September 20 / 17.15 Newbury

17.15

Good To Soft

Fitzdares Handicap

  • Prize money: £7327.6
  • 1m 2f 0y
  • Class 4
  • 10 runners
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Fitzdares Handicap

Runners: 10 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

10/1 (Won)

  • Win: £6.50
  • Place: £1.90

Form: 514125 D

Last run: 36 days

W: 9st 8lb

3 yo Gelding

OR: 84

Form & Verdict
Novice winner in June and pretty solid in his four 1m2f handicaps, including a win at Windsor three starts back; needs to resume progress, though.
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3rd

11

(8)

13th Jun 2026

Good To Soft

1m 2f 70y

Class 3

15:23 Chester

Due To Henry

8st 5lb

J: Sean D Bowen

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Last won at Newbury (1m2f, soft) in September 2024; patchy form in nine subsequent starts includes a fifth of seven at Windsor (11.5f, good) last month; others hold stronger claims.

10/1

5th

5

(3)

18th May 2026

Good

1m 3f 99y

Class 4

19:40 Windsor

Due To Henry

9st 2lb

J: Charles Bishop

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Acts on good to firm and soft; all three wins have been on turf and he returned to form after a break with a near-miss at Haydock (10.4f) last month; up 3lb but he pulled clear of the third last time and is a big player if he can back that up.

4/1

2nd

9

(4)

25th Apr 2026

Good

1m 2f 100y

Class 4

15:10 Haydock

Due To Henry

8st 13lb

J: Charles Bishop

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Three wins, two on soft ground, as a 3yo and he is now 9lb lower than for the latest; generally struggled last year though, before and after wind surgery, and he has too much to prove for comfort.

25/1

OUR TIP

7/1

  • Place: £1.70

Form: 0-8025 CD

Last run: 27 days

W: 10st 1lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 86

Form & Verdict
Won consecutive 1m2f Newbury races (soft and good) in spring 2023; second at Ascot on penultimate start has been clearly his best show this season and he blew the start at Goodwood (4-1) on latest; needs peak form to win.
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4

(8)

12th Jun 2026

Good

1m 1f 209y

Class 3

15:23 Sandown

Mustazeed

9st 8lb

J: Saffie Osborne

T: Harry Eustace

Very capable off this mark when on his game but he refused to race on final run of last season and hasn't looked overly keen to get involved this campaign.

50/1

11th

6

(10)

15th May 2026

Good

1m 2f 0y

Class 3

14:40 Newbury

Mustazeed

9st 5lb

J: Kaiya Fraser

T: Harry Eustace

4-9 over C&D including landing this race three years ago, but his starts have increasingly become a problem, flatly refusing to do so here in October; too risky.

20/1

10th

9

(1)

28th Mar 2026

Standard To Slow

1m 2f 219y

Class 2

14:42 Kempton (AW)

Mustazeed

8st 13lb

J: Lewis Edmunds

T: Harry Eustace

Increasing tendency to blow the start last season culminated in a refusal to race on final appearance; that was at Newbury, where he'd previously been at his best; he's contrastingly 0-6 on AW and none of his form in this sphere lives up to today's mark; probably best watched.

40/1

14/1

  • Place: £2.30

Form: -18679

Last run: 30 days

W: 9st 5lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 76

Form & Verdict
Three 1m wins in 2023 (good and good to firm) but she hasn't gone on from a successful reappearance at Leicester (good to soft) in May, markedly so on last two starts; has it to prove upped to 1m2f.
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6th

3

(2)

17th May 2026

Good

1m 1f 35y

Class 3

17:45 Hamilton

Azahara Palace

9st 10lb

J: Mikey Sheehy

T: Adrian Paul Keatley

A fair 1m4f scorer for Hughie Morrison who showed winning hurdling form over the winter for her current yard; not out of things back in this sphere with a visor added.

10/1

8

18th Apr 2026

Soft

3m 0f 70y

Class 2

14:55 Ayr

Azahara Palace

10st 3lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Adrian Paul Keatley

She's run reasonably well, albeit without seriously threatening, in her first two handicap hurdles (2m1f/2m, soft/good to soft); won five times on the Flat (at up to 1m4f) and she could have more to offer in this code, but it remains to be seen whether she'll stay this far.

20/1

7th

6

21st Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 0f 51y

Class 2

14:10 Kelso

Azahara Palace

10st 13lb

J: Ryan Mania

T: Adrian Paul Keatley

Five-time Flat winner (including on good ground) who won at Hexham (2m, heavy) in December on second hurdle start; 6l second of 14 behind improving winner on handicap hurdle debut at Carlisle (2m1f, soft) last month and could still be capable of better in this code in view of her Flat form.

