November 16 / 12.10 Uttoxeter

12.10

Good

Crown Cellars Wine Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £4193.42
  • 2m 3f 207y
  • Class 4
  • 6 runners
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Crown Cellars Wine Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Runners: 6 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Scattered showers

8/11 (Won)

  • Win: £1.54
  • Place: £1.10

Form: 21-

Last run: 211 days

W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Recruited for 200,000euros after winning a point; outpaced by the speedier Tripoli Flyer (smart) in an AW bumper before doing it comfortably when odds-on at Exeter (good); held in high regard by his top team and would have run in the Champion Bumper had his yard not been under a cloud.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

1st

2

21st Oct 2025

Good

2m 4f 20y

Class 3

15:00 Perth

Kingston Pride

11st 5lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Irish point winner who looked useful during three-race novice hurdle campaign for Nicky Henderson last season, signing off with small-field win at Kempton (2m5f, good) in March; probably still has potential, and new trainer Olly Murphy is evidently very keen to switch him to fences.

11/4

1st

1

15th Mar 2025

Good

2m 5f 0y

Class 4

15:57 Kempton

Kingston Pride

11st 7lb

J: Nico de Boinville

T: Nicky Henderson

raced in second, pushed along after 3 out, led just after 2 out, ridden run-in, stayed on

10/11

9/2

  • Place: £2.10

Form: /14/2-

Last run: 244 days

W: 11st 4lb

9 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Irish bumper winner on good ground; has been off for 244 days but was returning from an absence of 668 days when chasing home a good horse at Huntingdon in March (2m3f, soft); fair chance if replicating that level of form.
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1

29th Jun 2025

Good

2m 3f 207y

Class 4

15:40 Uttoxeter

Land Afar

12st 2lb

J: Conor Ring

T: Daniel Bourne

Wins have come in a bumper and a claiming hurdle; 40-1 when tailed off in a Ffos Las handicap most recently on yard debut.

66/1

1

5th Jun 2025

Good To Soft

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

21:00 Ffos Las

Land Afar

11st 11lb

J: Conor Ring

T: Daniel Bourne

Won a claimer at Ludlow (2m, good to soft) in December, then finished a respectable second of four in a novice the following month; however, form eventually tailed off and he was last seen suffering a heavy odds-on defeat in an Exeter seller in April; has since joined Daniel Bourne and change of scenery needs to spark a revival.

12/1

1

5th Jun 2025

Good To Soft

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

21:00 Ffos Las

Land Afar

11st 11lb

J: Conor Ring

T: Daniel Bourne

Won a claimer at Ludlow (2m, good to soft) in December, then finished a respectable second of four in a novice the following month; however, form eventually tailed off and he was last seen suffering a heavy odds-on defeat in an Exeter seller in April; has since joined Daniel Bourne and change of scenery needs to spark a revival.

12/1

Form: 335-3 BF

Last run: 24 days

W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Well related; has been competitive in all his races, though a beaten favourite in his last two (hurdling debut most recently; 2m3f, soft); has to raise his game to win this.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

1

9th Jun 2025

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 5

15:10 Southwell

French Symphony

12st 0lb

J: Ben Jones

T: Ben Pauling

0-3 in bumpers and 0-7 over hurdles, including four handicaps in which he was never that threatening; has crept down the weights ahead of this chase debut but he'll need his best form yet; cheekpieces join the tongue-tie worn the last twice.

3/1

3rd

3

9th May 2025

Good

2m 3f 147y

Class 4

19:15 Hereford

French Symphony

11st 5lb

J: Callum Pritchard

T: Ben Pauling

0-6 over hurdles; soundly beaten in two soft-ground handicaps at start of this year (both 2m4f) but subsequent fourth in Fontwell maiden (2m1f, good; first-time tongue-tie) was much more encouraging; can feature here if he builds on that effort.

11/2

3rd

3

9th May 2025

Good

2m 3f 147y

Class 4

19:15 Hereford

French Symphony

11st 5lb

J: Callum Pritchard

T: Ben Pauling

0-6 over hurdles; soundly beaten in two soft-ground handicaps at start of this year (both 2m4f) but subsequent fourth in Fontwell maiden (2m1f, good; first-time tongue-tie) was much more encouraging; can feature here if he builds on that effort.

