14.05
SoftHarrogate Town AFC Best Dressed Gentleman EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (Bands C/D) (Qualifier) (GBB)
- Prize money: £4860
- 0m 6f 0y
- Class 5
- 10 runners
Runners: 10 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Mostly cloudy
15/8 (Won)
- Win: £4.00
- Place: £1.70
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 10 (4) |
27th Sep 2025 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 6 |
9st 5lb |
Shooting down the weights but for good reason and doesn't look a winner waiting to happen; belatedly tries 1m for the first time. |
14/1 |
|
6 (2) |
15th Sep 2025 Good 0m 6f 0y Class 6 |
9st 10lb |
Began the year with a mark 24lb higher but it's been a struggle in handicaps, latterly for new yard; latest effort, when running into dead end after dead end in the straight at Haydock (7f, good; blinkers first time) was a bit more encouraging and he may have found his level now. |
12/1 |
|
8 (10) |
9th Aug 2025 Good 0m 7f 37y Class 5 |
9st 5lb |
Not entirely solid on his form for new stable but has slipped to an attractive mark and Warren Fentiman's claim is a bonus; may prove resurgent if taking well to first-time blinkers. |
14/1 |
8/1
- Place: £2.30
Form: 4
Last run: 26 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 5 (1) |
20th Apr 2026 Standard 0m 5f 6y Class 6 |
8st 13lb |
Sole win at 7f on turf as 2yo but showed bright early speed back at 5f when losing out late over C&D in March; others might press for the lead here but he's on the same reduced mark; can go well from rail draw. |
7/2 |
|
2nd 7 (4) |
20th Mar 2026 Standard 0m 5f 6y Class 6 |
9st 5lb |
Dropped 15lb in five runs for new trainer since September; looks quick enough to cope with the shorter trip and Ryan Kavanagh takes off a valuable 5lb; better can be expected today. |
14/1 |
|
7th 3 (3) |
25th Feb 2026 Standard 0m 6f 1y Class 6 |
9st 7lb |
Yet to fire for current stable; dropping down the weights but vulnerable in a useful race of its type. |
33/1 |
11/4
- Place: £1.40
Form: 3 BF
Last run: 23 days
W: 9st 2lb
2 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 12 (8) |
25th Oct 2025 Standard 0m 7f 36y Class 5 |
9st 0lb |
Won over this trip at Musselburgh last summer but hasn't added to tally and needs to improve for the switch back to AW/drop to 7f if she's to win this. |
20/1 |
|
6 (6) |
19th Sep 2025 Soft 1m 0f 0y Class 5 |
9st 6lb |
Well beaten in her last four races and perhaps better at 7f than 1m. |
20/1 |
|
7 (1) |
14th Sep 2025 Good 1m 0f 2y Class 5 |
9st 0lb |
Course scorer who hinted at a revival when seventh of ten in 9f Carlisle handicap 13 days ago; not without interest off a 3lb lower mark here. |
8/1 |
10/1
Form: 42315
Last run: 2 days
W: 9st 2lb
2 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 13 (15) |
4th Nov 2025 Good To Soft 0m 7f 219y Class 6 |
8st 8lb |
Rediscovered winning ways at Musselburgh (7f, good; 16-1) in August but she has proved troublesome since, failing to offer anything positive at Ayr, Catterick or Musselburgh (7f-1m); clear and obvious risks attached. |
25/1 |
|
10th 13 (15) |
4th Nov 2025 Good To Soft 0m 7f 219y Class 6 |
8st 8lb |
Rediscovered winning ways at Musselburgh (7f, good; 16-1) in August but she has proved troublesome since, failing to offer anything positive at Ayr, Catterick or Musselburgh (7f-1m); clear and obvious risks attached. |
25/1 |
|
10th 13 (15) |
4th Nov 2025 Good To Soft 0m 7f 219y Class 6 |
8st 8lb |
Rediscovered winning ways at Musselburgh (7f, good; 16-1) in August but she has proved troublesome since, failing to offer anything positive at Ayr, Catterick or Musselburgh (7f-1m); clear and obvious risks attached. |
25/1 |
33/1
Form: 44
Last run: 21 days
W: 9st 0lb
2 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 11 (1) |
25th Aug 2025 Standard 0m 6f 16y Class 6 |
9st 4lb |
Hard to fault her consistency in turf handicaps this summer, most recently finishing a close third at Carlisle two weeks ago (7f, good); needs to pull out extra to break her duck but the combination of a switch to AW and new blinkers might help. |
6/1 |
|
9 (12) |
12th Aug 2025 Good 0m 6f 195y Class 6 |
8st 13lb |
0-11 but she's been placed seven times, including her last five runs; her mark hasn't moved and another solid effort looks on the cards. |
11/2 |
|
10 (4) |
23rd Jul 2025 Good To Soft 0m 6f 0y Class 6 |
8st 13lb |
