15.50
Good To SoftVirgin Bet Fives Handicap Hurdle (Go North Cab On Target Series Qualifier)
- Prize money: £4752.9
- 2m 4f 100y
- Class 4
- 15 runners
Runners: 15 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Partly cloudy
8/1 (Won)
- Win: £12.00
- Place: £3.20
Form: 481261 D
Last run: 22 days
W: 10st 8lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 100
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 10 |
16th Oct 2025 Good 2m 3f 218y Class 5 |
11st 0lb |
10yo who is a five-time hurdle winner and ran well when second at Musselburgh (2m4f, good to soft) in February; however, his campaign concluded with two lesser performances and he returns from some time off today. |
20/1 |
|
7th 9 |
19th Apr 2025 Good 2m 3f 61y Class 4 |
10st 11lb |
Without a victory since early 2023 but he comes here in good order, ridden too aggressively when a fading sixth in 2m4f Hexham handicap 25 days ago; considered with cheekpieces refitted. |
12/1 |
|
7th 9 |
19th Apr 2025 Good 2m 3f 61y Class 4 |
10st 11lb |
Without a victory since early 2023 but he comes here in good order, ridden too aggressively when a fading sixth in 2m4f Hexham handicap 25 days ago; considered with cheekpieces refitted. |
12/1 |
8/1
- Place: £3.00
Form: -28245 CD
Last run: 12 days
W: 12st 2lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 122
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 3 |
22nd Apr 2025 Good 2m 4f 189y Class 3 |
11st 6lb |
Good servant to connections over the years (six hurdle wins); on the downgrade now, though, and was just a respectable fifth in first-time cheekpieces (retained) at regular haunt Wetherby (2m5f, good) last month. |
10/1 |
|
3rd 3 |
22nd Apr 2025 Good 2m 4f 189y Class 3 |
11st 6lb |
prominent, no extra run-in |
10/1 |
|
5th 3 |
28th Mar 2025 Good To Soft 2m 5f 56y Class 4 |
11st 11lb |
Has often run well here and he's well treated on course form as recent as November; however, his subsequent form has been patchy and this 10yo needs to raise his game in first-time cheekpieces. |
20/1 |
14/1
- Place: £4.00
Form: 1/52U/ BF
Last run: 733 days
W: 12st 0lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 120
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 7 |
15th Dec 2023 Soft 2m 7f 213y Class 2 |
10st 6lb |
Lightly raced 8yo; looked held when unseating two out at Doncaster in February 2021 on his only attempt at 3m; unraced beyond 2m4f otherwise, over which he was third of 15 at Ayr in February but pulled up at Ffos Las (soft ground should not have been an issue) in April; others look more solid. |
14/1 |
|
5 |
9th Apr 2023 Heavy 2m 4f 0y Class 3 |
11st 5lb |
Lightly raced 8yo; ran well after two years off when third of 15 at Ayr (2m4f, good to soft; 10-1) in February, giving the impression the run was just needed; big player if building on that from an unchanged mark. |
5/1 |
|
3rd 2 |
27th Feb 2023 Good To Soft 2m 4f 100y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
in touch with leaders, pushed along 2 out, ridden and not fluent last, no extra run-in |
14/1 |
10/1
Form: 7-7313 D BF
Last run: 29 days
W: 10st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 104
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 8 (8) |
20th Jan 2026 Standard 1m 6f 21y Class 6 |
9st 0lb |
AW bumper/minor hurdle winner; in fair form over hurdles last spring but makes his stable debut after eight months off and his last Flat run was back in April 2023. |
20/1 |
|
4 |
20th May 2025 Good 2m 0f 48y Class 5 |
11st 12lb |
2-29 under rules and no win since the start of 2023; third on good ground at Newcastle (2m1f) and Carlisle (2m3f) in his last two starts, though, and each-way possibilities again. |
5/1 |
|
4 |
20th May 2025 Good 2m 0f 48y Class 5 |
11st 12lb |
2-29 under rules and no win since the start of 2023; third on good ground at Newcastle (2m1f) and Carlisle (2m3f) in his last two starts, though, and each-way possibilities again. |
5/1 |
8/1
Form: 15-P62 CD
Last run: 14 days
W: 12st 0lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 120
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 3 |
3rd May 2025 Good 2m 4f 15y Class 5 |
11st 6lb |
took keen hold, midfield on inner |
20/1 |
12/1
Form: 83-318
Last run: 48 days
W: 11st 2lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 108
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 |
17th May 2026 Good To Firm 2m 6f 125y Class 4 |
11st 3lb |
Absent since below-par run in December but returned from break with creditable second at Musselburgh (2m, good to soft; stays much further) in November and won when fresh last spring; has travelled from Northumberland for this race and Sean Bowen is booked; interesting. |
3/1 |
|
5th 4 |
3rd Jul 2025 Good 2m 4f 20y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
Did well for new yard last season with two wins at Musselburgh (good to soft/soft) and was back on the scoresheet at Worcester in May; absolute shocker at Warwick (also 2m4f, good) 29 days again, though, beaten 62l with no obvious excuses. |
5/1 |
|
1 |
4th Jun 2025 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
Did well for new yard last season with two wins at Musselburgh (2m4f, good to soft/soft) and was back on the scoresheet at Worcester (2m4f, good) three weeks ago; did it well last time and a 4lb rise may not stop him. |
10/11 |
14/1
Form: 162-4P D
Last run: 56 days
W: 11st 11lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 117
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
15th May 2023 Soft 2m 4f 88y Class 4 |
11st 12lb |
in rear |
7/1 |
|
5th 1 |
12th Apr 2023 Good 3m 0f 60y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
towards rear, headway after 10th |
7/1 |
|
7 |
6th Apr 2023 Good To Soft 2m 5f 56y Class 4 |
11st 4lb |
Looked very good when winning at Lingfield (2m3f, soft) in October 2021; unable to reproduce that promise since but his recent 14l third at Bangor (2m3f, good to soft) wasn't devoid of promise and this longer trip may be a plus; continues to drop down the weights and he's an each-way possible. |
