May 23 / 19.17 Pontefract

19.17

Good

Napoleons Casino Bradford Maiden Handicap

  • Prize money: £4187.2
  • 1m 2f 5y
  • Class 5
  • 5 runners
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Napoleons Casino Bradford Maiden Handicap

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

5/4 (Won)

  • Win: £1.58
  • Place: £1.10

Form: 0-392

Last run: 10 days

W: 9st 1lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 58

Form & Verdict
Improved form when upped to this trip in his first handicap, keeping on for second at Beverley (good to firm; Cangofar third) ten days ago; not guaranteed to confirm those placings but he's also open to improvement; due to go up 2lb.
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Verdict Starting price

7

(3)

13th Sep 2025

Standard

1m 4f 0y

Class 5

13:25 Lingfield (AW)

Arundel

9st 4lb

J: Harry Davies

T: Ed Dunlop

Very consistent in turf handicaps at up to 1m4f, winning once and runner-up on four other occasions; offered enough to think he's still in form when 2l fourth of six at Newmarket (1m2f) three weeks ago; showed promise on AW at start of his career; ought to be on the premises again.

7/2

4th

3

(6)

22nd Aug 2025

Good To Firm

1m 2f 0y

Class 5

15:45 Newmarket (July)

Arundel

9st 7lb

J: Hector Crouch

T: Ed Dunlop

Consistent 3yo who ran well again in defeat when tried over 1m4f at Thirsk last week; won't mind returning to 1m2f but he's clearly handicapped about right.

4/1

4

(7)

15th Aug 2025

Good To Firm

1m 4f 8y

Class 6

20:10 Thirsk

Arundel

9st 6lb

J: Daniel Tudhope

T: Ed Dunlop

Runner-up twice over 1m2f since winning maiden handicap over that trip at Pontefract (good to firm) in May; drops in grade here and has been shaping as though well worth a crack at 1m4f; headgear switched; good chance.

13/8

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7/1

  • Place: £2.60

Form: 36/064

Last run: 18 days

W: 10st 1lb

5 yo Colt

OR: 58

Form & Verdict
Eight-race maiden on the Flat but won over hurdles last June; 20-1 but took a step in the right direction when keeping on for fourth of eight at Beverley (8.5f, good to firm) 18 days ago; reapplied cheekpieces (retained) might have helped that day and he stays this trip.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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2

(3)

18th Jul 2025

Good To Soft

1m 2f 50y

Class 6

16:31 Nottingham

Right Now

9st 10lb

J: David Nolan

T: Paul Midgley

Won over hurdles last year and has twice made the frame on the Flat for new stable this season, perhaps more notably when second to unexposed rival at Pontefract (1m2f, good to firm) in May; encountered traffic there on both subsequent appearances and arrives here on a good mark.

5/1

7

(8)

30th Jun 2025

Good

1m 2f 5y

Class 5

14:00 Pontefract

Right Now

10st 3lb

J: Mr Lewis Kent

T: Paul Midgley

Winning hurdler; 0-10 on the Flat but runner-up over C&D in May and was denied a clear passage back here three weeks ago; each-way claims.

6/1

7th

7

(6)

9th Jun 2025

Good

1m 2f 5y

Class 6

19:20 Pontefract

Right Now

9st 3lb

J: Paul Mulrennan

T: Paul Midgley

Hurdles scorer; 0-9 on Flat but has steadily returned to form this term and ran well, clear second behind odds-on shot, in maiden handicap over C&D (good to firm) most recently; in the mix.

11/2

11/4

Form: 665-73

Last run: 10 days

W: 9st 7lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 64

Form & Verdict
Five-race maiden who shaped with some promise when sticking on for third at Beverley (1m2f, good to firm; Arundel second) ten days ago; didn't see daylight over 2f out that day and has the size and scope to do a good deal better; interesting.
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6th

3

(4)

29th Jul 2025

Good

1m 1f 170y

Class 6

20:40 Ripon

Cangofar

9st 9lb

J: Duran Fentiman

T: Tim Easterby

Exposed maiden who's had plenty of chances in handicaps and goes in a first-time tongue-tie/first-time cheekpieces off the back of a poor effort last time (maybe didn't stay a stiff 1m3f); has to bounce back.

