June 25 / 17.30 Kempton (AW)

17.30

Standard To Slow

Industry Leading In-Play Markets At Unibet Apprentice Handicap

  • Prize money: £3140.4
  • 0m 7f 0y
  • Class 6
  • 8 runners
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Industry Leading In-Play Markets At Unibet Apprentice Handicap

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Flat AW

Surface: Polytrack

Weather: Light rain

5/1 (Won)

  • Win: £3.75
  • Place: £1.50

Form: 754

Last run: 27 days

W: 9st 9lb

3 yo Gelding

OR: 60

Form & Verdict
Not much difference between his three 6f novice/maiden runs this spring; potential improver now handicapping at modest level; hood, introduced last time, removed.
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2nd

5

(9)

8th Apr 2026

Standard To Slow

0m 7f 0y

Class 5

18:30 Kempton (AW)

Atmosphere

9st 7lb

J: Oisin Murphy

T: Richard Spencer

All seven starts on the AW have been here, with his record in handicaps reading 11332; drawn a bit wider than ideal and another furlong may suit ideally, but still high on the list in this field.

7/2

2nd

7

(13)

18th Mar 2026

Standard To Slow

1m 0f 0y

Class 5

19:00 Kempton (AW)

Atmosphere

9st 6lb

J: George Wood

T: Richard Spencer

Form figures in course handicaps read 1133 and those recent third places don't signal he's handicapped out of this; widest draw is a blow, though.

13/2

OUR TIP

7/2

  • Place: £1.20

Form: 778-13

Last run: 13 days

W: 9st 8lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 59

Form & Verdict
Left 2yo novice/maiden form behind, having been gelded and possibly aided by the fitting of a visor, when striking at Wolverhampton this month (6f handicap); penalised when only third at Yarmouth next time (the horse he beat at Wolverhampton turned the tables by finishing second again); is 2lb lower off his revised mark here; player with return to 7f likely okay.
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2nd

2

(4)

25th Jun 2025

Standard To Slow

0m 7f 0y

Class 6

17:30 Kempton (AW)

Raavi

9st 8lb

J: Tommie Jakes

T: Ismail Mohammed

Left 2yo novice/maiden form behind, having been gelded and possibly aided by the fitting of a visor, when striking at Wolverhampton this month (6f handicap); penalised when only third at Yarmouth next time (the horse he beat at Wolverhampton turned the tables by finishing second again); is 2lb lower off his revised mark here; player with return to 7f likely okay.

7/2

3rd

1

(6)

12th Jun 2025

Good

0m 6f 3y

Class 6

15:37 Yarmouth

Raavi

10st 1lb

J: Gianluca Sanna

T: Ismail Mohammed

Built on some minor promise in his qualifying runs, with a win on his handicap debut at Wolverhampton (6f, AW; first-time visor) last week; has penalty back on turf but if he can match that latest effort, he'd still have a chance of a successful follow-up.

11/8

1

(3)

3rd Jun 2025

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 6

19:30 Wolverhampton (AW)

Raavi

9st 9lb

J: Gianluca Sanna

T: Ismail Mohammed

Well held in three starts over 6f/7f on turf last year, since when he has been gelded; makes his handicap/AW debut in a first-time visor after 259 days off, but has been found a weak race; market may prove informative.

7/2

20/1

  • Place: £8.90

Form: 8-68

Last run: 13 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 53

Form & Verdict
Beat a total of two home in trio of maiden/novice contests at this trip or 1m; trainer's level-stakes profit of +25.36 with 3yos in AW handicaps offers some hope; tongue-tie goes on.
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4th

6

(2)

1st Oct 2025

Standard To Slow

1m 0f 0y

Class 6

20:00 Kempton (AW)

Island Ocean

9st 0lb

J: Luke Morris

T: Heather Main

Best efforts have come here and she appreciated the step back up from 7f, minus the usual tongue-tie, when winning over C&D a fortnight ago; that was only a 0-55 and she's 4lb higher today but she's lightly raced and may be capable of better.

