14.14
GoodMonks Bistro Handicap Hurdle
- Prize money: £10292.94
- 3m 1f 83y
- Class 3
- 7 runners
Runners: 7 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Partly cloudy
3/1 (Won)
- Win: £3.50
- Place: £1.60
Form: -13811 CD
Last run: 32 days
W: 12st 0lb
7 yo Mare
OR: 122
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
10th Dec 2024 Soft 2m 7f 70y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
Excels around Cartmel, completing a hat-trick when successful at that venue on final start in August 2022; returns off the same mark but wellbeing is clearly an unknown; market could be informative. |
16/1 |
9/1
- Place: £2.30
Form: 066382
Last run: 39 days
W: 11st 11lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 119
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 3 |
16th Aug 2025 Good 2m 7f 16y Class 4 |
11st 12lb |
Narrow winner at Carlisle in April (2m3.5f, good; second had won two previous races); has not fared quite as well since, including with a visor tried at Uttoxeter last time; regular cheekpieces back on here but he needs to bounce back now back up in trip (stays 3m well). |
10/1 |
|
5th 5 |
8th Jul 2025 Good 2m 7f 70y Class 3 |
11st 4lb |
2m3f success at Carlisle in April (good), his fifth career win; not at his best the last twice and a visor replaces cheekpieces. |
14/1 |
|
6 |
14th Jun 2025 Good 2m 4f 28y Class 3 |
11st 4lb |
Five-time winner, the latest over 2m3f at Carlisle in April (good); below par when last seen out a month ago and needs to bounce back. |
11/1 |
7/1
Form: 14-607 CD
Last run: 44 days
W: 11st 8lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 116
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 3 |
30th Jun 2024 Good 3m 1f 83y Class 5 |
11st 3lb |
Dual course winner (3m1f/2m6f) on good ground but the latest was nearly three years ago; tailed off behind Pateen last time and presumably rejected by Charlotte Jones who rides stablemate Secret Secret. |
20/1 |
|
8th 2 |
27th May 2024 Good To Soft 2m 6f 31y Class 5 |
11st 11lb |
midfield |
20/1 |
5/1
Form: 1-2212 D BF
Last run: 35 days
W: 11st 0lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 108
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
18th Aug 2025 Good To Firm 3m 3f 119y Class 5 |
11st 9lb |
On the downgrade now and returned from a break with 37l defeat behind My Girl Katie at Newton Abbot last month; might well have needed that outing and has conditions to suit here but others appeal more all the same; wears blinkers and cheekpieces simultaneously for the first time. |
11/2 |
|
2 |
4th Jul 2025 Good 3m 1f 170y Class 5 |
11st 13lb |
Five-time chase winner (once over C&D); returned to form with a string of good efforts in the autumn but absent since pulled up in Fakenham marathon just before Christmas and entitled to benefit from this outing. |
7/1 |
|
5 |
22nd Dec 2024 Good To Soft 3m 5f 24y Class 4 |
11st 0lb |
Close second in C&D (good) Norfolk National in early part of last season and was a 3m course winner (good to soft) last November; needed considerable help from the handicapper before last month's Warwick success (3m1f, good) but has been placed twice since and the return to this track is an obvious plus; cheekpieces removed after one use; big player. |
5/2 |
9/1
Form: 3354-6
Last run: 23 days
W: 12st 0lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 122
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10 |
27th Apr 2023 Yielding To Soft 4m 2f 0y |
11st 7lb |
Fair chaser who was at his best in 2018 when winning twice on good ground for Henry de Bromhead on good ground; soundly beaten in two races over this course this season; stiff task now having been pulled-up at Hexham four weeks ago. |
20/1 |
|
4 |
30th Mar 2023 Heavy 3m 0f 41y Class 4 |
11st 10lb |
5lb lower than when fair sixth of 20 at Cheltenham (3m1f, good) last October and represents respected Irish yard; however, he hasn't been at his best on his last three starts and the testing conditions could be a negative; needs to raise his game in a first-time tongue-tie. |
13/2 |
10/1
Form: 65-183
Last run: 34 days
W: 12st 0lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 122
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 1 |
29th Aug 2022 Good 3m 1f 83y Class 3 |
12st 0lb |
prominent, lost position 9th, ridden after 2 out, weakened last, tailed off |
10/1 |
2/1
Form: 2-1111 C
Last run: 44 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 120
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 7 |
9th May 2026 Good 2m 4f 28y Class 3 |
11st 6lb |
Has won eight of his 21 races over hurdles; doesn't seem to be the force of old as was pulled up at Haydock last time having finished last of eight on previous hurdle run. |
20/1 |
|
6 |
15th Apr 2026 Good 2m 5f 50y Class 2 |
10st 13lb |
Tailed off on his final hurdle start in November and three subsequent chase runs leave him with further questions to answer; potentially on a useful mark if he can get back on track, but there are clearly risks attached. |
25/1 |
|
3rd 1 |
14th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 2m 7f 91y Class 3 |
12st 0lb |
Useful hurdler; hasn't proved quite so effective in three runs over fences, but decent effort last time when third at Wetherby (2m3f, soft: runner-up has won since); prominent racer who has won over 3m; chance. |
9/2 |
Non-runners
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £12.60 |
| Straight Forecast | £12.60 |
| Trifecta | £42.70 |
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