Wolverhampton (AW)
20:30
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Wolverhampton (AW) Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2023 Distance: 1m1½f Type: Flat Going: Standard Class: Class 5 Surface: AW
Win: £33 Place: £7.80 £1.40 £1.50 Exacta: £120 Tricast: £515.71 Trifecta: £907.60
Non-Runners: Elshaameq (self certificate), Goldsmith (withdrawn; refused to enter stalls), Lunarscape (self certificate, temperature)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 10 Tio Mio (IRE) 6 G Poor Alex French 128 lbs 40/1 Won Made virtually all - set steady pace - shaken up and increased tempo over 2f out - ridden and edged right over 1f out - faced challenges inside final 110yds - kept on - all out(op 33/1)
2nd 7 Prince Ali (GB) 7 G AVG Deborah Faulkner 125 lbs 4/1 0.3 Took keen hold - prominent - pushed along and outpaced over 2f out - ridden inside final furlong - kept on inside final 110yds - went second post (jockey said gelding ran too free)(op 7/2 tchd 9/2)
3rd 6 Blue Yonder (FR) 4 G AVG Richard Fahey 133 lbs 5/1 0.05 Took keen hold - raced in second - pushed along over 2f out - switched left and ridden over 1f out - kept on inside final 110yds - lost second post(op 11/2)
4th 3 Masqool (IRE) 7 G AVG James Evans 134 lbs 16/5F 0.3 Midfield - pushed along over 2f out - switched right and ridden over 1f out - edged left inside final furlong - kept on inside final 110yds - nearest finish(op 4/1 tchd 3/1 and tchd 9/2)
5th 8 Expert Witness (GB) 5 M AVG Sir Mark Todd 127 lbs 14/1 0.2 Prominent - ridden over 2f out - switched left over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong(op 11/1 tchd 10/1)
6th 5 Ellexis (IRE) 5 M AVG Roger Teal 126 lbs 16/1 1.5 Towards rear - headway into midfield after 3f - ridden over 1f out - soon no extra(op 14/1 tchd 12/1)
7th 11 City Escape (IRE) 8 M AVG Mark Loughnane 130 lbs 12/1 1 Slowly away - in rear - pushed along over 2f out - switched left and ridden over 1f out - some headway inside final furlong - never near to challenge (jockey said mare was slowly away)(op 11/1 tchd 10/1 and tchd 14/1)
8th 12 Blue Hero (CAN) 7 G AVG Adrian Wintle 130 lbs 33/1 4.75 Took keen hold - midfield - dropped to rear after 3f - pushed along when hung right over 1f out - never on terms(op 28/1)
9th 9 Busby (IRE) 10 G AVG Philip Kirby 128 lbs 10/1 43 Slowly away - took keen hold - in rear - lost touch from over 3f out - tailed off (jockey said gelding was never travelling; vet said gelding had an irregular heartbeat)(op 11/1 tchd 9/1 and tchd 12/1)