2/1

9

(9)

18th Sep 2025

Standard To Slow

1m 0f 0y

Class 6

16:27 Kempton (AW)

Island Ocean

8st 13lb

J: Luke Morris

T: Heather Main

0-6; form since handicapping includes two encouraging efforts at Kempton (7f); this return to 1m is worth exploring; interesting.

4/1

8

(8)

3rd Sep 2025

Standard To Slow

0m 7f 0y

Class 5

18:30 Kempton (AW)

Island Ocean

8st 11lb

J: Warren Fentiman

T: Heather Main

Best effort when third in lower grade over C&D on penultimate start (handicap debut); chance of winning largely depends on how well she responds to added cheekpieces.

12/1

Form: 0-4374

Last run: 19 days

W: 9st 5lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 56

Form & Verdict
Decent late headway into fourth on stable debut (ex Paul Attwater) over this trip at Goodwood 19 days ago (sent off 16-1); breakthrough success is likely to come over a longer distance.
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11th

9

(4)

29th May 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 216y

Class 6

15:52 Brighton

Unknown Journey

9st 0lb

J: William Carson

T: Tony Carroll

0-23 and after going close in a Lingfield classified in February he's been way off that in three subsequent starts, including when tailed off last time.

16/1

11th

8

(8)

29th Apr 2026

Standard

1m 0f 13y

Class 6

17:15 Southwell (AW)

Unknown Journey

9st 2lb

J: William Carson

T: Tony Carroll

Frustrating type (0-22 overall; 0-15 for Tony Carroll) and the fitting of a hood (retained here) saw no upturn at Kempton five weeks ago.

20/1

8th

7

(5)

25th Mar 2026

Standard To Slow

1m 0f 0y

Class 6

17:30 Kempton (AW)

Unknown Journey

9st 3lb

J: Marco Ghiani

T: Tony Carroll

21-race maiden; returned to form with a close second in classified event at Lingfield (1m) last month but he failed to back that up at Wolverhampton two weeks ago; hood is now added and he needs to bounce back again after that last run.

8/1

Form: -28657 D

Last run: 20 days

W: 9st 4lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 55

Form & Verdict
Raced a tad keenly and was rather errant under pressure at Chelmsford 20 days ago (finished last of seven); tongue-tie introduced there quickly discarded; pick of early handicap form, namely Wolverhampton win and C&D second, puts him right in the mix.
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7th

10

(5)

2nd Jun 2026

Standard

1m 1f 104y

Class 6

21:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Arlecchinos Rex

9st 0lb

J: Robert Havlin

T: Mark Usher

Record here this year reads 34513323 including a short-head defeat by Roman Secret over this trip in April; likely to go well and there shouldn't be much between them again.

5/1

3rd

10

(4)

11th May 2026

Standard

1m 1f 104y

Class 6

19:30 Wolverhampton (AW)

Arlecchinos Rex

9st 1lb

J: David Probert

T: Mark Usher

Running consistently round here all year at the bottom level; no obvious reason he won't get involved again but this is a touch stronger having been nudged up another 2lb.

6/1

2nd

9

(11)

17th Apr 2026

Standard

1m 1f 104y

Class 6

17:35 Wolverhampton (AW)

Arlecchinos Rex

9st 3lb

J: Neil Callan

T: Mark Usher

Beat Al Shabab over C&D in March and has continued to run well off this 3lb higher mark; considered.

7/1

100/30

Form: 563142

Last run: 14 days

W: 9st 5lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 56

Form & Verdict
Ready Wolverhampton win (8.6f) and good Yarmouth second (7f; conceded first run) either side of effort that can be written off at Ripon; rock-solid form claims but she takes a bit of settling and there isn't loads of pace on paper.
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9th

10

(2)

1st Jun 2026

Standard

1m 0f 1y

Class 6

14:07 Lingfield (AW)

Amber Honey

9st 0lb

J: Paddy Bradley

T: Pat Phelan

Hold-up filly whose win for Ed Dunlop, from whom she was picked up in April for 7,500gns, came on Tapeta; become hard to predict and there's no sign of the usual headgear back from a short break.

