4:35 Wolverhampton (AW)
This Class 6 nursery handicap at Wolverhampton over 7f36y on standard ground brings together a field of largely unproven and modest two-year-olds. The KTB Fit Scores are tightly bunched between 53 and 40, underlining a race where very little separates the principals on known ability and where the drop in class for several runners may prove significant. With no established course-and-distance winners and several horses unproven on the surface, the contest looks open and typical of its level.
How the race shapes up
A strong pace is anticipated with at least two habitual front-runners present, notably Printing Money and Mick's The Boy, both of whom tend to make the running or race prominently. This early speed could set the race up for those with a hold-up style, as the pace is expected to collapse late. The key question is whether the prominent runners can sustain their effort or if the race will fall into the lap of a patient hold-up performer coming from off the pace.
The KTB Fit ranking
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1Oh So Slow Sloth KTB Selection53/100
Oh So Slow Sloth is a modest performer who has shown little in three starts to date, finishing seventh of eight on his most recent outing. He steps up from 6f to 7f today which asks a fresh question of him, though the drop in class may help. Rebecca Menzies has a solid 13% strike rate from 208 runs at Wolverhampton while Paddy Bradley brings a 13% strike rate and an A/E of 1.12 from 207 rides at the track. The horse is usually held up and produces its effort late, though that assessment is based on limited evidence with low confidence. He remains unproven on standard ground and has no course form on record.
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2From Me To You51/100
From Me To You is a modest performer who has shown little in seven starts and looks up against it again from his mid-division draw. The step up to 7f is an unknown and the yard's modest record here adds little confidence. Richard Hannon posts a 13% strike rate at Wolverhampton from 802 runs while Alec Voikhansky has an 11% strike rate and an A/E of 0.92 from 102 rides at the track. The colt typically settles in midfield with medium confidence in that assessment and has one run on standard ground without placing. He has no course form on record.
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3Better Nature51/100
Better Nature is a modest performer who has shown some ability on this track, finishing placed twice over today's trip from four attempts. Recent form has been patchy with a fifth and sixth in his last two starts, though the draw in stall 3 could help him get a decent position early. Jonathan Portman has a solid 10% strike rate at Wolverhampton from 397 runs and Rob Hornby matches that 10% strike rate with an identical A/E of 0.94 from 777 rides at the track. The horse is unproven on standard ground and has no course form on record.
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4Perfect Hope49/100
Perfect Hope is a modest performer who has shown some improvement since switching to handicaps, finishing second in both starts at this trip. Stall one should help him get a good position early and the yard's solid record here adds some confidence. Tom Ward has an 11% strike rate at Wolverhampton from 163 runs while Billy Loughnane brings a strong 19% strike rate and an A/E of 0.95 from 795 rides at the track. Usually held up and producing its effort late on limited evidence with low confidence, the horse is unproven on standard ground and has no course form on record.
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5Printing Money48/100
Printing Money is a limited performer who has shown just one placed effort in five starts, finishing third over this trip on his penultimate run. He has handled the Wolverhampton surface without setting it alight and the yard’s respectable 15% strike rate here from 131 runs offers some encouragement. Dylan Cunha teams up with Luke Morris, who has a 12% strike rate and an A/E of 0.86 from 4583 rides at the track. Tending to make the running or race on the pace with medium confidence, the horse remains short of solid winning form and is unproven on standard ground with no course form on record.
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6Waiting For Archie47/100
Waiting For Archie is a limited performer who has shown little in four runs to date and looks up against it from a wide draw. He steps up to 7f for the first time having failed to make an impact over the trip on his previous attempt while the Richard & Peter Fahey yard has a solid 15% strike rate here from 20 runs.
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7Mick's The Boy46/100
Mick's The Boy is a modest performer who has shown bits of ability, most notably when second at this track on his second start. He has failed to build on that since though and now steps up to 7f for the first time while wearing first-time headgear. The Michael & David Easterby yard has a modest record here.
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8April's Luck45/100
April's Luck has shown only limited ability in three runs at this trip, finishing no better than fourth. The Dylan Cunha yard records a solid 15% strike rate at Wolverhampton from 131 runs yet stall 12 looks far from ideal on this tight track and the horse remains largely unexposed.
