Wolverhampton is the venue for today's Placepot.
Having narrowly failed to land the Placepot at Kempton yesterday, Timeform's Matt Gardner heads to Wolverhampton in search of compensation...
17:50 - Likely favourite Jontleman was a major disappointment on his reappearance at this venue just over a fortnight ago and, for all that it is possible to make excuses for that, we may be best served in taking him on with both Carrera and Spirit Of Parkes. The first mentioned makes plenty of appeal on pedigree, being a half-brother to Irish 1000 Guineas winner Samitar and Albany Stakes winner Nijoom Dubai, and he has shown something to work on in his two starts to date whilst Spirit Of Parkes, who is out of the prolific five furlong winner Lucky Parkes, is of definite interest on debut with this being such a weak event, despite him having to be withdrawn on his intended debut in August after giving trouble at the start.
18:25 - Petersboden probably doesn't have much in hand from his current mark but he has gradually progressed with racing and is pretty consistent, so he appeals as being an ideal starting point from a Placepot perspective. It's also worth sticking in Mr Plod, who hasn't scored for over two years but is now below his last winning mark and has run well on his two starts this year, so there is no reason why he shouldn't go close once more.
19:00 - Bang Tidy and Tenbridge are the two we want on side with the former arriving here on the back of two good efforts, taking advantage of a sliding mark to score over C&D in December before finding only the unexposed Spark Of Genius too strong in January. Tenbridge is 5 lb higher than when finishing third on her most recent outing but she is still on a pretty lenient mark and she ought to go well from a good draw in stall two.
19:30 - Tetbury makes his first start for David O'Meara here, having previously being trained in France by Pascal Bary, but there is a chance that he could be carrying a larger chunk of the pool than he deserves to be, given that he is a fairly difficult one to assess. We will instead side with Continental Divide, who has shown plenty to work on in two starts to date, and Unex Modigliani, who made a promising debut at Yarmouth 11 days ago and is open to improvement.
20:00 - Taglietelle is likely to catch the eye of many but he needs to pull out a bit more if he is to trouble a couple of these so we are quite happy to take him on with McBirney. The six-year-old seemingly failed to stay 2 miles last time and, for all that he is now 6 lb higher than for his last win, he was competitive off much higher marks in his younger days and will be suited by this drop in trip, so he looks to have an excellent chance of at least making the first two.
20:30 - Hopefully the curse of the customary non-runner in a field featuring five horses doesn't strike here but, even if it did, we would still be fairly confident that Hartwright could do the business. The three-year-old overcame traffic problems to get off the mark at the fourth time of asking at Wolverhampton in October and, when considering that he remains open to further improvement, he really ought to add to his tally here.
Selections:
17:50 - 3, 6
18:25 - 5, 12
19:00 - 7, 9
19:30 - 8, 11
20:00 - 4
20:30 - 3
= 16 lines
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