18.15
StandardBorder Minstrel Handicap
- Prize money: £11514.8
- 0m 7f 14y
- Class 4
- 12 runners
Runners: 12 runners
Type: Flat AW
Surface: Tapeta
Weather: Partly cloudy
8/1 (Won)
- Win: £9.80
- Place: £2.50
Form: 55-813 D BF
Last run: 88 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Gelding
OR: 71
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13th 9 (3) |
18th Mar 2026 Standard To Slow 1m 0f 0y Class 5 |
9st 5lb |
Beaten a long way all four starts for this yard, last two following wind surgery; headgear (blinkers, worn alone for the first time) returns. |
33/1 |
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11th 8 (3) |
24th Feb 2026 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 5 |
9st 6lb |
Won 7f handicaps at Wolverhampton and Newcastle for George Boughey early last year, but three starts since returning for this yard in October have been blowouts; no headgear today and probably only of interest if backed. |
25/1 |
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11th 4 (5) |
21st Jan 2026 Standard To Slow 0m 6f 0y Class 5 |
9st 8lb |
Won twice over 7f when trained by George Boughey; well beaten in two runs for new connections and only dropped 1lb for his troubles; has had a wind op since latest but not easily recommended. |
33/1 |
10/1
- Place: £5.60
Form: 2192- C
Last run: 241 days
W: 9st 10lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 79
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 9 (7) |
20th Aug 2026 Good 0m 7f 0y Class 2 |
8st 13lb |
Unraced on ground slower than good; landed a handicap at Haydock (7f) last May in convincing style before a good fourth in the Sandringham (1m); returned from 11 months off with a solid fifth of 13 at Thirsk (1m; first-time tongue-tie) in May but well beaten since in the Kensington Palace back at Royal Ascot (1m); drops back in trip, needing to bounce back. |
18/1 |
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20th 15 (3) |
17th Jun 2026 Good To Firm 1m 0f 0y Class 2 |
8st 9lb |
Progressive handicap form at the start of last summer, winning convincingly at Haydock (7f, good) before excellent fourth of 25 in the Sandringham at this meeting (1m, good to firm); not seen again until a creditable fifth of 13 in 1m Thirsk handicap (good) last month and entitled to come on for that run; first-time tongue-tie worn at Thirsk is retained; high on the shortlist under Spencer. |
12/1 |
|
5th 5 (3) |
16th May 2026 Good 0m 7f 218y Class 3 |
9st 8lb |
Progressive filly who put the race to bed quite convincingly for her first handicap win, at Haydock (7f, good) last May; had a much stiffer task in the Sandringham (1m, good to firm) at Royal Ascot after but ran a cracker in fourth, drifting across from a high draw; off since though so fitness unknown and market helpful; tongue tied this time. |
13/2 |
5/1
- Place: £1.40
Form: 04-511 D
Last run: 15 days
W: 9st 6lb
3 yo Colt
OR: 75
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 2 (7) |
23rd Aug 2026 Good 0m 6f 210y Class 4 |
9st 9lb |
Last year's heroics were always going to be a tough act to follow but the addition of cheekpieces, allied to a reduced mark, have seen an upturn in his fortunes since June; latest Windsor second (1m, good to firm; stable debut) wasn't far off his best and he's high on the list with Billy Loughnane aboard for the first time. |
5/2 |
|
2nd 4 (8) |
13th Aug 2026 Good To Firm 1m 0f 31y Class 4 |
9st 11lb |
Four-time turf winner; cheekpieces applied for final three races and after two thirds (1m) he got no luck in running at Chester; now having first run for Tom Ward and wouldn't rule out. |
6/1 |
|
5th 3 (3) |
11th Jul 2026 Good 0m 7f 127y Class 4 |
9st 11lb |
Four-time turf winner who scored off 1lb higher over C&D last autumn; took a while to get going this season but he's been placed at with cheekpieces added in his last two runs (1m, good to firm); usually comes from off the pace and has possibilities if he gets some luck. |
9/2 |
5/1
Form: 3106-3 D
Last run: 24 days
W: 9st 11lb
