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16.32

Soft

FBC Manby Bowdler Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £3406.24
  • 2m 4f 0y
  • Class 5
  • 6 runners
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FBC Manby Bowdler Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 6 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

11/4 (Won)

  • Win: £1.40
  • Place: £1.10

Form: 3-2211

Last run: 5 days

W: 11st 2lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 89

Form & Verdict
Aiming to complete a quick hat-trick after Stratford (2m2f+) and Market Rasen (2m1f) wins in the last 11 days, both since cheekpieces were fitted; only due to go up 6lb in future so no handicap good thing under a penalty but evidently thriving; first attempt at 2m4f.
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8

19th Dec 2024

Good To Soft

2m 3f 48y

Class 5

15:05 Exeter

Nadim

11st 1lb

J: Harry Reed

T: Daisy Hitchins

towards rear

25/1

8

19th Dec 2024

Good To Soft

2m 3f 48y

Class 5

15:05 Exeter

Nadim

11st 1lb

J: Harry Reed

T: Daisy Hitchins

towards rear

25/1

9th

7

28th Nov 2024

Good To Soft

2m 2f 40y

Class 5

15:10 Taunton

Nadim

11st 7lb

J: Harry Reed

T: Daisy Hitchins

Three-time hurdle winner; fair third on chase debut but well behind next time and then unseated early at Plumpton.

20/1

16/1

  • Place: £2.00

Form: 053-44

Last run: 17 days

W: 10st 2lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 73

Form & Verdict
Five career starts; hooded for the first time but still too free when fourth over 2m here on this month's handicap debut (just in front of Citizen Jane); improvement possible but needed from 9lb out of the weights.
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1st

2

14th Mar 2026

Soft

3m 1f 166y

Class 5

15:45 Fontwell

Jolie Baie

11st 11lb

J: Tom Cannon

T: Jo Davis

Not at her best this term but has dropped to her last winning mark, in December 2024; her second bout of wind surgery needs to have done the trick.

6/1

5th

1

5th Feb 2026

Soft

3m 1f 10y

Class 5

15:43 Huntingdon

Jolie Baie

12st 0lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jo Davis

Not at best this term but faced a difficult task in competitive field at Newbury most recently; drops back in class off just 2lb above last winning mark.

12/1

14th

17

14th Jan 2026

Good

3m 0f 57y

Class 4

14:40 Newbury

Jolie Baie

10st 8lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Jo Davis

Scored twice last term but has proved unable to finish so strongly in two outings this season, losing second on the run-in at Uttoxeter latest; needs to raise her game in this deeper field.

25/1

OUR TIP

Form: 33-229 BF

Last run: 45 days

W: 12st 0lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 103

Form & Verdict
Maiden; twice narrowly beaten in maiden events in May but went out like a light when favourite at Southwell last month (in blinkers, retained); placed in handicaps earlier this year but others preferred.
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4

17th Jul 2025

Good

2m 7f 0y

Class 5

19:50 Worcester

Shandancer

11st 11lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole

Often lacks fluency over his hurdles but started off for current stable with two good efforts last spring (2m4f/2m3f); will be fine over today's longer trip and Harry Cobden is a good booking for this reappearance run.

7/1

2nd

1

18th May 2024

Good

2m 3f 123y

Class 5

18:50 Bangor-on-Dee

Shandancer

12st 0lb

J: Charlie Hammond

T: Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole

0-12 over hurdles and much more exposed than some of these but kept on for very respectable third on last month's stable debut at Plumpton (2m4f, good; clear winner has won twice again since) and will probably be competitive again here.

3/1

2nd

1

18th May 2024

Good

2m 3f 123y

Class 5

18:50 Bangor-on-Dee

Shandancer

12st 0lb

J: Charlie Hammond

T: Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole

0-12 over hurdles and much more exposed than some of these but kept on for very respectable third on last month's stable debut at Plumpton (2m4f, good; clear winner has won twice again since) and will probably be competitive again here.

