The Wolverhampton-Racecourse.co.uk
Handicap (3.15) on Thursday is the best race on the card at the West
Midlands track, in terms of class, and may present Lexington Times
with an opportunity to improve upon his reappearance sixth at
Newcastle 16 days ago. Ruth Carr’s 6-year-old was having his first
run since wind surgery in October and, having made smooth headway
approaching the furlong marker, briefly met trouble in running a
could only keep on at the same pace to finish sixth of 12, beaten 3½
lengths.
With that run under his belt and,
hopefully, a clear run this time, he doesn’t look badly handicapped
on the pick of his form and, while he’s yet to win on Tapeta, he
appears to handle surface well enough. The Paco Boy gelding won a
0-80 contest, over 6 furlongs, at York in July off today’s mark
and, while he takes a slight step back up in class, he has plenty of
form to suggest that he’s attractively weighted. Jockey Jack
Garrity has a 3-12 (25%) strike rate on the all-weather for Ruth Carr
– who, in turn, in 1-5 at Wolverhampton – this year, so the
statistics are fairly encouraging.
Selection Wolverhampton 3.15
Lexington Times to win 10/1
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