Acts on good to firm and good to soft; record of 0-10 but she's been placed in her last four runs including when runner-up behind an improver here (7f) last week; should get a decent pace on this drop back in trip and she's a big player in this ordinary race. |
15/8 |
20/1
Form: 6
Last run: 9 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 10 |
29th May 2026 Standard 1m 4f 51y Class 5 |
10st 5lb
|
Remains winless but he shaped well in first-time blinkers for his new yard when second of eight in 8.5f handicap at Beverley last month; can go well again in retained headgear if his stamina holds out over this much longer trip. |
5/1 |
|
2nd 2 (5) |
23rd Apr 2026 Good 1m 0f 100y Class 6 |
9st 8lb |
Sold for 9,000gns since his sole start (2m) for Micky Hammond; still a maiden and drops back markedly in trip but has possibilities on the pick of his form for William Knight; wears new headgear on debut for Ed Bethell; market may offer further guidance. |
4/1 |
|
12 (15) |
14th Oct 2025 Good 1m 2f 0y Class 6 |
9st 4lb |
Mainly consistent but yet to win a race; several decent placed runs from 1m to 1m3.5f this season; goes on any ground; each-way chance. |
12/1 |
10/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 2lb
2 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 6 (2) |
29th Jul 2024 Standard 0m 7f 36y Class 5 |
9st 2lb |
Low-level form in two 6f novice events on good to soft turf this summer; extra furlong not enough to tempt. |
66/1 |
|
8th 9 (8) |
17th Jul 2024 Good To Soft 0m 6f 0y Class 5 |
9st 2lb |
25-1, never involved on 6f Ripon debut (good to soft) four weeks ago; Ann Terry looks the stable's main hope. |
33/1 |
|
7th 8 (2) |
20th Jun 2024 Soft 0m 6f 0y Class 5 |
9st 2lb |
22,000euros yearling; one 1m2f listed scorer among the 5f 2yo-winning dam's siblings but sprint prowess largely dominates the pedigree otherwise (granddam additionally won at 2); definite appeal. |
10/1 |
25/1
Form: 7
Last run: 6 days
W: 9st 2lb
2 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 4 (7) |
5th May 2026 Standard 1m 0f 142y Class 6 |
9st 5lb |
She should be well handicapped now and her last two runs have both been respectable; cheekpieces tried last time are now replaced by first-time blinkers; one to consider. |
5/2 |
|
3rd 4 (1) |
30th Apr 2026 Good 1m 1f 21y Class 6 |
9st 0lb |
With Ian Williams for last two outings, finding 7f too sharp on first occasion and maybe 1m3f too far on second; now she splits the difference and is very well handicapped judged on plenty of form, including a 1m2f win last June; could be dangerous in first-time headgear. |
5/1 |
|
4th 6 (1) |
28th Mar 2026 Standard 1m 3f 23y Class 6 |
9st 6lb |
Ran encouragingly over C&D on final start during brief spell with Thomas Faulkner and found 7f too sharp on debut for Ian Williams; very well handicapped on best form and looks interesting back up in trip. |
9/2 |
6/1
Form: 4
Last run: 9 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
14th 2 (7) |
3rd Jul 2024 Good 0m 6f 0y Class 5 |
9st 7lb |
Folded tamely at Ripon (6f, good to soft) two weeks ago, failing to back up the Wetherby effort (5.5f, good) that is about a stone below the RPR standard in this field. |
25/1 |
|
9th 1 (5) |
20th Jun 2024 Soft 0m 6f 0y Class 5 |
9st 7lb |
Working it out with a vengeance late on last week's Wetherby debut (5.5f, good), keeping on eyecatchingly having been slowly away and green; yard has had another 2yo winner (second time out) since; player. |
6/1 |
|
4th 1 (1) |
11th Jun 2024 Good To Firm 0m 5f 110y Class 4 |
9st 7lb |
28,000euros yearling; half-brother to a sprint winner in Italy; dam a minor 1m winner; stable has had a couple of 2yo winners this season (including first time out) and he's worth a market check. |
10/1 |
16/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 5lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 3 (1) |
18th Oct 2024 Standard 0m 6f 0y Class 6 |
9st 10lb |
Heavy defeats since switched to nurseries but he's dropped 11lb and now reverts to sprinting; carries risk but a revival wouldn't be a complete bolt from the blue. |
16/1 |
|
9th 5 |
29th Sep 2024 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 6 |
9st 10lb
|
took keen hold, towards rear on outer |
16/1 |
|
10th 5 (8) |
7th Sep 2024 Good 0m 7f 218y Class 5 |
9st 4lb |
towards rear |
20/1 |
Non-runners
Capla Daviekins
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £21.90 |
| Straight Forecast | £21.06 |
| Trifecta | £91.00 |
Selections
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