16.07
Good1st The Queens’ Dragoon Guards Handicap Hurdle
- Prize money: £5281
- 2m 0f 3y
- Class 4
- 4 runners
Runners: 4 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Partly cloudy
11/2 (Won)
- Win: £5.00
Form: F2115- CD
Last run: 57 days
W: 10st 13lb
5 yo Filly
OR: 101
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 1 |
18th Jul 2026 Good 2m 0f 125y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
Small fields suit this free-going mare, as do sharp, flat tracks; perhaps on a fairly tough mark after coming up short last time but shouldn't be far away. |
5/2 |
|
2nd 1 |
19th Jun 2026 Good 2m 0f 125y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
Free-going mare whose latest game, dominating Fakenham success took her record to 3-5 in 2m contests there; 3lb rise doesn't look prohibitive, but a best RPR of 81 going right-handed versus 104 anticlockwise tempers greater confidence. |
4/1 |
|
1st 3 |
31st May 2026 Good 2m 0f 3y Class 4 |
10st 13lb |
Free-going front-runner who won twice over C&D last season (soft/good to soft), both times by wide margins in modest mares' races; probably went off too hard when well beaten at Huntingdon last month but steadied the ship with respectable Flat run 24 days ago; sure to be suited by return to this track but stiil needs to prove she can cope with a mark this high. |
11/2 |
11/10
Form: 41648- D
Last run: 36 days
W: 11st 13lb
5 yo Colt
OR: 115
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 2 (8) |
29th Aug 2026 Good To Firm 1m 3f 99y Class 1 |
9st 7lb |
It's been some fall from grace since he finished placed in two Derbys as a 3yo, with his only subsequent win coming over hurdles; very opposable. |
33/1 |
|
6th 7 (2) |
31st Jul 2026 Good To Firm 1m 1f 11y Class 2 |
9st 7lb |
Runner-up in the Derby in 2024 but nothing like the same force now; after a stint over hurdles he was comfortably beaten in a handicap at Royal Ascot last month; hard to fancy. |
66/1 |
|
8th 2 (12) |
19th Jun 2026 Good To Firm 1m 3f 211y Class 2 |
9st 12lb |
His second in the 2024 Derby is feeling pretty distant now and on latest outing he was second of four in a handicap hurdle at Fakenham; hooded throughout that hurdles campaign and sometimes on Flat, but that is now replaced by cheekpieces; this is also his first ever Flat handicap. |
33/1 |
9/4
Form: 33/11- D
Last run: 241 days
W: 12st 0lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 116
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 3 (4) |
14th Aug 2026 Good To Firm 2m 0f 0y Class 5 |
9st 12lb |
Ended 2025 with a Chelmsford win (2m, AW) and he has form figures of 222 on the Flat this year; all of those runs have been in small-field events but he went close at Lingfield (2m, good to firm) last time and is on the same mark here; in the mix. |
11/2 |
|
2nd 2 (1) |
1st Aug 2026 Good To Firm 2m 0f 68y Class 5 |
10st 0lb |
Clear second to fast-improving rival over C&D (good) on latest Flat start in June and also ran well over hurdles last month; may not have much margin for error off current mark but can make his presence felt. |
2/1 |
5/1
Form: 1432-4 D
Last run: 18 days
W: 10st 11lb
6 yo Filly
OR: 99
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 4 (6) |
28th Jul 2026 Good To Firm 1m 4f 23y Class 6 |
9st 5lb |
Scored over hurdles but a modest Flat maiden for Brian Ellison; comes here in good nick over hurdles for new yard, sixth at Uttoxeter 13 days ago; not out of things back in this sphere. |
8/1 |
|
6th 4 |
15th Jul 2026 Good 2m 7f 70y Class 5 |
11st 10lb |
1-20 over hurdles; bounced back from heavy 2m defeat (wore visor) with respectable fourth at Cartmel (2m6f, good; no headgear) last month and remains unexposed over this sort of trip but others appeal more. |
12/1 |
|
4th 4 |
26th Jun 2026 Good 2m 6f 31y Class 5 |
11st 11lb |
Has the form to get in contention but she had a shocker when tailed off in a first-time visor at Fakenham; regularly worn cheekpieces but now goes without any headgear. |
12/1 |
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £10.30 |
| Straight Forecast | £8.75 |
| Trifecta | £17.00 |
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