17.30
StandardTips For Every Race At raceday-ready.com Apprentice Handicap
- Prize money: £2983.38
- 1m 1f 104y
- Class 6
- 8 runners
Runners: 8 runners
Type: Flat AW
Surface: Tapeta
Weather: Mostly cloudy
12/1 (Won)
- Win: £21.00
- Place: £3.60
Form: 2460-6 D
Last run: 98 days
W: 9st 3lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 49
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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2nd 10 (1) |
15th Apr 2026 Good 1m 4f 23y Class 6 |
8st 9lb |
Course winner in 2022 who last won at Pontefract (also 1m2f, good to firm) in June 2024; 50-1 when beaten 10l on his comeback in a Wolverhampton classified (1m4f, AW) in January; others look safer. |
33/1 |
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7th 4 (3) |
16th Jan 2026 Standard 1m 4f 51y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Runner-up in a Catterick handicap (1m4f, good to soft) in July but he finished down the field in his final three runs during the summer; has won when fresh in the past but his last success was 19 months ago and this veteran is 1-14 on AW. |
25/1 |
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7th 4 (7) |
29th Aug 2025 Standard 1m 2f 42y Class 6 |
9st 6lb |
Well treated on his wins at Wolverhampton (9.5f, Tapeta) and Pontefract (1m2f, good to firm) last year; second of seven from 5lb out of the weights at Catterick (1m4f, good to soft) last month, but modest otherwise this year; not quite sure what to expect. |
12/1 |
7/2
- Place: £1.70
Form: 703273
Last run: 10 days
W: 9st 3lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 49
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 3 (1) |
14th Jan 2025 Standard 1m 3f 23y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
0-25 and couldn't build on fair return following wind surgery when down the field at Wolverhampton 24 days ago; others much safer. |
11/1 |
|
7th 3 (1) |
14th Jan 2025 Standard 1m 3f 23y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
0-25 and couldn't build on fair return following wind surgery when down the field at Wolverhampton 24 days ago; others much safer. |
11/1 |
|
20 |
27th Dec 2024 Standard 1m 0f 142y Class 6 |
8st 13lb
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7/1
- Place: £2.00
Form: 032140 C
Last run: 23 days
W: 9st 3lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 49
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 5 (6) |
17th Mar 2025 Standard 1m 0f 142y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Ten-time AW winner (seven times over C&D); not one to rely upon heavily nowadays but went very close in similar race to this over C&D last month and rebounded from a lesser effort when third here three weeks ago. |
10/1 |
|
3rd 8 (8) |
25th Feb 2025 Standard 1m 0f 142y Class 6 |
9st 0lb |
Multiple C&D winner who went desperately close in a classified event here 17 days ago; less good at Southwell last week and a bit more on his plate back in a handicap; not ruled out though. |
10/1 |
|
7th 6 (1) |
21st Feb 2025 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Has won over C&D but he tends to reserve his best for the extended 1m at Wolverhampton, as when collared in the final stride two weeks ago; no certainty to be in the same form this time. |
8/1 |
10/1
Form: 573754
Last run: 13 days
W: 9st 0lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 45
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 2 (3) |
31st Jan 2026 Standard 1m 2f 0y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Exposed 29-race maiden; not beaten far over 7f last time but wait for elusive first success set to continue over this trip. |
16/1 |
|
9th 6 (3) |
16th Oct 2025 Standard 1m 0f 0y Class 6 |
9st 0lb |
Exposed 27-race maiden; stays this trip and has run well at Chelmsford in the past (7f) so he's not without hope in an uncompetitive race. |
8/1 |
|
11 (3) |
11th Sep 2025 Standard 0m 7f 0y Class 6 |
9st 3lb |
Still a maiden after 26 starts but he went close at Lingfield (1m, AW) last month and has run respectably over 7f there in last two starts; usually comes from off the pace and has claims if this sets up for the closers. |
12/1 |
2/1
Form: 553-13 CD BF
Last run: 21 days
W: 9st 11lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 57
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 5 (5) |
29th May 2026 Good To Firm 1m 4f 0y Class 6 |
9st 10lb |
Won three consecutive times in refitted blinkers last June/July, most recently off today's mark over C&D (good to firm), but made a low-key reappearance three weeks ago and needs that run to have brought him on. |
8/1 |
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6th 6 (5) |
9th May 2026 Good To Firm 1m 3f 179y Class 5 |
9st 2lb |
Bagged a hat-trick (including over C&D) last summer and he signed off for 2025 with a solid third in 1m6f Wolverhampton handicap in October; has won off a break too. |
14/1 |
|
3 (2) |
20th Oct 2025 Standard 1m 5f 219y Class 6 |
9st 8lb |
Completed a hat-trick at about 1m4f this summer and probably matched all that form when second over 1m4f here four weeks ago; should be fine over this far and rates a solid contender. |
7/2 |
33/1
Form: 7-0680 CD
Last run: 3 days
W: 9st 0lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 45
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 1 (9) |
23rd Jul 2024 Standard 1m 2f 0y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Winless since January last year, he has shown little encouragement in recent starts and it would be a major surprise if he were good enough. |
40/1 |
|
10th 12 (6) |
4th Jun 2024 Standard 1m 1f 104y Class 6 |
9st 0lb |
Just one success since 2021; recent form is far from convincing; comfortably held over C&D last time. |
40/1 |
|
6th 9 (4) |
23rd Apr 2024 Standard 1m 1f 104y Class 6 |
9st 0lb |
Dual C&D winner in his younger days but has been poor since returning from ten months off; would be a surprise winner. |
33/1 |
33/1
Form: 366259
Last run: 13 days
W: 9st 0lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: 45
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 9 (6) |
8th Jun 2024 Good To Firm 1m 0f 14y Class 6 |
9st 0lb |
Picked up for just £2,000 from Rebecca Menzies and pretty much tailed off since; with a mark of 42 he's 4lb wrong. |
33/1 |
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7th 8 (6) |
23rd Apr 2024 Standard 1m 1f 104y Class 6 |
9st 0lb |
Picked up for just £2,000 from Rebecca Menzies last month and made a poor start for his new yard when behind two of these here a fortnight ago; is hard to recommend. |
33/1 |
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7th 8 (6) |
23rd Apr 2024 Standard 1m 1f 104y Class 6 |
9st 0lb |
Picked up for just £2,000 from Rebecca Menzies last month and made a poor start for his new yard when behind two of these here a fortnight ago; is hard to recommend. |
33/1 |
7/2
Form: 498
Last run: 15 days
W: 9st 6lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 52
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
6th Sep 2025 Good To Firm 2m 2f 148y Class 5 |
11st 0lb |
Won on the Flat in May but was safely held on both hurdling starts this year (both in 2m handicaps in July) and reverts to this code after a very poor Flat run last month; stablemate Chillhi looks a safer option. |
6/1 |
|
6 (2) |
9th Aug 2025 Good 1m 6f 0y Class 5 |
9st 7lb |
Had a good run of form in 1m2f-1m5f handicaps (1423) before tailed off in his last two hurdle races and he's a dual winner in that scene; some wellbeing concerns all of a sudden. |
8/1 |
|
7th 1 |
24th Jul 2025 Good 2m 0f 0y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
Won twice over hurdles in the autumn (2m4f/2m7f) and has been in good form on the Flat in recent weeks but was well beaten when back over hurdles on Saturday (2m; raced too freely) and has a point to prove here. |
16/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £105.50 |
| Straight Forecast | £123.93 |
| Tricast | £1073.20 |
| Trifecta | £525.00 |
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