12.50
Good To SoftHeat Your Home With Alpha Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
- Prize money: £3539.9
- 2m 5f 0y
- Class 4
- 17 runners
Runners: 17 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
Abandoned
Form: U
Last run: 34 days
W: 11st 4lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 |
28th Feb 2023 Good To Firm 2m 6f 151y Class 5 |
11st 2lb |
Had little to beat when point winner last spring (good); well held in two hurdle completions on soft but this looks more his cup of tea, going handicapping over fences back on a sound surface; first-time aids fitted. |
3/1 |
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1 |
23rd Jan 2023 Soft 2m 4f 0y Class 4 |
11st 10lb |
Good-ground point winner; needs to improve on what he's shown in two rules starts (latest on soft) and looks likely to be more interesting when switched to handicaps. |
33/1 |
Abandoned
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 4lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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7 |
28th Aug 2026 Good 2m 5f 135y Class 5 |
10st 3lb |
0-22 in points and 0-19 under rules; not favoured by the weights when well beaten in two novice hurdles this summer and has more realistic chance to get competitive in this race but still makes only limited appeal. |
25/1 |
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5th 4 |
18th Jul 2026 Good 2m 4f 139y Class 4 |
11st 0lb |
0-22 in points and now 0-18 under rules (0-14 over fences) after finishing a tailed-off runner-up in a novice hurdle at Newton Abbot. |
100/1 |
Abandoned
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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5 |
24th Mar 2023 Good To Soft 2m 4f 118y Class 4 |
11st 5lb |
Fetched £100,000 after comfortably winning an Irish point (3m, good); trainer was complimentary about him in his pre-season Stable Tour and he reportedly bled when pulled up on his hurdling debut at Ffos Las (2m4f, soft; 7-2); remains interesting. |
33/1 |
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5 |
22nd Dec 2022 Good To Soft 2m 4f 0y Class 4 |
11st 0lb |
Fetched £100,000 after comfortably winning an Irish point (3m, good) and the third has gone on to be placed in maiden hurdles; top trainer was positive about him in his Stable Tour. |
12/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 58P
Last run: 76 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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8th 14 |
24th Sep 2024 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
0-20 under rules; not as far out of the weights today as is sometimes the case but still makes only limited appeal in first-time blinkers. |
25/1 |
|
13 |
28th Aug 2024 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
19-race maiden; modest form in 12 chase starts, although had a stiff task from a long way out of the weights last time; out of the handicap again but not entirely ruled out on the pick of past form. |
16/1 |
|
10th 10 |
21st Jul 2024 Good 2m 3f 98y Class 4 |
10st 2lb |
18-race maiden who brings no form claims from so far out of the weights. |
66/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 85-0
Last run: 18 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 |
11th Jun 2026 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
11st 11lb |
Not beaten far when last of four in Warwick hunter chase (3m, good) last month but managed only fifth of seven in a subsequent point; back in a handicap chase for stable debut; quite tricky to weigh up at the moment; seems best suited by good ground. |
20/1 |
|
4th 2 |
9th May 2026 Good 3m 0f 0y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
Sole success came over hurdles in June 2023; last of three finishers at Leicester (2m6f, heavy) in February and beaten three times in points since, including in a match; has his work cut out here. |
20/1 |
|
3rd 2 |
12th Feb 2026 Heavy 2m 6f 151y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
Sole win came over hurdles in June 2023 off a basement mark; he's up against it on his second start back from an absence. |
33/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 1-P
Last run: 23 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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10th 7 |
25th Apr 2025 Good To Soft 2m 5f 164y Class 4 |
11st 4lb |
Acts on good and soft ground; dual novice winner (2m4f/2m1f) in 2022-23 season and remains lightly raced but he returned after 666 days off with a heavy defeat at Stratford in February; tongue-tie is now added and he needs to bounce back near best. |
25/1 |
|
10th 7 |
25th Apr 2025 Good To Soft 2m 5f 164y Class 4 |
11st 4lb |
Acts on good and soft ground; dual novice winner (2m4f/2m1f) in 2022-23 season and remains lightly raced but he returned after 666 days off with a heavy defeat at Stratford in February; tongue-tie is now added and he needs to bounce back near best. |
