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Good To Firm

Sun Racing Summer Jumps Championship Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £5281
  • 2m 0f 167y
  • Class 4
  • 6 runners
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Sun Racing Summer Jumps Championship Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 6 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

Form: P0P-50 D

Last run: 35 days

W: 12st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 118

Form & Verdict
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10th

7

18th Jul 2026

Good

2m 0f 125y

Class 2

14:10 Market Rasen

Charlus

11st 3lb

J: Tristan Durrell

T: Dan Skelton

Useful Flat form in France; after winning a maiden hurdle for Willie Mullins he was essentially disappointing under both codes and has got nothing going for Dan Skelton, with his latest run after wind surgery at Newton Abbot thoroughly underwhelming (8-1 and weak in the betting); very much the stable second string.

14/1

5th

1

3rd Jul 2026

Good

2m 0f 167y

Class 3

16:30 Newton Abbot

Charlus

12st 0lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

Useful Flat form in France; after winning a maiden hurdle for Willie Mullins he was essentially underwhelming under both codes and has got nothing going in three runs for Dan Skelton, including handicaps at the Cheltenham and Aintree festivals; in calmer waters here after a wind operation and disappointing should he not show a lot more.

9/4

OUR TIP

Form: 2442-P D

Last run: 35 days

W: 11st 11lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 118

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12

18th Jul 2026

Good

2m 0f 125y

Class 2

14:10 Market Rasen

Mojito Des Mottes

10st 9lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Ben Pauling

Lightly raced winning hurdler in France; had a wind operation prior to posting career-best form when a fast-closing second at Ascot in March; up 4lb but has his age allowance now tackling his elders and also the assistance of Harry Cobden.

6/1

Form: 413U-4 CD

Last run: 50 days

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 115

Form & Verdict
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5th

1

(2)

5th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 5y

Class 6

14:45 Pontefract

Max Of Stars

11st 2lb

J: Miss Chelsea Brooks

T: Ollie Pears

Multiple hurdle winner over 2m-2m1f who is 1-6 on turf in this code (1m4f win on soft); below her best in both codes across her last two starts but if able to reproduce her Ripon effort from mid-June (1m4f, good) then she could come into this over a shorter trip but a much stiffer track.

5/1

4th

3

(2)

24th Jul 2026

Good

1m 4f 8y

Class 6

16:53 Thirsk

Max Of Stars

9st 5lb

J: Harry Russell

T: Ollie Pears

Seven-time hurdle winner who is 1-11 on the Flat; faded back over hurdles at Newton Abbot three weeks ago but she was runner-up at Ripon (1m4f, good) last month, and that was a bold bid after wind surgery; has claims on that form and she's in the mix back in this sphere.

7/2

Form: /6455- D

Last run: 239 days

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 115

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4th

2

19th Oct 2025

Good

2m 2f 0y

Class 3

14:16 Kempton

Sayva

11st 10lb

J: Richie McLernon

T: Jonjo & A J O’Neill

Bumper and dual hurdles winner; disappointing in last two appearances but may tap back into earlier progress, provided he takes well to chasing; by no means written off.

7/1

2

21st May 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 3

16:15 Warwick

Sayva

11st 13lb

J: Richie McLernon

T: Jonjo & A J O’Neill

Won twice in novice company towards end of last year (2m1f/2m3f) and came second on handicap debut at Carlisle (2m3f, good to soft) in March; disappointed when upped to 2m5f for latest run but may still have potential.

6/1

Form: P1-121 CD

Last run: 50 days

W: 11st 9lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 116

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1st

4

3rd Jul 2026

Good

2m 0f 167y

Class 3

16:30 Newton Abbot

Arctic Voyage

10st 12lb

J: Harry Reed

T: Michael Blake

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

16:30 Newton Abbot

Arctic Voyage

10st 9lb

J: Harry Reed

T: Michael Blake

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

Form: 2P315- D BF

Last run: 198 days

W: 10st 11lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 104

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5th

7

5th Feb 2026

Soft

1m 7f 171y

Class 4

14:35 Huntingdon

Lunar Orbit

11st 0lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Warren Greatrex

Juvenile hurdler who had wind surgery prior to justifying favouritism at Market Rasen (2m, good to soft) two months ago; considering his Flat mark, he looks well treated in this first crack at a handicap hurdle; highly respected.

11/4

Betting Forcast

16/1 Charlus, 11/2 Mojito Des Mottes, 7/1 Max Of Stars, 10/1 Sayva, 9/4 Arctic Voyage, 13/8 Lunar Orbit