UK AW Track Bets Today 16/02/2026 - Betting Tips & Information, Race & Runner Analysis

[davewatts50]

Here are my bets for the UK's all-weather races today. Initial selections are from the Wolverhampton meeting. There may be more to follow later.

Note, the point of writing up these selections is always to illustrate which horses are carrying my personal bets. And those bets are always derived/determined from the processes outlined in the book: UK All-Weather Racing: A Specialist's Guide to Finding Value on the AW

Wolverhampton 8:00 - Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) (0-70) (5) 4yo+​

Hackney Diamonds

She’s an Improving 4 year old filly who’s a distance winner. She last won 30 days ago and had 2 races since.LTO ran 9 days ago at Southwell in a Class 6 over 11 furlongs, finishing 3rd beaten by 4.25 lengths.

She’s up in class and distance and distance. This doesn’t look that strong a race. Her highest winning mark is 58 and she is off 63 today.

She finished 2nd over C&D in a class 5 race on the 23/01/2026 in what was a strong race and she finished the race really well. There are a 3rd has since been out and won.

Hackney Diamonds win bet @ 5.0

There maybe more later.

 

[Len Madeiros]

Hi Dave - I fancied Annandale in this. He’s a specialist at Newcastle, and has, incredibly, never run at Wolverhampton, in any of his 27 runs on the AW. He’s also a few pounds lower than his last winning mark.

Good luck.

 

[davewatts50]

6:30 Wolverhampton Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) (0-80) (4) 4yo+ 6F​

PAPA COCKTAIL - He's an exposed, but in form 7 year old gelding. He's also a course and distance winner.
He last ran 17 days ago at Wolverhampton in a Class 5 over 6 furlongs, finishing 1st winning by 1.50 lengths. The race was run slightly faster than the par and he finished his race off strongly.

Today, he is up in class as this is a class 4 race over the same distance. His record in this class is 0 from 5 attempts. I know this will put a lot of punters off. However, he placed in 4 of those races and finished 4th in the other. Over course and distance in class 4 races he has raced twice and finished 2nd on both occasions. His highest winning mark is 75 and today he races off 80 due to his LTO win. The handicap mark is a concern as he was off 77 and 76 when he finished 2nd at Wolverhampton over C&D and now its 80.

That said, the race shape I believe will be set up to suit. The early pace will most likely come from Ararat and Silky Wilky. In order for Ararat to get to the front he's got to come across from stall 7. Silky Wilky also likes to go hard from the front and he's in a more favourable draw in 3. Water of Leith in stall 4 also likes to go forwards. We could see them going too hard on the front which will open up opportunities for those just off the pace. This is where Papa Cocktail generally races and he should be positioned well to strike. If there is a pace collapse I fear Hierarchy the most.

My bet is PAPA COCKTAIL EW @ 7.5 BOG

 

[Outsider]

Hi Dave - I fancied Annandale in this. He’s a specialist at Newcastle, and has, incredibly, never run at Wolverhampton, in any of his 27 runs on the AW. He’s also a few pounds lower than his last winning mark.

Good luck.

I'm with you Len.