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 |
4th Nov 2024 Good 2m 3f 164y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
in touch with leaders, not fluent 10th, soon lost ground |
4/1 |
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7 |
4th Nov 2024 Good 2m 3f 164y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
in touch with leaders, not fluent 10th, soon lost ground |
4/1 |
Abandoned
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 4lb
5 yo Gelding
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| 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 |
|
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 |
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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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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 |
|
6 |
12th Nov 2024 Good 3m 1f 44y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
Remains 6lb above his sole hurdle win (2m4f, good) but he didn't run badly when tried in cheekpieces on second chase start when just over a 4l fifth here (2m5f) last month; each-way claims if responding well to the first-time blinkers back up in trip. |
10/1 |
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 |
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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 |
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|
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
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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: —
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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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:
BallyhighPOSTDATA:
Hercules MorseWEST COUNTRY:
Also Known AsDaily Record:
Peace Of RomeThe Star:
Ballyhigh