5:30 Wolverhampton Tips

It's hard to enthuse over tomorrow's racing with what's coming in Gloucestershire, but hopefully BOOK OF LIFE can give us some additional readies. The Morris runner was chinned last Friday by the favourite here, but he raced keenly in the early stages that afternoon, and he's better drawn than Pessoa. He was beaten just a neck. Before the system crashed I see RK rides again. If Ryan Kavanagh can settle him better, conserve his energy, and curb his keenness, he meets the favourite on one pound better terms. Shop around ??' marginally better out there in a place. I envisaged the selection being nearer 6/4. The market feel is wrong. He's quirky but has been holding his form well in general, more so than the favourite. The remainder have 4/5 pounds to find.

Mostly runs at Newcastle and won there in December over one mile in a C6. Has been competitive since without winning and is slowly edging back down the weights. Might still need more respite from the handicapper but really should be in the mix in a race like this. Each-way chance.

Pitney consistently posts the strongest combined TS/RPR figures in the field. His recent form shows back-to-back RPRs of 64??'71, with a solid TS of 56 last time at Wolverhampton in December. Crucially, he's been placed four times in his last six starts, demonstrating reliability rather than fluke. Running off OR 60, he's competitive at the top of the weights and handles all-weather surfaces well. The visor aids concentration, and apprentice jockey James Glennon (7 lb claim) provides a handy weight advantage. He's the standout on ratings consistency.

Is very much a Wolverhampton regular with C/D wins to its name. Winner last time out, and with the jockey's claim this afternoon it is 3 lbs to the good, so a great chance of a follow-up win today.

Course and distance winner Always Fearless is a proven winner at this level and is racing off a winning mark. He is a nice price here at 13/2.

A very poor-looking handicap where Kaaress looks great value at 10/1. He won well off 2 pounds lower at Lingfield on his penultimate run and had excuses last time. With a fast pace up top, he should be staying on better than anything up the hill after a drop of 2 furlongs from recent runs.

Ghaiyyath Park has not won yet but was a good second running with the boys in December off a 63 in C6. Since then he has changed yards twice and had three runs, all at the back of the pack in C5 running with the fillies. I think the return to C6 today and back with the boys off a 60 could be worth an each-way (EW).

Scarlet Widow has left Ireland and joined the stable of Nikki Evans, whose only runner this month was a winner. This filly's best effort came in March last year with a close second at Dundalk. Now seventeen pounds lower in the weights, she is given an each-way chance here but needs to rediscover her form for her new stable.