3 yo Colt
OR: 80
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 6 (10) |
31st Aug 2026 Standard 0m 6f 16y Class 5 |
9st 6lb |
Still to win a handicap and has had plenty of chances for this yard; fair effort over C&D last time (behind Hectic) and is 2lb lower but he's some way down the pecking order. |
20/1 |
|
4th 2 (8) |
6th Aug 2026 Standard 0m 6f 16y Class 5 |
9st 8lb |
Failed to beat a rival over C&D ten days ago (Pickersgill second); drops in grade, but still enough doubts remain. |
12/1 |
5/1
Form: 5057-1 C
Last run: 31 days
W: 9st 2lb
3 yo Gelding
OR: 71
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 6 (7) |
31st Jul 2026 Standard To Slow 0m 7f 14y Class 6 |
9st 12lb |
All three wins have come over 6f including one here; not very consistent, though, and a suspicion that this trip stretches him. |
7/1 |
|
6th 5 (1) |
9th Jun 2026 Good To Soft 0m 5f 182y Class 6 |
10st 11lb |
Won for today's rider off a 2lb lower mark at Redcar last time (6f, good to firm); today's softer conditions are not sure to suit. |
11/2 |
|
1st 3 (2) |
26th May 2026 Good 0m 5f 217y Class 6 |
11st 0lb |
Last win was over C&D off this mark in November but he can be hard to predict and should have run better back in a 0-60 last time. |
8/1 |
14/1
Form: 7221-
Last run: 202 days
W: 9st 5lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 74
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7 (3) |
20th Oct 2025 Good 0m 6f 0y Class 2 |
8st 11lb |
Won her maiden over C&D a year ago and added a Lingfield handicap this July, by some 5l off 9lb lower; has shown she can deal with this mark and could bounce back from a quiet run now tried in blinkers. |
9/1 |
|
14th 1 (5) |
25th Sep 2025 Soft 0m 6f 0y Class 4 |
9st 12lb |
Won maiden over C&D (soft) last October; made all for easy win at Lingfield (6f) in July and it was a good effort dropped down to 5f when second at Yarmouth (also good to soft) last Tuesday; respected from same mark. |
6/1 |
|
2nd 3 (7) |
16th Sep 2025 Good To Soft 0m 5f 42y Class 4 |
9st 11lb |
Has run at 6f and 7f, two wins coming over the former trip on soft and good to soft; beaten a long way under a penalty in AW Racing League race in July but she'd come clear from a favourable draw at Lingfield previously; doesn't lack for pace and interesting on first 5f run. |
7/1 |
7/1
Form: 13 CD
Last run: 19 days
W: 9st 8lb
3 yo Colt
OR: 77
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 3 (7) |
28th Jun 2026 Standard 2m 0f 120y Class 6 |
9st 6lb |
Gradually went the wrong way for previous yard after making a successful debut and was comfortably held on stable debut at Bath (1m2f, good; first-time tongue-tie) this month; little to suggest this big step up in trip will make a difference. |
12/1 |
|
6th 1 (3) |
5th Jun 2026 Good 1m 2f 37y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Won debut at Newcastle (7f, AW) last April; fourth in the Leger Legends race at Doncaster (1m, good to soft) last September but yet to make much of an impact in handicaps, so he can't be the percentage call on this first start since leaving Craig Lidster; tongue tied first time. |
12/1 |
|
20th 8 (18) |
29th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 1m 0f 0y Class 5 |
10st 11lb |
Made a winning debut at Newcastle (7f) last April; yet to make much of an impact in handicaps but he has dropped down the weights and he ran a solid race over C&D in the Leger Legends race last September; goes well after a break and he has a top amateur booked; interesting. |
12/1 |
16/1
Form: 1622-7
Last run: 43 days
W: 9st 3lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 72
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 7 (12) |
10th Jul 2025 Soft 0m 6f 195y Class 5 |
9st 6lb |
Debut winner at Pontefract (5f, soft) early last season and knocking on the door on AW at Newcastle and Southwell (7f) later in the year; excuses for poor Chester run - drawn wide and hampered - latest but does need to bounce back in a newly applied hood; easing mark a plus. |
16/1 |
