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US Airforce Bloody Hundredth Novices’ Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £3960.75
  • 2m 7f 95y
  • Class 5
  • 6 runners
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US Airforce Bloody Hundredth Novices’ Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 6 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly sunny

Form: 6792-1

Last run: 24 days

W: 12st 0lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 100

Form & Verdict
Has improved since stepping up in trip and going handicapping, getting off the mark in a mares' race at Huntingdon last time (3m1f, good) having finished runner-up in a C&D handicap (good; form worked out well) the time before; up 6lb; strong chance.
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

2nd

4

24th Sep 2024

Good

3m 2f 0y

Class 4

16:40 Warwick

Chatty Chich

11st 9lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

Won handicaps at Huntingdon (3m1f, good) and Fakenham (2m7f, good) before getting found out by the drop back to 2m4f at Worcester (still ran well); softening ground would be a cause for concern.

11/4

3rd

3

8th Jul 2024

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

16:50 Worcester

Chatty Chich

12st 0lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

midfield, headway 4 out, outpaced 3 out

11/4

1

2nd Jun 2024

Good

2m 7f 95y

Class 5

14:35 Fakenham

Chatty Chich

12st 0lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

Has improved since stepping up in trip and going handicapping, getting off the mark in a mares' race at Huntingdon last time (3m1f, good) having finished runner-up in a C&D handicap (good; form worked out well) the time before; up 6lb; strong chance.

10/11

OUR TIP

Form: 06P4-3

Last run: 26 days

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 88

Form & Verdict
Nine-race maiden; pulled up over C&D in February (soft; only run at this trip); fared better on good ground here last time when a creditable third over 2m4f; stamina to prove; each-way chance.
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5

22nd Aug 2024

Good

3m 2f 105y

Class 5

17:30 Newton Abbot

Mountain Bay

11st 5lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Seamus Mullins

Tailed off in first-time cheekpieces (retained) last month and now 0-9 over hurdles, but lost out only narrowly to a progressive rival at Fakenham (2m7f, good) two runs ago; has possibilities if suited by this new trip.

12/1

6th

2

14th Jul 2024

Good

2m 6f 7y

Class 5

17:00 Stratford

Mountain Bay

11st 10lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Seamus Mullins

raced in second, hit 2nd, lost position 2 out, weakened before last

5/1

2

2nd Jun 2024

Good

2m 7f 95y

Class 5

14:35 Fakenham

Mountain Bay

11st 2lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Seamus Mullins

Nine-race maiden; pulled up over C&D in February (soft; only run at this trip); fared better on good ground here last time when a creditable third over 2m4f; stamina to prove; each-way chance.

7/1

Form: 577P7-

Last run: 62 days

W: 10st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 84

Form & Verdict
Mixed form for Stuart Crawford; disappointing both starts for present yard, last time finishing 48l seventh of ten at Huntingdon on first run since a wind operation; bit to prove on first run at this trip.
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11th

10

7th Sep 2024

Good

2m 2f 148y

Class 5

16:12 Stratford

Joker Du Chenet

10st 4lb

J: Ciaran O’Shea

T: James Owen

0-14 over hurdles but lost out only by a neck here (2m6f, good; refitted cheekpieces) in July and ran much better than bare form of 26l defeat might suggest at Fontwell (2m5f, good) last week; might be the answer.

7/1

6th

3

30th Aug 2024

Good

2m 5f 164y

Class 5

18:45 Fontwell

Joker Du Chenet

11st 4lb

J: Mr Alex Chadwick

T: James Owen

0-13 over hurdles but has been knocking on the door in recent months; went up 3lb for his close second at Stratford (2m6f, good) last time but capable amateur Alex Chadwick claims a useful 5lb here; respected.

11/2

Form: 03843-

Last run: 39 days

W: 10st 11lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 83

Form & Verdict
Won on the Flat for Dermot Weld in July 2020; has not scored since and 0-10 over hurdles, although has improved since stepping up to 3m; creditable fourth at Ayr two runs ago (3m, good; form sound) and has a chance on that run (below par on soft last time).
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7th

7

(6)

19th May 2026

Standard

2m 0f 56y

Class 6

14:30 Newcastle (AW)

Ebendi

9st 0lb

J: Matthew Lloyd Slater

T: Andrew Wilson

Useful in Ireland in his younger days but been poor under both codes for this yard for a good while; tailed off behind two of these at Pontefract last time.

50/1

7th

11

(11)

21st Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 5f 139y

Class 6

16:32 Pontefract

Ebendi

8st 10lb

J: James Sullivan

T: Andrew Wilson

He's dropped to a basement mark but his sole win came in 2020 and this 9yo struggled to get competitive last year; first run since last October.

40/1

7th

8

(6)

28th Oct 2025

Soft

1m 7f 189y

Class 6

15:10 Catterick

Ebendi

9st 2lb

J: James Sullivan

T: Andrew Wilson

1m3f winner who has been plummeting in the weights but is hard to recommend based on recent efforts.

66/1

Form: 4PP-26

Last run: 14 days

W: 10st 10lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 82

Form & Verdict
Maiden; in the frame here twice this year, finishing 25l fourth in a C&D novice handicap off a 10lb higher mark in February (soft) before a well-beaten second to an odds-on shot in a mares' maiden over 2m4f last month (good); bit disappointing back in a handicap at Stratford last time.
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2nd

4

19th Nov 2024

Good

2m 7f 95y

Class 5

13:25 Fakenham

Little Talks

10st 13lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Neil King

11-race maiden over hurdles but has made the frame in all four starts at this track; tailed off at Fontwell recently following a four-month break but the return to this track could see her back to her best.

5/1

2nd

4

19th Nov 2024

Good

2m 7f 95y

Class 5

13:25 Fakenham

Little Talks

10st 13lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Neil King

11-race maiden over hurdles but has made the frame in all four starts at this track; tailed off at Fontwell recently following a four-month break but the return to this track could see her back to her best.

5/1

8

23rd Oct 2024

Soft

2m 5f 164y

Class 5

14:30 Fontwell

Little Talks

10st 12lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Neil King

Ran game race from the front when close third of six at Fakenham (2m7f, good) in June but we haven't seen her again since and she's 0-10 over hurdles now; others appeal more.

8/1

Form: 4544-5

Last run: 21 days

W: 10st 5lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 77

Form & Verdict
Bath winner over 1m3f last year; 13-race maiden over hurdles and a bit disappointing when only 13l fifth of ten in a novice handicap at Ludlow last time on his first go at 3m (good).
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Verdict Starting price

7th

8

30th Aug 2024

Good

2m 5f 164y

Class 5

18:45 Fontwell

Silver Atom

10st 9lb

J: Miss Brodie Hampson

T: Archie Watson

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

16:30 Brighton

Silver Atom

9st 9lb

J: Hollie Doyle

T: Archie Watson

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

14:25 Worcester

Silver Atom

10st 2lb

J: Ben Poste

T: Archie Watson

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

Non-runners

Lady Salvador

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Chatty Chich

The Times:

Little Talks

RP RATINGS:

Chatty Chich

POSTDATA:

Chatty Chich

Telegraph:

Chatty Chich

D Express:

Chatty Chich

Daily Mirror:

Chatty Chich

The Sun:

Chatty Chich

The Star:

Chatty Chich

Daily Record:

Chatty Chich