May 04 / 17.25 Salisbury

17.25

Soft

William Hill Keep Your Raceday Positive Handicap (Div II)

  • Prize money: £3925.5
  • 1m 6f 44y
  • Class 6
  • 10 runners
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William Hill Keep Your Raceday Positive Handicap (Div II)

Runners: 10 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Light rain

8/1 (Won)

  • Win: £10.50
  • Place: £2.80

Form: 5451-0 D

Last run: 13 days

W: 9st 8lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 59

Form & Verdict
Had two 1m6f turf wins (one on good to soft) last year for Sheena West, one from the front and the other from out the back; more to prove on soft; well beaten over hurdles last month for new yard but that was his first run since September, so he could have come on since that outing.
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6

(7)

14th May 2024

Good To Soft

1m 4f 0y

Class 6

20:40 Chepstow

Fred Bear

9st 6lb

J: Liam Keniry

T: Neil Mulholland

slowly into stride, in rear and outpaced, pulled up over 5f out

10/1

6

(7)

14th May 2024

Good To Soft

1m 4f 0y

Class 6

20:40 Chepstow

Fred Bear

9st 6lb

J: Liam Keniry

T: Neil Mulholland

slowly into stride, in rear and outpaced, pulled up over 5f out

10/1

5th

8

21st Nov 2023

Good

3m 1f 119y

Class 4

14:40 Hereford

Fred Bear

10st 13lb

J: Dylan Whelan

T: Neil Mulholland

2m winner in this sphere; stayer on the Flat; not disgraced over C&D (good) returned to hurdles but his effort rather petered out after pulling hard; chance partly depends on whether he settles better.

8/1

11/2

  • Place: £1.70

Form: 0/82-3 BF

Last run: 13 days

W: 9st 5lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 56

Form & Verdict
Running well over hurdles before his third of 13 on Flat at Bath (1m6f) 13 days ago; 0-22 on Flat but six seconds and he's an each-way player.
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9th

3

4th Jun 2025

Good

2m 0f 167y

Class 5

16:35 Newton Abbot

John Betjeman

11st 13lb

J: Joe Anderson

T: Mark Gillard

Four-time hurdle winner on slow ground, including over C&D (raced prominently in first-time visor) in April; below par at Ffos Las (2m, good) latest, after a 5lb rise; each-way claims if he can bounce back.

11/2

9th

3

4th Jun 2025

Good

2m 0f 167y

Class 5

16:35 Newton Abbot

John Betjeman

11st 13lb

J: Joe Anderson

T: Mark Gillard

Four-time hurdle winner on slow ground, including over C&D (raced prominently in first-time visor) in April; below par at Ffos Las (2m, good) latest, after a 5lb rise; each-way claims if he can bounce back.

11/2

8th

2

6th May 2025

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 5

17:00 Ffos Las

John Betjeman

11st 10lb

J: Lorcan Williams

T: Mark Gillard

pressed leader, chased clear leader after 2nd

7/1

7/1

  • Place: £2.70

Form: -34225

Last run: 22 days

W: 9st 10lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 61

Form & Verdict
Last scored in February 2020 and has never won a handicap; AW form this winter/spring gives him a big shout if his stamina can be stretched a little further but his turf form away from bumpers in 2019 is a concern.
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Verdict Starting price

4th

9

(9)

28th Feb 2024

Standard To Slow

1m 3f 219y

Class 6

20:30 Kempton (AW)

Wheres Tom

9st 2lb

J: Daniel Muscutt

T: Michael Madgwick

Holding his form fairly well; on a four-year losing spell but has become attractively handicapped; went close off 7lb higher over C&D last March; possibilities.

8/1

5th

1

(7)

8th Feb 2024

Standard

1m 7f 169y

Class 6

15:35 Lingfield (AW)

Wheres Tom

9st 9lb

J: George Rooke

T: Michael Madgwick

Dual-purpose performer with a record of 2-35 and his last win was in a novice at this track (1m4f) four years ago; stays this trip and was a fair fifth back on the Flat here in December but others are more persuasive.

8/1

5th

3

(10)

23rd Dec 2023

Standard

1m 4f 0y

Class 6

15:10 Lingfield (AW)

Wheres Tom

9st 7lb

J: Rose Dawes

T: Michael Madgwick

Dual-purpose performer who struggled off a basement over hurdles three weeks ago but his Flat win came over C&D and he's well handicapped on some AW form in the spring; not ruled back in this sphere for yard that won this in 2022.

