19.05
Good To FirmMelita Group Nursery Handicap
- Prize money: £3663.8
- 0m 5f 0y
- Class 6
- 8 runners
Runners: 8 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Cloudy
5/1 (Won)
- Win: £5.00
- Place: £1.60
Form: 635
Last run: 11 days
W: 9st 8lb
2 yo Colt
OR: 64
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 5 (7) |
6th Jul 2026 Good 0m 5f 0y Class 4 |
9st 7lb |
Prevailed in small field at Catterick (5f) last time; however, no certainty to follow up off revised mark in this deeper race against mostly rivals who already have winning form at Ripon; 0-3 here. |
6/1 |
|
1st 4 (5) |
22nd Jun 2026 Good 0m 5f 0y Class 5 |
9st 7lb |
All his wins have been over 5f on fast ground, two of them last season (one over C&D, the other at Beverley); good third at Ripon two runs back (5f); fair chance on going that suits. |
7/2 |
|
3rd 2 (5) |
10th Jun 2026 Good 0m 5f 7y Class 5 |
9st 9lb |
Didn't have things go smoothly but stuck on positively down the outer when closing third (Canaria Queen second) at Ripon (5f, good) a fortnight ago; two of his three wins have been at tracks with a stiff uphill finish (Beverley and Leicester) and he's handicapped to go close at the least. |
7/2 |
9/2
- Place: £2.60
Form: 5763
Last run: 14 days
W: 8st 8lb
2 yo Filly
OR: 50
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 10 (5) |
7th Jul 2026 Good 0m 5f 3y Class 5 |
9st 1lb |
Won her first two starts for the yard in May last year, but her form since then has been uneven; well held on last month's Thirsk return (5f, good; first start since a second wind operation) and she needs to improve on that. |
16/1 |
|
9th 9 (6) |
5th Jun 2026 Good To Soft 0m 5f 0y Class 5 |
9st 5lb |
Won her first two starts for this yard at Redcar (good to firm) and Catterick (good to soft) last May, but she was last of eight at the latter track when last seen 291 days ago; has since had wind surgery. |
20/1 |
|
8th 7 (6) |
18th Aug 2025 Good To Firm 0m 5f 0y Class 5 |
9st 3lb |
Went back-to-back in May on her first two runs for this yard but appeared to give her running when a well-held second last time and might be high in the weights now. |
5/1 |
10/1
- Place: £2.40
Form: 256
Last run: 18 days
W: 9st 10lb
2 yo Filly
OR: 66
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 8 (3) |
1st Jul 2026 Firm 0m 5f 160y Class 6 |
8st 9lb |
Best of the rest behind Neptune Legend over C&D in May (sole course run) but she's struggled since. |
20/1 |
|
10th 8 (10) |
21st Jun 2026 Good 0m 6f 210y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Just one win to her name (5f, AW) from 35 starts and she has finished out the back on her last two starts; steps up to 7f with a point to prove. |
25/1 |
|
8th 7 (2) |
9th Jun 2026 Good To Soft 0m 5f 60y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Just 1-34 and her latest Wolverhampton effort (5f, AW) was modest, but she had previously run well under a positive ride when second of 12 in a 0-55 handicap at Bath (5.7f, good to firm); each-way claims if producing her best. |
9/1 |
7/2
Form: 844
Last run: 18 days
W: 9st 0lb
2 yo Filly
OR: 56
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 4 (7) |
1st Oct 2024 Standard 0m 6f 0y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Sole Tapeta effort, when springing a 25-1 surprise off a 5lb lower mark over 6f at Southwell, was a good bit better than any of her five turf efforts; one to consider back on the AW. |
10/1 |
|
8th 7 (2) |
16th Sep 2024 Good 0m 6f 0y Class 6 |
9st 4lb |
Showed improved form on AW debut (second handicap start, first run at 6f) when a 25-1 winner of a Southwell nursery last time; up 5lb; chance if reproducing that form if as good back on grass. |
