September 03 / 17.20 Brighton

17.20

Good To Soft

Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 519 Amateur Jockeys’ Handicap

  • Prize money: £3079.54
  • 1m 3f 198y
  • Class 6
  • 6 runners
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Sky Sports Racing HD Virgin 519 Amateur Jockeys’ Handicap

Runners: 6 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

15/8 (Won)

  • Win: £1.84
  • Place: £1.10

Form: 0-2231 CD

Last run: 7 days

W: 11st 8lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 66

Form & Verdict
Won this race in 2021; he had been banging at the door prior to his comfortable all-the-way success at Goodwood last week (1m1f, soft); Simon Walker on board again and today's longer trip no problem; should make a bold bid to defy a 5lb penalty.
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5

(2)

15th Jun 2025

Good To Firm

1m 4f 5y

Class 5

17:30 Salisbury

Eton Blue

9st 3lb

J: Pat Cosgrave

T: George Baker

His last win was off 9lb higher over 1m4f at Brighton in September 2023; some efforts on AW during the winter were respectable but his return to Brighton last month saw him tailed off after a slow start; none too solid.

12/1

3

(2)

21st May 2025

Good To Firm

1m 3f 198y

Class 5

20:00 Brighton

Eton Blue

9st 6lb

J: Neil Callan

T: George Baker

His last success was off 7lb higher over C&D (good) but that was in September 2023; some respectable efforts on AW during the winter and wasn't disgraced back over hurdles in March but others are more persuasive.

6/1

3

(2)

21st May 2025

Good To Firm

1m 3f 198y

Class 5

20:00 Brighton

Eton Blue

9st 6lb

J: Neil Callan

T: George Baker

His last success was off 7lb higher over C&D (good) but that was in September 2023; some respectable efforts on AW during the winter and wasn't disgraced back over hurdles in March but others are more persuasive.

6/1

7/1

  • Place: £2.10

Form: 075782 D

Last run: 13 days

W: 10st 5lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 54

Form & Verdict
Won three 1m4f handicaps on slow ground last season; back to the same mark as for the last of them and he returned to form when second of 11 at Catterick 13 days ago; might have Eton Blue to worry about up front if usual tactics are deployed.
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2nd

9

(3)

28th Oct 2025

Soft

1m 3f 179y

Class 6

13:20 Leicester

Fen Tiger

10st 0lb

J: Mr Jack Lander

T: Julia & Shelley Birkett

Won the penultimate renewal of this race in 2022 which was his last success; the closest he's come this year was at classified level but could still run well with the ground in his favour.

7/1

2nd

9

(3)

28th Oct 2025

Soft

1m 3f 179y

Class 6

13:20 Leicester

Fen Tiger

10st 0lb

J: Mr Jack Lander

T: Julia & Shelley Birkett

Won the penultimate renewal of this race in 2022 which was his last success; the closest he's come this year was at classified level but could still run well with the ground in his favour.

7/1

4

(16)

8th Sep 2025

Soft

1m 3f 99y

Class 6

15:02 Windsor

Fen Tiger

9st 5lb

J: Chloe Lyons

T: Julia & Shelley Birkett

Recorded best effort this term at classified level; on a near three-year losing spell; not a solid option but ground softer than good would be in his favour.

10/1

Form: 123643

Last run: 21 days

W: 10st 5lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 54

Form & Verdict
Not as good as he was but still won two handicaps over shorter for Keith Dalgleish in the spring; best effort for new yard when third of ten at Windsor three weeks ago (extended 1m3f, good to firm); slower ground no concern; each-way claims.
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12th

15

(1)

18th Oct 2024

Soft

1m 2f 1y

Class 6

17:20 Redcar

Breguet Boy

9st 12lb

J: Miss Brodie Hampson

T: Archie Watson

in touch with leaders, weakened 3f out

16/1

11th

12

(14)

14th Sep 2024

Good To Soft

1m 3f 137y

Class 6

15:15 Bath

Breguet Boy

10st 5lb

J: Miss Brodie Hampson

T: Archie Watson

prominent

16/1

6th

6

(7)

1st Sep 2024

Good To Firm

1m 3f 198y

Class 6

14:22 Brighton

Breguet Boy

10st 1lb

J: Miss Brodie Hampson

T: Archie Watson

Finished third in this contest 12 months ago but is far from certain to repeat that effort; has lost his form badly since finishing second at Chepstow in June and needs to rebound.

