Wolverhampton (AW) 5:07 Result

Chianti's form (54332) shows clear progression with a strong recent third, finishing closer each time and clearly building towards a win. Tasleet is a solid speed sire ideal for 5f nursery sprints, and the addition of ongoing improvement suggests he's now hitting form at the right time. OR of 63 is competitive without being top of the weights, giving obvious placeweight edge over the two joint-favourites (Lady of Hay and El Lambo) who are both OR65 but whose recent form (6735 and 510650) shows inconsistency and some big flops mixed in. El Lambo in particular has a concerning 0 in the form figures and hasn't scored since a big early season win, while Lady of Hay's rating looks fully exposed after a below-par recent run. Tree Wizard (926234) is the most obvious market rival, having also progressed nicely, but he already looks fully tried at this grade and his big middle-race efforts (9,2,6) suggest more moderate underlying ability, with the piece of headgear (blinkers) already tried without a breakthrough win. Chianti, by contrast, looks the type still improving, drawn reasonably (4), with Luke Morris a shrewd booking for a yard (Archie Watson) with strong form with sprint types at this course. He looks theronner most likely to have more to offer than his current mark suggests, and represents value relative to the more exposed favourites.