October 04 / 16.35 Bangor-on-Dee

16.35

Good To Soft

Nightingale House Hospice Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div I)

  • Prize money: £4805.18
  • 2m 0f 145y
  • Class 4
  • 8 runners
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Nightingale House Hospice Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div I)

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

4/9 (Won)

  • Win: £1.91
  • Place: £1.10

Form: 2 BF

Last run: 71 days

W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Talented Flat performer for Aidan O'Brien at best; narrowly beaten in a Ballinrobe maiden on hurdle debut in July (for Josh Halley); ought to be very hard to beat on first start for David Pipe.
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0

2

(34)

14th Oct 2023

Good To Soft

2m 2f 0y

Class 2

14:40 Newmarket

Wordsworth

9st 12lb

J: Christian Howarth

T: David Pipe

Stays 2m but below-form seventh in the 2m5f Queen Alexandra in 2022; well treated today on best of his Group-race form for Aidan O'Brien and, switched to hurdling this year, he breezed home in front in a Bangor maiden (soft) for new yard ten days ago; case can be made.

25/1

1st

6

4th Oct 2023

Good To Soft

2m 0f 145y

Class 4

16:35 Bangor-on-Dee

Wordsworth

11st 4lb

J: Jack Tudor

T: David Pipe

led, increased tempo 4 out, going best when left clear 2 out, canter

4/9

2nd

3

25th Jul 2023

Yielding

2m 1f 5y

16:38 Ballinrobe

Wordsworth

11st 12lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: Josh Halley

106-rated Flat performer for Aidan O'Brien, 2nd in Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris and 3rd in last year's Curragh Cup among his best performances; close 4th in a Down Royal Listed last month on his stable debut; an adequate round of jumping might be all that's needed here; handles any ground

11/10

20/1

  • Place: £2.40

Form: 4

Last run: 16 days

W: 11st 3lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Runner-up in an Irish point (probably modest form); too free on last month's Worcester hurdle debut and faded into fourth; might have place prospects if learning from that.
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4

3rd Jun 2026

Good

3m 1f 170y

Class 5

15:30 Newton Abbot

Black Occ

11st 1lb

J: Sean Houlihan

T: Sheila Lewis

Maiden who has inconsistent chase form (P2P3) but looks one of the likelier players provided he backs up latest effort, namely creditable third at Warwick (3m); runs off the same mark.

11/4

3rd

4

9th May 2026

Good

3m 0f 0y

Class 5

17:35 Warwick

Black Occ

11st 4lb

J: Harry Atkins

T: Sheila Lewis

Pulled up in two of three chase starts, the latest at Bangor after some guessy jumps; had run well when runner-up at Hereford (2m5f, good) in March, however, and should do better at some stage; tongue tied this time.

10/1

8

18th Apr 2026

Good

3m 0f 30y

Class 5

13:52 Bangor-on-Dee

Black Occ

11st 4lb

J: Callum Pritchard

T: Sheila Lewis

Placed effort over hurdles (3m1f) divides his two chase runs and was a 3l runner-up at Hereford last time (2m5f, good); more appealing than a good many.

7/1

9/1

  • Place: £1.90

Form: 5- BF

Last run: 165 days

W: 11st 3lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Justified favouritism in a point bumper in March but only fifth (when again market leader) on stable debut at this track the following month; has a measure of ability and place hopes now setting out over hurdles.
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1

28th Oct 2025

Soft

1m 7f 182y

Class 5

14:28 Ffos Las

Wise Guy

12st 0lb

J: Charlie Hammond

T: Stuart Edmunds

Generally disappointing last season but showed the benefit of a wind op when making the frame on final two appearances (2m/2m4f); begins new campaign on a workable mark and will be suited by the ground; a possible.

6/1

1

28th Oct 2025

Soft

1m 7f 182y

Class 5

14:28 Ffos Las

Wise Guy

12st 0lb

J: Charlie Hammond

T: Stuart Edmunds

Generally disappointing last season but showed the benefit of a wind op when making the frame on final two appearances (2m/2m4f); begins new campaign on a workable mark and will be suited by the ground; a possible.

6/1

3rd

7

17th Mar 2025

Good

2m 4f 88y

Class 4

16:40 Southwell

Wise Guy

11st 2lb

J: Charlie Hammond

T: Stuart Edmunds

in touch with leaders

13/2

Form: 3/4

Last run: 12 days

W: 10st 11lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Promising third in a Southwell bumper in April 2022 and bought for £36,000 soon after; absent until finishing last at Newton Abbot on recent hurdling debut (behind stable companion); likely to do much better in time.
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13

28th May 2025

Good To Soft

2m 1f 61y

Class 5

20:10 Cartmel

Chantilly Rose

10st 2lb

J: Peter Kavanagh

T: Lizzie Quinlan

13-race maiden; ran better than eventual 36l defeat suggests when today's headgear combination was used at Hexham (2m4f, good) last Tuesday but is effectively 5lb higher from out of the weights here.

