16.30
GoodClearance Handicap Hurdle
- Prize money: £7921.5
- 2m 0f 167y
- Class 3
- 5 runners
Runners: 5 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
7/2 (Won)
- Win: £5.00
- Place: £2.00
Form: 1313-4 D
Last run: 30 days
W: 11st 0lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 112
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8 |
18th Jul 2026 Good 2m 0f 125y Class 2 |
11st 1lb |
Contrasting performances at Newton Abbot last month, winning well but then finishing last of four; cheekpieces fitted for this much tougher test. |
25/1 |
|
4th 1 |
12th Jun 2026 Good To Soft 2m 2f 110y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
Made it four wins since joining this yard with a wide-margin success in a higher grade over 2m1f here nine days ago, achieved in little more than a canter; well treated under his 7lb penalty and he's versatile regarding ground; leading contender. |
6/4 |
5/2
- Place: £2.00
Form: P3P1-1 CD
Last run: 21 days
W: 10st 9lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 112
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 4 |
3rd Jul 2026 Good 2m 0f 167y Class 3 |
10st 12lb |
Once a sprinter on the Flat but has won twice over hurdles since joining current yard, a Hereford maiden and a C&D novice (both on good); hard to know what to make of his remote second in a handicap back here a month ago when the winner strolled home by some 26l. |
9/2 |
|
2nd 5 |
3rd Jun 2026 Good 2m 0f 167y Class 3 |
10st 9lb |
Useful on testing ground on the Flat early in career and this 4yo has tapped back into that promise over hurdles this spring, winning a maiden at Hereford (2m, good) in April on his second stable start and following up in a C&D novice (good); trainer won this with Clearance, after whom this race is named, in 2022 and 2024; intriguing candidate back in a handicap. |
5/2 |
|
1st 1 |
13th May 2026 Good 2m 0f 167y Class 4 |
11st 3lb |
6f winner for Ralph Beckett and came good at the sixth attempt over hurdles with a clearcut win at Hereford (2m, good; hood removed); this 4yo now carries a penalty but has less to prove than most of these. |
4/6 |
9/2
Form: 13114- CD
Last run: 255 days
W: 12st 0lb
7 yo Colt
OR: 126
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
18th Jul 2026 Good 2m 0f 125y Class 2 |
11st 5lb |
Record of 4-7 over hurdles but this is tougher than usual and he could have run a lot better back from a break at Newton Abbot; others appeal more. |
40/1 |
|
3rd 1 |
3rd Jun 2026 Good 2m 0f 167y Class 3 |
12st 0lb |
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 |
12st 0lb |
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 |
7/2
Form: 121P-6 C
Last run: 28 days
W: 11st 10lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 122
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 2 |
3rd Jun 2026 Good 2m 0f 167y Class 3 |
11st 10lb |
Highly progressive over fences in the first half of last season, winning here four times (2m, good to soft/good); 2m5f here appeared to stretch him last month following some time off; has a lower mark to work with back over hurdles and he could play a leading role back down in trip. |
7/2 |
|
6th 4 |
6th May 2026 Good To Soft 2m 4f 216y Class 2 |
11st 5lb |
Highly progressive over fences last summer, winning five handicaps (four here) at around 2m on ground no worse than good to soft, though he ended the campaign pulled up at Cheltenham; has since had a second wind op and could find more at this longer trip (2m3f hurdle winner), which will be needed off this mark following a break. |
11/2 |
4/1
Form: 11442- CD
Last run: 40 days
W: 11st 6lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 118
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
3rd Jun 2026 Good 2m 0f 167y Class 3 |
11st 6lb |
Prolific between November 2024 and June 2025, with his four wins in that spell including two here; his progress seemed to stall subsequently but he ran well when second of five to a progressive winner at Chepstow (2m, good) last time and could be in the mix; effective on good to soft. |
4/1 |
|
2nd 4 |
24th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 2m 0f 16y Class 3 |
11st 3lb |
Taunton win this time last year was the first leg of an eventual hat-trick (2m1f-2m3f) all recorded on good or quicker surfaces, so drying forecast is all to the good; chance, assuming he's not goaded into making the same sorts of errors as on his recent return here. |
6/1 |
|
4th 2 |
2nd Apr 2026 Good To Soft 2m 3f 100y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
Has won five of his last seven races and he might be high in the weights now having come up well short (beaten 13l) on final sighting at Newton Abbot in October (2m1f); on the plus side, he's back at Class 4 level and has won over this far; others are preferred. |
10/1 |
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £14.70 |
| Straight Forecast | £18.40 |
| Trifecta | £36.70 |
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