December 16 / 20.00 Wolverhampton (AW)

20.00

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  • 2m 0f 120y
  • Class 6
  • 9 runners
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Runners: 9 runners

Type: Flat AW

Surface: Tapeta

Weather: Cloudy

8/1 (Won)

  • Win: £10.70
  • Place: £2.40

Form: 575528

Last run: 40 days

W: 9st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
5yo maiden who has raced at this course (1m6f) in both runs for new stable, finishing second then well beaten; the penultimate effort gives him place claims.
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10th

5

9th May 2024

Good To Soft

2m 0f 70y

Class 4

16:40 Stratford

Gerrots

11st 7lb

J: Charlie Deutsch

T: Deborah Faulkner

Modest Flat winner; has failed to beat a rival in two starts since switched to hurdles; opposed.

100/1

10th

5

9th May 2024

Good To Soft

2m 0f 70y

Class 4

16:40 Stratford

Gerrots

11st 7lb

J: Charlie Deutsch

T: Deborah Faulkner

Modest Flat winner; has failed to beat a rival in two starts since switched to hurdles; opposed.

100/1

12th

5

26th Apr 2024

Good

2m 0f 11y

Class 4

18:40 Chepstow

Gerrots

11st 4lb

J: Charlie Deutsch

T: Deborah Faulkner

Just 1-25 on Flat, the win gained off a basement mark on AW; failed to beat a rival at Hereford on the switch to hurdles.

100/1

16/1

  • Place: £3.00

Form: 7/09/8

Last run: 26 days

W: 9st 5lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 50

Form & Verdict
Spell with Fergal O'Brien culminated in hurdles hat-trick; not in anything like the same form (hurdles/Flat) for new yard; first run beyond 1m4f under this code.
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6th

4

(6)

7th Jul 2026

Standard

1m 5f 219y

Class 6

20:40 Wolverhampton (AW)

Kingston Sunflower

9st 2lb

J: Gina Mangan

T: Fergal O’Brien

Decent hurdler (2l last of four in handicap at Market Rasen last month); fair run when 3l seventh of 12 over C&D on latest AW start (September 2025); place chance.

10/1

4th

3

12th Jun 2026

Good

2m 0f 125y

Class 4

20:01 Market Rasen

Kingston Sunflower

11st 11lb

J: Fern O’Brien

T: Fergal O’Brien

5-13 over hurdles, including back-to-back wins for Fern O'Brien at Ludlow and Huntingdon (both 2m) last October/November; fresh and keen on recent comeback run at Warwick (2m, good; sixth of seven, beaten nearly 15l); this Class 4 looks a better fit, assuming the rain stays away.

11/4

6th

1

20th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 3

17:00 Warwick

Kingston Sunflower

12st 0lb

J: Fern O’Brien

T: Fergal O’Brien

Has a strike rate of 5-12 over hurdles but hasn't been seen since a below-par third at Ludlow in December; needs to raise her game to new heights having never won off a mark this high, but still commands respect.

13/2

6/1

  • Place: £1.50

Form: 054789 C

Last run: 32 days

W: 9st 2lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 47

Form & Verdict
Has gained both wins at about 1m4f and off higher marks, so he's well handicapped but has stamina to prove over this trip; recent form is underwhelming.
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5th

9

(2)

28th Apr 2026

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2m 0f 102y

Class 6

16:35 Southwell (AW)

Crystal Guard

9st 2lb

J: Lewis Edmunds

T: Iain Jardine

Dual 1m4f winner on Tapeta elsewhere; placed three times from six starts over this sort of trip on Tapeta and could make the frame from just 2lb above his last winning mark.

12/1

6th

8

(2)

6th Apr 2026

Standard

1m 5f 219y

Class 6

16:15 Wolverhampton (AW)

Crystal Guard

8st 12lb

J: David Probert

T: Iain Jardine

No AW win since January 2023 (Newcastle, 12.5f); managed to score at Musselburgh (12.5f, good) last July but fortunes dipped markedly towards the end of the turf season; more than enough to prove after layoff.

16/1

5

(1)

1st Oct 2025

Good

1m 5f 216y

Class 6

16:38 Musselburgh

Crystal Guard

9st 2lb

J: Mohammed Tabti

T: Iain Jardine

Won here (12.4f, good) in July and respectable efforts in next two runs but his form nosedived at Hamilton last month; has something to prove again after that and he needs to bounce back; stablemate of Elemental Eye.

