18.50
Standard To SlowIre-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (IRE Incentive Race)
- Prize money: £3725.46
- 0m 6f 0y
- Class 5
- 13 runners
Runners: 13 runners
Type: Flat AW
Surface: Polytrack
Weather: Showers
4/1 (Won)
- Win: £5.30
- Place: £1.20
Form: 82
Last run: 33 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 13 (1) |
2nd Jul 2026 Good To Firm 0m 7f 0y Class 4 |
9st 7lb |
Exposed four-time winner; has run a number of good races this season and Doncaster last time was one of those, as he did well to finish so close after missing the break; not without hope. |
12/1 |
|
4th 5 (2) |
14th Jun 2026 Good To Soft 0m 7f 6y Class 5 |
9st 6lb |
C&D winner; despite the stable's poor year he has run a string of fine races in 2026, including when a close fifth of 22 in a Class 4 at York three weeks ago; shouldn't be far away. |
7/2 |
2/1
- Place: £1.60
Form: 422 BF
Last run: 10 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: 76
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 8 (6) |
4th Jul 2026 Good To Firm 0m 6f 18y Class 5 |
8st 11lb |
Sole win from 27 starts was in a Chelmsford novice (5f, AW) in February 2024; well handicapped on his old form but he returned after 14 months off with a heavy defeat at Southwell (7f, AW) two weeks ago; opposable. |
33/1 |
|
10th 11 (10) |
18th Jun 2026 Standard 0m 7f 14y Class 5 |
8st 6lb |
Just one win to his name after 26 attempts; dropped 5lb during his 426-day absence but others still bring more pressing claims. |
20/1 |
|
7th 5 (7) |
18th Apr 2025 Standard 0m 7f 0y Class 6 |
9st 7lb |
in rear |
10/1 |
6/1
- Place: £2.00
Form: 52
Last run: 27 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8 (5) |
16th Sep 2024 Standard To Slow 1m 0f 0y Class 5 |
9st 8lb |
Placed on AW in three of his six 2yo starts for Michael Bell; sold for 3,000gns in May and subsequently gelded; has been absent for a year, so the betting should be instructive. |
25/1 |
|
3rd 5 (6) |
13th Sep 2023 Standard 0m 7f 14y Class 4 |
9st 5lb |
Placed over 6f at maiden/novice level on AW; has failed to transfer that form to two nurseries (7f/6f), latest at Wolverhampton last week; something to prove off same mark. |
14/1 |
|
8th 7 (6) |
7th Sep 2023 Standard 0m 6f 20y Class 4 |
9st 5lb |
Placed in both AW starts on Polytrack; no progress for the switch to nurseries at Newmarket last time (7f) but returning to 6f may help. |
14/1 |
8/1
Form: 44
Last run: 26 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 10 (5) |
25th Jul 2023 Standard To Slow 0m 6f 0y Class 5 |
9st 7lb |
Well off the winner on his C&D debut (yard has a fair record here with 2yos); did a bit better on turf last time but needs another decent forward step. |
8/1 |
|
4th 4 (2) |
29th Jun 2023 Good To Firm 0m 6f 0y Class 4 |
9st 7lb |
took keen hold, prominent |
11/2 |
6/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd 2 (4) |
3rd Jul 2026 Good 0m 7f 195y |
10st 0lb |
Three-time winner and 2lb beneath his last winning mark; beaten about 4l in his last two races at 1m1f so not in bad form and he might get a good pace to chase, which helps him. |
6/1 |
|
3rd 1 (1) |
15th Apr 2026 Yielding 1m 1f 0y |
11st 7lb |
Won his third race when taking a Killarney handicap over 1m last July off this mark; some solid runs since, including when third of 13 at Gowran last week (1m2f, soft); inside draw and good amateur aboard. |
15/8 |
25/1
Form: 87
Last run: 27 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 3 (5) |
15th Jul 2026 Firm 0m 5f 160y Class 5 |
9st 10lb |
He'd been headed when badly hampered at Newbury recently (not recover) but was without his usual visor, in which he was running really well in defeat previously under Chloe Lyons at up to 5.2f; he should be fine at this trip; the visor returns and he could bounce back with a big run. |
11/2 |
|
8th 1 (8) |
2nd Jul 2026 Good To Firm 0m 5f 34y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Three good turf runs to his name this summer, all for today's apprentice Chloe Lyons and including C&D; no obvious reason why he wouldn't go well once again. |
6/1 |
|
3rd 2 (2) |
9th Jun 2026 Good To Soft 0m 5f 60y Class 5 |
9st 8lb |