33/1

13

28th May 2025

Good To Soft

2m 1f 61y

Class 5

20:10 Cartmel

Chantilly Rose

10st 2lb

J: Peter Kavanagh

T: Lizzie Quinlan

13-race maiden; ran better than eventual 36l defeat suggests when today's headgear combination was used at Hexham (2m4f, good) last Tuesday but is effectively 5lb higher from out of the weights here.

33/1

5th

8

20th May 2025

Good

2m 4f 15y

Class 5

18:58 Hexham

Chantilly Rose

10st 7lb

J: Peter Kavanagh

T: Lizzie Quinlan

12-race maiden; beaten a combined total of 157l over hurdles in last three starts and fell at the first on her last attempt over fences; new headgear combination is tried; other runners are far more appealing.

50/1

33/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 4lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Brother to stable's Flat/hurdle/chase winner Silva Eclipse; worth a market glance on racecourse debut but may be one for later on.
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4th

6

15th Jan 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 19y

Class 4

12:50 Newcastle

Fat Harry

11st 2lb

J: Theo Gillard

T: Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith

Eight-race maiden over hurdles, but he's thrived since switched to fences this season, winning two of his three starts and arguably unlucky not to be 3-3 after a costly mistake at the last proved his undoing at Haydock in December; the 6lb rise demands more, but he may not have reached his ceiling just yet.

5/2

3rd

9

24th Apr 2025

Good To Soft

2m 3f 123y

Class 5

20:10 Bangor-on-Dee

Fat Harry

11st 3lb

J: Peter Kavanagh

T: Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith

Came back in good form after a three-month break with two sound runs last month, better effort when third at Catterick in a race that has worked out well (2m3f, good); didn't fare as well dropped back to 2m last time (didn't jump as well); definite contender back up in trip.

5/1

3rd

9

24th Apr 2025

Good To Soft

2m 3f 123y

Class 5

20:10 Bangor-on-Dee

Fat Harry

11st 3lb

J: Peter Kavanagh

T: Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith

Came back in good form after a three-month break with two sound runs last month, better effort when third at Catterick in a race that has worked out well (2m3f, good); didn't fare as well dropped back to 2m last time (didn't jump as well); definite contender back up in trip.

5/1

Form: 45-

Last run: 178 days

W: 11st 3lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Didn't live up to expectations in a Taunton bumper in March or over hurdles at Plumpton the following month; something to prove after those.
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2nd

8

7th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

3m 0f 42y

Class 3

15:35 Sandown

Tune In A Box

10st 10lb

J: Stan Sheppard

T: Tom Lacey

Won four times over hurdles; little promise on his first three attempts at chasing but there was much more encouragement in a never-nearer third of ten at Newbury (2m7f, heavy) four weeks ago; has been dropped 10lb in the weights since his chasing debut and drying ground should not inconvenience him in the slightest; could be ready to strike.

13/2

3rd

10

7th Feb 2026

Soft

2m 7f 91y

Class 3

15:55 Newbury

Tune In A Box

10st 5lb

J: Stan Sheppard

T: Tom Lacey

A winner over hurdles at up to 3m but yet to get anything going over fences (0-3) and this is a tough race in which to put that right.

16/1

Form: 9-

Last run: 246 days

W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Horse

OR:

Form & Verdict
Tailed-off last in a Ffos Las bumper in January; gelded soon after and wind surgery in March; can hopefully do better now hurdling.
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8th

6

24th Oct 2023

Good

2m 0f 53y

Class 4

14:10 Hereford

Specialagent McGee

11st 0lb

J: James Bowen

T: Nicky Martin

Tailed off in a bumper in January and on this month's hurdle debut (100-1).

100/1

7th

5

4th Oct 2023

Good To Soft

2m 0f 145y

Class 4

16:35 Bangor-on-Dee

Specialagent McGee

11st 4lb

J: James Bowen

T: Nicky Martin

held up in rear, no impression from 3 out

40/1

4

13th May 2023

Good To Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

17:55 Warwick

Specialagent McGee

11st 4lb

J: Ben Jones

T: Nicky Martin

Form: 34-

Last run: 201 days

W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Shaped well in an Irish point and on bumper debut; too free when only fourth when last seen in March but should have a future over hurdles, especially if learning to settle; one of the likelier candidates.
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2nd

3

15th Nov 2024

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 5

12:58 Southwell

Easter Junction

11st 10lb

J: Jamie Brace

T: Nigel Twiston-Davies

jumped right on occasions, prominent, led 4th, joined 4 out, headed after 3 out, stayed on but no match for winner

15/8

2nd

3

15th Nov 2024

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 5

12:58 Southwell

Easter Junction

11st 10lb

J: Jamie Brace

T: Nigel Twiston-Davies

jumped right on occasions, prominent, led 4th, joined 4 out, headed after 3 out, stayed on but no match for winner

15/8

5th

1

1st Jul 2024

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

17:30 Worcester

Easter Junction

11st 12lb

J: William Maggs

T: Donald McCain

Safely held in first two handicaps but took step forward and ran well for a long way when fourth at Bangor (2m3f, good) last month; another 3lb lower here and enters calculations.

7/1

Non-runners

Book Of Verse, Gentle Victor

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Payout
Exacta £10.80
Straight Forecast £17.55
Trifecta £54.90

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