Wolverhampton (AW)
16:20
Free Bets With BetUK Bet Club Classified Stakes (Div I)
Wolverhampton (AW) Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2025 Distance: 1m1½f Type: Flat Going: Standard Class: Class 6 Surface: AW
Win: £88.50 Place: £14.70 £1.10 £1.60 Exacta: £256.60 Trifecta: £2319.60
Non-Runners: Northstead Gardens (self certificate), Peter Piper (withdrawn; upset in stalls)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 3 Desiderata (IRE) 5 G Poor Thomas Faulkner 135 lbs 66/1 Won Dwelt start - took keen hold - in rear - steady headway from 3f out - hung left but led inside final furlong - kept on well and won going away(op 25/1)
2nd 7 Cherry King (GB) 4 G Poor Stuart Williams 134 lbs 10/11F - Prominent - pressed leader after 3f - led narrowly over 1f out - headed inside final furlong - kept on but no match for winner(op 6/4)
3rd 5 National Health (FR) 4 G Poor Olly Murphy 135 lbs 4/1 - In touch with leaders - headway and prominent over 2f out - outpaced over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong(op 11/4)
4th 2 Ciara Storm (GB) 4 F Poor Scott Dixon 128 lbs 33/1 - Slowly into stride - raced in last - outpaced over 3f out - rallied over 2f out - went fourth towards finish - not pace to challenge(op 25/1)
5th 8 Danehill Star (IRE) 3 G AVG Tony Carroll 134 lbs 14/1 - Prominent early - led after 1f - led narrowly after 3f - headed over 1f out - weakened gradually and lost three places from 1f out(op 18/1 tchd 20/1)
6th 9 Eccentric (IRE) 3 G Poor Adrian Wintle 134 lbs 15/2 - Pressed leader early - soon prominent - outpaced under 3f out - weakened inside final furlong(tchd 7/1)
7th 1 Bobby Dassler (IRE) 6 G Poor Michael Wigham 135 lbs 9/1 - Took keen hold - led narrowly early - prominent but raced wide after 1f - lost position over 3f out - soon weakened(op 16/1)
8th 6 Sir Laurence Graff (IRE) 5 G Poor Chelsea Banham 135 lbs 10/1 - Took keen hold - towards rear but in touch with leaders - not clear run over 3f out - raced wide on turn when hit on nose by rival's whip over 2f out - soon no chance (trainer's rep could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than gelding was trapped wide throughout having been drawn in stall 9)(op 15/2 tchd 13/2 and tchd 11/1)
9th 4 Gypsy Nation (IRE) 5 G Poor Michael Appleby 132 lbs 80/1 - Awkward start - took keen hold - in rear - weakened over 2f out(op 125/1)