August 07 / 20.22 Newmarket (July)

20.22

Good To Firm

Aspall Handicap

  • Prize money: £5154
  • 1m 2f 0y
  • Class 5
  • 3 runners
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Aspall Handicap

Runners: 3 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

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4/7 (Won)

  • Win: £1.84

Form: -10431 D

Last run: 9 days

W: 9st 4lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 75

Form & Verdict
Had been looking exposed until upped to this trip (ran right away with a Redcar handicap nine days ago); no penalty for that apprentice-race win and will be fully 9lb higher from tomorrow, so his claims are obvious.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

3rd

6

(2)

9th Sep 2026

Good

1m 2f 1y

Class 4

14:51 Redcar

Lucky Hero

9st 10lb

J: Conor Whiteley

T: David O’Meara

Comfortably won a C&D apprentice event under Conor Whiteley in July; unpenalised when he followed up in three-runner Newmarket handicap (1m2f, also good to firm) the following week; new 10lb higher mark has kicked in but he's respected in the hat-trick bid.

11/4

1st

2

(2)

7th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 0y

Class 5

20:22 Newmarket (July)

Lucky Hero

9st 4lb

J: Billy Loughnane

T: David O’Meara

Had been looking exposed until upped to this trip (ran right away with a Redcar handicap nine days ago); no penalty for that apprentice-race win and will be fully 9lb higher from tomorrow, so his claims are obvious.

4/7

1st

7

(6)

29th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 1y

Class 5

15:15 Redcar

Lucky Hero

9st 7lb

J: Conor Whiteley

T: David O’Meara

Made a winning reappearance in a 7f novice here in April (first start since being gelded) and bounced back from a couple of lesser efforts when a respectable third of six at Ripon (1m2f, good) last time; down in grade and has claims.

4/1

7/2

Form: -43632

Last run: 14 days

W: 9st 4lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 75

Form & Verdict
Has been running respectably in handicaps against her own age group this summer, without looking to have anything in hand, and is starting to look exposed now; needs to find more against two in-form rivals.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

5th

4

(8)

28th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

1m 1f 197y

Class 5

17:10 Goodwood

Blue Noon

9st 9lb

J: Pat Dobbs

T: Richard Hannon

Finished a head behind Molo Del Palazzo when third at Lingfield (1m2f, good) in June; she has finished second, beaten 3l and 4.5l, in two small-field runs since; more needed to break her duck.

12/1

2nd

3

(3)

7th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 0y

Class 5

20:22 Newmarket (July)

Blue Noon

9st 4lb

J: Pat Dobbs

T: Richard Hannon

Has been running respectably in handicaps against her own age group this summer, without looking to have anything in hand, and is starting to look exposed now; needs to find more against two in-form rivals.

7/2

2nd

4

(5)

24th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 1f 209y

Class 4

18:55 Sandown

Blue Noon

9st 5lb

J: Sean Levey

T: Richard Hannon

Showed clear promise in novice/maiden events; doesn't appear to have anything up her sleeve mark-wise after two defeats in handicaps (at about 1m2f) and contested a lower-grade race last time.

9/1

Form: 534-11 D

Last run: 39 days

W: 9st 12lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 75

Form & Verdict
All five victories have come over a stiff 1m2f so he has that in his favour, including two round Pontefract in June; never won off a mark this high, though, and an 8lb rise for a wide-margin success in an amateurs' handicap last time will test him.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

10th

3

(7)

16th Sep 2026

Good

1m 1f 207y

Class 5

14:08 Beverley

Shimmering Sands

9st 13lb

J: Joanna Mason

T: Michael & David Easterby

Landed a pair of 1m2f handicaps at Pontefract in June; not disgraced both runs since, coming in a close sixth of nine at Newcastle (1m2f) 13 days ago; this C&D winner is not out of things in a refitted tongue-strap.

8/1

6th

1

(2)

3rd Sep 2026

Standard

1m 2f 42y

Class 5

14:17 Newcastle (AW)

Shimmering Sands

9st 9lb

J: Billy Garritty

T: Michael & David Easterby

Took advantage of a reduced mark when bagging his first two starts of the term (Pontefract; 1m2f, good) but couldn't complete the hat-trick when last of three at Newmarket four weeks ago; 0-6 on the AW.

11/2

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Payout
Exacta £2.80
Straight Forecast £2.98
Trifecta £3.10

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Lucky Hero

Daily Mail:

Shimmering Sands

The Times:

Blue Noon

RP RATINGS:

Lucky Hero

TOPSPEED:

Lucky Hero

POSTDATA:

Lucky Hero

Telegraph:

Lucky Hero

The Guardian:

Lucky Hero

D Express:

Lucky Hero

The Sun:

Lucky Hero

Daily Record:

Lucky Hero

Daily Mirror:

Shimmering Sands

The Star:

Shimmering Sands