6:30 Wolverhampton Tips

She showed significant improvement to land a C&D handicap by 1.25l 18 days ago. Gone up 4lbs to 63 but that looks entirely manageable, and likely ahead of the handicapper. Acts on Tapeta, has a good draw, and 13/2 looks decent odds to follow up.

Running well of late with a win here back in October and three second-place finishes, including the latest from the last six runs. Pipped by a rested horse by a nose over the slightly longer distance. Returns back to seven furlongs here.

Worth a go at the win because this horse has the ability and possibly the trainer just hasn't found the right key to the door yet. Southwell winner in a class higher over a mile a year ago, down 5 lb on that. Also won at Newcastle in October over a mile. Not sure what the train of thought is to drop this one to 7f; all previous attempts seem to have been poor. But it might be worth a go, especially in this class.

MIDNIGHT'S DREAM was putting in some very good efforts when running for Roger Varian back in January. However, since the switch to his new yard with Joseph Parr, he has not shown the same effect. So far in his three runs for his new connections, he's been tried exclusively over a mile at Kempton, and his mark of 71 when joining has now fallen to a career low of 64. What has drawn my attention to him, other than the ridiculous double-figure price, is the return to 7f in this contest. His last try at this trip was his final run for the Varian stable, where he finished 3rd of 9 in a Class 4 off a mark of 71. Form like that, if repeated in any way, would see him at least compete for a place in this. While I would probably like to see the return of some headgear given his sluggish starts in recent runs, he is certainly lurking on a mark he should be capable of taking advantage of. Plenty could go wrong here, but I'm willing to take that chance at these odds.