April 30 / 18.25 Brighton

18.25

Good To Firm

Star Sports Handicap

  • Prize money: £3454.44
  • 1m 1f 207y
  • Class 6
  • 8 runners
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Star Sports Handicap

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Sunny

11/2

  • Place: £1.60

Form: 3433-7 D

Last run: 26 days

W: 9st 5lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 53

Form & Verdict
Largely consistent (albeit without winning) from 1m2f to 1m4f last season but she made a quiet return at Bath (1m3.5f, good to firm) this month; nothing wrong with her mark if she steps forward from that, though, and her yard's ticking away nicely.
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7

(6)

5th Oct 2026

Standard To Slow

1m 3f 219y

Class 6

20:15 Kempton (AW)

Mrembo

9st 3lb

J: Pierre-Louis Jamin

T: Jonathan Portman

Reliable mare who won at Windsor (11.4f) in May and was runner-up at Epsom (1m2f) when last seen in August; now returns to AW but she's unexposed in this sphere and has claims if she can repeat that latest form.

4/1

2nd

1

(4)

14th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 17y

Class 6

16:38 Epsom

Mrembo

9st 12lb

J: Hector Crouch

T: Jonathan Portman

Reliable mare who gained this season's win in three-runner contest at Windsor (11.4f, good to firm) in May; suited by this C&D and will appreciate today's ease in grade; each-way claims at least.

11/2

4th

7

(2)

24th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 1f 209y

Class 5

17:15 Sandown

Mrembo

9st 1lb

J: Olivia Tubb

T: Jonathan Portman

Reliable mare who wasn't beaten far last time at Epsom when just behind Imperical Cult; has run well in the last three renewals of this race, beaten 2l or less; considered.

6/1

9/2

  • Place: £1.40

Form: 824523 D

Last run: 6 days

W: 9st 5lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 53

Form & Verdict
9yo who has been beaten 16 times since scoring last July (his 11th success) but a runner-up on two of his last five starts, including here (1m, good to firm), and he ran respectably when third at Beverley (about 1m, good) last week; threatening to win another one and he stays this trip; respected.
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11

(15)

29th Jul 2025

Good

1m 1f 207y

Class 6

14:10 Beverley

Light Up Our Stars

10st 8lb

J: Mr Frederick Tett

T: Scott Dixon

Multiple winner who is running well and went down narrowly over the extended 1m here two months ago; thereabouts.

9/2

6

(2)

24th May 2025

Good To Firm

1m 0f 100y

Class 6

17:00 Beverley

Light Up Our Stars

9st 4lb

J: Taryn Langley

T: Scott Dixon

In a good run of form right now and finished much the best over 1m at Yarmouth last week (under Taryn Langley); clear claims off 3lb higher.

9/4

OUR TIP

Form: -14666

Last run: 22 days

W: 9st 9lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 57

Form & Verdict
Last six starts on AW; off the mark at Wolverhampton (1m4f) in January, his second start since being gelded, but hasn't quite matched that form in four subsequent runs, twice a beaten favourite (once at odds-on); dropped back in trip on this return to turf and remains above his winning mark.
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3rd

2

15th Oct 2026

Good To Soft

2m 3f 29y

Class 4

14:54 Fontwell

Hawa Jumeirah

11st 2lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Helen Nelmes

Two modest Flat wins in 2025 but he's 0-7 over hurdles, beaten about 26l in handicaps on last two outings (here latest); hard to fancy.

66/1

4th

4

22nd Sep 2026

Good

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

17:07 Fontwell

Hawa Jumeirah

10st 12lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Helen Nelmes

Well held at Newton Abbot (2m2f, good to firm) last month and now 0-7 over hurdles but was third over that C&D on consecutive outings in July (good/good to firm) and has possibilities if judged on that form.

10/1

6th

10

22nd Aug 2026

Good To Firm

2m 2f 110y

Class 5

15:40 Newton Abbot

Hawa Jumeirah

10st 9lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Helen Nelmes

Dual Flat winner who has produced two encouraging placed efforts over C&D of late; has a bit to find with some of these but should be thereabouts.

10/1

Form: 13146- CD

Last run: 195 days

W: 9st 7lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 55

Form & Verdict
Both wins came here last year, the first on good to firm ground (1m4f) and the second over this trip (good) in September; narrowly prevailed off 2lb lower in the latter and he's been absent since October; chance depends on whether he's ready to go on this return (has a modest record fresh).
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7th

3

(6)

26th Aug 2026

Standard

1m 4f 51y

Class 6

16:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Fighting Poet

9st 9lb

J: Jonny Peate

T: Richard Phillips

All three wins have come at Brighton (1m2f/1m4f); placed in his last two starts in similar contests at Lingfield (1m4f, Polytrack) and has run well on Tapeta at Southwell; first-time visor replaces the usual blinkers and he has every chance on these terms; high on list.

