September 08 / 16.35 Epsom

16.35

Good To Soft

Quick Ride By Quickslide Handicap

  • Prize money: £5076
  • 1m 0f 113y
  • Class 5
  • 7 runners
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Quick Ride By Quickslide Handicap

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Thunderstorms

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3/1 (Won)

  • Win: £10.00
  • Place: £2.30

Form: 4-2411 D

Last run: 89 days

W: 9st 7lb

3 yo Gelding

OR: 73

Form & Verdict
Unbeaten in blinkers (over 1m on good) and did well to overcome a wide trip at Bath in June when last seen; 3lb rise seems fair and he must go well again if okay on the track and still in the zone after his break.
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2nd

16

(5)

21st Oct 2022

Good To Soft

0m 7f 0y

Class 3

15:45 Newbury

Mount Kosciuszko

8st 13lb

J: Sean Levey

T: Richard Hannon

prominent up the centre, ridden under 3f out, wandered around but went second 2f out, edged left inside final furlong, kept on, no match for winner

6/1

2nd

1

(5)

13th Oct 2022

Good To Firm

0m 7f 216y

Class 5

14:05 Brighton

Mount Kosciuszko

9st 11lb

J: Pat Dobbs

T: Richard Hannon

midfield, going okay but waiting for room 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, switched right and not clear run over 1f out, soon ridden, in the clear and went third inside final furlong, ran on well inside final 110yds, just failed, eyecatcher

6/1

4th

7

(7)

5th Oct 2022

Good To Soft

1m 0f 75y

Class 4

16:55 Nottingham

Mount Kosciuszko

9st 8lb

J: Jamie Spencer

T: Richard Hannon

raced wide, prominent, switched right and up the centre from over 4f out, pushed along from over 2f out, ridden and weakened gradually from over 1f out

5/2

7/2

  • Place: £2.40

Form: 91-852

Last run: 75 days

W: 9st 7lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 73

Form & Verdict
No worse for coming back to 1m at Newmarket when chasing home an improving type who has gone on to better things; could have done with a truer gallop there as well; much respected off the same mark; her only run on ground softer than good was in the Cheshire Oaks.
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11th

6

(6)

3rd Oct 2022

Soft

1m 0f 6y

Class 4

14:30 Pontefract

Improvise

9st 4lb

J: Hollie Doyle

T: Michael Bell

dwelt start, took keen hold, hung right and in rear throughout (jockey said filly hung right throughout)

3/1

2nd

4

(2)

8th Sep 2022

Good To Soft

1m 0f 113y

Class 5

16:35 Epsom

Improvise

9st 7lb

J: Benoit De La Sayette

T: Michael Bell

pressed leader, led halfway, briefly headed and shaken up 2f out, drifted left inside final furlong, kept on but headed final strides, just caught

7/2

16/1

Form: 3-0368

Last run: 76 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 68

Form & Verdict
Third at Nottingham three runs ago (1m2f) but no better than sixth since and she's probably vulnerable back in distance.
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3rd

3

(7)

19th May 2026

Good

1m 3f 133y

Class 5

14:10 Lingfield

Big Bear Hug

9st 7lb

J: Pat Cosgrave

T: Jim Boyle

Made a winning stable debut at Goodwood (1m4f, good to soft) last June but she's now 12lb lower following some lesser efforts; better is needed but any rain will suit.

14/1

9th

9

(8)

4th May 2026

Standard To Slow

1m 2f 219y

Class 5

16:55 Kempton (AW)

Big Bear Hug

9st 5lb

J: Luke Catton

T: Jim Boyle

Made successful stable debut/reappearance at Goodwood (1m4f, good to soft) in June last year, but now 9lb lower for a reason; others stronger.

14/1

5th

7

(6)

8th Apr 2026

Standard To Slow

1m 2f 219y

Class 4

19:00 Kempton (AW)

Big Bear Hug

8st 12lb

J: Pat Cosgrave

T: Jim Boyle

Made a successful stable debut after seven months off at Goodwood (1m4f, good to soft) in June last year, but is now 7lb lower for a reason; others stronger.

