Wolverhampton (AW)
17:30
Win £1M With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap
Wolverhampton (AW) Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 Distance: 1m½f Type: Flat Going: Standard Class: Class 5 Surface: AW
Win: £20.60 Place: £3.50 £1.40 £1.40 Exacta: £82.90 Tricast: £165.87 Trifecta: £300
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 5 Commander Of Life (IRE) 4 G AVG Jessica Macey 134 lbs 16/1 Won Prominent - switched right over 2f out - led and hung right over 1f out - ridden inside final furlong - faced challenge inside final 110yds - kept on well (trainer had no explanation for the apparent improvement in form other than gelding may have benefitted from the first time application of cheekpieces)(op 12/1)
2nd 1 Hitched (IRE) 5 G AVG David Simcock 140 lbs 3/1 .5 Took keen hold - midfield - headway over 2f out - ridden inside final furlong - pressed winner inside final 110yds - soon hung left - kept on(op 11/4 tchd 5/2)
3rd 8 Partisan Hero (IRE) 5 G AVG David Loughnane 129 lbs 5/2F 1.25 Soon led - headed and prominent after 1f - switched left and ridden over 1f out - pressed leaders against far rail inside final furlong - no extra inside final 110yds(op 11/4 tchd 3/1)
4th 11 Eden Storm (IRE) 4 G AVG Patrick Morris 130 lbs 80/1 1.75 Awkward start - in rear - still plenty to do when switched right over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong - not reach leaders(op 50/1)
5th 7 Charencey (IRE) 5 G AVG Ian Williams 130 lbs 12/1 .5 Took keen hold - towards rear - bit short of room and ridden over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong - never near to challenge(op 11/1)
6th 6 Imperial Fighter (IRE) 6 G Poor Jamie Osborne 133 lbs 8/1 0.2 Prominent early - led after 1f - ridden and headed over 1f out - weakened inside final 110yds (vet said gelding lost his left hind shoe)(op 15/2 tchd 9/1)
7th 9 Spectacular Style (GB) 5 G AVG Roger Varian 131 lbs 8/1 1.5 Towards rear - ridden and raced awkwardly over 1f out - never on terms(op 7/1)
8th 10 Evocative Spark (IRE) 5 G Poor John David Riches 130 lbs 80/1 .5 Never better than midfield(op 50/1)
9th 2 Radiant Beauty (GB) 4 F Good Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole 138 lbs 7/2 .75 Prominent - shaken up over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 4/1 tchd 10/3)
10th 4 See Paris (GER) 4 G Poor Ivan Furtado 135 lbs 50/1 1.25 Slowly away - always behind(tchd 66/1)
11th 3 Cosmos Raj (GB) 7 G AVG David O'Meara 132 lbs 66/1 1.5 Led early - soon headed and dropped to midfield - hung right over 2f out - ridden and weakened over 1f out(op 33/1)