| Course: WOLVERHAMPTON | Race date:19/09/08 | Race time:8:20 | Runners:11 |
| Race distance:1m½f | Going:Standard | Winners time:1m 50.58s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forzarzi | P Bradley | H A McWilliams | 4 | 9-4 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 66/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | |
| Unbiased | Shane Kelly | J L Dunlop | 3 | 9-3 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 14/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | nk |
| The Wily Woodcock | Chris Catlin | G Wragg | 13 | 9-8 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | shd |
| Seventh Cavalry | Jimmy Quinn | H R A Cecil | 8 | 9-3 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 9/4 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | ¾ |
| Crafty Dealer | James Doyle | J W Hills | 11 | 9-3 | 3 | 0 | 70 | 13/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 1 |
| Actress Annie | Adam Kirby | Mike Murphy | 2 | 8-12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 8 |
| Modern Practice | Edward Creighton | Miss V Haigh | 10 | 9-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | 3¾ |
| Enjoy The Mood | Duran Fentiman | Ms N M Hugo | 1 | 9-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | 9 |
| Girl Of Pangaea | Steve Drowne | E A L Dunlop | 7 | 8-12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10/11F | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | nk |
| St Michael's Mount | Hayley Turner | M P Tregoning | 5 | 9-3 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 10 | 4 |
| Lucky Forteen | T G McLaughlin | P W Hiatt | 9 | 9-3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 11 | 14 |
Forzarzi held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and hung left over 1f out, ran on under pressure to lead near finish
Unbiased held up in mid-division, not clear run over 2f out, switched right entering straight, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on towards finish
The Wily Woodcock held up in touch, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
Seventh Cavalry led, clear 2f out, hard ridden 1f out, caught near finish
Crafty Dealer held up in mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, headway on outside to chase leader just over 2f out, ridden well over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong
Actress Annie held up in rear, short-lived effort over 2f out
Modern Practice chased leader until ridden just over 2f out, soon weakened
Enjoy The Mood reluctant to race, ridden 4f out, always in rear
Girl Of Pangaea prominent, went 2nd briefly over 3f out, weakened quickly over 2f out
St Michael´s Mount took keen hold in touch, ridden and weakened over 2f out
Lucky Forteen slowly into stride, always in rear
FORZARZI came good on his all-weather debut to score at the 12th attempt. Having been weakening over shorter trips, cheekpieces were refitted and maybe the combination worked as he saw the trip out adequately, despite hanging a little in the final stages.
Unbiased reportedly failed to handle the soft ground at Warwick last time, but had no such trouble on his Polytrack debut, racing mid-division two-wide, challenging in the home straight and nearly getting up.
The Wily Woodcock has been struggling in handicaps since May, so his close finish here puts the overall form into perspective.
Crafty Dealer was held up and made good progress round the home turn to suggest a small race might be found for him.
Hot favourite Girl Of Pangaea was prominent early but faded out of contention. She had a hard race ten days ago following a layoff and may have bounced here.
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