April 06 / 20.00 Southwell (AW)

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Runners: 14 runners

Type: Flat AW

Surface: Tapeta

Weather: Light rain

8/1 (Won)

Form: 433324 D

Last run: 13 days

W: 9st 11lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 57

Form & Verdict
String of good runs to his name on AW this year but still to add to his six wins in a prolific 2021 campaign; unlikely to be far away.
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7th

7

(7)

10th Jan 2025

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 6

17:45 Newcastle (AW)

Gunnerside

9st 9lb

J: Harrison Shaw

T: Grant Tuer

Made the frame in three consecutive handicaps here (6f-7f) in the autumn and had excuse (became upset in stalls) when a disappointing favourite on latest outing four weeks ago; favoured by the weights in this classified race; major player.

13/2

7th

7

(7)

10th Jan 2025

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 6

17:45 Newcastle (AW)

Gunnerside

9st 9lb

J: Harrison Shaw

T: Grant Tuer

Made the frame in three consecutive handicaps here (6f-7f) in the autumn and had excuse (became upset in stalls) when a disappointing favourite on latest outing four weeks ago; favoured by the weights in this classified race; major player.

13/2

9th

2

(10)

12th Dec 2024

Standard

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

14:52 Newcastle (AW)

Gunnerside

9st 8lb

J: Harrison Shaw

T: Grant Tuer

upset in stalls, in rear, steady headway into midfield over 4f out, no extra over 2f out

7/1

14/1

Form: 241966 C

Last run: 2 days

W: 9st 10lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 56

Form & Verdict
This winter's wins have come over 7f and 1m; not at his best on last three starts and he could prove vulnerable back at 6f.
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9th

9

(2)

7th Jun 2025

Good To Soft

1m 0f 14y

Class 6

20:00 Chepstow

Brave Display

9st 0lb

J: Zoe Lewis

T: Thomas Faulkner

Patchy this season, off the back of a lengthy absence, and the years appear to be catching up; having a first run on turf since 2022.

10/1

6th

9

(10)

12th May 2025

Standard

1m 0f 142y

Class 6

21:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Brave Display

9st 4lb

J: Zoe Lewis

T: Thomas Faulkner

in touch with leaders early, dropped to rear after 2f

25/1

7/2

Form: 77-413 CD BF

Last run: 22 days

W: 9st 6lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 52

Form & Verdict
On the up this year, winning over C&D in February (form strong for the grade) and recording a higher RPR when a close third at Kempton three weeks ago (good Topspeed figure); still has time to progress further.
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7th

17

(5)

23rd May 2026

Good

0m 6f 0y

Class 4

13:30 York

Jenever

9st 5lb

J: George Wood

T: Jessica Macey

Still to find top form this term but he is well handicapped if a change of headgear (first-time visor for cheekpieces) gives him a lift.

20/1

5th

3

(11)

4th May 2026

Good To Firm

0m 6f 12y

Class 4

16:08 Windsor

Jenever

9st 7lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: Jessica Macey

Still to find top form this term but he's attractively handicapped and may prove resurgent with Tom Marquand up for first time; gained last three wins off current mark or thereabouts.

8/1

6th

1

(5)

23rd Apr 2026

Good

0m 5f 0y

Class 4

14:52 Beverley

Jenever

9st 9lb

J: Lewis Edmunds

T: Jessica Macey

Unraced on this course but some of his best form has come over Sandown's similarly stiff 5f and he's back on the same mark as his latest win there last June (good; a race he'd won 12 months earlier); every chance of being seen to good effect back on turf.

8/1

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4th
1 (4)
Ustath

7/1

Form: 114815 CD

Last run: 21 days

W: 9st 11lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 57

Form & Verdict
He has added another three course wins to his tally this year, most recently getting the better of a subsequent winner over this trip in February; not disgraced over 5f three weeks ago and he looks booked for another big run.
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8

(2)

21st Apr 2025

Good To Firm

0m 5f 217y

Class 6

13:55 Redcar

Ustath

9st 0lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: Roger Fell

The bulk of his winning has been on AW but he is effective on turf and ran okay over 5f at Catterick 12 days ago; this isn't a strong race and he's not ruled out with Tom Marquand booked.

8/1

5th

8

(2)

21st Apr 2025

Good To Firm

0m 5f 217y

Class 6

13:55 Redcar

Ustath

9st 0lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: Roger Fell

The bulk of his winning has been on AW but he is effective on turf and ran okay over 5f at Catterick 12 days ago; this isn't a strong race and he's not ruled out with Tom Marquand booked.