33/1

4th
6 (1)
Tudor

4/1

Form: 34-622

Last run: 11 days

W: 9st 6lb

3 yo Gelding

OR: 72

Form & Verdict
Seems to be getting to grips with racing after finishing runner-up at Ffos Las and Yarmouth, with his latest conqueror probably well handicapped; needs respect off the same mark; unraced on ground softer than good.
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3

(7)

4th Oct 2023

Soft

1m 2f 50y

Class 4

17:12 Nottingham

Tudor

9st 5lb

J: J F Egan

T: Patrick Owens

Both wins have come on Polytrack (1m2f/1m4f) but he acts on soft ground (ran once on heavy); 0-11 on grass but he may have needed his latest start, when absent three months and representing a new stable; competitive mark judged on best turf/AW efforts.

12/1

4th

3

(3)

15th Sep 2023

Good

1m 1f 209y

Class 4

17:35 Sandown

Tudor

9st 12lb

J: J F Egan

T: Patrick Owens

in touch with leaders, headway over 2f out, weakening when bumped and carried left over 1f out

20/1

Form: 8-3421

Last run: 26 days

W: 9st 6lb

3 yo Gelding

OR: 72

Form & Verdict
Perhaps quirky but finished second and dead-heated for first since the hood went on so the headgear is working; fine at 1m or 1m2f and ran okay on soft ground earlier in the season; up 4lb but can go well.
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9th

7

(2)

17th Oct 2024

Standard

1m 3f 23y

Class 6

20:30 Southwell (AW)

Total Lockdown

9st 6lb

J: Christian Howarth

T: Alice Haynes

midfield

16/1

6th

2

(10)

8th Oct 2024

Good To Soft

1m 3f 198y

Class 6

15:40 Brighton

Total Lockdown

9st 7lb

J: Kieran O’Neill

T: Alice Haynes

towards rear

8/1

5th

3

(13)

16th Sep 2024

Good

1m 4f 8y

Class 6

13:45 Thirsk

Total Lockdown

9st 10lb

J: Christian Howarth

T: Alice Haynes

Ex-Martin Dunne, winning for him at Yarmouth in May (11.5f, good); missed the break and pulled too hard on stable debut at Windsor last time (11.4f, good to firm; first run after a break); should be better for that run

14/1

Form: 806506

Last run: 15 days

W: 9st 7lb

3 yo Gelding

OR: 73

Form & Verdict
Failed to progress in Ireland and quiet in all his runs for Mick Appleby; may come good eventually but it's hard to have confidence in him right now.
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8th

8

11th Sep 2023

Good

2m 0f 47y

Class 4

16:15 Perth

John The Baptist

10st 2lb

J: Liam Harrison

T: Fergal O’Brien

jumped right throughout, always behind, tailed off

7/1

Form: 6-3045

Last run: 76 days

W: 9st 9lb

3 yo Gelding

OR: 75

Form & Verdict
Not proven over this far but it's easy to make a case for him being well handicapped given the form he showed at two and he's well worth considering on the back of a gelding operation, especially if backed.
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3rd

10

(2)

22nd May 2026

Good

0m 5f 160y

Class 6

17:03 Bath

Sisters In The Sky

9st 0lb

J: Rossa Ryan

T: Grace Harris

Acts of firm and heavy ground; triple course winner who scored at Wolverhampton (6f, Tapeta) in January but he's been quiet there in last three runs; has bit to prove and needs to rediscover his spark back on turf.

14/1

8th

8

(7)

23rd Mar 2026

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 6

19:30 Wolverhampton (AW)

Sisters In The Sky

9st 1lb

J: Finley Marsh

T: Grace Harris

Gained the latest of his nine wins in a C&D handicap in January; good second here next time but his form has cooled in classified events over C&D in last two runs; bit to prove and he needs to get back on track.

10/1

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £21.60
Straight Forecast £36.14
Trifecta £126.60

Selections

Telegraph:

Mount Kosciuszko

SPOTLIGHT:

Sisters In The Sky

TOPSPEED:

Total Lockdown

NEWMARKET:

Improvise

RP Ratings:

John The Baptist

Daily Express:

Tudor

POSTDATA:

Total Lockdown

The Sun:

Total Lockdown

The Times:

Improvise

The Guardian:

Mount Kosciuszko

Daily Mirror:

Mount Kosciuszko

Daily Record:

Mount Kosciuszko

LAMBOURN:

Sisters In The Sky

Daily Mail:

Sisters In The Sky

The Star:

Sisters In The Sky