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Play With The Finest Bookmaker, Fitzdares….. Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £4224.8
  • 2m 3f 49y
  • Class 4
  • 5 runners
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Play With The Finest Bookmaker, Fitzdares….. Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

7/4 (Won)

  • Win: £3.75
  • Place: £1.70

Form: 6/F62-

Last run: 59 days

W: 12st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 120

Form & Verdict
Useful juvenile hurdler in 2021-22 season; best run in light campaign last term when second to the useful JPR One in 2m Taunton handicap (good to soft) in March; much respected from an unchanged mark.
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Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

4th

1

30th May 2026

Good To Firm

2m 2f 148y

Class 3

18:50 Stratford

In The Air

11st 13lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Alastair Ralph

Won five over hurdles for previous yards and three over fences last term for current trainer; may have needed the run when seventh of eight finishers at Chepstow (2m, good to soft) last month after six-month layoff but probably needs to come down the weights.

6/1

7th

5

11th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 0f 16y

Class 3

14:15 Chepstow

In The Air

11st 10lb

J: Tom Broughton

T: Alastair Ralph

Five-time hurdle winner who did well over fences in the second half of last year, with three wins and two seconds; returns after six months off but he's only 2lb higher than for his last success and he has won when fresh in the past; needs close look back over hurdles.

8/1

6

11th Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 11y

Class 3

14:10 Chepstow

In The Air

10st 11lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Alastair Ralph

Record of 2-8 over fences, with both wins gained this summer in small-field handicaps on good ground; put in his place by an improver in a novice last time; dangerous if allowed to dominate (front runs).

7/4

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5/2

  • Place: £1.30

Form: 552-31 CD

Last run: 4 days

W: 10st 10lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 102

Form & Verdict
Came good at the third time of asking over fences in 2m3f Plumpton handicap (good) last Sunday; plenty of good efforts off higher marks than this over hurdles, including C&D win off 15lb higher in February 2022; should have a big say if coping with the quick turnaround.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

4th

5

28th Sep 2024

Good

2m 5f 89y

Class 3

17:10 Market Rasen

Small Bad Bob

10st 2lb

J: Rex Dingle

T: Chris Gordon

raced in third, went fourth 3 out, weakening when mistake 2 out

11/2

1st

1

27th May 2024

Good To Soft

2m 4f 145y

Class 5

15:50 Huntingdon

Small Bad Bob

12st 0lb

J: Freddie Gordon

T: Chris Gordon

prominent

5/1

1st

1

27th May 2024

Good To Soft

2m 4f 145y

Class 5

15:50 Huntingdon

Small Bad Bob

12st 0lb

J: Freddie Gordon

T: Chris Gordon

prominent

5/1

Form: 1234-

Last run: 174 days

W: 10st 10lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 102

Form & Verdict
Bumper winner; second on 2m3f Exeter hurdle debut (good to firm) last October but beaten a long way when reaching the frame in two novices later in the autumn; early days but needs to get his career back on track now handicapping after a six-month break.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

7

25th Apr 2024

Good

2m 3f 137y

Class 5

17:45 Huntingdon

Times Are Blue

11st 2lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Henrietta C Knight

jumped right on occasions, led

20/1

7

25th Apr 2024

Good

2m 3f 137y

Class 5

17:45 Huntingdon

Times Are Blue

11st 2lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Henrietta C Knight

jumped right on occasions, led

20/1

4

9th Jul 2023

Good

2m 4f 139y

Class 5

14:20 Market Rasen

Times Are Blue

11st 10lb

J: Ben Bromley

T: Oliver Sherwood

Well held when third of five on handicap debut in May (2m3f) and pulled up when fitted with cheekpieces last month (3m2f); drops back in trip with blinkers tried here; not written off just yet but others have much less to prove.

14/1

Form: /6464- D

Last run: 27 days

W: 11st 7lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 113

Form & Verdict
Hasn't found his best form lately but dangerous to dismiss having dropped to the mark he was successful from at Kempton (2m, good) last spring.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

5th

2

25th Jun 2024

Good

2m 4f 216y

Class 5

15:30 Newton Abbot

American Gerry

12st 0lb

J: Freddie Gingell

T: Hughie Morrison

This was the trip for his Taunton win in April (good) and he might have even surpassed that form with his recent seconds over C&D; has the same mark as last time and should have a big say.

9/2

2nd

3

5th Jun 2024

Good

2m 4f 216y

Class 4

15:40 Newton Abbot

American Gerry

11st 0lb

J: Freddie Gingell

T: Hughie Morrison

Good second over C&D 16 days ago ridden by Freddie Gingell, keeping on well; could prove vulnerable for the win back up 3lb but with his chase experience he's likely to be thereabouts.

5/2

2nd

7

20th May 2024

Soft

2m 4f 216y

Class 4

15:43 Newton Abbot

American Gerry

11st 8lb

J: Freddie Gingell

T: Hughie Morrison

midfield

9/1

Form: 14035- D

Last run: 98 days

W: 11st 5lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 111

Form & Verdict
Landed a 2m4f Ffos Las handicap (good) last June; best run since when third at Wetherby (2m3f, good to soft) on Boxing Day; off since finishing a no more than respectable fifth at Ffos Las in February; remains 8lb above his winning mark.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

5th

2

1st Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 1y

Class 3

16:20 Fakenham

Watergrange Jack

11st 11lb

J: Conor O’Farrell

T: Neil Mulholland

prominent, lost ground after 2nd, dropped to last after 4th, detached before 4 out, weakened before 2 out

9/2

5th

2

1st Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 1y

Class 3

16:20 Fakenham

Watergrange Jack

11st 11lb

J: Conor O’Farrell

T: Neil Mulholland

prominent, lost ground after 2nd, dropped to last after 4th, detached before 4 out, weakened before 2 out

9/2

7

26th Oct 2024

Good

3m 2f 39y

Class 2

15:55 Kelso

Watergrange Jack

10st 7lb

J: Richie McLernon

T: Neil Mulholland

Unseated early last time at Perth; it was an ordinary handicap by Class 2 standards that he won at Worcester (2m4f, good) the time before but that was all very straightforward as he jumped well out in front; could catch some of these cold from a fitness perspective.

12/1

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Payout
Exacta £7.70
Straight Forecast £7.66
Trifecta £25.70

Selections

The Times:

Small Bad Bob

SPOTLIGHT:

In The Air

RP RATINGS:

Watergrange Jack

POSTDATA:

American Gerry

Telegraph:

Times Are Blue

The Guardian:

In The Air

The Star:

In The Air

TOPSPEED:

Watergrange Jack

Daily Mirror:

Watergrange Jack

Daily Mail:

American Gerry

D Express:

Small Bad Bob

The Sun:

Small Bad Bob

Daily Record:

Small Bad Bob