July 14 / 15.20 Newton Abbot

15.20

Good

newtonabbotracing.com Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £5281
  • 2m 0f 167y
  • Class 4
  • 4 runners
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newtonabbotracing.com Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 4 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

100/30 (Won)

  • Win: £4.00

Form: 113 D

Last run: 15 days

W: 11st 13lb

6 yo Colt

OR: 120

Form & Verdict
Useful Flat stayer who launched hurdling career with two wins (both 2m, good) in the spring; very respectable third on recent handicap hurdle debut at Uttoxeter (2m, good) and may yet have a bigger performance in him.
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1

3rd Jun 2026

Good

2m 0f 167y

Class 3

16:30 Newton Abbot

Howth

12st 0lb

J: Stan Sheppard

T: Tom Lacey

Switched to hurdles for new yard last May-September and won four of his six starts (all on good ground), two of them over C&D (one a handicap); held in fourth of six at Plumpton last September when last seen but retains potential; yard among the winners and he could go well back from a break.

9/2

4th

1

21st Sep 2025

Good To Firm

1m 7f 195y

Class 3

15:50 Plumpton

Howth

12st 0lb

J: Stan Sheppard

T: Tom Lacey

Useful Flat stayer who has won a handicap over hurdles (off 8lb lower) and has since made it 4-5 in this discipline when defying penalties in a 2m1f good-ground novice at Newton Abbot; he was entitled to win that and probably with greater ease than he did, but he's a likeable type.

11/8

1

30th Aug 2025

Good

2m 0f 167y

Class 4

14:45 Newton Abbot

Howth

11st 12lb

J: Stan Sheppard

T: Tom Lacey

Useful Flat stayer who is 3-4 over hurdles and comfortably won a small-field handicap over C&D last month; penalised accordingly but he has the best form by some margin; the glaring concern would be should the ground go soft.

4/6

Form: 64-121 CD

Last run: 10 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 119

Form & Verdict
Back in good form this season, most recently when making all in four-runner C&D (good) contest ten days ago; 4lb higher today but now 3-3 over C&D and will be a tough nut to crack if able to dominate again.
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2

19th Apr 2026

Good

2m 0f 70y

Class 4

15:08 Stratford

Max Of Stars

11st 13lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Ollie Pears

Front-runner who enjoyed a resurgence last year, winning three times over hurdles and once on the Flat; absent since November, though, and will need to resume in peak form to have any chance off current mark.

7/1

4

1st Nov 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 3

15:30 Wetherby

Max Of Stars

11st 1lb

J: Brian Hughes

T: Ollie Pears

In excellent form over the last few months, winning three times over hurdles and once on the Flat; latest success came from the front over C&D (good; 9-2) 17 days ago; nudged up another 2lb and this is a warmer race but she's fit and hard to discount.

5/1

4

1st Nov 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 3

15:30 Wetherby

Max Of Stars

11st 1lb

J: Brian Hughes

T: Ollie Pears

In excellent form over the last few months, winning three times over hurdles and once on the Flat; latest success came from the front over C&D (good; 9-2) 17 days ago; nudged up another 2lb and this is a warmer race but she's fit and hard to discount.

5/1

OUR TIP

Form: 324-P3 C

Last run: 10 days

W: 11st 11lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 118

Form & Verdict
Very useful chaser in his prime but has regressed; about 23l behind Max Of Stars when third of four in C&D (good) hurdle ten days ago and clearly needs to up his game.
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2

20th Oct 2025

Good

2m 3f 166y

Class 3

15:40 Plumpton

War Lord

11st 11lb

J: Brendan Powell

T: Joe Tizzard

Very useful chaser in his prime but last month's hurdling win at Fontwell (2m5f, good) came off a hugely reduced handicap mark and it's not easy to predict whether his revival will gather momentum.

4/1

1st

2

22nd Sep 2025

Good To Soft

2m 5f 164y

Class 4

17:20 Fontwell

War Lord

12st 0lb

J: Brendan Powell

T: Joe Tizzard

Has been through a quiet spell but he ran respectably when fourth at Worcester (2m4f, good; tongue-tie refitted) last time; likely to need more.

13/2

6

5th Sep 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

18:30 Worcester

War Lord

11st 6lb

J: Brendan Powell

T: Joe Tizzard

Very useful chaser in his prime but this year's efforts, in three hurdles and a chase, make him tough to recommend.

14/1

Form: PP1-12 C BF

Last run: 40 days

W: 11st 2lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 109

Form & Verdict
Struck form in the spring, winning at twice on good ground (2m/2m2f); lost out only by a head to another progressive one over C&D (good) on latest outing six weeks ago and might still be on the upgrade; good chance.
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4

3rd Jun 2026

Good

2m 0f 167y

Class 5

17:00 Newton Abbot

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11st 10lb

J: Kielan Woods

T: John O’Shea

Completed back-to-back wins last spring, including one here, but has been badly out of form since returning from a break in December; now 4lb below his last winning mark, but hard to make a case for in current form.

10/1

7th

1

5th May 2026

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 5

14:48 Ffos Las

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12st 0lb

J: David Noonan

T: John O’Shea

Exposed 8yo who has topweight and he's looked out of sorts in four runs following a break.

25/1

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Payout
Exacta £7.10
Straight Forecast £8.28
Trifecta £25.30

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TOPSPEED:

Howth

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Daily Record:

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