16/1

8/1

Form: 613 BF

Last run: 113 days

W: 9st 7lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 83

Form & Verdict
Showed promise here (1m, good to soft) on debut and built on that with a convincing novice win at Windsor (1m, soft) 16 days later; underperformed when 4-7 in a novice at Carlisle (1m1f, soft) in May on his only start since, so he's an unexposed handicap newcomer and worth a market check.
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4th

11

(5)

12th Jun 2026

Good

1m 1f 209y

Class 3

15:23 Sandown

Galyx

9st 2lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: Jack Channon

Down the field at York a month ago after 322 days off but that was on good ground and his best form has come on soft and heavy; handicapped to go well should conditions turn in his favour.

14/1

13th

1

(9)

13th May 2026

Good

1m 3f 188y

Class 4

17:15 York

Galyx

9st 9lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: Jack Channon

Peak efforts have been on soft or heavy ground, including two wins as 3yo and a creditable place last June when last seen (1m3f; not proven over this far); only eight races in total and he could still have more to give, but substantial rain may be needed; withdrawn twice recently when it didn't arrive.

7/1

Form: -45756

Last run: 27 days

W: 8st 9lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 71

Form & Verdict
Turf win in a 7f novice as 2yo; bits of fair form this year but he didn't prove his stamina for 1m2f on last two outings and it's best to wait until he does.
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1st

6

(10)

4th Nov 2024

Standard To Slow

0m 7f 0y

Class 5

16:02 Kempton (AW)

Bigbertiebassett

9st 8lb

J: Lewis Edmunds

T: William Muir & Chris Grassick

took keen hold, prominent, ridden and went second over 1f out, led final 110yds, kept on

4/1

1st

6

(10)

4th Nov 2024

Standard To Slow

0m 7f 0y

Class 5

16:02 Kempton (AW)

Bigbertiebassett

9st 8lb

J: Lewis Edmunds

T: William Muir & Chris Grassick

took keen hold, prominent, ridden and went second over 1f out, led final 110yds, kept on

4/1

2nd

7

(6)

23rd Oct 2024

Standard To Slow

1m 0f 0y

Class 5

19:10 Kempton (AW)

Bigbertiebassett

9st 7lb

J: Lewis Edmunds

T: William Muir & Chris Grassick

led early, headed and prominent after 1f

9/2

5/1

Form: -42122 D

Last run: 43 days

W: 9st 8lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 84

Form & Verdict
Unraced on firmer than good; won at Lingfield (1m2f, AW) in June and runner-up at Sandown (1m2f) in his two starts since; best form came on soft ground on penultimate start; considered each-way.
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3rd

2

(6)

27th Jun 2026

Good

1m 7f 196y

Class 4

17:20 Chester

Midnight Rumble

9st 9lb

J: Sean Levey

T: Jake Thomas Coulson

Much respected on his form for Alan King, for all that he was 1-22 for that yard; following a 30,000gns sale he ran okay over C&D on last month's stable debut, but no more than that.

10/1

5th

1

(1)

30th May 2026

Good To Soft

1m 7f 196y

Class 4

14:53 Chester

Midnight Rumble

10st 0lb

J: Joe Leavy

T: Jake Thomas Coulson

Sole win (22 races) was on AW in June 2024; five seconds on turf and bang there on AW (1m3f/1m4f) on last two starts before 30,000gns sale (left Alan King) in April, but this is the first time he's gone beyond that on Flat.

12/1

4th

8

(2)

6th Apr 2026

Standard To Slow

1m 3f 219y

Class 3

15:30 Kempton (AW)

Midnight Rumble

9st 2lb

J: Rossa Ryan

T: Alan King

Sole win in 1m2f Lingfield AW handicap nearly two years ago; has been running well since back on AW of late but it's pushing it to call him well handicapped in this competitive race.

8/1

7th
12 (4)
Achillea

33/1

Form: -00957

Last run: 15 days

W: 8st 11lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 68

Form & Verdict
Won twice off 6lb higher last year but she's not fired on all cylinders this term; goes beyond 8.6f for the first time in this revival bid.
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2nd

8

(7)

19th Nov 2024

Standard

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

13:40 Lingfield (AW)

Achillea

9st 2lb

J: Robert Havlin

T: Dean Ivory

Has won two of her four Polytrack handicaps, over 1m here last autumn and 1m2f at Chelmsford in October; creditable show back here last week but others perhaps more interesting now from a handicapping viewpoint.

8/1

2nd

8

(7)

19th Nov 2024

Standard

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

13:40 Lingfield (AW)

Achillea

9st 2lb

J: Robert Havlin

T: Dean Ivory

Has won two of her four Polytrack handicaps, over 1m here last autumn and 1m2f at Chelmsford in October; creditable show back here last week but others perhaps more interesting now from a handicapping viewpoint.

8/1

4th

3

(10)

13th Nov 2024

Standard

1m 2f 0y

Class 5

11:35 Lingfield (AW)

Achillea

9st 12lb

J: Callum Hutchinson

T: Dean Ivory

Course winner off 6lb higher this time last year who's come back to form since returned to the AW; didn't see out 1m3f on Tapeta last time but had previously been fine with this trip at Chelmsford; player.

