6:30 Wolverhampton Tips

Sheikh Raj for Richard Hughes has the form in the book to win this. It seems the trainer has found a good opportunity for the horse to get off the mark.

Won here over this trip last time, and a repeat of that level of form should win this. The first-time visor seemed to do the trick that day, and they have left it on again today. Trainer in great form with six winners in the last two weeks at a near forty percent strike rate. Jockey confidence high on the back of that, and he has had five winners in a fortnight.

Farasi Lane is a multiple-race winner who ran better than the bare result over course and distance here last time. The selection looks on a good mark here and should run a big race.

The interesting bet for me is this one, who is unexposed, having only had just three runs, making handicap debut today, and has far more prospects than the rest of the runners.

Boubyan loves Wolverhampton over this course and distance where he's placed before, hugging the rail with his cheekpieces firing that good third. Hollie Doyle is back aboard with an 18% strike for M. Appleby, who's dialed into the all-weather game. Now dropping back to 1m should suit if he repeats that previous staying power.

Sheikh Raj is from 10, and with blinkers fitted he almost got his head in front last time. He is too short, and there are also plenty of others in this race with questions to answer. A chance is taken on Pat Morris-trained Book Of Life. He won over the course and distance in February despite getting blocked in. That was off a mark of 61, off which he runs again today. He put in an encouraging third last time over an inadequate seven furlongs, suggesting he will be spot on today.

Packetofbiscuits won here back in April off a 71 in C5. As a 3yo he should have come on since then, but did win a C4 seller in October and then changed yards. Although the three runs so far have not been in the money, he was not far away in two of those and seems well weighted for this C4. EW 4P.