25/1 |
|
9th 4 |
3rd Feb 2025 Good To Soft 2m 4f 88y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
Dual novice winner (2m4f/2m1f) in 2022-23 season and remains lightly raced but has fitness to prove after 666-day absence; the betting market may point the way. |
20/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 9P4-
Last run: 260 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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4th 1 |
23rd Mar 2023 Good To Soft 2m 5f 55y Class 4 |
11st 7lb |
Yet to beat a rival in five career starts and application of blinkers will need to provoke a radical upturn of fortunes. |
100/1 |
|
3 |
20th Feb 2023 Good To Soft 2m 3f 110y Class 4 |
11st 6lb |
Struggled in his sole bumper and has been the same story in three runs over hurdles; has had wind surgery but was pulled up over C&D (heavy) when last seen in December and can only be watched after another break. |
100/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 42P0-P
Last run: 219 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11 |
22nd Oct 2025 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
10st 7lb |
Maiden hurdle runner-up for Nicky Henderson in December 2021 but lightly raced since and he struggled on his three starts in 2024; returns from another absence today. |
100/1 |
|
12th 11 |
6th Nov 2024 Good 2m 3f 100y Class 5 |
11st 2lb |
Ten-race maiden who has failed to complete in four of his last seven starts including when pulled up in a Worcester handicap (2m4f, soft) on his return last month; mark is tumbling but he has plenty to prove and can only be watched. |
50/1 |
|
12th 11 |
6th Nov 2024 Good 2m 3f 100y Class 5 |
11st 2lb |
Ten-race maiden who has failed to complete in four of his last seven starts including when pulled up in a Worcester handicap (2m4f, soft) on his return last month; mark is tumbling but he has plenty to prove and can only be watched. |
50/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 3
Last run: 42 days
W: 11st 4lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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9th 1 |
1st Mar 2024 Soft 2m 4f 118y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
Won 2m4f Ffos Las maiden last January; looked a promising candidate for handicaps after that, but tailed off on handicap debut at Exeter (2m7f, again good to soft) one month ago when next seen, making the early running at 6-1; back down in trip and may strip fitter this time, for in-form yard. |
9/1 |
|
6th 2 |
31st Jan 2024 Good To Soft 2m 7f 25y Class 4 |
11st 13lb |
Shaped with promise on first two hurdling starts, then took a big step forward to win a Ffos Las maiden (2m4f, good to soft); that win was last January and the layoff asks a question but he did look a promising candidate for handicaps and moving up in trip; one to note. |
11/2 |
|
1 |
3rd Apr 2023 Soft 2m 5f 55y Class 4 |
11st 9lb |
Shaped with promise on first two hurdling starts then took big step forward to win Ffos Las maiden (2m4f, good to soft) ten weeks ago; that form already puts him right in the thick of things here, and he's open to further improvement. |
2/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 48
Last run: 26 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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5 |
20th Sep 2024 Good 3m 1f 170y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
disputed lead, badly hampered and unseated before 1st |
7/1 |
|
1st 4 |
30th Aug 2024 Good 3m 1f 210y Class 4 |
11st 6lb |
made all, jumped well, stayed on run-in, ridden out |
8/1 |
|
10 |
25th Jul 2024 Good 2m 7f 0y Class 4 |
11st 0lb |
disputed lead |
6/1 |
Abandoned
Form: —
Last run: 20 days
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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7th 6 |
19th Dec 2024 Good To Soft 2m 5f 110y Class 4 |
11st 9lb |
Signed off for Christian Williams with win in three-runner novice hurdle in spring 2023; unseated rider at second fence when reappearing for new stable in recent handicap chase and remains a tricky horse to weigh up, but it won't be a surprise if he plays a significant role here; unraced on ground slower than good to soft. |
5/1 |
|
7th 6 |
19th Dec 2024 Good To Soft 2m 5f 110y Class 4 |
11st 9lb |
Signed off for Christian Williams with win in three-runner novice hurdle in spring 2023; unseated rider at second fence when reappearing for new stable in recent handicap chase and remains a tricky horse to weigh up, but it won't be a surprise if he plays a significant role here; unraced on ground slower than good to soft. |
5/1 |
|
8 |
10th Dec 2024 Soft 3m 0f 0y Class 3 |
10st 13lb |
Finished lame when beating one other finisher in a 2m5f Fontwell maiden hurdle in May 2023 (good); achieved more when second in his previous race, a 2m7f maiden at Chepstow (good to soft); same owners but in a new yard and interesting chase/handicap debutant despite the long absence. |