11/1 |
8/1
Form: 1282P4 D
Last run: 14 days
W: 11st 1lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 107
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12 |
27th Jul 2025 Good 2m 3f 207y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Might be glad to see the back of fences but it's been a long time since he showed his true form over hurdles. |
50/1 |
|
7 |
2nd Jul 2025 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
10st 10lb |
Started off for current stable with three heavy defeats over hurdles last summer (2m-2m4f) and was again well beaten when reappearing in a recent 2m chase here; big leap of faith required to support him. |
33/1 |
|
4 |
18th Jun 2025 Good 2m 0f 110y Class 5 |
11st 2lb |
Started off for current stable with three heavy defeats over hurdles last summer; reverts to chasing after 284-day absence; big leap of faith required to support him. |
25/1 |
12/1
Form: 1-PF
Last run: 46 days
W: 11st 9lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 115
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
15th Feb 2024 Heavy 2m 4f 62y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
Smart on the Flat in his prime but lightly raced and generally very disappointing since winning hurdle debut in December 2021; had wind surgery during 228-day absence; swaps cheekpieces for refitted blinkers; current ability hard to gauge. |
20/1 |
12/1
Form: -46533 BF
Last run: 26 days
W: 10st 4lb
9 yo Mare
OR: 96
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 5 |
13th May 2026 Good 3m 0f 0y |
11st 3lb |
Seven-time hurdles winner made a satisfactory return from a long absence at Naas when sixth; didn't build on that at Clonmel last time; others preferred. |
15/1 |
|
9th 5 |
26th Mar 2026 Soft 2m 2f 188y |
11st 3lb |
Six-time winner in Britain and gained her first Irish win in game fashion over 2m4f at this venue in January 2024 on her third and final start for Marie Harding; at the veteran stage now but made a promising reappearance under Joanna Walton (aboard for all seven wins) over 2m at Naas recently; each-way prospects. |
8/1 |
25/1
Form: 154758
Last run: 21 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 110
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 5 |
16th Feb 2025 Good To Soft 2m 4f 68y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
pressed leader, led 4 out, ridden and faced challenge from 2 out, clear with one other inside final 110yds, kept on well |
6/1 |
|
4th 6 |
5th Feb 2025 Good To Soft 2m 3f 188y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
midfield |
8/1 |
|
4th 6 |
5th Feb 2025 Good To Soft 2m 3f 188y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
midfield |
8/1 |
10/1
Form: 50420
Last run: 15 days
W: 11st 3lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 109
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7 |
6th Apr 2026 Yielding To Soft 3m 0f 120y |
11st 5lb |
Two-time chase winner; fine effort when runner-up in a Cartmel handicap chase in June 2025 but only seen three times since and well beaten both starts in 2026, over hurdles at Haydock and in the Kim Muir at Cheltenham; needs to rediscover best. |
25/1 |
|
14th 18 |
12th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 3m 2f 70y Class 2 |
11st 0lb |
Runner-up at Cartmel (2m5f, good to soft) last June and he's run well at up to 3m in the past; however, he was tailed off at 50-1 over hurdles at Haydock last month when back from a break and looks up against it today. |
66/1 |
16/1
Form: 31003F D
Last run: 84 days
W: 11st 13lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 119
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 8 |
22nd Apr 2023 Good To Soft 2m 5f 91y Class 2 |
10st 8lb |
Has an all-or-nothing profile, mostly disappointing since winning at Perth (2m4f, good) in September; on the plus side, he should encounter ideal conditions here and can now run off a 3lb lower mark. |
10/1 |
|
4 |
25th Mar 2023 Good To Soft 2m 4f 189y Class 2 |
11st 8lb |
Has dropped below the mark off which he won at Perth last September and this Northern Irish challenger is one to watch in the betting, but his form has been mixed since that win and he tailed off at Ayr last time. |
33/1 |
|
13th 5 |
27th Feb 2023 Good To Soft 2m 4f 100y Class 4 |
11st 13lb |
Scored at Perth (2m4f, good) in September but lost his way a bit over hurdles afterwards and fell when switched back to chasing for latest run in December; comes here with a bit to prove. |
16/1 |
16/1
Form: 3FU295
Last run: 92 days
W: 12st 0lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 120
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
19 |
16th Nov 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 4f 50y |
11st 1lb |
Looked booked for second when presented with victory by the faller of the leader at the last in a handicap chase at Sligo last month; well beaten in a handicap hurdle at the same venue last time; a long time since he won over hurdles. |
25/1 |
4/1
Form: 58-561 CD
Last run: 56 days
W: 10st 7lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 99
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 8 |
25th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 2m 4f 28y Class 5 |
11st 7lb |
Resumed winning ways at Ayr (2m4f) in January but failed to back it up when a well-held fifth in another 2m4f handicap at that track 43 days ago; others appeal more. |
11/1 |
|
5th 2 |
10th Feb 2026 Good To Soft 2m 4f 100y Class 5 |
11st 13lb |
Both wins have been here, latest when beating Velvet Vulcan by a head in a 19-runner handicap over this trip last month (soft; went clear but only just held on); should go well off this 3lb higher mark. |
100/30 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £76.70 |
| Straight Forecast | £89.26 |
| Tricast | £820.49 |
| Trifecta | £601.80 |
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