8/1

8

(8)

9th Apr 2025

Good

0m 5f 0y

Class 6

14:13 Catterick

Ustath

9st 0lb

J: Alex Jary

T: Roger Fell

9yo who is just 1-24 on turf as opposed to 10-67 on AW; however, he's been in fair form on AW of late and ran some good races in defeat on turf last summer; could be thereabouts.

15/2

Form: 942851 D

Last run: 6 days

W: 9st 10lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 52

Form & Verdict
Ended a long losing run with a game front-running success at Lingfield last Friday; the combination of a 4lb penalty and the widest stall may find him out this time.
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8th

16

(2)

15th May 2024

Good To Firm

0m 5f 160y

Class 6

17:00 Bath

Autumn Flight

9st 0lb

J: Josephine Gordon

T: Phil McEntee

Two wins in first spell with this trainer but recent runs in second not up to scratch; weakened out of it behind a couple of these at Brighton then finished two places behind Lion Ring at Lingfield.

20/1

8th

16

(2)

15th May 2024

Good To Firm

0m 5f 160y

Class 6

17:00 Bath

Autumn Flight

9st 0lb

J: Josephine Gordon

T: Phil McEntee

Two wins in first spell with this trainer but recent runs in second not up to scratch; weakened out of it behind a couple of these at Brighton then finished two places behind Lion Ring at Lingfield.

20/1

20/1

Form: 364375 D

Last run: 12 days

W: 9st 0lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
Over two years since the last of his nine wins; he has run some fair races in defeat this winter but others look stronger for win purposes.
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9th

12

(5)

29th Oct 2024

Standard To Slow

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

19:30 Newcastle (AW)

Mutabaahy

9st 3lb

J: Cam Hardie

T: Antony Brittain

Multiple wins, mostly over 5f at Wolverhampton but he has won here (5f); losing run goes back to May 2023 and he has made no real inroads off modest marks for much of this year (hampered latest); up against it.

33/1

9th

12

(5)

29th Oct 2024

Standard To Slow

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

19:30 Newcastle (AW)

Mutabaahy

9st 3lb

J: Cam Hardie

T: Antony Brittain

took keen hold, towards rear throughout

33/1

3rd

8

(6)

5th Sep 2024

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 6

18:55 Wolverhampton (AW)

Mutabaahy

9st 3lb

J: James Sullivan

T: Antony Brittain

Multiple course winner over 5f; also effective over 6f but has had several chances off basement marks since his latest victory in spring 2023; returns from 11-week break today.

10/1

33/1

Form: 74-687

Last run: 9 days

W: 9st 1lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 47

Form & Verdict
Hasn't offered a huge amount so far, beaten in classified events at Wolverhampton the last twice; improvement is required.
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10th

11

(11)

4th Aug 2023

Standard

0m 7f 36y

Class 6

16:20 Wolverhampton (AW)

Cavalryman

9st 0lb

J: Cam Hardie

T: Antony Brittain

Well-bred but unplaced in all eight starts (turf debut last time); has stamina to prove over this far and the draw hasn't been kind either; look elsewhere.

25/1

11th

12

(2)

18th Jul 2023

Soft

0m 5f 0y

Class 6

15:45 Beverley

Cavalryman

9st 0lb

J: Cam Hardie

T: Antony Brittain

From a good family but he's looked poor on the AW to date, failing to make the frame after seven starts; the switch to turf, minus the tongue-tie, back from an 11-week break, needs to be a difference maker.

20/1

6th

9

(6)

2nd May 2023

Standard

0m 5f 21y

Class 6

17:40 Wolverhampton (AW)

Cavalryman

9st 1lb

J: Cam Hardie

T: Antony Brittain

Not had that many chances in handicaps but he will need to raise his game if he is to trouble the principals.

33/1

14/1

Form: 0033-0 C

Last run: 2 days

W: 9st 0lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
Placed twice over C&D last summer but absent until a low-key run at Thirsk on Tuesday; needs a big step forward with that run behind him.
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10

(11)

5th Jul 2023

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

15:45 Thirsk

Dylans Lad

9st 0lb

J: Connor Beasley

T: Michael & David Easterby

Ex-Roy Bowring; both wins over 6f on the AW, the latest in March 2021; fair run despite hanging right at Hamilton on stable debut (6f, good to firm) and a chance from his good draw.