16/1

Form: 445533 D

Last run: 11 days

W: 10st 12lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 61

Form & Verdict
Two creditable efforts last month after a four-month break; has won for today's rider and he's on a competitive mark; drying ground would enhance his claims.
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6th

5

(5)

10th Mar 2026

Standard

1m 4f 51y

Class 6

18:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Starfighter

9st 9lb

J: Billy Loughnane

T: Mark Loughnane

Now at the veteran stage but has won five times and been placed on nine occasions around here; twice finished runner-up in similar events over C&D at the start of the year and another big effort seems likely.

5/2

8th

7

(2)

25th Feb 2026

Standard

1m 4f 0y

Class 6

13:12 Lingfield (AW)

Starfighter

10st 11lb

J: Mr Jack Loughnane

T: Mark Loughnane

Six-time Tapeta winner who has finished runner-up in classified events at Wolverhampton (1m4f) in his last two starts; still looks feasibly treated back in a handicap and he's a big player if he can transfer his form back to Polytrack.

7/2

2nd

4

(6)

9th Feb 2026

Standard

1m 4f 51y

Class 6

18:30 Wolverhampton (AW)

Starfighter

9st 9lb

J: Billy Loughnane

T: Mark Loughnane

Veteran who is a five-time winner at Wolverhampton; close second, clear of remainder, in C&D classified race last time; leading claims.

5/6

Form: 744221 CD

Last run: 13 days

W: 10st 0lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 49

Form & Verdict
Ended a long losing run when scrambling home in a C&D handicap 13 days ago (good); unexposed over middle distances and could have a bigger effort in him.
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2nd

9

(8)

24th Feb 2025

Standard

1m 1f 104y

Class 6

18:30 Wolverhampton (AW)

Send In The Clouds

9st 9lb

J: Jack Doughty

T: Tony Carroll

Won two in a row on turf (11.6f/1m2f) in September 2023 but he's been lightly raced since and has finished down the field in his three runs this winter; AW record now stands at 1-24 and others are preferred.

9/1

6th

4

(7)

12th Feb 2025

Standard

1m 4f 14y

Class 6

12:25 Southwell (AW)

Send In The Clouds

9st 6lb

J: Hollie Doyle

T: Tony Carroll

in touch with leaders, headway from over 3f out, soon went second, lost second then weakened over 1f out

7/1

7th

8

(5)

25th Jan 2025

Standard

1m 4f 51y

Class 6

16:15 Wolverhampton (AW)

Send In The Clouds

9st 4lb

J: Molly Gunn

T: Tony Carroll

midfield

25/1

OUR TIP

20/1

Form: /9/67- D

Last run: 373 days

W: 11st 0lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 63

Form & Verdict
Regressive over fences; has undergone wind surgery since last seen in May; well beaten in two Flat runs last summer; enough to prove.
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5th

5

17th Oct 2023

Good

2m 0f 104y

Class 4

17:35 Huntingdon

Dino Velvet

11st 6lb

J: Oscar Palmer

T: Alan King

No obvious benefits from wind surgery when trailing home last on the Flat last month; only 1-16 as a chaser and wasn't in much form over fences earlier this year.

12/1

6th

3

(3)

3rd Sep 2023

Good To Soft

1m 3f 198y

Class 6

17:20 Brighton

Dino Velvet

11st 0lb

J: Mr Ryan Price

T: Alan King

Regressive over fences; has undergone wind surgery since last seen in May; well beaten in two Flat runs last summer; enough to prove.

20/1

3rd

5

24th May 2023

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 4

18:50 Southwell

Dino Velvet

11st 0lb

J: Philip Armson

T: Alan King

in touch with leaders, pushed along briefly after 1st, headway 8th, pushed along after 5 out, ridden and outpaced after 3 out, weakened from 2 out

9/1

Non-runners

Fascinating Lips, Silver Bubble

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £4.10
Straight Forecast £4.62
Tricast £13.19
Trifecta £15.70

Selections

RP RATINGS:

Eton Blue

SPOTLIGHT:

Fascinating Lips

NEWMARKET:

Fen Tiger

The Guardian:

Silver Bubble

The Sun:

Breguet Boy

D Express:

Fascinating Lips

POSTDATA:

Eton Blue

The Times:

Eton Blue

Telegraph:

Eton Blue

Daily Mirror:

Eton Blue

The Star:

Eton Blue

Daily Record:

Fen Tiger