11/2

OUR TIP

13/2

Form: 74-3

Last run: 31 days

W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Hooded for last three races; fourth to the well-regarded The New Lion in his final bumper and was a pleasing third over this far on hurdling debut at Wetherby (good to soft); likely to run well but clearly vulnerable against anything with proper potential.
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Verdict Starting price

2nd

7

15th Jan 2025

Heavy

3m 0f 52y

Class 4

16:08 Newbury

Job

11st 3lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Toby Lawes

led at steady pace

5/1

2nd

7

15th Jan 2025

Heavy

3m 0f 52y

Class 4

16:08 Newbury

Job

11st 3lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Toby Lawes

led at steady pace

5/1

1st

5

16th Dec 2024

Good To Soft

3m 0f 60y

Class 4

15:22 Southwell

Job

11st 10lb

J: Harry Bannister

T: Toby Lawes

Showed promise in the second of his two bumpers and he started his hurdling career with a creditable third of 13 at Wetherby (2m3f, good to soft) in October; failed to build on that at Uttoxeter but this 5yo is still unexposed and he needs watching in market now upped to 3m on handicap debut.

13/2

Form: 45-0

Last run: 16 days

W: 10st 11lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Respectable in bumpers but still left Nigel Twiston-Davies for £3,500 and finished a long way behind on hurdling debut at Stratford.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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2

4th Jun 2025

Good

3m 2f 105y

Class 5

15:35 Newton Abbot

Portobello Girl

11st 12lb

J: Joe Anderson

T: Alastair Ralph

Has improved recently and broke her duck at Stratford (3m2f, good) last month; up 3lb for that, unexposed and could have more to come.

5/2

2

4th Jun 2025

Good

3m 2f 105y

Class 5

15:35 Newton Abbot

Portobello Girl

11st 12lb

J: Joe Anderson

T: Alastair Ralph

Has improved recently and broke her duck at Stratford (3m2f, good) last month; up 3lb for that, unexposed and could have more to come.

5/2

2

18th May 2025

Good

3m 2f 83y

Class 5

14:50 Stratford

Portobello Girl

11st 4lb

J: Joe Anderson

T: Alastair Ralph

Low-mileage 6yo who looked suited by the step up to 2m7f when keeping on well for second at Uttoxeter (good) a fortnight ago; moves up in trip again today and can make her presence felt.

3/1

Form: 45-0

Last run: 18 days

W: 11st 4lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Winning pointer; tailed off in a Chepstow maiden last month and a line through the winner gives him lots to find with Job; hood tried.
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4th

8

15th Apr 2025

Good

3m 0f 60y

Class 5

17:00 Southwell

Jumble Jury

10st 8lb

J: Freddie Gingell

T: Neil King

No threat to front pair when keeping on for modest third here (2m4f, good) on recent handicap debut but some positives can be drawn from that performance and he might be seen in a better light over today's longer trip.

7/1

4th

8

15th Apr 2025

Good

3m 0f 60y

Class 5

17:00 Southwell

Jumble Jury

10st 8lb

J: Freddie Gingell

T: Neil King

midfield, headway after 4th, soon prominent

7/1

3rd

8

27th Mar 2025

Good

2m 4f 88y

Class 5

17:40 Southwell

Jumble Jury

10st 7lb

J: James Davies

T: Neil King

Point winner who goes handicapping off a lowly mark and shouldn't be written off, but he's shown very little on his three hurdle starts and improvement is necessary.

14/1

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Payout
Exacta £3.60
Straight Forecast £3.90
Trifecta £8.70

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Kingston Pride

POSTDATA:

Land Afar

The Times:

Job

The Guardian:

Job

RP RATINGS:

Kingston Pride

LAMBOURN:

Kingston Pride

Daily Mail:

Kingston Pride

D Express:

Kingston Pride

The Sun:

Kingston Pride

The Star:

Kingston Pride

Daily Record:

Kingston Pride

Telegraph:

Land Afar

Daily Mirror:

Land Afar