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9Lightenings Legacy45/100
Lightenings Legacy is a limited performer who has shown little in three starts to date, finishing no better than sixth. First-time headgear is now applied in a race that looks no stronger than the ones he has already failed to trouble while the trainer's modest record here offers no obvious reason to expect sudden improvement.
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10Jazzy Bay44/100
Jazzy Bay is limited on ability and still without a win after seven runs yet has been consistent enough in recent starts with three placed efforts over this trip. The draw looks reasonable from stall four while the trainer's modest 10% strike rate at Wolverhampton is backed by a large sample.
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11Soldier's Echo44/100
Soldier's Echo has shown only modest form in four starts to date and is officially rated as limited. He steps up from 6f to 7f for the first time today which asks a fresh question of him while the trainer holds a solid 19% strike rate at Wolverhampton from 419 runs though the 5lb claimer has limited experience here.
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12Parkers Light40/100
Parkers Light is limited and exposed after four runs and has shown no real spark, finishing well beaten on each of his last two starts. The first-time headgear is an obvious attempt to find some improvement but he is being asked a fresh question at this trip and the wide draw is another negative, though the yard knows the Wolverhampton track inside out with a solid 16% strike rate from over a thousand runs.
KTB verdict
Oh So Slow Sloth is the KTB Selection. A modest performer stepping up in trip having shown little in three starts, he drops in class where the trainer's solid record at Wolverhampton can be brought to bear and his hold-up style may prove ideally suited if the anticipated strong pace collapses late. The selection's modest level of form still leaves him vulnerable to any rival that can improve on what has been seen so far. The main dangers are Perfect Hope, who has shown recent placed form at this trip from a good draw, and Better Nature, who has previous placed efforts over the course and trip from a handy stall.
KTB Selection Oh So Slow Sloth
Morning odds
Best available price per runner, captured 00:02 UTC, 18 Sep. These are a morning snapshot and will have moved — see the live racecard for current prices.
| Runner | Morning price | Bookmaker |
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| Oh So Slow Sloth | 16/1 | Bet365 |
| From Me To You | 17/2 | William Hill |
| Better Nature | 16/1 | William Hill |
| Perfect Hope | 2/1 | Bet365 |
| Printing Money | 17/2 | William Hill |
| Waiting For Archie | 12/1 | William Hill |
| Mick's The Boy | 8/1 | William Hill |
| April's Luck | 22/1 | BetTom |
| Lightenings Legacy | 11/1 | William Hill |
| Jazzy Bay | 17/2 | Bet365 |
| Soldier's Echo | 5/1 | William Hill |
| Parkers Light | 28/1 | Bet365 |
This is the narrative read of the 4:35 Wolverhampton (AW). For the live card — runner-by-runner stats, the full Fit Score breakdown and current odds — see the Wolverhampton (AW) racecard. Every result we hold for the track is on the Wolverhampton (AW) results & records page. New here? How KTB works explains the Fit Score and why we publish both.
Questions about this race
Which horses are likely to set the strong pace?
Printing Money tends to make the running or race on the pace with medium confidence and Mick's The Boy also tends to make the running or race on the pace with medium confidence.
Which runners are suited by a hold-up style in this strongly-run race?
Oh So Slow Sloth is usually held up and produces its effort late with limited evidence and low confidence, Perfect Hope is usually held up and produces its effort late with limited evidence and low confidence, Waiting For Archie is usually held up and produces its effort late with limited evidence and low confidence, Jazzy Bay is usually held up and produces its effort late with high confidence, and Parkers Light is usually held up and produces its effort late with medium confidence.
Which horses are making their first start on standard ground?
Oh So Slow Sloth, Better Nature, Perfect Hope, Printing Money, Mick's The Boy, Lightenings Legacy, Jazzy Bay, Soldier's Echo and Parkers Light have no runs on standard ground and are unproven on the going.
Which trainers have the strongest strike rates at Wolverhampton according to the supplied data?
Hugo Palmer has a 19% strike rate at Wolverhampton from 419 runs, Tom Dascombe has a 16% strike rate from 1135 runs, Dylan Cunha has a 15% strike rate from 131 runs, and Richard & Peter Fahey have a 15% strike rate from 20 runs.
Which horses are wearing headgear for the first time?
Mick's The Boy, Lightenings Legacy and Parkers Light are all wearing first-time headgear.
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