8/1

Form: -84276

Last run: 16 days

W: 9st 2lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 53

Form & Verdict
11-race maiden; wore cheekpieces on Southwell AW last three starts and ran creditably in two of those (1m4f/2m); turf form (three attempts) is less solid but he's not dismissed.
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4th

6

(3)

7th May 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 0y

Class 6

16:35 Windsor

Fighting Poet

9st 0lb

J: Callum Hutchinson

T: Richard Phillips

All three of his wins have come at Brighton; well treated on last summer's ready 1m2f win but returning from an absence perhaps not the time to catch him.

20/1

9th

3

(4)

27th Oct 2025

Standard

1m 2f 0y

Class 6

13:55 Lingfield (AW)

Fighting Poet

9st 7lb

J: Sean D Bowen

T: Richard Phillips

Three wins at Brighton, the latest off 3lb lower in August (1m2f, good to firm); effective on AW and he is one to consider despite some unappealing form figures.

20/1

9th

3

(4)

27th Oct 2025

Standard

1m 2f 0y

Class 6

13:55 Lingfield (AW)

Fighting Poet

9st 7lb

J: Sean D Bowen

T: Richard Phillips

Three wins at Brighton, the latest off 3lb lower in August (1m2f, good to firm); effective on AW and he is one to consider despite some unappealing form figures.

20/1

Form: 5/3122

Last run: 64 days

W: 9st 2lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 53

Form & Verdict
Had a very solid sequence on AW (1m3f-2m) early this year, before pulled up on soft ground back over hurdles on latest outing; that's a nagging concern but he was runner-up over 1m2f on soft in 2020 (had a long layoff before this season) and has to enter serious calculations.
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Verdict Starting price

6th

9

18th Nov 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 5

15:50 Lingfield

Big Jimbo

10st 9lb

J: Freddie Mitchell

T: Gary & Josh Moore

Poor Flat performer; beat only three rivals when making a successful debut over fences at Fontwell (2m2f, good to soft) and hasn't threatened since then; others preferred.

12/1

5

7th Sep 2025

Good To Soft

2m 3f 104y

Class 4

16:12 Fontwell

Big Jimbo

10st 5lb

J: Freddie Mitchell

T: Gary & Josh Moore

Struggled to get competitive off basement Flat mark last month, after a layoff, but made winning chase debut in small-field contest here (2m2f, good) nine days ago; did that a shade cosily and is only 3lb higher now; must be considered.

15/8

1st

6

29th Aug 2025

Good

2m 1f 165y

Class 4

19:18 Fontwell

Big Jimbo

10st 2lb

J: Freddie Mitchell

T: Gary & Josh Moore

Not seen under jumps rules since pulled up in soft-ground handicap hurdle in April 2023 and has been in poor form on the Flat since last summer; has too much to prove on chasing debut; refitted cheekpieces replace visor.

33/1

Form: 00/20-

Last run: 157 days

W: 8st 13lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 50

Form & Verdict
Big step forward when strong-finishing second of seven in 1m4f classified at Brighton (good to soft) in June on 2022 return; flopped on AW over 1m6f (her dam won the 2m2f Cesarewitch) in November on her only start since but lightly raced and surely worth another attempt at this sort of trip.
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Verdict Starting price

6th

8

(5)

16th Dec 2023

Standard

2m 0f 120y

Class 6

19:30 Wolverhampton (AW)

Sugar Candie

9st 0lb

J: Hector Crouch

T: Hughie Morrison

Went close in 1m4f classified at Brighton in June 2022 but she hasn't progressed and her recent 2m run back on Polytrack doesn't inspire much confidence; plenty to prove back on Tapeta; headgear discarded.

14/1

6th

10

(3)

18th Nov 2023

Standard

1m 7f 169y

Class 6

12:16 Lingfield (AW)

Sugar Candie

9st 0lb

J: Oisin Murphy

T: Hughie Morrison

towards rear

8/1

6th

10

(5)

18th Oct 2023

Soft

2m 1f 24y

Class 6

17:45 Bath

Sugar Candie

8st 11lb

J: Rose Dawes

T: Hughie Morrison

Effective at 2m on soft ground but she's still a maiden after 11 starts and was a well-held third in a Class 6 event at Catterick last time; others preferred.

