16.40
Good To SoftThank You To Our Groundstaff Novice Stakes (GBB Race)
- Prize money: £5234
- 1m 4f 10y
- Class 5
- 4 runners
Runners: 4 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Cloudy
11/8
Form: 4/242-
Last run: 367 days
W: 9st 11lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 82
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 |
16th Jan 2026 Good To Soft 2m 0f 125y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
Struggled on heavy ground last month but his first two hurdle runs (good/good to soft) were quite promising and his fairly useful French Flat form suggests he could be on a good mark for this handicap hurdle debut. |
7/1 |
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7 |
16th Oct 2025 Good 2m 1f 33y Class 4 |
10st 13lb |
Well beaten on last month's stable debut on the Flat when back from a year off, but he may have needed the run and he was fairly useful in that code when trained in France; brings potential to this first hurdle start. |
4/1 |
|
1 (1) |
27th Sep 2025 Good To Soft 1m 4f 10y Class 5 |
9st 11lb |
Useful form in four French runs for Andre Fabre, posting an RPR of 94 when narrowly beaten over 1m4f on final run last September (heavy; effective on good to soft); difficult to know what form he'll be in after an absence but he sets the standard. |
11/8 |
4/5
Form: 1
Last run: 36 days
W: 9st 6lb
3 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 10 (11) |
9th Oct 2025 Good To Soft 1m 6f 0y Class 1 |
9st 0lb |
Out of a modest but very well-connected French 1m4f winner; began career with wins in four-runner novice races at Hamilton (1m3f, good to firm) in August and Ripon (1m4f, good) 12 days ago; has more on her plate here but it's very hard to gauge the limit of her ability. |
10/1 |
|
2 (3) |
27th Sep 2025 Good To Soft 1m 4f 10y Class 5 |
9st 6lb |
50,000gns yearling; won a muddling four-runner novice at Hamilton (1m3f, good to firm), flooring the long odds-on favourite who had been close up in a Listed race the time before; unwise to take that form at face value but probably the safest option here. |
4/5 |
7/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 4lb
3 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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2nd 2 |
25th May 2026 Good To Firm 1m 7f 171y Class 5 |
11st 5lb |
Only four completed when second on his handicap debut at Ludlow (2m) but the winner was a Pauling-trained favourite; that was his first run on good ground as a jumper. |
4/5 |
|
2nd 5 |
19th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 1m 7f 169y Class 4 |
10st 11lb |
Fairly close second of four in 1m4f Ripon novice (good) in sole start on the Flat last September; getting the hang of things in three qualifying starts over hurdles, on the last two occasions on soft ground in a hood; that aid is discarded but he brings potential to this handicap debut and warrants respect. |
7/2 |
66/1
Form: 32-960
Last run: 33 days
W: 8st 13lb
3 yo Filly
OR: 72
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 2 (1) |
19th May 2026 Standard 2m 0f 56y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Trainer not saddled a Flat winner in around six years; this maiden has tumbled down the handicap since joining from Andre Fabre and needs to improve on this spring's turf efforts. |
16/1 |
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7th 1 (8) |
11th May 2026 Good 1m 4f 13y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Displayed early promise in France but unable to make an impact on her two runs this spring and she needs to raise her game. |
20/1 |
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7th 7 (7) |
25th Apr 2026 Good 2m 0f 0y Class 5 |
9st 1lb |
Displayed early promise on the Flat in France but hasn't shown much since coming to Britain, including back on the Flat at Catterick (1m4f) 17 days ago; up markedly in trip now with a tongue-tie added. |
33/1 |