7/1

8th

4

(4)

10th Jul 2025

Soft

1m 3f 39y

Class 6

15:20 Carlisle

Cangofar

9st 5lb

J: David Allan

T: Tim Easterby

3yo who kept on for fair third at Beverley (1m2f, good to firm) in May on second handicap start; backward step at Pontefract (1m2f, good to firm) ten days later but in a slowly run race; based on his penultimate run he could be suited by this stiff 1m3f; brother Candonomore is a soft-ground winner.

7/1

3rd

3

(4)

23rd May 2025

Good

1m 2f 5y

Class 5

19:17 Pontefract

Cangofar

9st 7lb

J: David Allan

T: Tim Easterby

Five-race maiden who shaped with some promise when sticking on for third at Beverley (1m2f, good to firm; Arundel second) ten days ago; didn't see daylight over 2f out that day and has the size and scope to do a good deal better; interesting.

11/4

Form: 304-7

Last run: 13 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 59

Form & Verdict
Tends to go forward; failed to build on her debut promise (heavy) in two subsequent outings as a juvenile and she finished last on her handicap/seasonal debut at Haydock (about 1m4f, good to firm) 13 days ago; needs to prove she's trained on and now drops back in trip with a question to answer.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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6th

6

(3)

7th Oct 2025

Standard

1m 6f 21y

Class 6

19:30 Southwell (AW)

Rosso Levanto

8st 10lb

J: Harrison Shaw

T: Gary Hanmer

3yo maiden who has stamina to prove, having faded into a modest fourth upped to 1m6f at Wolverhampton (second start for new stable) most recently; headgear fitted.

20/1

4th

5

(5)

6th Sep 2025

Standard

1m 5f 219y

Class 6

19:42 Wolverhampton (AW)

Rosso Levanto

8st 10lb

J: Sean D Bowen

T: Gary Hanmer

3yo who is on a fair mark judged on her form for Charlie Johnston but this nine-race maiden was tailed off on last month's stable debut at Carlisle and is hard to fancy on the back of that.

20/1

Form: 665-65

Last run: 20 days

W: 9st 1lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 58

Form & Verdict
Out of the frame in all seven starts but he's dropped a few clues there's something to be unlocked, sometimes accompanied by market support; latest fifth of eight at Doncaster (1m2f, good) was another run that offered hope and he'll likely come good at some point.
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5th

1

(6)

30th Jun 2026

Good

1m 0f 208y

Class 6

14:00 Musselburgh

Keats House

9st 9lb

J: Joanna Mason

T: Michael & David Easterby

Both wins in the second half of 2025, first time when beating Perfidia at Beverley (8.4f) and second time here (1m); one to note given he seems to be building up to a bigger effort this time around.

13/2

5th

2

(1)

20th Jun 2026

Good

0m 7f 219y

Class 6

17:18 Redcar

Keats House

10st 2lb

J: Lewis Chalkley

T: Michael & David Easterby

Developed into a consistent sort last term; unable to sustain the form in two outings this season but returning to Class 6 may prove beneficial; won his last attempt in this grade.

14/1

7th

7

(10)

22nd May 2026

Good To Soft

1m 0f 6y

Class 5

20:52 Pontefract

Keats House

9st 1lb

J: Joanna Mason

T: Michael & David Easterby

Won two Class 6 handicaps at around 1m in the second half of 2025; creditable efforts off his revised mark to end that campaign and he should be sharper with last month's return to action behind him; others still appeal more for win purposes.

12/1

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Payout
Exacta £5.90
Straight Forecast £6.54
Trifecta £11.80

Selections

RP RATINGS:

Arundel

Telegraph:

King's Hand

SPOTLIGHT:

Cangofar

POSTDATA:

Arundel

The Times:

Arundel

The Guardian:

Arundel

Daily Mirror:

Arundel

The Sun:

Arundel

The Star:

Arundel

Daily Record:

Arundel

Daily Mail:

King's Hand

D Express:

King's Hand