Wolverhampton (AW)
19:30
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Wolverhampton (AW) Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 Distance: 1m½f Type: Flat Going: Standard Class: Class 6 Surface: AW
Win: £13 Place: £3.30 £3.90 £4.20 Exacta: £170.50 Tricast: £2845.80 Trifecta: £3085.80
Non-Runners: Night Arc (self certificate), Zelma (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 10 Aspire To Glory (IRE) 4 G AVG Alice Haynes 125 lbs 12/1 Won Took keen hold - led early - headed and prominent after 1f - led over 1f out - drifted right but kept on inside final furlong(op 20/1)
2nd 3 Light Up Our Stars (IRE) 9 G AVG Scott Dixon 134 lbs 12/1 1.75 Bumped start - towards rear - headway from over 1f out - ran on inside final furlong(op 14/1 tchd 16/1)
3rd 8 Inexplicable (IRE) 8 G Poor Antony Brittain 126 lbs 20/1 0.2 In touch with leaders - some headway over 1f out - no impression inside final furlong(tchd 22/1)
4th 7 Pessoa (GB) 6 G AVG Adrian Wintle 131 lbs 13/2 .5 Midfield - some headway then switched right over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong - not pace to challenge(op 5/1 tchd 9/2)
5th 4 Charlatan (IRE) 4 G AVG David Simcock 126 lbs 13/8F 0.2 Slowly into stride - held up in rear - going okay but still plenty to do over 1f out - ran on well inside final furlong - nearest finish (inquiry into running and riding; jockey said her instructions were to jump out and sit where she was happy - before riding the race as she found it; she was content with her position and travelled well off a pace she considered to be just modest; approaching home turn she angled wider around the heels of a rival to avail herself of clear running; however rounding home bend and in early part of straight was a misjudgement of her surroundings and contributed to gelding being left with too much ground to make up; trainer's rep confirmed instructions; trainer was interviewed via phone - where he expressed concern with manner in which gelding was ridden from approximately 2f out until inside final furlong - with gelding being too far out of his ground before being asked to challenge)(op 7/4)
6th 11 Mr Slicker (FR) 10 G Poor Sarah Hollinshead 122 lbs 16/1 1 Midfield - pushed along over 3f out - no impression over 1f out - keeping on when carried right and hit on nose by rival's whip inside final furlong(op 14/1 tchd 12/1)
7th 2 Plumette (GB) 8 M AVG David Loughnane 135 lbs 18/1 .75 Slowly into stride - towards rear - headway over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 14/1)
8th 9 Alyara (GB) 7 M Poor Joe Ponting 126 lbs 22/1 .75 Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - weakened inside final furlong(op 25/1)
9th 6 Carey Street (IRE) 9 G Poor Tony Carroll 131 lbs 8/1 4 Prominent early - led after 1f - headed and weakened from over 1f out(op 17/2 tchd 9/1)
10th 1 Just Typical (GB) 4 G AVG Ian Williams 131 lbs 4/1 1.25 Awkward start - took keen hold - in rear - raced wide from 3f out - hung left from over 1f out - no impression(op 7/2)