2:42 Wolverhampton Tips

He produced a serious turn of foot to land a 10f handicap at Lingfield last week. While he carries a 6lb penalty, he is deeply unexposed, acts very well on the AW, and has the pace to handle this drop back to an extended mile. He still looks ahead of the handicapper.

Two in this for an informed trainer Balding, and I prefer the Oisin Murphy-ridden The Lost King, which just got caught out on its blind side when dueling with another. It did run on again, but the winner had snook ahead.

Two wins in the first four races since debut before a gelding operation back in September. Went on to win and place second in the latest runs. Just pipped last time by Two Tempting, who also runs here, but on better terms now.

Won this race in 2024 and was third last year. Comes here on the back of a win over 7 furlongs at Kempton 10 days ago and is likely targeted for this race by an in-form trainer and jockey.

A big run from the 5yo last week after coming off a four-month break, and he can take a step forward in this handicap. A little keen in that last race but was only beaten a length in a good Polytrack Class 2 handicap. Solid form in his four career runs on this Tapeta surface, including a close 2nd of 12 three runs back in a quality £39K handicap, which produced a career-high RPR rating. Every chance off his current mark.

Two Tempting carries the highest RPR in the field at 112 and won this race before (2023). The consistent Jonathan Portman-trained seven-year-old ran second last time, and his TS of 99 marks him as the fastest horse in the race over a comparable trip. La Botte (RPR 110, TS 75) is lightly raced and immensely talented ??' Sporting Life and several tipsters fancied him before he shortened dramatically ??' but his low TS of 75 suggests his Tapeta speed profile is unknown. Wolverhampton's sharp nature with a flat 1m½f trip perfectly suits Two Tempting's proven profile. Proven C&D form seals the argument.

This horse races off 88 here, near the bottom of the handicap, and appears to have been somewhat overlooked in the market in favour of those with more fashionable connections. First Ambition's narrow win in a Class 5 novice race at Southwell last year might not have looked like much at the time, but he was carrying around a stone more than the rest of the field. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th have all won since, often at marks which give this horse's chances a major boost here.

Horse by Profitable & Liberty Sky ( Dam's sire Rip Van Winkle ) who was last seen at Lingfield 94 days ago where winning well and despite meeting trouble in running he kept on very professionally and very strongly to lead just in the nick of time and a 2lb rise for that looks very fair to me now arriving here in top nick and in very good heart operating on a mark of 92 R Hannon's inmate looks poised to come in again and he has won when returning from a break in the past jockey Alec Voikhansky takes the ride and can give Christian David a promising ride here Wolverhampton must enter calculations . Respected .

High on hope ran on well last time from a poor draw at Lingfield in a class2 after winning twice in January so is definately improving .Has another high draw here but another 141 yards to get to the front at the post.A live outsider.