8:30 Wolverhampton Tips

Course-and-distance winner Sams Hope arrives in top form after back-to-back wins and is 5 lbs well in on future races.

Water of Leith has been running back into form lately, and he looks about ready to win. Lauren Young is back on board, which means a useful five pounds can be claimed. I think he can beat the favourite.

Monotone is a gelding who has shown he can be competitive at Wolverhampton on the all-weather, including a run over today’s trip where he travelled well into the race and stayed on to finish close up within two lengths, shaping as though the surface suits him. He has also produced solid form at a similar distance off today’s mark or lower, which suggests his current rating is workable. With a race likely to suit his ability to settle and finish, he looks capable of stepping forward and getting involved late at a fair price.