The all-weather track at Wolverhampton will take centre stage after Saturday’s card at Sandown fell victim to the elements
To the dismay of jumps fans, the feature race on this pre-Cheltenham Saturday is a Listed all-weather contest, the Imperial Cup card at Sandown having been abandoned. Wolverhampton’s Wulfruna Stakes will now be the best race shown on ITV. At least it may fall to an ex-jump jockey in David O’Meara, trainer of Gulliver (2.45).
This six-year-old wouldn’t be up to winning every Listed race but this does not look strong and he’s been in fine form of late, turning in a career best at Southwell and running to a high level in Qatar. He is preferred to Urban Icon, who is a short price for a horse that has never raced on the all-weather and hasn’t been seen since July.
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Wolverhampton
1.35 Via Serendipity 2.10 Treacherous 2.45 Gulliver 3.20 Rock Of Diamonds 3.55 Ventura Bounty 4.30 Zapper Cass 5.05 Mickey