January 13 / 12.50 Sedgefield

12.50

Good To Soft

Go Racing With Vickers.Bet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £4752.9
  • 2m 3f 188y
  • Class 4
  • 10 runners
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Go Racing With Vickers.Bet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Runners: 10 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Cloudy

15/8 (Won)

  • Win: £3.00
  • Place: £1.30

Form: 32

Last run: 66 days

W: 10st 2lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 101

Form & Verdict
Fair Flat-racer who was placed behind a subsequent Grade 2 winner on hurdle debut here (2m1f, good) in October and was second to a subsequent Listed winner/Grade 2 runner-up at Hereford (2m, good to soft) the following month; up in trip and tackles older rivals today; tongue-tie added; good chance.
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1

20th Apr 2023

Good

2m 0f 179y

Class 1

15:50 Cheltenham

Cianciana

12st 0lb

J: Patrick Wadge

T: Brian Ellison

Likeable and consistent filly; got to within 4l of Aintree Grade 1 runner-up Bo Zenith at Haydock in February and it was all very straightforward in a Musselburgh handicap a month ago (2m1f, good to soft); 7lb rise sees her with top weight but she's earned it.

8/1

1st

4

24th Mar 2023

Good To Soft

2m 1f 87y

Class 2

14:25 Musselburgh

Cianciana

11st 10lb

J: Patrick Wadge

T: Brian Ellison

in touch with leaders, headway 3 out, pressed leader 2 out, shaken up to lead approaching last, pushed out and went clear run-in, comfortably

6/1

6th

12

(6)

6th Mar 2023

Standard

1m 4f 51y

Class 5

19:30 Wolverhampton (AW)

Cianciana

9st 3lb

J: Ben Robinson

T: Brian Ellison

Dual Tapeta winner (1m/1m2f), who won a maiden hurdle in January and has run well to finish placed in two valuable juvenile contests since (including a Listed event); untried at this trip on the Flat but she's on a workable mark back in this sphere and is not ruled out.

8/1

5/2

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 4-22 BF

Last run: 64 days

W: 11st 10lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Close second in good-ground course bumper last May and again ran well in defeat on hurdle debut at Newcastle (2m, good) in November; major player if suited by the increased emphasis on stamina here.
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10

2nd Nov 2025

Good To Soft

2m 1f 33y

Class 4

15:47 Carlisle

Hidalgo De LIsle

11st 2lb

J: Theo Gillard

T: Donald McCain

Well handicapped on his 2024 hurdle and chase form but no sign of turning a corner when a remote fifth at Bangor last month.

25/1

10

2nd Nov 2025

Good To Soft

2m 1f 33y

Class 4

15:47 Carlisle

Hidalgo De LIsle

11st 2lb

J: Theo Gillard

T: Donald McCain

Well handicapped on his 2024 hurdle and chase form but no sign of turning a corner when a remote fifth at Bangor last month.

25/1

10

2nd Nov 2025

Good To Soft

2m 1f 33y

Class 4

15:47 Carlisle

Hidalgo De LIsle

11st 2lb

J: Theo Gillard

T: Donald McCain

Well handicapped on his 2024 hurdle and chase form but no sign of turning a corner when a remote fifth at Bangor last month.

25/1

33/1

  • Place: £4.10

Form: 329

Last run: 16 days

W: 11st 10lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Made the frame in two soft-ground bumpers towards the end of last year and evidently has some ability but jumped poorly and was well beaten on recently hurdling debut at Catterick (2m3f, soft).
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2nd

2

1st Feb 2025

Good To Soft

2m 7f 138y

Class 3

15:57 Musselburgh

Boomslang

12st 0lb

J: Ross Chapman

T: Rebecca Menzies

held up in last, good headway 14th, went second home turn

Evs

2nd

2

1st Feb 2025

Good To Soft

2m 7f 138y

Class 3

15:57 Musselburgh

Boomslang

12st 0lb

J: Ross Chapman

T: Rebecca Menzies

held up in last, good headway 14th, went second home turn

Evs

1st

4

1st Jan 2025

Good

2m 4f 68y

Class 2

14:20 Musselburgh

Boomslang

10st 9lb

J: Ross Chapman

T: Rebecca Menzies

A better chaser than hurdler and defied 12st with a game performance at Carlisle (3m, good); 7lb rise might not be too damaging and he'll be fine back at 2m4f.