|
13th 11 (11) |
13th Jun 2025 Good To Soft 0m 7f 127y Class 4 |
9st 1lb |
Winless since her debut at Pontefract last April but not disgraced given she was set a lot to do when a close eighth of 12 in 7f Newcastle handicap last month; possibilities off a 2lb lower mark. |
25/1 |
|
8th 8 (10) |
11th May 2025 Standard 0m 7f 14y Class 4 |
9st 3lb |
Made a winning debut at Pontefract (5f, soft) just over a year ago and went down only narrowly in two Tapeta nurseries in the autumn (the first over C&D); will need to step foward from her reappearance here in March, though. |
16/1 |
10/1
Form: 591-14 CD
Last run: 99 days
W: 9st 8lb
3 yo Colt
OR: 77
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 6 (4) |
12th May 2026 Standard 1m 0f 1y Class 4 |
9st 7lb |
All four wins have come on Tapeta including at Southwell (1m) five weeks ago, but he does handle Polytrack; respected despite a 4lb rise with cheekpieces now given a go. |
5/1 |
|
1st 8 (2) |
7th Apr 2026 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 2 |
9st 4lb |
Three-time winner on Tapeta at Newcastle and Wolverhampton and was placed in both starts over this C&D in the autumn; that makes this consistent sort a player. |
15/2 |
|
3rd 5 (7) |
12th Mar 2026 Standard 1m 0f 0y Class 4 |
9st 4lb |
Successful off a 7lb lower mark at Newcastle in November; several solid runs in defeat since and no obvious reason why he wouldn't give another good account. |
6/1 |
33/1
Form: 7091-0
Last run: 15 days
W: 8st 10lb
3 yo Colt
OR: 65
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 (11) |
9th Sep 2025 Good 0m 7f 6y Class 6 |
9st 7lb |
Won AW nursery for Ed Walker last October; has struggled in four starts for this stable this year; goes without headgear and hard to fancy. |
25/1 |
|
9th 1 (7) |
25th Aug 2025 Standard 0m 6f 16y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Won a 6f nursery at Kempton off this mark on his final start for Ed Walker; struggled so far for his new stable but the drop into a 0-60, allied to the addition of a tongue-tie, could liven him up. |
10/1 |
7/1
Form: 5-2115 D BF
Last run: 23 days
W: 9st 6lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 75
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 (1) |
3rd Apr 2026 Standard 0m 7f 1y Class 4 |
9st 10lb |
Returned to winning form over C&D in January and had genuine excuses for two of her three defeats in the meantime; beaten just a short head and a neck into third of 11 in the Fillies and Mares Trial here in between those efforts with two of these behind; leading player. |
8/1 |
|
5th 2 (4) |
11th Mar 2026 Standard 0m 7f 14y Class 5 |
9st 9lb |
Landed a handicap at Lingfield (7f, Polytrack) in January and her next run can be easily excused (saddle slipped forward); ran well when third of 11 in a competitive race at Lingfield last time and holds good claims now dropped back in grade. |
7/4 |
|
3rd 10 (5) |
27th Feb 2026 Standard 0m 7f 1y Class 2 |
8st 12lb |
C&D winner last month; latest Newcastle run easy to excuse as the saddle slipped early on; unexposed in cheekpieces but she will need to step up a notch to take this. |
10/1 |
25/1
Form: 845-
Last run: 218 days
W: 8st 11lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 66
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 3 (3) |
20th Jun 2026 Good 0m 7f 50y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Exposed 20-race maiden; this winter's AW form brings her into the reckoning but she has been well beaten in two runs back on turf. |
16/1 |
|
6th 5 (3) |
10th Jun 2026 Good 0m 6f 6y Class 6 |
10st 9lb |
0-19; runner-up twice in 7f AW handicaps in late 2025 but this year's efforts leave her with a point to prove. |
14/1 |
|
9th 9 (5) |
29th May 2026 Good To Firm 0m 6f 195y Class 6 |
8st 9lb |
Twice runner-up off a higher mark at Newcastle (7f, AW) late last year, but now 0-18; others make greater appeal. |
20/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £241.70 |
| Straight Forecast | £177.20 |
| Tricast | £625.79 |
| Trifecta | £992.20 |