12/1

Form: /30008 C

Last run: 59 days

W: 9st 9lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 54

Form & Verdict
Successful twice over hurdles this year, including two starts ago; far from solid on 2023 Flat form and he hasn't scored under this code since 2018.
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4th

5

22nd Feb 2024

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1m 6f 0y

Class 6

15:05 Chelmsford (AW)

Good Time Ahead

9st 3lb

T: Jim & Suzi Best

Won over hurdles in November but no Flat success since July 2018; 5lb lower than when fourth of nine at Wolverhampton (16.5f, Tapeta) in December, but well held in three starts (AW/hurdles) since; others more solid.

20/1

3rd

1

16th Feb 2024

Soft

2m 0f 3y

Class 5

13:40 Fakenham

Good Time Ahead

12st 0lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Jim & Suzi Best

midfield, not fluent and lost position 5th, ridden after 4 out, went modest third from 2 out

6/4

7th

5

18th Jan 2024

Standard

1m 5f 66y

Class 6

13:20 Chelmsford (AW)

Good Time Ahead

9st 5lb

T: Jim & Suzi Best

His AW wins were all in 2017; won twice over hurdles in 2023 and penultimate start (Wolverhampton 2m) showed all is not lost on AW, but he ran poorly (14-1; made most) with blinkers reinstated over C&D one week ago behind two of today's rivals; others look a bit more solid.

16/1

Form: 7-6498

Last run: 187 days

W: 9st 1lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 52

Form & Verdict
Modest maiden at up to 1m4f for previous yard; 0-4 over hurdles for current stable but a couple of those efforts suggest she has frame possibilities back in this sphere.
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10th

10

19th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 145y

Class 5

13:54 Huntingdon

Limelight

10st 11lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Michael Keady

Not seen over hurdles since pulled up on handicap debut for Stuart Edmunds in January 2024; placed off basement Flat mark for new stable in January this year but not in same form since; not the most obvious answer.

33/1

10th

10

19th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 145y

Class 5

13:54 Huntingdon

Limelight

10st 11lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Michael Keady

Not seen over hurdles since pulled up on handicap debut for Stuart Edmunds in January 2024; placed off basement Flat mark for new stable in January this year but not in same form since; not the most obvious answer.

33/1

10th

12

(2)

12th Apr 2025

Good

1m 0f 75y

Class 6

19:20 Nottingham

Limelight

9st 0lb

J: Sean D Bowen

T: Michael Keady

0-19 (Flat/hurdles); posted a promising effort on stable debut over 1m2f at Lingfield in January; failed to build on that in her next two starts but then shaped encouragingly in first-time blinkers (retained) over 1m at Chelmsford in March; needs to back that up now switching to turf.

9/1

6/1

Form: 649246

Last run: 46 days

W: 9st 4lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 49

Form & Verdict
Just 1-26 overall (turf win); 0-7 for current yard but has some encouraging form, notably a second-place finish off this mark at Catterick (2m) in August; that effort puts her in the picture.
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6th

4

(10)

16th Dec 2023

Standard

2m 0f 120y

Class 6

20:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Oh So Chic

9st 4lb

J: Harry Davies

T: Sara Ender

midfield

6/1

6th

10

(7)

31st Oct 2023

Heavy

1m 7f 189y

Class 6

15:22 Catterick

Oh So Chic

9st 1lb

J: Zak Wheatley

T: Sara Ender

Won a 1m6f handicap at Carlisle for Ed Bethell last summer (good to firm); she has run with credit in three of her last four starts for this yard, including here, and has soft-ground form; unraced on heavy; not dismissed.

10/1

4th

6

(7)

7th Sep 2023

Good To Firm

1m 6f 32y

Class 6

19:35 Carlisle

Oh So Chic

9st 4lb

J: Joanna Mason

T: Sara Ender

C&D winner but she's not been the easiest to catch right this term, running one of her better races when second of eight at Catterick (2m) last month; contender if on her A-game again.