7/2

3rd

4

(5)

18th Aug 2026

Standard

1m 4f 0y

Class 6

15:33 Lingfield (AW)

Fighting Poet

9st 9lb

J: Jonny Peate

T: Richard Phillips

Has suffered some heavy defeats of late, but almost sprang a 80-1 surprise when only headed close home by Foinix over C&D last Tuesday; if he is able to back up that run then he comes here with a shout.

6/1

2nd

6

(8)

11th Aug 2026

Standard

1m 4f 0y

Class 6

16:00 Lingfield (AW)

Fighting Poet

9st 9lb

J: Robert Havlin

T: Richard Phillips

All three wins have come at Brighton, the latest a year ago; heavy defeats in his last four starts make him hard to recommend.

66/1

Form: 7-7050

Last run: 18 days

W: 8st 11lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
Won a 7f AW classified last summer and a dual runner-up over 6f here, but she's been out of sorts since December, including when tenth of 12 on good to firm at this track 18 days ago; this is a big step up in trip for one who's never been asked to race beyond 7f.
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7th

10

(3)

15th Oct 2026

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 6

18:30 Southwell (AW)

Edergoles Gift

9st 0lb

J: Darragh Keenan

T: Conrad Allen

Her last win was at Chelmsford (7f, Polytrack) 12 months ago; hasn't made a serious impact this season but not beaten far at Brighton last time and is now 6lb lower than for her last success; could be dangerous back on AW.

12/1

8th

11

(11)

10th Sep 2026

Standard

0m 7f 1y

Class 6

16:23 Lingfield (AW)

Edergoles Gift

8st 9lb

J: Tom Kiely-Marshall

T: Conrad Allen

C&D winner who has finished fourth in classified events on the AW on her last two outings, albeit she did have a wide trip over C&D last time; returns to handicap company with place claims.

10/1

12/1

Form: 335528

Last run: 30 days

W: 9st 1lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 49

Form & Verdict
0-10 on turf; went close in an AW Lingfield classified (1m2f) in March, his second start for Tony Carroll, but below that form over 9.5f one week later; course debut and it's still early days for this yard, which tends to know a Brighton horse when it sees one.
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7th

8

(2)

30th Apr 2025

Good To Firm

1m 1f 207y

Class 6

18:25 Brighton

Big Narstie

9st 1lb

J: Jack Doughty

T: Tony Carroll

prominent

12/1

7th

8

(2)

30th Apr 2025

Good To Firm

1m 1f 207y

Class 6

18:25 Brighton

Big Narstie

9st 1lb

J: Jack Doughty

T: Tony Carroll

prominent

12/1

8th

4

(5)

31st Mar 2025

Standard

1m 0f 142y

Class 6

20:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Big Narstie

9st 9lb

J: Jack Doughty

T: Tony Carroll

prominent, short of room and lost ground soon after start, in rear after 1f

9/2

Form: 376-94 CD

Last run: 92 days

W: 9st 8lb

7 yo Filly

OR: 56

Form & Verdict
Three turf Flat wins at 1m2f in 2021, twice on good to firm and once over C&D (good); has been hurdling, with two good efforts coming either side of a poor one, but she was only running to an okay level on the Flat during the winter; today's new tongue-tie might help, though, and she's dropped to a career-low mark.
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No Results Found

Form: 6967-2

Last run: 18 days

W: 9st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 52

Form & Verdict
Tailed off over fences in February but he enjoyed his return to the Flat when second of nine over C&D (good to firm) 18 days ago; came from a fair way back that day and he's got obvious claims off the same mark.
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7

1st Mar 2024

Soft

2m 0f 69y

Class 3

14:25 Newbury

Voix De Bocelli

11st 0lb

J: Daryl Jacob

T: Henrietta C Knight

held up in last, outpaced before 3 out, soon struggling

20/1

Non-runners

Fascinating Lips

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £6.60
Straight Forecast £6.33
Tricast £20.15
Trifecta £23.40

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Voix De Bocelli

WEST COUNTRY:

Fighting Poet

POSTDATA:

Mrembo

D Express:

Fascinating Lips

NEWMARKET:

Hawa Jumeirah

RP RATINGS:

Arenas Del Tiempo

Daily Mail:

Light Up Our Stars

LAMBOURN:

Voix De Bocelli

The Times:

Voix De Bocelli

The Guardian:

Voix De Bocelli

Daily Record:

Voix De Bocelli

Telegraph:

Fighting Poet

Daily Mirror:

Fighting Poet

The Sun:

Mrembo

The Star:

Fascinating Lips