4/1

Form: 43/67-

Last run: 498 days

W: 9st 10lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 81

Form & Verdict
Best results as 2yo and 3yo came on soft or heavy; never dangerous in mid-division over 1m2f on soft at Newbury and Chester last spring, his very slow start in the latter appearing to make it a creditable effort; off 498 days and it remains to be seen whether this ground is ideal.
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8th

3

(8)

20th Sep 2024

Good To Soft

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

17:15 Newbury

Amor Vincit Omnia

9st 10lb

J: Pierre-Louis Jamin

T: Harry Eustace

in rear throughout

33/1

7th

7

(11)

11th May 2023

Good To Soft

1m 2f 70y

Class 3

15:45 Chester

Amor Vincit Omnia

9st 2lb

J: Pierre-Louis Jamin

T: Harry Eustace

Won once as 2yo and his two best results last term also came on soft or heavy; unraced beyond 1m (has stamina on the dam's side) until his never-dangerous sixth of 15 behind a stablemate at Newbury (1m2f, soft) on last month's stable debut, when below form but he could build on that.

7/1

Form: 3-8322

Last run: 4 days

W: 8st 10lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 72

Form & Verdict
Seven-race maiden; best efforts when close second at Newcastle (1m2f, AW) and Kempton (1m, AW; four days ago) on last two outings but his turf form (two maidens and one July handicap) is well below that level.
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2nd

7

(3)

29th Jan 2025

Standard To Slow

0m 7f 0y

Class 5

19:00 Kempton (AW)

Willy Campbell

9st 7lb

J: Liam Keniry

T: Dominic Ffrench Davis

11-race maiden who was runner-up twice on AW last September, latterly over 1m here; not proven over 7f (last tried it on penultimate start) and below-form favourite over the Wolverhampton 8.6f on latest outing, which sees headgear enlisted today.

10/1

2nd

7

(3)

29th Jan 2025

Standard To Slow

0m 7f 0y

Class 5

19:00 Kempton (AW)

Willy Campbell

9st 7lb

J: Liam Keniry

T: Dominic Ffrench Davis

11-race maiden who was runner-up twice on AW last September, latterly over 1m here; not proven over 7f (last tried it on penultimate start) and below-form favourite over the Wolverhampton 8.6f on latest outing, which sees headgear enlisted today.

10/1

8th

4

(6)

20th Dec 2024

Standard

1m 0f 142y

Class 5

19:30 Wolverhampton (AW)

Willy Campbell

9st 7lb

J: Liam Keniry

T: Dominic Ffrench Davis

in touch with leaders

5/1

10th
8 (10)
Didaar

33/1

Form: 8264

Last run: 13 days

W: 9st 7lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 83

Form & Verdict
Short-headed in four-runner novice at Doncaster (1m2f, good to firm) in August; while fourth of five on handicap debut at Thirsk (1m4f, good) 13 days ago was his best form, it does not suggest he's on a good mark; early days.
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3rd

4

(4)

18th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 50y

Class 5

20:43 Nottingham

Didaar

9st 6lb

J: Jake Dickson

T: Gihan Arnolda

Off the mark at the 18th attempt over C&D (good to firm) two weeks ago off 3lb lower on his second run for this yard, with Jake Dickson aboard him; needs to come on again in this higher grade.

100/30

1st

1

(2)

4th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 50y

Class 6

21:00 Nottingham

Didaar

9st 9lb

J: Jake Dickson

T: Gihan Arnolda

17-race maiden but he's on a reduced mark and made some late headway on his stable/seasonal debut at Newmarket (1m, good to firm) two weeks ago; was only beaten around 4l in that race and he could be dangerous back up in trip and down in grade; cheekpieces reapplied.

11/2

7th

3

(2)

20th Jun 2026

Good

1m 0f 0y

Class 5

13:24 Newmarket (July)

Didaar

9st 8lb

J: Taryn Langley

T: Gihan Arnolda

16-race maiden who was far from disgraced in a brief spell with Denis Quinn, including when beaten a fraction over 3l despite not getting much luck at Lingfield (1m2f, AW) last time; career-low mark and this return to 1m and turf is no problem on his stable debut.

10/1

Non-runners

More Thunder, Crimson Road, Shamran, Odin Legacy

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Payout
Exacta £34.60
Straight Forecast £38.41
Tricast £222.56
Trifecta £188.90

Selections

The Times:

More Thunder

RP RATINGS:

Midnight Rumble

SPOTLIGHT:

Shamran

The Star:

Galyx

NEWMARKET:

Crimson Road

TOPSPEED:

Bigbertiebassett

The Guardian:

Azahara Palace

Telegraph:

More Thunder

Daily Mail:

More Thunder

D Express:

More Thunder

The Sun:

More Thunder

Daily Record:

More Thunder

POSTDATA:

Midnight Rumble

Daily Mirror:

Midnight Rumble