8:30 Wolverhampton Tips

Galaxy Wonder boasts a rock-solid course and distance record and is holding form well. Carroll excels here, and the bigger field gives him the ideal pace to chase. A major player if reproducing recent efforts. Rossa Ryan is booked.

King of Speed won here under Billy back in Dec off a 59 and only went up to a 61 and could not cut the mustard, but gets Billy back today off a 60 and drops in grade to a 0-60 and could bounce back.

The 4yo filly was rated 12 lb higher last autumn but lost her in four subsequent runs over a much longer trip. She ran a big race for a new yard last week after dropping down to this 8f trip, beaten by just a neck in a 12-runner contest, which was much stronger than this 0-60 contest. She looks weighted to run a big race.

Backed a few days ago when finishing last but feel there's something here. Regular visitor to Newcastle with some success here.

Bottom-weight River Wharf has won 11 of his 74 starts and returned to form off a reduced mark when winning at Southwell last week under Myla Coppins. He has no penalty for that, so can go well again and looks like a good each-way bet with four places on offer.

Amber Honey was only beat a neck when third over course and distance last time out. Remains on the same mark.

Eutropia goes for a back-to-back win, stepping down in trip tonight after a win at Lingfield over 1m 2f. She has experience at Wolverhampton with two placed efforts. If the reason for the win last time was the step up in trip, then I may well have read this wrong, but she won so easily there's every reason to believe the step down in trip will be no problem.

Whilst I do not think this horse would have won last time. Looking at the replay, it did not get the passage through it needed. That may be because it did not quicken, given who was riding it. What interests me is that it has shown improvement since the visor was fitted, and I think it's run three now, which is where it usually takes best effect.