11/2 |
14/1
Form: 548
Last run: 32 days
W: 9st 11lb
2 yo Colt
OR: 67
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 1 (10) |
13th Jun 2026 Good To Soft 0m 5f 10y Class 6 |
9st 11lb |
Scored three times (including over C&D) in 2025; back to his best in refitted blinkers with head second of nine in 5f Chepstow handicap a week ago; up 3lb but holds very good claims with talented 3lb claimer Jack Callan up. |
100/30 |
|
2nd 6 (6) |
6th Jun 2026 Good To Soft 0m 5f 16y Class 6 |
9st 3lb |
A three-time 5f winner in 2025; yet to hit top form this season though, going without headgear after three months off when last of 12 in 6f handicap here 16 days ago; blinkers return but he needs to get back on track. |
14/1 |
|
12th 5 (3) |
21st May 2026 Good To Soft 0m 6f 16y Class 6 |
9st 5lb |
Three 5f wins on turf include his last start on grass in good-ground Haydock handicap (first-time blinkers; has won on heavy) in October; didn't quite match that in seven AW starts subsequently but now 2lb below that winning mark; placed just once from five starts at 6f and no headgear today, however. |
10/1 |
6/1
Form: 025424
Last run: 14 days
W: 9st 4lb
2 yo Filly
OR: 60
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 7 (9) |
18th Oct 2024 Standard 0m 6f 0y Class 6 |
9st 5lb |
Exposed 12-race maiden but she's slipping down the weights and she wasn't beaten far over C&D 17 days ago; still to totally convince over this trip though. |
8/1 |
|
5th 10 (2) |
1st Oct 2024 Standard 0m 6f 0y Class 6 |
9st 2lb |
Exposed maiden who started the bigger price of her trainer's pair when a well-held third behind Indy's Angel over C&D last Tuesday (first run beyond 5f); hard to find a reason why she'll turn things round. |
12/1 |
|
3rd 4 (9) |
24th Sep 2024 Standard 0m 6f 0y Class 6 |
9st 7lb |
Ten-race maiden who has raced exclusively at 5f; runner-up a couple of times at Catterick but she's not progressing and hopes rest on the extra furlong having a positive effect; yard runs two. |
10/1 |
10/1
Form: 04463
Last run: 38 days
W: 9st 9lb
2 yo Gelding
OR: 65
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 2 (2) |
6th Feb 2025 Standard 0m 4f 214y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
in touch with leaders |
10/1 |
|
6th 2 (2) |
6th Feb 2025 Standard 0m 4f 214y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
in touch with leaders |
10/1 |
4/1
Form: 534
Last run: 57 days
W: 9st 9lb
2 yo Filly
OR: 65
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 8 (1) |
5th Jun 2026 Good 0m 5f 160y Class 5 |
9st 1lb |
Scored over C&D on heavy in October 2024 and recorded her second win, at Windsor (6f, soft), last September; below that form on her two subsequent starts last year and watching brief advised on this reappearance unless the ground turns in her favour. |
16/1 |
|
10th 7 (10) |
9th Oct 2025 Good To Soft 0m 5f 160y Class 5 |
9st 3lb |
Took a C&D nursery (heavy) this time last year and September's Windsor score reaffirmed her greater effectiveness on slow ground, so largely drying forecast not ideal; back down 2lb now unpenalised again, at least. |
16/1 |
|
9th 12 (10) |
8th Sep 2025 Soft 0m 6f 12y Class 4 |
9st 1lb |
Seems ideally suited by testing ground, winning a nursery on heavy last season and running her best race for her new stable when powering home over C&D last week (soft); penalty demands more but she's coming here at the top of her game and that doesn't apply to several of her rivals. |
5/1 |
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £41.30 |
| Straight Forecast | £42.75 |
| Tricast | £374.08 |
| Trifecta | £285.70 |