May 04 / 16.00 Redcar

16.00

Soft

SDDE Smith Supporting Middlesbrough FC Foundation Handicap (SDDE Smith Group Straight Mile Qual’)

  • Prize money: £4187.2
  • 0m 7f 219y
  • Class 5
  • 5 runners
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SDDE Smith Supporting Middlesbrough FC Foundation Handicap (SDDE Smith Group Straight Mile Qual’)

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Cloudy

2/5 (Won)

  • Win: £1.23

Form: 88-121 CD

Last run: 10 days

W: 9st 13lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 73

Form & Verdict
Reappeared with easy win over C&D (soft), should have followed up at Chelmsford (1m, AW; his jockey eased up) three days later and asserted by 10l at Pontefract (1m, good to soft) four days after that; another ten days on, he's 18lb higher than last time but still looks well-in and could be capable of better.
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Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

3rd

4

(6)

2nd Oct 2023

Standard

1m 4f 99y

Class 3

18:00 Newcastle (AW)

Concorde

9st 11lb

J: Billy Loughnane

T: George Boughey

held up in rear, headway 2f out, challenging when ridden over 1f out, no extra final 110yds

6/4

1st

6

(8)

22nd Sep 2023

Good To Soft

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

17:20 Newbury

Concorde

9st 10lb

J: David Probert

T: George Boughey

Sent handicapping for three wins (all on softer than good; unraced on heavy) and a controversial second from four starts this spring, all at odds on; good to firm may have been against him in June on his only appearance since; absent three months but he catches the eye with the ground back in his favour and his sire gives encouragement for 1m2f.

3/1

7th

2

(10)

25th Jun 2023

Good

1m 0f 6y

Class 4

18:15 Pontefract

Concorde

9st 10lb

J: William Buick

T: George Boughey

Three wins and a controversial second in four handicap runs this year, climbing 31lb in the weights as a result; suspect there is more to come and he's one to take seriously; untested on faster than good to soft.

5/2

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7/1

Form: 3221-

Last run: 234 days

W: 9st 9lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 75

Form & Verdict
Placed on first three starts, before comfortably winning from the front in a five-runner maiden at Brighton (7f, good) last September in first-time cheekpieces; unraced on softer than good; 1m can help with further improvement on this handicap/seasonal debut.
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No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

5th

6

(7)

6th Jul 2023

Good To Firm

1m 0f 3y

Class 5

16:00 Yarmouth

Inspirited

9st 7lb

J: Andrea Atzeni

T: Marco Botti

Form dipped on AW last time; has a consistent record (32212) on turf, most recently second behind a progressive and well-treated rival at Redcar (1m, good to soft) on seasonal debut; enters calculations off same mark back in this sphere.

12/1

7th

10

(2)

13th Jun 2023

Standard

1m 0f 13y

Class 4

15:30 Southwell (AW)

Inspirited

9st 0lb

J: Stefano Cherchi

T: Marco Botti

Progressive at two, winning a 7f maiden at Brighton in September; bumped into a handicap blot on reappearance at Redcar six weeks ago; still capable of better.

9/1

2nd

3

(1)

4th May 2023

Soft

0m 7f 219y

Class 5

16:00 Redcar

Inspirited

9st 9lb

J: Andrea Atzeni

T: Marco Botti

Placed on first three starts, before comfortably winning from the front in a five-runner maiden at Brighton (7f, good) last September in first-time cheekpieces; unraced on softer than good; 1m can help with further improvement on this handicap/seasonal debut.

7/1

20/1

Form: 083-

Last run: 264 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 68

Form & Verdict
Much closer when third of nine in C&D novice (good to firm) last August when last seen; gelded the following month; should be open to further progress but plenty is needed.
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No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

12th

16

(6)

11th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 4

17:30 York

Mister Sox

9st 4lb

J: Sean Kirrane

T: Tim Easterby

He has been threatening to add to his six wins, with a third at Pontefract and second at Thirsk on his last two starts; on the downside he has been unplaced in all seven visits to York.

7/1

2nd

11

(11)

1st Jul 2026

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 3

16:10 Thirsk

Mister Sox

9st 0lb

J: Sean Kirrane

T: Tim Easterby

He has run well over C&D in the past, including in May, and he didn't run badly when third of six in a Class 3 handicap at Pontefract (6f, good) ten days ago; each-way shout.

6/1

3rd

7

(1)

21st Jun 2026

Good

0m 6f 0y

Class 3

16:05 Pontefract

Mister Sox

9st 0lb

J: David Allan

T: Tim Easterby

Comfortably beat Rock Opera over C&D in spring 2025, albeit was in better form at the time, that success the middle leg of a hat-trick; not solid on 2026 results but has slipped to an attractive mark.

14/1

4th
4 (4)
Violeta

14/1

Form: 543-32

Last run: 34 days

W: 9st 5lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 71

Form & Verdict
Has reached the frame on six of her seven starts, including in handicaps; creditable second of eight back in a maiden at Newcastle (1m, AW) last time; placed on good to soft last year; while running with credit, she looks up against it faced with less exposed rivals today.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

6th

4

(4)

15th Feb 2026

Standard

1m 4f 98y

Class 6

14:42 Newcastle (AW)

Violeta

9st 5lb

J: Jonny Peate

T: Ben Haslam

Has modest 2-34 career strike-rate and needs to rebound from a poor run here in December but her C&D second two starts ago was a good effort and she has obvious claims if judged on that performance.

10/1

7th

10

23rd Aug 2025

Good

2m 1f 46y

Class 5

14:45 Cartmel

Violeta

10st 2lb

J: Jack Hogan

T: Ben Haslam

AW winner last September and in March (1m2f); a straggler over hurdles, hence the rock-bottom mark (and 4lb wrong today) but she's willing on the Flat and she might well fare much better now handicapping.

16/1

Form: 4-1

Last run: 19 days

W: 9st 10lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 76

Form & Verdict
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

7th

8

(6)

6th Nov 2023

Standard

1m 0f 142y

Class 5

16:55 Wolverhampton (AW)

Maid In London

9st 7lb

J: Billy Loughnane

T: Hugo Palmer

Has been rather disappointing since C&D novice win in April (tried over 1m4f last time); visor replaces cheekpieces; bit to prove now.

8/1

9th

10

(2)

13th Sep 2023

Standard To Slow

1m 3f 219y

Class 5

20:30 Kempton (AW)

Maid In London

9st 2lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: Hugo Palmer

led, headed but prominent after 1f

9/1

4th

10

(11)

29th Jul 2023

Standard

1m 2f 42y

Class 4

14:00 Newcastle (AW)

Maid In London

8st 12lb

J: Pierre-Louis Jamin

T: Hugo Palmer

Won a Wolverhampton novice (8.6f, Tapeta) in April but she failed to beat a rival in her first two handicaps and was down the field again at Kempton (1m) last time; still lightly raced but she needs cheekpieces to make a difference at this new trip.

25/1

Non-runners

Maid In London

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £2.70
Straight Forecast £3.05
Trifecta £8.30

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