00 Newcastle (AW)

Impeach

8st 13lb

J: Kaiya Fraser

T: Rebecca Menzies

Continues to edge down the weights and he's run the odd fair race this year, but he's without a win since November 2023 and it's hard to be confident regarding his claims.

15/2

6th

6

(4)

10th Apr 2025

Standard

1m 0f 5y

Class 6

20:00 Newcastle (AW)

Impeach

8st 13lb

J: Kaiya Fraser

T: Rebecca Menzies

dwelt start, in rear, headway inside final furlong, not reach leaders

15/2

9

(5)

2nd Apr 2025

Good To Soft

0m 7f 15y

Class 6

15:07 Musselburgh

Impeach

9st 0lb

J: Joe Fanning

T: Rebecca Menzies

He has run some fair races for this yard but all four wins, the latest of them in November 2023, have come over 6f on Polytrack; solid effort over 1m last week; each-way shout.

10/1

Form: -60625

Last run: 44 days

W: 9st 9lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 62

Form & Verdict
1-18 when trained in Ireland; easily best effort for current yard when beaten neck under Saffie Osborne over C&D in August; faded over 7f here next time; not ruled out under optimum conditions.
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9

(3)

14th Sep 2025

Heavy

0m 5f 160y

Class 2

15:43 Bath

Not Just Yet

8st 2lb

J: Jay Mackay

T: Nikki Evans

Not beaten far when fourth of five in recent 5f race won by Savannah Smiles (heavy ground) but is effectively on the same mark from 2lb out of the weights today and has very modest 1-33 strike-rate.

16/1

5

(8)

3rd Sep 2025

Good

0m 5f 10y

Class 6

15:50 Bath

Not Just Yet

8st 12lb

J: Elizabeth Gale

T: Nikki Evans

Has the ability to win a race of this nature but can flatter to deceive and boasts a strike-rate of just one win from 32 starts; good effort at Wolverhampton six weeks ago but perhaps better on Tapeta nowadays.

6/1

7

(11)

22nd Jul 2025

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 6

21:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Not Just Yet

9st 6lb

J: Gina Mangan

T: Nikki Evans

A few near-misses over C&D off higher marks since coming over from Ireland and didn't run badly on turf last time, when done for toe over 5f back from a break; wouldn't be a shock were he to pop up despite the wide stall.

16/1

OUR TIP

Form: 866897 D

Last run: 82 days

W: 9st 11lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 64

Form & Verdict
Thrown in on the form of his C&D fourth on stable debut last September, but he has not made the frame in nine outings since; has had a break; hard to fancy unless the market speaks in his favour.
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1st

5

(8)

1st Jun 2026

Standard

0m 6f 1y

Class 6

14:42 Lingfield (AW)

Walking On Clouds

9st 1lb

J: Callum Hutchinson

T: Chelsea Banham

Missed a chunk of last year and has slid to a competitive mark for his current yard; just behind Southbank over C&D a month ago and is one to consider back in headgear (second-time blinkers).

5/1

3rd

9

(10)

30th Apr 2026

Standard

0m 6f 1y

Class 6

14:55 Lingfield (AW)

Walking On Clouds

9st 2lb

J: Joey Haynes

T: Chelsea Banham

Down the field on first four starts for Chelsea Banham but fared better when fifth in a Wolverhampton classified (6f; heavily backed) last month; needs to build on that effort but it will be interesting to see whether he's strong in the betting again.

6/1

5th

11

(2)

24th Mar 2026

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 6

19:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Walking On Clouds

9st 9lb

J: Joey Haynes

T: Chelsea Banham

Won a C&D handicap in December 2024, recording an RPR of 71 in the process; unfancied and has finished down the field in four runs for Chelsea Banham this winter; eligible for this 0-50 classified as a result; a return to form is likely to be foretold by the betting.

5/1

Form: 220570

Last run: 61 days

W: 9st 10lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 64

Form & Verdict
Started handicap career with two runner-up efforts over 5f in January/February but he's been well held back on turf since; needs a revival, and a recent gelding operation plus the return to the AW could spark just that.
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7th

6

(4)

21st Nov 2024

Standard

0m 5f 21y

Class 6

19:10 Wolverhampton (AW)

Doctor Vuby

9st 7lb

J: Lewis Chalkley

T: Michael & David Easterby

Promise on AW last winter; quiet on turf in the summer and returning to AW hasn't perked him up the last twice; stable also run So Grateful.

14/1

7th

6

(4)

21st Nov 2024

Standard

0m 5f 21y

Class 6

19:10 Wolverhampton (AW)

Doctor Vuby

9st 7lb

J: Lewis Chalkley

T: Michael & David Easterby

Promise on AW last winter; quiet on turf in the summer and returning to AW hasn't perked him up the last twice; stable also run So Grateful.

14/1

9th

7

(9)

28th Oct 2024

Standard

0m 4f 214y

Class 6

19:00 Southwell (AW)

Doctor Vuby

9st 4lb

J: Billy Garritty

T: Michael & David Easterby

Maiden who's been expensive to follow and who's regressed since undergoing wind surgery; better was expected on his first start since being gelded recently but he again disappointed.

12/1

10/1

Form: 4427-0 CD

Last run: 11 days

W: 9st 2lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 55

Form & Verdict
Runs here more than anywhere else and scored over C&D just after Christmas in 2022; back to his last winning mark but he was well beaten on belated reappearance 11 days ago and needs to have come on a good deal for that.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

3rd

4

(7)

21st May 2026

Standard

0m 6f 16y

Class 6

21:00 Southwell (AW)

Bomb Squad

9st 8lb

J: Hollie Doyle

T: John Mackie

Dual C&D winner, but has raced exclusively over 7f since December and was successful over that distance here four weeks ago; has to prove he still has the speed for this trip, but his course record makes him hard to dismiss.

4/1

1st

6

(4)

23rd Apr 2026

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 6

20:00 Southwell (AW)

Bomb Squad

9st 5lb

J: Hollie Doyle

T: John Mackie

Eight wins on the AW include three at this track (6f/7f), the last win coming off 2lb lower at Wolverhampton last month; ran well when runner-up here 16 days ago and there's no reason why he can't go well again.

4/1

2nd

10

(13)

7th Apr 2026

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 6

20:30 Southwell (AW)

Bomb Squad

9st 5lb

J: Billy Loughnane

T: John Mackie

Eight wins on the AW including three over 6f/7f here; still 2lb above his highest winning mark and will need things to pan out right from the outside stall, but one for the shortlist nonetheless.

6/1

Non-runners

Professor Tickle, Betties Bay

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £31.70
Straight Forecast £23.63
Tricast £140.88
Trifecta £228.30

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Arlecchino's Gift

RP RATINGS:

Doctor Vuby

Telegraph:

Professor Tickle

The Star:

Walking On Clouds

POSTDATA:

Impeach

The Guardian:

Vape

The Times:

Doctor Vuby

D Express:

Professor Tickle

Daily Mail:

Arlecchino's Gift

Daily Mirror:

Arlecchino's Gift

Daily Record:

Arlecchino's Gift