14.10
GoodBrit Direct Handicap Hurdle (Div I)
- Prize money: £3406.24
- 1m 7f 168y
- Class 5
- 9 runners
Runners: 9 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
9/2 (Won)
- Win: £3.75
- Place: £1.60
Form: P5-242
Last run: 25 days
W: 10st 5lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 76
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 9 |
18th Nov 2024 Good To Soft 2m 4f 110y Class 5 |
10st 5lb |
Won a 2m handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter in July last year (good to soft) but then off for 306 days; mixed fortunes since; first run at this trip. |
15/2 |
|
8th 9 |
18th Nov 2024 Good To Soft 2m 4f 110y Class 5 |
10st 5lb |
Won a 2m handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter in July last year (good to soft) but then off for 306 days; mixed fortunes since; first run at this trip. |
15/2 |
|
4th 8 |
1st Nov 2024 Good 1m 7f 168y Class 5 |
10st 9lb |
Sole win over C&D, in July 2023; has a generally sound record on this track and ran as well as could be expected last month, behind one who was on the second leg of a hat-trick; not far away. |
9/1 |
11/2
- Place: £1.80
Form: /508-3
Last run: 33 days
W: 11st 1lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 86
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12th 7 |
27th Aug 2024 Good To Firm 2m 0f 70y Class 5 |
10st 12lb |
towards rear, bad mistake 3rd |
16/1 |
|
12th 6 (12) |
10th Aug 2024 Good To Firm 1m 5f 218y Class 6 |
9st 7lb |
More than a year since he ran well on the Flat and the switch to blinkers didn't help last time (returns to the usual cheekpieces today); would be a surprise winner upped from 1m2f. |
25/1 |
|
8th 7 (3) |
30th Jul 2024 Good To Firm 1m 1f 207y Class 6 |
10st 4lb |
On a lengthy losing sequence and he failed to beat a rival in 1m4f handicap at Leicester last month; blinkers replace the usual cheekpieces here with plenty to prove. |
25/1 |
13/2
- Place: £2.30
Form: 55-741 CD
Last run: 51 days
W: 11st 3lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 88
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8 |
16th Apr 2025 Good 1m 7f 182y Class 5 |
11st 4lb |
Six hurdle wins (one over C&D) in his time and he might have just needed last month's run after his winter break; has a workable mark and is one to consider. |
10/1 |
|
8 |
16th Apr 2025 Good 1m 7f 182y Class 5 |
11st 4lb |
held up in rear, overjumped and fell 1st |
10/1 |
|
6th 9 |
21st Mar 2025 Good 1m 7f 182y Class 4 |
10st 3lb |
held up in rear |
13/2 |
7/1
Form: 8/P11- D
Last run: 332 days
W: 10st 10lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 81
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8 |
21st Aug 2025 Good 2m 2f 110y Class 5 |
10st 10lb |
Hasn't won for nearly three years but he's often placed and was only just denied over 2m1f here in June, though he has to be forgiven a below-par run when well behind Stinginhisstep over C&D last month; could place again, with Brian Hughes taking over from a claimer, if back on song. |
9/1 |
|
6th 7 |
20th Jul 2025 Good 2m 2f 110y Class 5 |
11st 0lb |
Went down fighting when beaten a head off today's mark here (2m1f, good) last month, his second run after a layoff, and will be fine over today's longer trip; featured prominently in calculations. |
4/1 |
|
2nd 8 |
24th Jun 2025 Good 2m 0f 167y Class 5 |
10st 7lb |
C&D winner (2022, no win since) who was second twice here last summer; shaped as though the run might have been needed when finishing sixth of ten on reappearance over C&D (good) 20 days ago; on a competitive mark and likely to be all the sharper for that. |
6/1 |
20/1
Form: 63-P85 CD
Last run: 9 days
W: 10st 2lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 70
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 9 |
30th Aug 2024 Good 2m 1f 162y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Only beaten about 10l when fourth at Uttoxeter (2m, soft) last month but is effectively only 1lb lower here and it's over two years since his only win. |
25/1 |
|
4th 13 |
9th Jul 2024 Good 1m 7f 168y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Won this race in 2022 but yet to add to that success, and it's a good while since he was placed; 6lb wrong today; difficult to enthuse over. |
50/1 |
|
7th 7 |
27th May 2024 Good To Soft 1m 7f 171y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
in rear |
40/1 |
7/1
Form: 4/3-0
Last run: 41 days
