15.20
Good To SoftHuntsman Celebrating Roger Martin’s 75th Birthday Handicap Hurdle
- Prize money: £5819.65
- 2m 3f 207y
- Class 3
- 12 runners
Runners: 12 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Mostly cloudy
Form: 1PP-P7 CD
Last run: 14 days
W: 11st 9lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 125
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 |
25th Jul 2025 Good 2m 3f 207y Class 4 |
11st 11lb |
Dual C&D winner; went close off today's mark at Ludlow (2m5f, good) in March but this regressive 10yo was soundly beaten over fences when last in action and would appeal much more on slower ground. |
25/1 |
|
3 |
1st Jul 2025 Good To Firm 2m 3f 98y Class 4 |
12st 1lb |
Inconsistent 10yo who was well beaten when back over fences in May (2m6f), then unsuited by the drop back to 2m on his most recent start at Newton Abbot last month when a well-held third of six; on a good mark if the mood takes him now back up to a more suitable test. |
10/1 |
|
3rd 3 |
13th Jun 2025 Good 2m 0f 75y Class 4 |
11st 6lb |
Went close over hurdles at Ludlow (2m5f, good) in March but this inconsistent and steadily regressive 10yo was well beaten when back over fences last month (2m6f); drops back to about 2m for first time since hurdle debut in 2020; has done all his winning on ground slower than good. |
10/1 |
10/1
- Place: £2.20
Form: /1-756 D
Last run: 42 days
W: 11st 10lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 126
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 4 |
8th Dec 2024 Good To Soft 2m 3f 189y Class 1 |
11st 7lb |
Often goes off in a clear lead and he wasn't for catching a few times as a novice chaser last season, the highlight his success in Grade 1 at Sandown (2m4f, good); could steal this race but the removal of his usual hood presents a question mark. |
9/1 |
|
4th 4 |
8th Dec 2024 Good To Soft 2m 3f 189y Class 1 |
11st 7lb |
Often goes off in a clear lead and he wasn't for catching a few times as a novice chaser last season, the highlight his success in Grade 1 at Sandown (2m4f, good); could steal this race but the removal of his usual hood presents a question mark. |
9/1 |
|
1 |
27th Apr 2024 Good 2m 4f 10y Class 2 |
12st 0lb |
took keen hold, led, clear 2nd, not fluent 4th, reduced lead after 6th, mistake 12th, headed just before 3 out, soon weakened quickly and pulled up |
11/4 |
15/2
- Place: £1.80
Form: 243113 D
Last run: 41 days
W: 10st 12lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 114
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 3 |
12th Dec 2024 Good To Soft 2m 3f 1y Class 3 |
11st 9lb |
Placed in two of his three starts for new stable; remains on career-high mark but Lewis Stones takes off a useful 3lb and record of 1-1 at Taunton bodes well; in the mix. |
8/1 |
|
4th 3 |
12th Dec 2024 Good To Soft 2m 3f 1y Class 3 |
11st 9lb |
held up in rear, raced wide home turn, good headway before 2 out, soon pressed leaders, kept on run-in |
8/1 |
|
3rd 2 |
20th Jul 2024 Good 2m 4f 139y Class 3 |
11st 11lb |
3-10 over hurdles; arguably posted career-best form when second on stable debut at Plumpton (2m4f, good) in May but ran no race when dropped back to 2m at Stratford last month; needs to put that performance behind him. |
14/1 |
11/4
Form: 221-13 D BF
Last run: 33 days
W: 11st 13lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 129
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 9 |
1st Feb 2025 Soft 2m 3f 154y Class 3 |
11st 5lb |
in touch with leaders |
14/1 |
|
11th 9 |
1st Feb 2025 Soft 2m 3f 154y Class 3 |
11st 5lb |
in touch with leaders |
14/1 |
|
3rd 1 |
12th May 2023 Good 2m 7f 16y Class 3 |
12st 1lb |
Yet to finish out of the frame; creditable third to one completing a hat-trick on first run over 3m at Taunton last time; has won on good/soft; a possible. |
9/1 |
5/2
Form: 14-231
Last run: 43 days
W: 12st 1lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 131
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 1 |
22nd May 2026 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 4 |
12st 1lb |
Below par when returning to hurdling at Southwell (2m4f, good) in March; has dropped 2lb since finishing fourth at Wetherby (2m3f, soft) on his most recent chase start and has claims if able to reproduce the form of that or his Bangor success (2m4f, soft) last November; acts on a sound surface. |
10/1 |
|
3rd 1 |
24th Mar 2026 Good 2m 4f 88y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
Good and bad since returned to fences (1P4); runs off a lower hurdles mark but he is a 10yo and without a win in this discipline since 2022. |
6/1 |
12/1
Form: 11-5U5 D
Last run: 51 days
W: 11st 13lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 129
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 |
4th Mar 2023 Good 2m 4f 118y Class 3 |
11st 10lb |
Hat-trick of wins in early 2022, the middle leg in this race (soft; subsequent Cheltenham win on good); hasn't been in the same form this winter but he ran more promisingly than the distance beaten suggests at Uttoxeter recently and is now only just above his latest winning mark; respected. |