7/2

Form: 57226-

Last run: 381 days

W: 11st 10lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 105

Form & Verdict
Fair form when second on consecutive hurdle starts in autumn 2021 (2m1f/2m) and has claims here if judged on those efforts but disappointed when upped to 2m3f at end of that year and hasn't raced again since.
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2

24th May 2025

Good

2m 5f 34y

Class 5

19:08 Cartmel

Fearless Action

11st 7lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Chris Grant

Produced good performance to win by 6l at Sedgefield (2m, good) in March but has not been in the same form again since, and he failed to convince stamina-wise on his three previous attempts at about 2m4f.

6/1

2

24th May 2025

Good

2m 5f 34y

Class 5

19:08 Cartmel

Fearless Action

11st 7lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Chris Grant

Produced good performance to win by 6l at Sedgefield (2m, good) in March but has not been in the same form again since, and he failed to convince stamina-wise on his three previous attempts at about 2m4f.

6/1

4th

4

13th May 2025

Good

2m 0f 77y

Class 5

18:40 Sedgefield

Fearless Action

11st 11lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Chris Grant

in touch with leaders early, towards rear after 2nd, hampered by faller 2 out, headway before last, no telling impression

6/1

OUR TIP

Form: 2P

Last run: 64 days

W: 11st 10lb

7 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Irish point winner who made quite promising rules debut when second (no match for winner) in course bumper in September (good to soft); had excuse when pulled up on subsequent hurdling debut (respiratory issue) and might have a say in this if the first-time tongue-tie helps.
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6

30th Jun 2023

Good

3m 1f 107y

Class 5

15:40 Cartmel

Big Gangsta

10st 5lb

J: Charlotte Jones

T: James Moffatt

Irish point winner; 4-1 for last month's chasing debut but tailed off behind Lights Are Green; might well do better with that experience behind him but obviously needs to.

7/1

7th

6

27th May 2023

Good

3m 1f 107y

Class 5

14:45 Cartmel

Big Gangsta

10st 8lb

J: Charlotte Jones

T: James Moffatt

Dead-heated in an Irish point in April last year; has shown very little in three novice hurdles, the latest after wins surgery; would barely warrant a glance on chasing/handicap debut but represents top team at the track so impossible to dismiss out of hand.

15/2

1

26th Apr 2023

Good To Soft

2m 4f 35y

Class 4

13:30 Perth

Big Gangsta

11st 6lb

J: Jamie Hamilton

T: James Moffatt

Pulled up/tailed off on his two hurdle starts; however, he won a point and was second in a bumper last year, and having had wind surgery since his last run it's possible he will return to form; not ruled out each-way.

20/1

Form: 3/

Last run: 1078 days

W: 11st 10lb

7 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Placed on hurdling debut at Catterick (1m7f, soft) in January 2020 but absent since winning a low-grade Flat handicap the following summer; considered only if lively in the betting.
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8

19th Jul 2025

Good To Soft

2m 1f 46y

Class 3

14:50 Cartmel

Calevade

10st 11lb

J: Harriet Tucker

T: Ben Haslam

Gained all four hurdling wins over C&D (good-soft); well beaten here last month, after a layoff, and Miss Maverick is unlikely to allow him an uncontested lead today but, nevertheless, his course record can't be ignored.

20/1

9th

3

27th Jun 2025

Good

2m 1f 46y

Class 4

17:30 Cartmel

Calevade

11st 13lb

J: Mr Toby McCain-Mitchell

T: Ben Haslam

Gained all four hurdling wins over C&D (good-soft), including the last two editions of this race; absent since poor Flat run in October but there's a good chance he'll be primed to make a bold bid from the front today.

10/1

11th

6

(9)

2nd Oct 2024

Good To Soft

1m 7f 189y

Class 6

15:23 Catterick

Calevade

9st 3lb

J: Joanna Mason

T: Ben Haslam

C&D winner (good to soft); returns to this code after a successful spell over hurdles; was below par when seen here (1m6f, good to firm) in June but it would be no surprise to see him closely involved now on slower ground, back up in trip and from 2lb lower.

11/2

Form: 7-P4P8

Last run: 22 days

W: 11st 10lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 87

Form & Verdict
Belied 125-1 odds when fourth in 2m1f course maiden in October (good ground) but soundly beaten in two low-grade handicaps since; others have much stronger claims.
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5

31st May 2023

Good

2m 1f 46y

Class 5

18:50 Cartmel

Charlies Rockstar

10st 11lb

J: Jamie Hamilton

T: Alison Hamilton

Unplaced all eight hurdling starts and not seen since pulled up on soft ground in February; today's return to a quicker surface ought to suit, but his claims are not obvious.