W: 11st 10lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 95
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 16 (2) |
13th May 2026 Good 1m 3f 188y Class 4 |
8st 10lb |
Form figures of 5075 at this meeting in the last four years; one win a season had previously appeared his quota but he's already exceeded that in 2026, having scored at Pontefract (1m4f/1m2f) on last two outings; that demands some respect but this race is a higher grade. |
10/1 |
|
1st 2 (2) |
29th Apr 2026 Good 1m 2f 5y Class 5 |
9st 8lb |
Four-time Flat winner, including C&D, who has been all or nothing since scoring over hurdles at Cartmel in July; three AW no-shows followed good second over C&D (soft; 40-1) in October but market support predicted a going day when scoring here (1m4f, good to soft) three weeks ago; might not want the ground to get too quick but otherwise a key player under 2lb nudge. |
5/4 |
|
1st 5 (4) |
7th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 1m 4f 5y Class 5 |
9st 6lb |
Now 5lb lower than when second here (1m2f, soft) last October but did not emerge from the rear division when a big-priced outsider for all three subsequent AW runs; considered only if much strong in betting today. |
9/1 |
5/1
Form: 45/25-
Last run: 258 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 97
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
3rd Jun 2026 Good To Firm 2m 4f 0y Class 4 |
11st 11lb |
On a fairly tough mark but otherwise has plenty in his favour and ran a solid second over C&D last time; every chance. |
6/4 |
|
2nd 5 |
4th May 2026 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 4 |
11st 11lb |
Below par when last seen in August but ran pretty well in his previous two races, including here; has plenty in his favour, other than a tough enough mark. |
8/1 |
|
4th 4 |
21st Aug 2025 Good 2m 4f 216y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
Two solid placed efforts since returning from a break, latest when a 7.25l third at Stratford (2m3f, good to firm; Magic Seven second) last month; should give another good account though he remains vulnerable off this sort of mark. |
15/2 |
10/1
Form: 5756P-
Last run: 144 days
W: 10st 13lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 84
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 8 |
30th Aug 2024 Good 2m 5f 164y Class 5 |
10st 9lb |
1-26 under all codes, the win gained off a basement Flat mark just under a year ago; well beaten over hurdles, fences and on the Flat in recent months, and difficult to enthuse over at present. |
20/1 |
|
6th 6 (9) |
8th Aug 2024 Good To Firm 1m 3f 198y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Comfortably held over fences the last twice; sole win came under this code but he achieved little in sole Flat run this year. |
10/1 |
|
12 |
1st Jul 2024 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Won on the Flat at Bath last September; in the frame in four of his handicaps over hurdles in November-April last term but less encouraging recently and always behind on chasing debut at Market Rasen (2m3f, good; 28-1) ten days ago; best watched. |
20/1 |
14/1
Form: 4/35-0 D
Last run: 28 days
W: 12st 0lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 99
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 10 |
3rd Oct 2023 Good 2m 3f 188y Class 4 |
10st 12lb |
Won handicap hurdle over C&D for this yard off 13lb higher in February 2022; below par in two runs this summer after having more than a year off; best watched for now. |
40/1 |
|
0 1 |
28th Jul 2023 Good 1m 7f 168y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
Won twice off higher marks for Sara Ender in 2021-22 season but, having rejoined this stable, made low-key return from one-year absence last month; entitled to have benefited from that outing but others have less to prove; tongue-tie fitted for first time since 2018. |
14/1 |
|
11th 4 |
30th Jun 2023 Good 2m 1f 46y Class 4 |
11st 9lb |
2-5 for Sara Ender between December 2021 and March 2022, both wins coming off higher marks; not quite at his best in two outings for Micky Hammond last June (including this race); may need this first run for 12 months. |
10/1 |
Non-runners
Grizabella, Reams Of Love, Cawthorne Cracker
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £31.80 |
| Straight Forecast | £30.44 |
| Tricast | £187.21 |
| Trifecta | £133.50 |
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