7/1

6th

11

(13)

14th Jun 2023

Good To Firm

0m 6f 6y

Class 6

17:50 Hamilton

Dylans Lad

10st 7lb

J: Miss Serena Brotherton

T: Michael & David Easterby

6f Tapeta/Fibresand scorer in 2021 and more persuasive on artificial surfaces, one near-miss at Thirsk aside; has left Roy Bowring.

25/1

8th

13

(7)

6th Apr 2023

Standard

0m 6f 16y

Class 6

20:00 Southwell (AW)

Dylans Lad

9st 0lb

J: Ben Curtis

T: Roy Bowring

Placed twice over C&D last summer but absent until a low-key run at Thirsk on Tuesday; needs a big step forward with that run behind him.

14/1

9th
7 (13)
Aikido

7/1

Form: -57481 CD

Last run: 28 days

W: 9st 9lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 55

Form & Verdict
Back to winning ways when keeping on strongly to win a classified event over C&D four weeks ago (eyeshields first time, retained); 5lb rise in a stronger race asks more of him but he was useful in his pomp.
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9th

5

(10)

19th May 2023

Good

0m 6f 6y

Class 6

20:26 Hamilton

Aikido

9st 6lb

J: Rowan Scott

T: Ewan Whillans

Ended a long losing sequence in first-time eyeshields at Southwell (6f) in March but has twice failed to back it up and he beat only one at Wolverhampton 12 days ago; headgear is now removed and has quite a lot to prove again.

16/1

8

(6)

8th May 2023

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

14:25 Ayr

Aikido

9st 1lb

J: Paul Mulrennan

T: Ewan Whillans

Ended a long losing sequence in first-time eyeshields at Southwell (6f) in March but he has twice failed to back it up with the headgear retained, beating only one at Wolverhampton (6f) 12 days ago; he's unreliable on the whole.

8/1

12th

6

(7)

25th Apr 2023

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 6

21:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Aikido

9st 8lb

J: Rowan Scott

T: Ewan Whillans

dwelt start, in rear

12/1

10/1

Form: 0/60-6

Last run: 9 days

W: 9st 3lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 49

Form & Verdict
Prominent in the market for a 0-50 classified event at Wolverhampton last week (first-time cheekpieces, retained) but unable to land a blow, not quickening when seeing daylight in the straight; still early days for her and Oisin Murphy retains the ride.
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6th

6

(5)

27th Jun 2023

Good To Firm

0m 6f 210y

Class 6

16:30 Brighton

Too Funky

9st 3lb

J: David Probert

T: Richard Spencer

Unplaced in all nine starts, most recently when a 3l fourth of six in a classified event here (5.3f, good to firm; 13-2) two weeks ago; that wasn't bad in a tactical race but she needs to find more back up in trip.

11/2

4th

6

(3)

13th Jun 2023

Good To Firm

0m 5f 60y

Class 6

14:50 Brighton

Too Funky

9st 2lb

J: Billy Loughnane

T: Richard Spencer

Unplaced all eight starts, most recently when struggling on soft ground in April (6f; first-time blinkers); might fare better on today's quicker surface but remains difficult to enthuse over; cheekpieces refitted.

10/1

11th

12

(13)

29th Apr 2023

Soft

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

17:25 Leicester

Too Funky

8st 9lb

J: Saffie Osborne

T: Richard Spencer

Yet to finish in the first five in seven outings, ridden by Oisin Murphy the last twice; blinkers replace cheekpieces; unconvincing.

25/1

25/1

Form: 693-88 D

Last run: 76 days

W: 9st 9lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 55

Form & Verdict
Just one win from her 21 runs for the Johnston stable, namely a Class 6 handicap at Hamilton last summer (6f, good to firm); not found her best form in two runs for new connections but droppinng back to sprinting could help matters.
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9th

9

(2)

24th Jan 2025

Standard

0m 6f 16y

Class 6

19:15 Southwell (AW)

Liv Lucky

8st 13lb

J: Lewis Edmunds

T: Roy Bowring

Broke losing run over 5f at this track in September but below that level since; cheekpieces back on but plenty has to be taken on trust back up in distance.

25/1

9

(2)

24th Jan 2025

Standard

0m 6f 16y

Class 6

19:15 Southwell (AW)

Liv Lucky

8st 13lb

J: Lewis Edmunds

T: Roy Bowring

Broke losing run over 5f at this track in September but below that level since; cheekpieces back on but plenty has to be taken on trust back up in distance.

25/1

5th

5

(5)

15th Jan 2025

Standard

0m 4f 214y

Class 6

12:38 Southwell (AW)

Liv Lucky

9st 9lb

J: Lewis Edmunds

T: Roy Bowring

Successful in C&D handicap in September; far from consistent otherwise in the last 12 months and AW record is just 1-27 but she's one of the bigger players on these terms, granted a return to form.