9/1

Form: 225822 D BF

Last run: 28 days

W: 9st 11lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 62

Form & Verdict
Came down the weights as a result of 2022 turf campaign but much more competitive on AW this year, with a visor enlisted initially; interesting on that and on some of his turf form.
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8th

3

(4)

15th Mar 2024

Standard

1m 5f 219y

Class 6

20:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Winklevi

9st 7lb

J: David Probert

T: David Evans

led

12/1

6th

4

(1)

2nd Feb 2024

Standard

1m 7f 169y

Class 6

15:17 Lingfield (AW)

Winklevi

9st 7lb

J: Rossa Ryan

T: David Evans

led at steady pace

7/1

5th

3

(3)

1st Sep 2023

Standard

2m 0f 120y

Class 6

18:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Winklevi

9st 13lb

J: Daniel Muscutt

T: David Evans

Multiple winner at up to 2m, including here (1m6f); well beaten at Catterick latest but he has shown enough on several occasions this year to suggest he can be competitive back here from this handy mark.

9/2

Form: -98534

Last run: 28 days

W: 8st 9lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
24-race maiden; major place chance on recent AW efforts but he's had only one turf run, when tailed off on good to soft in a handicap in 2021.
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7th

7

(7)

16th Sep 2023

Standard

1m 7f 169y

Class 6

14:33 Lingfield (AW)

Pledge Of Peace

8st 11lb

J: Josephine Gordon

T: Phil McEntee

24-race maiden; finished third over C&D when 1lb higher in March but hasn't shown enough on either turf or AW on his last three starts to suggest he'll break his duck yet.

25/1

10th

8

(8)

8th Sep 2023

Standard To Slow

1m 7f 218y

Class 6

21:00 Kempton (AW)

Pledge Of Peace

9st 2lb

J: Josephine Gordon

T: Phil McEntee

awkward start, in rear

16/1

4th

7

(4)

9th Aug 2023

Soft

1m 6f 17y

Class 6

17:50 Yarmouth

Pledge Of Peace

10st 2lb

J: Miss Taryn Langley

T: Phil McEntee

29-race maiden; second of eight over C&D in June (good to firm) was a fair effort but he didn't build on it at Bath five weeks ago; others look safer.

9/1

OUR TIP

Form: 4/8860

Last run: 22 days

W: 9st 9lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 60

Form & Verdict
Seven-race maiden; no impact in four runs since returning this year from a long absence; sinking in the weights and this is his turf debut.
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9th

3

(10)

4th Aug 2023

Standard

1m 5f 219y

Class 6

14:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Jersey Gift

9st 8lb

J: Liam Wright

T: Barry Brennan

Maiden who went the wrong way for Jamie Osborne before picked up for just 1,200gns; no immediate promise for his new yard a month ago.

16/1

4

(9)

19th Jul 2023

Good To Soft

1m 4f 13y

Class 6

14:52 Catterick

Jersey Gift

11st 1lb

J: Miss Olive Nicholls

T: Barry Brennan

Still a maiden and his handicap record isn't solid; holds weak claims dropped back 4f in distance on second run for new yard.

16/1

5th

3

(6)

4th Jul 2023

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 6

21:00 Ffos Las

Jersey Gift

9st 1lb

J: Ross Coakley

T: Barry Brennan

prominent, weakened from 2f out

14/1

Form: -07847

Last run: 34 days

W: 8st 9lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
Nine races and his best form came when fourth of eight in handicap at Lingfield (2m, AW) on penultimate start; well beaten at Southwell latest and this is his first turf run since behind on debut.
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9th

9

(6)

29th Jul 2023

Soft

1m 3f 99y

Class 6

20:30 Windsor

Proud Warrior

8st 11lb

J: Finley Marsh

T: Tony Carroll

11-race maiden whose best run was over 2m on AW in March; no form claims otherwise.

40/1

4th

7

(4)

10th Jun 2023

Good To Firm

1m 4f 0y

Class 6

21:00 Chepstow

Proud Warrior

8st 9lb

J: Josephine Gordon

T: Tony Carroll

led, headed but prominent after 2f

16/1

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Payout
Exacta £47.20
Straight Forecast £45.10
Tricast £441.23
Trifecta £388.40

Selections

WEST COUNTRY:

John Betjeman

SPOTLIGHT:

Sugar Candie

The Guardian:

Fighting Poet

Daily Record:

Big Jimbo

Telegraph:

Where's Tom

POSTDATA:

Winklevi

RP Ratings:

Sugar Candie

Daily Mail:

Sugar Candie

D Express:

Sugar Candie

The Times:

John Betjeman

Daily Mirror:

John Betjeman

The Sun:

John Betjeman

The Star:

John Betjeman