Wolverhampton Friday 16th PL meeting card.

[Carl]

Wolverhampton

• 13:40 Pontin's Holidays Claiming Stakes (Class 5)
• 14:10 pontins.com Handicap (Class 6)
• 14:45 Digital Prints From bonusprint.com Handicap (Class 4)
• 15:20 wolverhampton-racecourse.co.Uk Selling Stakes (Class 6)
• 15:55 Pontin's Family Holidays Handicap (Class 6)
• 16:30 pontinsbingo.com Handicap (Class 4)
• 17:05 bonusprint.com Maiden Stakes (Class 5)

Thoughts and selections in here please. I'll put this up now so hopefully we can get our selections up make a little money for the PL members who are meeting up on Friday.

[Carl]

Re: Wolverhampton Friday 16th PL meeting card. from Malcoms placepot tipster. WOLVERHAMPTON - FEBRUARY 16TH Recent toteplacepot dividends pertaining to this meeting: 2006: £51.10 2005: £118.80 2004: £248.00 2003: £41.90 2002: £27.50 Average toteplacepot dividend at this meeting (5 years) £97.46 Average toteplacepot dividend at Wolverhampton in 2006: £379.47 (111 meetings) 1.40 The Bertolini filly Prettilini was winning her third race via her last five outings when lifting this prize last year and PUT IT ON THE CARD is the only potential horse that could match that effort this time around. John Wainright's course and distance winner is also a Bertolini raider by pure coincidence and Robert Winston's mount looks sure to run well again. HOLLYWOOD GEORGE and DRESSED TO DANCE are other 'recent' winners and this trio should dominate proceedings this time around. 'Boyle factor': Although the favourite was turned over in the inaugural running of this event twelve months ago, the three market leaders dominated the finish, despite the bookmakers betting 3/1 the field. 2.10 The Brisbourne team saddled a six-year-old to win this event in one of the two divisions of the race in 2005. DANETTIE represents the same vintage for the team here, and it's worth noting that a stablemate (another six-year-old for good measure) finished third in the other heat two years ago. The Boyle team saddled the runner up last year and FEELIN IRIE has an each way chance of going one better for the yard, whilst BUZZIN' BOYZEE completes my trio against the field. It should be noted that all three selections hail from the right end of the handicap according to the stats, as the three winners to date have carried weights of 8-10 or more. 'Boyle factor': Although only one joint favourite has scored thus far, all four market leaders have claimed toteplacepot positions to date. 2.45 Six of the ten runners are course and distance winners which complicates matters in the extreme. DANETIME LORD, FIGARO FLYER and MARHO JADEO should see us safely past the halfway mark in Friday's toteplacepot scenario, though I wish I could have been confident enough to have focussed on the Sandown meeting, especially with this race in mind! 'Boyle factor': Just the one renewal to date that was claimed by the 11/10 favourite whilst the third horse in the market ran third at 11/2. A 14/1 chance split the pair. 3.20 Six-year-olds have won four of the last four renewals, though just two of the twelve declarations represent the vintage this time around. Course and distance winner ZAFFEU appears to the pick of the two raiders over TREASON TRIAL, even though George Baker's mount contests this event as a beaten favourite. Two recent winners that have been in form look sure to make their presence felt again, namely ATLANTIC GAMBLE and FINISHED ARTICLE. 'Boyle factor': Although only two of the seven favourites have won to date (both within the last three years), all seven market leaders have claimed toteplacepot positions despite the fact that an 8/13 casualty was beaten in the very first renewal back in 2001. 3.55 BLUE HILLS won this event twelve months ago and is fresh from recording a victory in an amateur's event at Wolverhampton a couple of weeks back. Jim Crowley's mount is only asked to carry an additional sixteen ounces this time around and the Vettori gelding will certainly figure in my permutation come sun up. Four-year-olds have won four of the last eight renewals and both POCKET TOO and MAMONTA hold each way claims in an interesting event. 'Boyle factor': Three of the last four winners have scored at 40/1--16/1--9/1, though three of the last four market leaders claimed toteplacepot positions in the process. 4.30 Course and distance winner STRAVITA was forward enough to win on her first start, but the Weet-A-Minute filly will surely struggle to cope with then likes of BOSOBEL and STORYBOOK here, despite receiving plenty of weight from both rivals. Reg Hollinshead does well with his string but few of his runners turn over unbeaten raiders from the yards of Mark Johnston and Michael Jarvis as a general rule of thumb, and I doubt the trend will change on this occasion. The Halling colt BOSCOBEL won on his handicap debut at Lingfield last time up and might have enough scope to give STORYBOOK ten pounds and a beating, though there might not be much between the pair approaching the jamstick. 'Boyle factor': Both (15/8) favourites have finished out of the frame to date in the toteplacepot finale.