8/1

20/1

Form: 75-7

Last run: 89 days

W: 9st 0lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
Just modest form in three runs in novice events over further this winter; not easily recommended now dropping in trip for her handicap debut but she's unexposed at least and this is a low level.
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11th

11

(11)

16th Sep 2023

Good

0m 5f 160y

Class 6

16:35 Bath

Apache Portia

9st 3lb

J: Darragh Keenan

T: Robyn Brisland

Little in the way of solid form after six attempts; this is weak but still not easy to make a case for.

40/1

9th

1

(10)

28th Jul 2023

Good To Soft

1m 0f 14y

Class 6

18:15 Chepstow

Apache Portia

9st 9lb

J: Ryan Sexton

T: Robyn Brisland

Out of the frame in all five starts; not beaten that far when sixth of 11 (Ballet Blanc second) on turf debut in a similar contest here (7f, good to firm) last month but still hard to fancy.

33/1

6th

1

(1)

10th Jun 2023

Good To Firm

0m 7f 16y

Class 6

20:30 Chepstow

Apache Portia

9st 12lb

J: Dougie Costello

T: Robyn Brisland

took keen hold, midfield

50/1

Form: -53532 CD BF

Last run: 37 days

W: 9st 10lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 56

Form & Verdict
Game effort to win over C&D in December and she's run some good races in defeat since, missing out by a short head here in February; no obvious reason why she wouldn't make another bold bid.
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8th

3

(7)

4th Nov 2025

Good To Soft

0m 5f 217y

Class 6

15:27 Redcar

Giselles Izzy

9st 7lb

J: Cara Tuke

T: Iain Jardine

Won by a length under Cara Tuke over C&D last week (good to soft) and escapes a penalty for that; that was a return to form and she can put a sequence of solid efforts together.

4/1

8th

3

(7)

4th Nov 2025

Good To Soft

0m 5f 217y

Class 6

15:27 Redcar

Giselles Izzy

9st 7lb

J: Cara Tuke

T: Iain Jardine

Won by a length under Cara Tuke over C&D last week (good to soft) and escapes a penalty for that; that was a return to form and she can put a sequence of solid efforts together.

4/1

8th

3

(7)

4th Nov 2025

Good To Soft

0m 5f 217y

Class 6

15:27 Redcar

Giselles Izzy

9st 7lb

J: Cara Tuke

T: Iain Jardine

Won by a length under Cara Tuke over C&D last week (good to soft) and escapes a penalty for that; that was a return to form and she can put a sequence of solid efforts together.

4/1

Form: -97235

Last run: 7 days

W: 9st 3lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 49

Form & Verdict
Good effort to finish second at Lingfield on her final run for Adrian Murray; placed over C&D on stable debut (0-50 classified) but less good over the extended 1m at Wolverhampton last week; tongue-tie returns now.
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10th

13

(10)

11th May 2023

Standard

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

18:00 Chelmsford (AW)

Shining Crystal

10st 7lb

J: Mr Abel O’Gorman

T: Alice Haynes

in rear

16/1

8th

11

(3)

29th Apr 2023

Soft

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

17:25 Leicester

Shining Crystal

8st 9lb

J: Kieran O’Neill

T: Alice Haynes

0-18; has had three goes for Alice Haynes, failing to build on an encouraging stable debut; could pop up from a career-low mark but she has flattered to deceive in the past and others arrive with less to prove.

14/1

7th

6

(10)

13th Apr 2023

Standard

0m 7f 0y

Class 6

20:00 Chelmsford (AW)

Shining Crystal

9st 2lb

J: Kieran O’Neill

T: Alice Haynes

0-17; beaten a neck final start for Adrian Murray and, although only third of seven at even-money, her debut for Alice Haynes was sound (both 6f); much lesser effort last time (8.6f) but could fare better over 7f here if stall 10 doesn't hinder; two pieces of headgear return.

13/2

Non-runners

Giselles Izzy, Shining Crystal

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Straight Forecast £31.12
Tricast £82.05

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Jenever

POSTDATA:

Ustath

D Express:

Aikido

Daily Mail:

Giselles Izzy

Telegraph:

Liv Lucky

NEWMARKET:

Autumn Flight

RP Ratings:

Jenever

The Times:

Jenever

The Guardian:

Jenever

The Star:

Aikido

Daily Mirror:

Ustath

The Sun:

Ustath

Daily Record:

Ustath