9/2

OUR TIP

2/1

Form: 974325

Last run: 32 days

W: 9st 7lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 52

Form & Verdict
Ex-Irish 7yo who has form figures of 4325, all at this course, for new stable; never landed a blow over 1m4f most recently; possibilities with this step back up in distance a likely plus.
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3rd

5

12th May 2024

Good

2m 5f 55y

Class 5

16:03 Ludlow

Bear Claws

11st 8lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Alastair Ralph

Saw plenty of action in Ireland and also won a 1m6f AW Flat race last month on sixth start for current yard; ran respectably in that sphere 15 days ago; heavy defeats in Ireland in his last four starts over hurdles, latest last June, which he needs to put well behind him.

8/1

3rd

5

12th May 2024

Good

2m 5f 55y

Class 5

16:03 Ludlow

Bear Claws

11st 8lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Alastair Ralph

Saw plenty of action in Ireland and also won a 1m6f AW Flat race last month on sixth start for current yard; ran respectably in that sphere 15 days ago; heavy defeats in Ireland in his last four starts over hurdles, latest last June, which he needs to put well behind him.

8/1

4th

5

(2)

27th Apr 2024

Standard

1m 4f 51y

Class 6

21:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Bear Claws

9st 7lb

J: Rob Hornby

T: Alastair Ralph

Ex-Irish 7yo, who got back on the scoresheet when landing a 1m6f handicap here (13-2) on his return three weeks ago; got first run in that race but a 3lb rise looks fair enough and he's respected on this drop back in trip.

4/1

25/1

Form: 887958

Last run: 42 days

W: 9st 0lb

5 yo Mare

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
0-10 and yet to make the frame; shaped encouragingly here (1m6f) in October but was only a modest fifth; needs belated improvement.
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11th

11

(8)

28th May 2024

Good

1m 3f 133y

Class 6

20:40 Lingfield

Eaux De Vie

9st 0lb

J: Liam Keniry

T: Sylvester Kirk

0-17 and has been soundly beaten since finishing runner-up at Kempton (1m3f) in March; easy to dismiss.

50/1

11th

11

(8)

28th May 2024

Good

1m 3f 133y

Class 6

20:40 Lingfield

Eaux De Vie

9st 0lb

J: Liam Keniry

T: Sylvester Kirk

0-17 and has been soundly beaten since finishing runner-up at Kempton (1m3f) in March; easy to dismiss.

50/1

11th

10

(12)

15th May 2024

Good To Firm

1m 3f 137y

Class 6

19:40 Bath

Eaux De Vie

9st 0lb

J: Callum Shepherd

T: Sylvester Kirk

Longstanding maiden who's lost her way of late and has run on turf only once (well held here); the switch from blinkers to a first-time visor will need to make a difference.

20/1

10/1

Form: 0508

Last run: 9 days

W: 8st 8lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
Sea The Stars filly who has raced just four times; holds poor form claims as things stand but is a possible improver if taking well to new headgear, upped further in distance.
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9th

10

(9)

16th Dec 2023

Standard

2m 0f 120y

Class 6

20:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Rapallo

8st 8lb

J: Jack Enright

T: George Boughey

slowly into stride, in rear and outpaced throughout, tailed off

10/1

8th

26

7th Dec 2023

Standard

1m 6f 21y

Class 6

15:07 Southwell (AW)

Rapallo

8st 5lb

T: George Boughey

Big odds all three starts; beat a rival for the first time on latest but still came only 11th of 12; however, she is bred far more for this sort of trip (up from 1m2f, in headgear first time) and from this yard she needs a close look on handicap debut, with market strength a likely pointer.

5/1

29

7th Dec 2023

Standard

1m 3f 23y

Class 6

14:32 Southwell (AW)

Rapallo

8st 10lb

T: George Boughey

Non-runners

Lilla Cross

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £101.50
Straight Forecast £107.18
Tricast £475.65
Trifecta £558.40

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Bear Claws

The Times:

Lilla Cross

RP RATINGS:

Good Time Ahead

Telegraph:

Limelight

Daily Mirror:

Lilla Cross

POSTDATA:

Bear Claws

The Guardian:

Bear Claws

Daily Mail:

Bear Claws

The Sun:

Bear Claws

The Star:

Bear Claws

Daily Record:

Bear Claws

D Express:

Good Time Ahead