Win £2,000,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap – Wolverhampton (AW)

Wolverhampton (AW)

14:15

Win £2,000,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap

Date 2024-01-19

Distance 7f36y

Class Class 4

Going Standard

Type Flat

Surface AW

Age Band 4yo+

Prize £7,328

Winning Time 1m 28.11s (slow by 2.11s)

Result

Pos	Horse	SP	Btn
1st	Beauty Choice (GB) Joanna Mason · Michael & David Easterby	9/1	Won
2nd	Johnny James (GB) Alistair Rawlinson · Michael Appleby	6/1	0.1
3rd	The Turpinator (IRE) P J McDonald · Grant Tuer	15/2	0.3
4th	Al Farabi (FR) Jack Mitchell · Roger Varian	9/4F	1.25
5th	Follow Your Heart (IRE) David Probert · Mark Loughnane	3/1	1.25
6th	Wiseacre (IRE) Hollie Doyle · D Donovan	66/1	1.25
7th	Visibility (IRE) Elisha Whittington · Scott Dixon	33/1	0.3
8th	Eden Storm (IRE) Benoit De La Sayette · Marco Botti	8/1	0.3
9th	Sir Maxi (GB) Oisin Orr · Richard Fahey	33/1	.5
10th	How Impressive (IRE) Harry Davies · Hugo Palmer	16/1	1

Runners (10)

EW Terms: 3 places, ¼ odds (standard bookmaker terms — may vary)

#	Horse	Jockey / Trainer	Wt	Gear	Form	OR	RPR	TS	Last	Crs	Dst	Val	Scr	EW	Odds
3 (3)	Al Farabi Bay J:Jack Mitchell T:Roger Varian	J:Jack Mitchell T:Roger Varian	134	—	3122-	84	100	68	22d	—	—	+3	31.8	0.75/1	3/1 25%
Steadily progressive sort who turned in best effort on handicap debut; leading claims
1 (5)	Follow Your Heart Bay J:David Probert T:Mark Loughnane	J:David Probert T:Mark Loughnane	137	—	2312-4	87	98	80	10d	—	—	-5	15.4	0.83/1	10/3 23%
Has a fine record at this venue and ran well at Southwell last week; should go well
2 (1)	Johnny James Bay J:Alistair Rawlinson T:Michael Appleby	J:Alistair Rawlinson T:Michael Appleby	135	t	19322-	85	97	84	41d	—	—	+11	24.8	1.63/1	13/2 13%
Useful sort who isn't fully exposed; ran well over C&D last month and should go well
10 (2)	Beauty Choice Bay J:Joanna Mason T:Michael & David Easterby	J:Joanna Mason T:Michael & David Easterby	120	—	57434-	70	99	81	29d	—	—	-1	10.4	2.25/1	9/1 10%
Dual winner at this venue and respectable efforts of late but more to do in stronger race
6 (7)	Eden Storm Bay J:Benoit De La Sayette T:Marco Botti	J:Benoit De La Sayette T:Marco Botti	129	—	80561-	79	98	74	28d	—	—	+9	20.6	2.13/1	17/2 11%
Both wins have been over this C&D; up in weights/grade but isn't fully exposed; claims
4 (4)	The Turpinator Bay J:P J McDonald T:Grant Tuer	J:P J McDonald T:Grant Tuer	134	—	3915-4	84	99	82	18d	—	—	+2	11.2	2.50/1	10/1 9%
7f specialist; notched first Tapeta win last month; respectable form since but more needed
9 (8)	How Impressive Chestnut J:Harry Davies T:Hugo Palmer	J:Harry Davies T:Hugo Palmer	123	tv	12286-	73	97	93	28d	—	—	+8	13.4	3.50/1	14/1 7%
Turf/AW winner; ran respectably given he lost ground at the start last time; more on now
8 (9)	Sir Maxi Bay J:Oisin Orr T:Richard Fahey	J:Oisin Orr T:Richard Fahey	124	—	17183-	74	97	73	22d	—	—	+12	17.4	6.25/1	25/1 4%
Triple winner last year and ran well at Newcastle last time; bit to find with Al Farabi
5 (6)	Visibility Bay J:Elisha Whittington(3) T:Scott Dixon	J:Elisha Whittington(3) T:Scott Dixon	131	—	4414-4	81	95	80	6d	—	—	+5	8.7	7.00/1	28/1 3%
Decent record here and no problems with drop back to 7f but may find one or two too good
7 (10)	Wiseacre Grey J:Hollie Doyle T:D Donovan	J:Hollie Doyle T:D Donovan	129	p	28641-	79	96	65	221d	—	—	+15	19.5	8.25/1	33/1 3%
Wide-margin winner at Lingfield when last seen in June; work to do up 12lb for new trainer

Horse	bet365	Coral	Virgin Bet
Al Farabi	3/1	2/1	2/1
Follow Your Heart	10/3	3/1	3/1
Johnny James	6/1	13/2	13/2
Beauty Choice	9/1	7/1	7/1
Eden Storm	6/1	17/2	17/2
The Turpinator	7/1	10/1	10/1
How Impressive	14/1	14/1	12/1
Sir Maxi	16/1	25/1	22/1
Visibility	20/1	28/1	25/1
Wiseacre	16/1	33/1	33/1

Predictor

Scored on Official Rating (max 30), Recent Form (max 25), and Market Odds (max 20). Max score: 75.

1st

Al Farabi

31.8

OR: 8.5 Form: 14.4 Odds: 8.9

3/1

2nd

Johnny James

24.8

OR: 8.8 Form: 12 Odds: 4

13/2

3rd

Eden Storm

20.6

OR: 7.3 Form: 10 Odds: 3.3

17/2

Wiseacre

19.5

OR: 7.3 Form: 11 Odds: 1.2

33/1

Sir Maxi

17.4

OR: 6 Form: 10 Odds: 1.4

25/1

Follow Your Heart

15.4

OR: 9.3 Form: 0 Odds: 6.2

10/3

How Impressive

13.4

OR: 5.8 Form: 6 Odds: 1.6

14/1

The Turpinator

11.2

OR: 8.5 Form: 0 Odds: 2.7

10/1

Beauty Choice

10.4

OR: 5 Form: 2.1 Odds: 3.3

9/1

Visibility

8.7

OR: 7.8 Form: 0 Odds: 1

28/1

Ratings

Horse	OR	RPR	TS
Follow Your Heart	87	98	80
Johnny James	85	97	84
Al Farabi	84	100	68
The Turpinator	84	99	82
Visibility	81	95	80
Eden Storm	79	98	74
Wiseacre	79	96	65
Sir Maxi	74	97	73
How Impressive	73	97	93
Beauty Choice	70	99	81

Last Run

Horse	Last Run	Status
Visibility	6d ago	Quick return
Follow Your Heart	10d ago	Quick return
The Turpinator	18d ago	Fit
Al Farabi	22d ago	Fit
Sir Maxi	22d ago	Fit
Eden Storm	28d ago	Fit
How Impressive	28d ago	Fit
Beauty Choice	29d ago	Fit
Johnny James	41d ago	Fit
Wiseacre	221d ago	Long break