2/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 62-2 BF
Last run: 30 days
W: 11st 4lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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3rd 3 |
1st Apr 2025 Good 2m 5f 0y Class 4 |
11st 2lb |
Showed some fair hurdling form in 2022-23 and returned from long absence with a reasonably encouraging run at Market Rasen (2m, good to soft) last month but has quite a bit to find with his two rivals here. |
20/1 |
|
3rd 3 |
1st Apr 2025 Good 2m 5f 0y Class 4 |
11st 2lb |
Showed some fair hurdling form in 2022-23 and returned from long absence with a reasonably encouraging run at Market Rasen (2m, good to soft) last month but has quite a bit to find with his two rivals here. |
20/1 |
|
4th 5 |
4th Mar 2025 Good To Soft 2m 0f 125y Class 4 |
11st 5lb |
raced in second behind clear leader, in touch with leaders with one circuit to go, outpaced after 3 out |
25/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 6784-5
Last run: 20 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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5th 11 |
18th Nov 2022 Good To Soft 2m 3f 100y Class 4 |
11st 4lb |
Bettered uninspiring point/bumper form when respectable fourth on hurdling debut at Warwick (2m3f, good to soft) in April but hasn't raced again since and others here look much stronger. |
66/1 |
Abandoned
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 4lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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13th 6 |
27th Dec 2022 Good To Soft 2m 3f 100y Class 4 |
11st 4lb |
Second foal; dam point and 2m3f/2m6f hunter chase winner, out of unraced half-sister to fairly useful bumper, 2m2f hurdle and 2m5f chase winner Django and to 2m1f-2m5f hurdle/chase winner Millcroft Riviera; probably best watched on debut. |
100/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 690
Last run: 43 days
W: 10st 11lb
5 yo Mare
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7 |
3rd Feb 2023 Good To Soft 2m 7f 131y Class 4 |
10st 7lb |
Soundly beaten in bumpers and refused at the first on hurdle debut. |
200/1 |
|
12 |
30th Jan 2023 Soft 2m 5f 163y Class 4 |
10st 12lb |
Hurdles debutante who has poor form claims having been soundly beaten in three bumpers. |
100/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 8-9
Last run: 24 days
W: 10st 11lb
5 yo Mare
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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6th 10 |
21st Feb 2023 Good 2m 3f 1y Class 5 |
10st 11lb |
Down the field in sole bumper and well beaten on her three hurdle starts; improvement needed but she's in top hands and goes handicapping off a basement mark; interesting, all the more so if strong in the betting. |
100/30 |
|
7th 11 |
29th Jan 2023 Good To Soft 2m 3f 49y Class 4 |
11st 3lb |
Half-sister to winners including the stable's smart jumper Irish Saint; disappointing in a bumper last March and heavy defeats in her two hurdle races this term; Mullins Bay looks the stable first string. |
25/1 |
|
7th 14 |
21st Dec 2022 Soft 2m 3f 110y Class 4 |
10st 11lb |
Half-sister to five winners, notably the stable's smart jumper Irish Saint; didn't live up to market expectations in sole bumper in March and she made a low-key start over hurdles at Exeter (2m2f, good; tailed off) last month; still very early days but she needs a transformation on this switch to slower ground. |
10/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 0/
Last run: 651 days
W: 10st 11lb
9 yo Mare
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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6th 10 |
5th Mar 2023 Good To Soft 2m 4f 199y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
300-1 for all three maiden hurdles and showed very little; 4lb out of the weights, as she is today, when 100-1 for her handicap/chase debut at Warwick (2m4f, good) nine days ago and beaten 37l; no form claims. |
100/1 |
|
5th 9 |
24th Feb 2023 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
300-1 for all three maiden hurdles and has shown very little; this is more realistic but is 4lb wrong on her handicap/chase debut. |
33/1 |
|
11 |
10th Jan 2023 Good 2m 4f 181y Class 4 |
11st 3lb |
Well beaten in two maiden hurdles and would be a surprise winner. |
100/1 |
Non-runners
Not Long Left
Verdict
Nico De Boinville presumably had the choice of the still green Peace Of Rome and the once-raced Irish point winner BALLYHIGH, and the latter, subject of a brief but encouraging mention during Nicky Henderson’s Stable Tour, can convert a realistic opportunity if ready to roll after a 418-day absence. Hercules Morse sets a conquerable standard of those to have tried hurdles already but retains potential and is next preferred. [Jeremy Grayson]
Selections
SPOTLIGHT:
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Also Known AsDaily Record:
Peace Of RomeThe Star:
Ballyhigh