20:30
Midnite: Built For 2026 Not 2006 Handicap Stakes
Class 5, 1m4f (1m4f51y), Flat, 3yo, Rated 0-70, £3,716, 5 runners
- Going
- TAPETA: STANDARD
- Surface
- AW
- Weather
- Heavy Rain
- Stalls
- 7f - Outside; Remainder - Inside
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Saxophonist heads our ratings at 77, four pounds better than Mountbatten, and that edge looks enough to see him prevail in a modest five-runner Class 5 over a mile and a half at Wolverhampton. Mountbatten is the chief danger and sits narrowly behind, while Caraway on 70 and Miss Guinevere on 67 would need to improve to get involved. Arouse looks outclassed at the foot of our figures, so the contest should revolve around the top few, and Saxophonist has the strongest credentials of them. Saxophonist is our selection.
Runners
Billy Loughnane
David O'Meara 4/51
Saxophonist is a consistent sort, second last time out and runner-up twice more in his last six, and he's back quickly after seven days, having run over today's trip and going before. Our rating of 77 puts him top of this field, though he's yet to win and carries 135 lb.
- Sire
- Saxon Warrior (JPN)
- Dam
- Macheera (IRE) by Machiavellian
- Owner
- Hambleton Racing Liv Partner
- Foaled
- 20 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Upper Helmsley, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 51 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 33%
- Ratings
- Perf 77, Speed 70
Luke Morris
Sir Mark Prescott Bt 3/27
Mountbatten arrives fit after 14 days, with a third last time out and a second three starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Our rating of 73 ranks him second of five, but a sixth two starts back shows his consistency isn't flawless.
- Sire
- Japan (GB)
- Dam
- Monami (GER) by Sholokhov
- Owner
- Halo Racing Services
- Foaled
- 14 Mar 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 27 runs (11%)
- Trainer running to form
- 66%
- Ratings
- Perf 73, Speed 64
Darragh Keenan
William Haggas 9/56
Caraway arrives fresh from a win last time out, 18 days ago, and has finished first or second in three of her last four, so she's in cracking order and has run over today's trip and going before. The risk is a 131 lb burden, which asks plenty of a filly rated 66.
- Sire
- Gun Runner (USA)
- Dam
- Sorrel (IRE) by Dansili
- Owner
- James Wigan
- Foaled
- 4 Apr 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 9 wins from 56 runs (16%)
- Trainer running to form
- 55%
- Ratings
- Perf 70, Speed 66
Paddy Bradley
Charlie Fellowes 1/12
Miss Guinevere has been thereabouts, with a third two starts back and another third three starts back, and she returns after 25 days having run over today's trip before. Our rating of 67 sits six clear of her official 61, but she is yet to win and was only sixth last time.
- Sire
- Camelot (GB)
- Dam
- Nope (IRE) by No Nay Never
- Owner
- Dahab Racing
- Foaled
- 14 Jan 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 12 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 49%
- Ratings
- Perf 67, Speed 68
Callum Shepherd
David Simcock 0/16
Arouse is winless in his last four, finishing fifth last time out, then a sixth, another sixth and a fourth, so he is hard to fancy. He has run on today's going and returns after 25 days, but rated fifth of five on our figures he looks up against it off 124 lb.
- Sire
- Space Blues (IRE)
- Dam
- Stimulate (GB) by Motivator
- Owner
- Chola Dynasty Partners
- Foaled
- 2 Feb 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 16 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 29%
- Ratings
- Perf 58, Speed 53
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.