3/1

Form: 758-75

Last run: 17 days

W: 10st 2lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 77

Form & Verdict
Point winner in May; easily better of two efforts back hurdling when fifth here this month (2m), staying on well in the closing stages; could go closer at this trip but soft ground poses a question; 5lb out of weights.
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12

22nd Jul 2026

Good

2m 7f 0y

Class 5

17:05 Worcester

Citizen Jane

10st 2lb

J: Charlie Maggs

T: Lawney Hill

Won her third point when beating two rivals in April; made an encouraging stable/chase debut when second at Stratford (extended 2m3f, good to firm) last month but may have done too much without the hood when fading into fourth over 2m6f there ten days ago; reverts to hurdles from out of the weights and others make greater appeal.

20/1

4th

10

12th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

2m 6f 125y

Class 5

15:00 Stratford

Citizen Jane

10st 2lb

J: Brendan Powell

T: Lawney Hill

Landed her third point in May; finished a modest second on her chase/stable debut here (2m3f, good to firm) 13 days ago; runs without hood worn on last four starts; has more on her plate here.

8/1

2nd

7

29th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

2m 3f 98y

Class 5

15:10 Stratford

Citizen Jane

10st 2lb

J: Charlie Maggs

T: Lawney Hill

Triple point winner who scored in that sphere on her penultimate run; now switches to regulation fences but she's 0-12 over hurdles and this looks tough from out of the weights.

25/1

Form: /P86/5

Last run: 23 days

W: 10st 2lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 72

Form & Verdict
Well beaten all starts, including this month's handicap debut after a long absence.
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5th

7

27th Jul 2023

Soft

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

16:32 Worcester

Secret Moss

10st 2lb

J: Charlie Hammond

T: Rob Summers

Well beaten all starts, including this month's handicap debut after a long absence.

100/1

5th

7

4th Jul 2023

Good

2m 2f 148y

Class 5

18:40 Stratford

Secret Moss

10st 8lb

J: Charlie Hammond

T: Rob Summers

raced in last, didn't always jump with fluency, struggling before 3 out, never on terms

20/1

Form: 033PP- D

Last run: 130 days

W: 10st 3lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 78

Form & Verdict
Out of form in chases in the spring and hasn't won for well over two years; lot to prove on return from a break.
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0

6

27th Jul 2023

Soft

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

16:32 Worcester

Barnay

10st 3lb

J: Max Kendrick

T: Jake Thomas Coulson

Out of form in chases in the spring and hasn't won for well over two years; lot to prove on return from a break.

100/1

13

19th Mar 2023

Soft

2m 3f 98y

Class 5

16:25 Chepstow

Barnay

10st 10lb

J: Max Kendrick

T: Jake Thomas Coulson

On a losing run stretching back over two years; twice placed last month but never going well at Southwell 13 days ago and he's easy enough to swerve.

20/1

7

6th Mar 2023

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 5

13:50 Southwell

Barnay

11st 0lb

J: Fergus Gregory

T: Jake Thomas Coulson

0-7 over fences but is back in better form having finished third at Catterick (2m3f) and Leicester (2m4f) last month, both on good ground; each-way possibilities if he copes with this drop back in trip.

9/1

Non-runners

Painless Potter, Best Mate Dave, Bensini, My Gift To You

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £3.10
Straight Forecast £3.35
Tricast £6.70
Trifecta £7.80

Selections

TOPSPEED:

Nadim

SPOTLIGHT:

My Gift To You

Telegraph:

Bensini

The Times:

Best Mate Dave

RP RATINGS:

My Gift To You

D Express:

My Gift To You

Daily Mirror:

My Gift To You

The Star:

My Gift To You

POSTDATA:

Nadim

The Guardian:

Nadim

Daily Mail:

Nadim

The Sun:

Nadim

Daily Record:

Nadim