12/1

5th

14

(9)

8th Apr 2026

Good

1m 0f 75y

Class 6

16:07 Nottingham

Amber Honey

9st 1lb

J: Cieren Fallon

T: Ed Dunlop

Hold-up filly who went close at Wolverhampton (8.6f) on her penultimate run but she didn't fire there last time; still lightly raced on turf but she's not easy to predict and needs to bounce back again after that last run; switch of headgear.

12/1

10/1

Form: 06-85

Last run: 18 days

W: 9st 4lb

3 yo Gelding

OR: 55

Form & Verdict
Similar form all four starts, most recently when back from nearly five months off and faced with soft ground on handicap debut at Lingfield (22-1; made promising move into contention on unfavoured part of track before effort petered out); better expected here.
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3rd

7

(7)

30th Mar 2026

Standard

1m 0f 142y

Class 6

20:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Nutcracker

9st 9lb

J: William Carson

T: Tony Carroll

Not yet off the mark and while he ran respectably on a rare run beyond 1m, when third in a C&D classified event two weeks ago, he just kept on at the one pace; needs extra for the win.

12/1

3rd

7

(5)

16th Mar 2026

Standard

1m 0f 142y

Class 6

18:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Nutcracker

9st 9lb

J: William Carson

T: Tony Carroll

In good hands but he remains winless and comes here on the back of a below-par seventh in 7f Kempton classified event 12 days ago; not easy to make a case for.

20/1

7th

7

(4)

4th Mar 2026

Standard To Slow

0m 7f 0y

Class 6

20:30 Kempton (AW)

Nutcracker

9st 9lb

J: William Carson

T: Tony Carroll

0-8 and no improvement for the drop to classified company on his last two starts.

33/1

11/2

Form: 45635

Last run: 50 days

W: 9st 8lb

3 yo Gelding

OR: 59

Form & Verdict
Sent off 4-1 and 9-2 for his two handicaps but couldn't match the pick of his novice/maiden form (stepping up to 7f was no real help last time); perhaps first-time headgear will focus him.
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8th

3

(5)

25th Jun 2025

Standard To Slow

0m 7f 0y

Class 6

17:30 Kempton (AW)

Snow Creek

9st 8lb

J: Taryn Langley

T: Jack Morland

Sent off 4-1 and 9-2 for his two handicaps but couldn't match the pick of his novice/maiden form (stepping up to 7f was no real help last time); perhaps first-time headgear will focus him.

11/2

5th

6

(5)

6th May 2025

Standard

0m 7f 36y

Class 6

20:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Snow Creek

9st 8lb

J: Daniel Muscutt

T: Jack Morland

Showed ability here over 5f in February on his second start and ran to a similar level when finishing third of nine over 6f at Newcastle on handicap debut; should be suited by this step up to 7f, in line with his pedigree, and holds solid claims.

4/1

5th

6

(5)

6th May 2025

Standard

0m 7f 36y

Class 6

20:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Snow Creek

9st 8lb

J: Daniel Muscutt

T: Jack Morland

Showed ability here over 5f in February on his second start and ran to a similar level when finishing third of nine over 6f at Newcastle on handicap debut; should be suited by this step up to 7f, in line with his pedigree, and holds solid claims.

4/1

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Payout
Exacta £10.40
Straight Forecast £10.23
Trifecta £496.00

Selections

POSTDATA:

Amber Honey

The Times:

Raavi

NEWMARKET:

Snow Creek

SPOTLIGHT:

Atmosphere

RP RATINGS:

Arlecchino's Rex

D Express:

Snow Creek

Telegraph:

Amber Honey

The Guardian:

Amber Honey

Daily Mirror:

Amber Honey

Daily Record:

Amber Honey

Daily Mail:

Raavi

The Star:

Raavi

The Sun:

Atmosphere