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13:00 Wolverhampton

Littlewoods 2m Pools On 0800 500 000 Handicap (Class 6)

  • 12 Runners
  • Distance: 5f 216y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: Fibresand
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 14.68s
  • 12 Ran
1(7)
Silk - Light Blue, Dark Blue seams, Dark Blue and Yellow quartered cap
7/1
  • Form 49416-1
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-8
  • Official Rating 58

behind, ridden and headway when edged left over 1f out, stayed on

2(4)
Silk - Royal Blue, Maroon and White hooped sleeves

Soba Jones

7 CDD
14/1
  • Form 30094-1
  • Age 9
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 57

led early, prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out

3(11)
Silk - BLACK, EMERALD GREEN triple diamond, diamonds on sleeves, BLACK cap, EMERALD GREEN diamond

Diamond Josh

79 CD
12/1
  • Form 36/3601-
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 58

soon led, ridden over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, headed close home

4(8)
Silk - Royal Blue, White triple diamond, Red sleeves, White cap
25/1
  • Form 62555-7
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-2
  • Official Rating 58

held up, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened

5(12)
Silk - Dark Blue and Light Blue stripes, Yellow sleeves and cap
28/1
  • Form 0040-68
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 57

always towards rear

6(9)
Silk - Black and Gold stripes, Black sleeves, Black cap, Gold diamond
  • Form 525055-
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 57

mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened

7(2)
Silk - Beige, Emerald Green epaulets, Emerald Green cap

Mambazo

6 e BFDC
5/2
  • Form 04121-2
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-1
  • Official Rating 57

prominent and keen, ridden and edged left over 1f out, one pace final furlong

8(10)
Silk - Purple, Pink epaulets, Purple sleeves, Pink stars, Pink cap
11/1
  • Form 236101-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 56

outpaced, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong

10(3)
Silk - White and Yellow (quartered), Yellow sleeves, White armlets, Yellow cap

Roman Empire

7 b D
9/1
  • Form 75035-8
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 56

mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong

11(6)
Silk - White, royal blue sash, hooped sleeves, royal blue cap
6/1
  • Form 14985-2
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 56

held up and keen, ridden and headway over 2f out, ran on lead close home

12(1)
Silk - Purple, Yellow disc, Yellow cap
8/1
  • Form 99605-3
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 56

prominent, ridden over 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong

13(5)
Silk - WHITE, PURPLE Cross of Lorraine, EMERALD GREEN sleeves, PURPLE armlets, EMERALD GREEN and WHITE hooped cap
25/1
  • Form 136000-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 8-13
  • Official Rating 55

prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

9(13)
NR
  • Form 868264-
  • Age 6
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 56

Nonrunner

In depth

Verdict

Mambazo can come out on top over Lucius Verrus, with Bollin Billy and Soba Jones just two more in with a shout. This has a fairly competitive look to it, and only a marginal vote goes to Mambazo who was successful over five furlongs here in December. More recently, Stuart Williams's charge finished a length second to today's topweight Bollin Billy at Lingfield but meets that rival on much better terms and should safely turn the tables. There are others in with chances though, not least Lucius Verrus who always seems to run well on this track. Derek Shaw's six-year-old came out best in a close finish on the Southwell fibresand last month and is holding his form well at present. Soba Jones gained his first vctory in two years when landing a claimer at Southwell exactly a week ago, and the horse that he beat, Shadow Jumper, has since franked the form by scoring here last Thursday, so he has to be on the short-list despite his weight. All in all, it could develop into a close-run affair, with Mambazo taken to score.

Formwatch

Bollin Billy 8-1 (9-2) Ridden towards rear halfway, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead close home, won at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol beating Mambazo (8-12) by 1l, 12 ran.

Soba Jones 12-1 (8-6) Always prominent, led over 2f out, kept on well, won at Southwell 6f clm (6) fbs beating Shadow Jumper (8-7) by 1/2l, 10 ran.

Diamond Josh 11-4fav (8-8) Always prominent, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at W'hampton 6f mdn clm (7) pol in Oct beating Leah's Pride (8-10) by 1 1/2l, 12 ran.

Mambazo 4-1jt-fav (8-12) Chased leaders, hard ridden 2f out, ran on final furlong finish, 2nd of 12, 1l behind Bollin Billy (9-2) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.

Lucius Verrus (USA) 14-1 (8-8) Held up in touch, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Southwell 6f hcp (6) fbs in Dec beating Scuba (8-13) by a nk, 13 ran.

Roman Empire 11-2 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, raced wide and effort over 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 10, 9l behind Soba Jones (8-6) at Southwell 6f clm (6) fbs.

Ruman (IRE) 9-1 (8-4) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 2nd of 14, 3l behind Owed (8-11) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs.

Winthorpe (IRE) 9-1 (8-13) Raced stands side, held up, effort over 1f out, driven and stayed on inside final furlong, 4th of 18, 2 1/2l behind Mugeba (8-7) at Yarmouth 6f hcp 0-60 (6) hvy in Nov.