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14:15 Wolverhampton

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  • 8 Runners
  • Distance: 6f 20y
  • Going: Standard
  • Surface: AllWeather
  • £6,100 added
  • Winner: £2,970
  • 2nd: £1,394
  • 3rd: £697
  • 4th: £349
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 1m 13.84s
  • Off Time: 14:16:16
  • 8 Ran
2(9)
Silk - Black and white (quartered), black sleeves, white armlets, light blue cap, black star

Red Alert

11 DCD
14/1
  • Form 87-1227
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-7
  • Official Rating 65

chased leaders out wide, pushed along halfway, ridden and weakened inside final 2f

3(3)
Silk - Emerald green, white stars, emerald green sleeves, black cap, white stars
10/1
  • Form 67520-0
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-6
  • Official Rating 64

chased leader, every chance inside final furlong, no extra final 100 yards

4(6)
Silk - YELLOW, ROYAL BLUE star, halved sleeves, ROYAL BLUE cap, YELLOW star
  • Form 15005-5
  • Age 8
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 62

led, pushed along 2f out, ridden and strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed and no extra final 100 yards

5(5)
Silk - White, red chevron, dark blue sleeves, white armlets, red cap

Gherkin

18 b D
11/4
  • Form 76121-2
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 62

raced keenly tracking leaders, going well over 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken out wide over 1f out, 5th and no impression final furlong

6(7)
Silk - White and Light Green check, White sleeves, hooped cap

Martineo

57 CDCD
5/2
  • Form 007-198
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-4
  • Official Rating 62

held up off the pace in last pair, headway out wide over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, not reach leaders

7(8)
Silk - Royal blue, yellow epaulets, white sleeves, yellow armlets, yellow and royal blue hooped cap

Steelriver (IRE)

21 p CDCD
16/1
  • Form 368787
  • Age 12
  • Weight 9-3
  • Official Rating 61

slowly away, held up off the pace in rear, some headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong

8(4)
Silk - Red, white chevron, dark blue sleeves

Gustav Graves

10 h CD
9/2
  • Form 655761
  • Age 4
  • Weight 9-0
  • Official Rating 53

held up towards rear, some headway on inside over 1f out, never going pace to get on terms

9(1)
Silk - Dark blue, beige hollow box

Glorious Charmer

10 t DCD
17/2
  • Form 613296
  • Age 6
  • Weight 8-7
  • Official Rating 51

raced keenly, chased leaders on inside, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, ran on to lead final 100 yards

1(2)
NR

Capla Spirit

1 b CD
6/1
  • Form 461246
  • Age 5
  • Weight 9-9
  • Official Rating 67

NonRunner

In depth

Verdict

Gustav Graves finished well ahead of Glorious Charmer when scoring over track and trip and is penalised while Gherkin won at Kempton before going close at Windsor. Martineo won at this level here in January but RED ALERT (NAP) also drops back down in class after struggling in a Class 4 contest and Tony Carroll’s charge gets another chance on his earlier good form at the track. Capla Spirit is another with a shout though was due to run at Chelmsford yesterday.

Formwatch

Red Alert 10-1 (8-6) Always towards rear, 7th of 10, 7 1/2l behind Nationwide (9-4) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (4) pol in Apr.

Freedom Flyer (IRE) 22-1 (9-2) Raced keenly, led, headed over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, 13th of 14, 14 3/4l behind King Of Tonga (9-1) at Pontefract 5f hcp (5) gs in Apr.

Decision Maker (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) Mid-division, headway when not clear run over 1f out, never on terms, 5th of 9, 4 1/4l behind Drish Hero (9-1) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Mar.

Gherkin 9-2 (9-7) Took keen hold, mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway and close up over 1f out, kept on same pace towards finish, 2nd of 12, nk behind Vape (9-8) at Windsor 6f hcp (6) gs in Apr.

Martineo 50-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on final 100 yards, 8th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Intervention (8-8) at Southwell 6f hcp (5) pol in Mar.

Steelriver (IRE) 50-1 (9-4) Steadied and switched right start, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 7th of 11, 1 1/4l behind Silver Dollar (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp (6) pol in Apr.

Gustav Graves 7-4fav (9-5) Chased leaders, took keen hold, smooth headway in between horses over 2f out, shaken up to lead inside final furlong, kept on well, comfortably, won at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Apr beating Astrophysics (9-2) by 1 1/4l, 12 ran.

Glorious Charmer 20-1 (9-3) Held up in rear, shaken up over 3f out, kept on inside final furlong, never dangerous, 6th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Gustav Graves (9-5) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Apr.

Capla Spirit 8-1 (8-8) In touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, driven and stayed on towards finish, 4th of 13, 2l behind Patsy Fagan (9-0) at Southwell 6f hcp (4) pol in Apr.