16/1

7

19th Feb 2023

Good To Soft

2m 3f 171y

Class 5

14:50 Musselburgh

Charlies Rockstar

11st 4lb

J: Jamie Hamilton

T: Alison Hamilton

prominent

20/1

4

13th Jan 2023

Good To Soft

2m 3f 188y

Class 4

12:50 Sedgefield

Charlies Rockstar

11st 10lb

J: Jamie Hamilton

T: Alison Hamilton

Belied 125-1 odds when fourth in 2m1f course maiden in October (good ground) but soundly beaten in two low-grade handicaps since; others have much stronger claims.

33/1

Form: 7

Last run: 12 days

W: 11st 10lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Unplaced in all five Irish points last year and was tailed off when 80-1 for recent rules debut at Catterick (2m3f, soft).
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7

30th Mar 2023

Heavy

1m 7f 133y

Class 5

14:10 Hexham

Court Justice

10st 2lb

J: Thomas Dowson

T: Philip Kirby

6lb out of the handicap today; well beaten in points and his four rules runs, most recently pulled up in first-time cheekpieces (retained) on chase/handicap debut at Ayr (3m, good); however, that latest result doesn't tell anything like the full story as he jumped well in front for a long way before tiring rapidly in the straight; this drop back in trip could be ideal.

9/2

9

10th Mar 2023

Good

3m 0f 20y

Class 5

15:10 Ayr

Court Justice

10st 2lb

J: Thomas Dowson

T: Philip Kirby

Unplaced in five Irish points last year and showed no significant promise in three soft-ground novice/maiden hurdles in January (2m3f-2m4f); makes chase/handicap debut from 6lb out of the weights and with first-time cheekpieces fitted; considered only if lively in the betting.

16/1

12th

5

25th Jan 2023

Soft

2m 3f 66y

Class 4

14:15 Catterick

Court Justice

11st 2lb

J: Joe Williamson

T: Philip Kirby

Failed to threaten in points and he's been tailed off/pulled up at big odds on his first two hurdle starts.

100/1

Form: P-F208

Last run: 63 days

W: 11st 10lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 102

Form & Verdict
Placed over hurdles in France in 2021 and chased home a good horse at Worcester (2m, good) in October but his two handicap runs in the autumn were very disappointing and he comes here with a fair bit to prove.
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3

20th Mar 2023

Good To Soft

3m 0f 60y

Class 5

17:05 Southwell

These Happy Daze

11st 9lb

J: Jack Hogan

T: Sophie Leech

Encouraging 12l second in Worcester novice hurdle (2m, good) last October; might have run into a place but fell heavily at Sedgefield on penultimate start; didn't jump well when pulled up latest; bit to prove.

16/1

5

10th Feb 2023

Good To Soft

2m 7f 7y

Class 4

16:00 Bangor-on-Dee

These Happy Daze

11st 6lb

J: A P Heskin

T: Sophie Leech

held up in last, sprawled on landing 4th, shaken up when not fluent 7th, soon ridden and got behind

16/1

8

13th Jan 2023

Good To Soft

2m 3f 188y

Class 4

12:50 Sedgefield

These Happy Daze

11st 10lb

J: Jack Hogan

T: Sophie Leech

Placed over hurdles in France in 2021 and chased home a good horse at Worcester (2m, good) in October but his two handicap runs in the autumn were very disappointing and he comes here with a fair bit to prove.

12/1

Form: 6-2105 D

Last run: 98 days

W: 11st 3lb

7 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Winning pointer who made all in Listowel bumper (2m4f, soft to heavy) in June; put in pretty good front-running shift before fading into fifth over hurdles at Downpatrick (2m5f, yielding) in October, after a break, and could take some catching here.
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0

4

20th Jan 2024

Frozen

3m 0f 0y

15:42 Navan

Hot As Pepper

11st 8lb

J: Ben Harvey

T: John C McConnell

Point/bumper/maiden hurdle winner; must jump better than on her chasing debut at Tramore; cheekpieces now as well as usual tongue-tie.

16/1

11th

14

28th Nov 2023

Soft

2m 5f 100y

14:30 Tramore

Hot As Pepper

11st 5lb

J: Ben Harvey

T: John C McConnell

Won a heavy ground maiden hurdle at Hexham in March; modest form in handicap hurdles.

20/1

Non-runners

Hot As Pepper

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Payout
Exacta £6.20
Straight Forecast £5.41
Trifecta £76.20

Selections

The Times:

Hidalgo De L'Isle

RP Ratings:

Cianciana

SPOTLIGHT:

Hot As Pepper

Daily Mirror:

Big Gangsta

D Express:

Hidalgo De L'Isle

The Star:

Hidalgo De L'Isle

The Guardian:

Hot As Pepper

Daily Mail:

Hot As Pepper

POSTDATA:

Cianciana

Telegraph:

Cianciana

Daily Record:

Cianciana