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Midnite It's Actually Pretty Good Handicap Stakes
Class 4, 1m1½f (1m1f104y), Flat, 3yo+, Rated 0-80, £4,972, 8 runners
- Going
- TAPETA: STANDARD
- Surface
- AW
- Weather
- Sunny Intervals
- Stalls
- 7f - Outside; Remainder - Inside
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Newfangled is our selection in this Wolverhampton ten-furlong event, and the case rests on a progressive profile and a fitness edge that make him a shade more appealing than his raw figure suggests. He is rated 79, four pounds behind the top-rated Ted Le Saux on 83, so the gap is a modest one that those factors can plausibly bridge. Ted Le Saux is the chief danger on figures, with Hozam on 81 and Roi de Coeur on 78 also firmly in the mix in a tightly packed nine-runner field. This is far from a straightforward race, but Newfangled's upward trajectory makes him the one to side with.
Runners
Rob Hornby
Hughie Morrison 1/6
Mythical Bird was fourth last time out, and she's a fifth two starts back and another fifth three starts back, so she's lacked a winning edge since scoring four starts back. She has run over today's trip and going and carries 136 lb from stall 5, but a 32-day break and a fifth-of-nine ranking from our rating of 78 keep her in the midfield.
- Sire
- Phoenix Of Spain (IRE)
- Dam
- Jellicle Ball (IRE) by Invincible Spirit
- Owner
- One More Moment Of Madness
- Foaled
- 3 Mar 2022
- Stable
- East Ilsley, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 6 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 36%
- Ratings
- Perf 78, Speed 73
Marco Ghiani
Marco Botti 3/11
Roi de Coeur won last time out and was a second two starts back, and he has run over today's trip and on this going before. The risk is a 40-day layoff, and he carries 135 lb from draw 8.
- Sire
- City Light (FR)
- Dam
- Dame De Coeur (IRE) by Anodin
- Owner
- Scuderia La Tesa Limited
- Foaled
- 7 Feb 2023
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 11 runs (27%)
- Trainer running to form
- 57%
- Ratings
- Perf 79, Speed 75
David Probert
Tom Ward 0/10
Shady Bay is hard to fancy after a ninth last time out and a seventh two starts back, and she is winless in her last six, though a second three starts back and two thirds show she can get involved. She has run over today's trip and going, and our rating of 76 ranks her seventh of nine.
- Sire
- New Bay (GB)
- Dam
- Soft Lips (GB) by Rahy
- Owner
- P Afia E Hobson A Pegley Cr Russell
- Foaled
- 29 Apr 2021
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 10 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 26%
- Ratings
- Perf 77, Speed 74
Oisin Murphy
Andrew Balding 10/48
Ted Le Saux brings mixed recent form, with a win four starts back and a third three starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Our rating of 83 ranks him top of nine, but a 141-day absence is the main risk, especially with 134 lb to carry.
- Sire
- Cracksman (GB)
- Dam
- Theladyinquestion (GB) by Dubawi
- Owner
- Mildmay Racing Tls
- Foaled
- 30 Apr 2022
- Stable
- Kingsclere, Hants
- Trainer last 14 days
- 10 wins from 48 runs (21%)
- Trainer running to form
- 60%
- Ratings
- Perf 83, Speed 76
David Egan
John Butler 2/17
Kaaranah arrives in good heart, second last time out, third two starts back and a winner three starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Carrying 134 lb from draw 9 and rated 77 by us, only sixth of nine, he may find the top end a bit sharper.
- Sire
- Estidhkaar (IRE)
- Dam
- Chevanah (IRE) by Chevalier
- Owner
- J Butler
- Foaled
- 16 Apr 2018
- Stable
- Newmarket, Suffolk
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 17 runs (12%)
- Trainer running to form
- 62%
- Ratings
- Perf 77, Speed 71
Jack Mitchell
Kevin & Lauren Frost 0/20
Hozam has been in the frame in three of his last four, with a second three starts back and another two starts back before a fourth last time, and he has run over today's trip and going. Our rating has him second of nine, but the yard's 0/21 in the last 14 days is the one concern.
- Sire
- Hello Youmzain (FR)
- Dam
- Aristocratic Lady (USA) by Kris S
- Owner
- Stephen J Hine
- Foaled
- 19 May 2023
- Stable
- Averham Park, Notts
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 20 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 26%
- Ratings
- Perf 81, Speed 69
Billy Loughnane
Jonathan Portman 1/9
Newfangled has been consistent without a win, with a third two starts back and fourth-placed efforts before that, and he has run over today's trip and going. Fresh after 29 days, he is our pick on overall profile despite a seventh last time out, with 131 lb from stall 1.
- Sire
- New Bay (GB)
- Dam
- Dangle (IRE) by Desert Style
- Owner
- Berkeley Racing
- Foaled
- 30 Apr 2021
- Stable
- Upper Lambourn, Berks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 9 runs (11%)
- Trainer running to form
- 49%
- Ratings
- Perf 79, Speed 77
Robert Havlin
Thomas Faulkner 0/5
Serious Look has finished seventh, then eighth, in his last two outings, and his only win came five starts back, so he is hard to fancy after 46 days off. He has run over today's trip and going and gets in from stall 2, but our rating of 73 ranks him last of nine.
- Sire
- Dark Angel (IRE)
- Dam
- Fregate First (GB) by Le Havre
- Owner
- T Faulkner
- Foaled
- 12 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Devauden, Monmouths
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 5 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 40%
- Ratings
- Perf 73, Speed 71
Oisin Orr
Richard & Peter Fahey 3/36
Ciao Capo won three of his last six, but he was beaten into eighth last time out, 34 days ago, and the third two starts back is his only recent top-three finish outside those wins. He has run over today's trip and going, yet our rating ranks him eighth of nine.
- Sire
- Lope Y Fernandez (IRE)
- Dam
- Butterfly Kiss (USA) by Medaglia d'Oro
- Owner
- Mrs L Jackson
- Foaled
- 4 Apr 2023
- Stable
- Musley Bank, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 36 runs (8%)
- Trainer running to form
- 39%
- Ratings
- Perf 75, Speed 68
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.