13/2 |
|
6th 2 |
11th Feb 2023 Good To Soft 2m 3f 207y Class 3 |
11st 13lb |
Signed off last season with a hat-trick of wins at about 2m4f, all of them under Isabel Williams; yet to replicate that form this term and the handicapper has eased him only 2lb in the process; others appeal more. |
12/1 |
8/1
Form: 15-5F6 D
Last run: 35 days
W: 11st 11lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 127
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
2nd Oct 2025 Good 3m 0f 60y Class 4 |
11st 13lb |
Defied a virtually identical absence to today's at Perth this time last year (good); inconsistent when last seen, however, and over three and a half years since he last lowered a mark in the 120s. |
6/1 |
|
1 |
15th May 2025 Good 2m 7f 180y Class 4 |
12st 1lb |
Course winner here last September (2m4f, good); back to winning ways last time at Ffos Las (3m, good to soft); interesting contender off this 5lb higher mark. |
2/1 |
|
1 |
15th May 2025 Good 2m 7f 180y Class 4 |
12st 1lb |
Course winner here last September (2m4f, good); back to winning ways last time at Ffos Las (3m, good to soft); interesting contender off this 5lb higher mark. |
2/1 |
50/1
Form: 05-00P
Last run: 33 days
W: 11st 9lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 125
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10 |
3rd May 2024 Good 4m 0f 97y Class 4 |
11st 12lb |
always behind, never going well, lost touch 21st, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out |
25/1 |
|
10 |
3rd May 2024 Good 4m 0f 97y Class 4 |
11st 12lb |
Seeing out trips better since returned to points, in March almost adding a 3m6f High Easter conditions event to an earlier 3m Horseheath success (soft); 9l to find with Pym on their last-time clash, however. |
25/1 |
|
6 |
11th Feb 2023 Good To Soft 2m 3f 207y Class 3 |
11st 9lb |
Smart hurdler/chaser in Ireland and he ran okay in last season's cross-country race at the Cheltenham Festival; it's been a poor 12 months otherwise and pulling up in a recent hunter chase makes him very opposable back over hurdles. |
50/1 |
33/1
Form: 78-599 D
Last run: 69 days
W: 11st 9lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 125
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 6 |
28th Aug 2024 Good 2m 0f 0y Class 4 |
11st 2lb |
Had a spell in Ireland but back with his former yard he didn't pick up at all when beaten 19l at Stratford; doesn't look as good as he was; now tongue tied. |
7/1 |
|
6th 5 |
14th Jul 2024 Good 2m 2f 148y Class 3 |
10st 12lb |
Has returned to his former yard after a spell in Ireland; won his first two races over hurdles for this stable in January/February 2022; has dropped to a decent mark; any market move should be noted. |
3/1 |
|
4th 8 |
21st Jan 2024 Yielding 1m 7f 132y |
10st 9lb |
Dual winner over hurdles for the Skeltons; two good efforts on the Flat and not disgraced in a 2m4f handicap hurdle at Leopardstown; could have more to offer. |
14/1 |
12/1
Form: 133-24 D
Last run: 121 days
W: 11st 3lb
12 yo Gelding
OR: 119
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 1 |
19th Apr 2024 Soft 2m 4f 100y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
disputed lead early, raced in second after 2nd, raced slightly wide with one circuit to go |
14/1 |
8/1
Form: 3P12-P
Last run: 36 days
W: 11st 1lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 117
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
6th Jun 2023 Good 2m 4f 88y Class 4 |
11st 13lb |
Returned to form with win in first-time cheekpieces at Exeter (2m, good to soft; first run after wind surgery) in April but was back in the doldrums at Ludlow last month; should be fine over today's trip but it's hard to predict whether he'll be in the right mood. |
7/1 |
|
11th 8 |
9th May 2023 Good 1m 7f 169y Class 3 |
11st 5lb |
Pulled up on his first two starts this season but then landed 2m Exeter handicap on the back of a wind op (also cheekpieces on) four weeks ago; still low mileage so he's not taken lightly despite a 4lb rise. |
4/1 |
|
1st 8 |
11th Apr 2023 Good To Soft 2m 0f 161y Class 4 |
11st 7lb |
jumped right on occasions, made all, mistake 5 out, ridden and hard pressed from 2 out, mistake last, kept on well run-in |
6/1 |
25/1
Form: -518P8 CD
Last run: 14 days
W: 10st 8lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 110
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 5 |
22nd Aug 2023 Good 3m 2f 105y Class 5 |
11st 5lb |
midfield |
16/1 |
|
7th 5 |
4th Aug 2023 Good 2m 7f 7y Class 5 |
11st 5lb |
Lurks on a very dangerous mark even before Daire McConville's useful 8lb claim is considered but has been out of form this year and needs to turn a corner; visor replaced by cheekpieces; tongue-tie removed. |
8/1 |
Non-runners
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £215.60 |
| Straight Forecast | £211.08 |
| Tricast | £841.91 |
| Trifecta | £936.00 |