Handy sort whose record here reads 131; has run well in both starts under Chloe Lyons since returning to turf last month, going down by just a neck at Newbury (5f, good to firm) eight days ago; respected off the same mark. |
5/2 |
20/1
Form: 56
Last run: 39 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 3 (6) |
22nd Aug 2024 Standard 1m 0f 1y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Out of the frame in all seven starts including one attempt on the AW at Chelmsford (6f, Polytrack); continues to slide down the weights, but still hard to warm to; no headgear today. |
10/1 |
|
6th 5 (1) |
24th Jul 2024 Good 0m 7f 0y Class 5 |
9st 6lb |
Safely held in two 1m handicaps this season and has now been unplaced all six starts; raced too freely in first-tme visor last time; drops back in trip with blinkers tried today; others have much more obvious claims. |
20/1 |
|
6th 6 (5) |
4th Jul 2024 Good 1m 0f 3y Class 5 |
9st 8lb |
Fair comeback recently, having been gelded, and is now tried in a visor (pulled hard in cheekpieces last summer); is yet to get involved in a finish and it's possible he just started handicap life on an unrealistic mark. |
12/1 |
10/1
Form: 4
Last run: 42 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 9 (11) |
26th Feb 2026 Standard 0m 6f 0y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
His sole victory came in 2023 and he has become increasingly temperamental, virtually refusing to race when beating one in classified event over C&D last month; eyeshields are fitted here. |
25/1 |
|
12 (2) |
16th Oct 2025 Standard 0m 7f 0y Class 6 |
9st 0lb |
Sole win from 23 starts was as a 2yo in November 2023; well treated on old form but he's regressed since a third at Southwell in January and refused to race on one occasion; passed over. |
25/1 |
|
3 (5) |
3rd Aug 2025 Good To Firm 0m 7f 3y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
1-22, the win coming on the AW as a 2yo; has regressed since finishing third of 11 at Southwell (5f, AW) in January, refusing to race on one occasion; look elsewhere. |
25/1 |
10/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 2 |
27th May 2026 Good 2m 2f 110y Class 5 |
11st 6lb |
Modest form in six Flat runs and he's 0-11 over hurdles; beaten 11l when fifth at Taunton (2m, good; 15-8 favourite) in March but he went close there on his penultimate run and has claims if he recapture that form. |
9/2 |
|
5th 3 |
24th Mar 2026 Good 2m 0f 104y Class 5 |
11st 4lb |
Remains winless after 16 races (six Flat, ten over hurdles) but the last four, latest over C&D, all suggest a major role today. |
2/1 |
|
3rd 9 |
9th Mar 2026 Good 2m 0f 104y Class 4 |
10st 7lb |
Remains winless but he was running well (still close up) when falling two out in 2m Wincanton handicap in January; he ought to be thereabouts off an unchanged mark. |
14/1 |
16/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 2 (2) |
31st May 2024 Soft 0m 7f 173y Class 5 |
9st 9lb |
Didn't hit the target immediately once handicapping, but did it nicely at Salisbury (7f, good) six days ago; probably still has more to offer and a major player despite the penalty. |
10/11 |
|
1st 5 (2) |
25th May 2024 Good To Soft 0m 6f 213y Class 5 |
9st 6lb |
Three quick runs last summer before being gelded and put away; came clear with the winner when edged out at Pontefract (6f, soft) and appeared to be crying out for today's trip when done for toe at Newcastle; 3lb higher for this but thereabouts. |
4/1 |
|
1st 5 (2) |
25th May 2024 Good To Soft 0m 6f 213y Class 5 |
9st 6lb |
Three quick runs last summer before being gelded and put away; came clear with the winner when edged out at Pontefract (6f, soft) and appeared to be crying out for today's trip when done for toe at Newcastle; 3lb higher for this but thereabouts. |
4/1 |
20/1
Form: 5
Last run: 25 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 1 (3) |
26th Oct 2024 Standard 0m 7f 0y Class 6 |
9st 11lb |
took keen hold, prominent |
9/2 |
|
3rd 7 (12) |
16th Oct 2024 Standard To Slow 0m 6f 0y Class 6 |
9st 10lb |
In good form in the spring, following his Chelmsford win in May with another at Yarmouth 19 days later (both 7f); below par the last twice (1m) and now reverts to sprinting; drawn wide; Oisin Murphy booked. |
7/1 |
|
8th 4 (3) |
8th Aug 2024 Good To Firm 1m 0f 3y Class 6 |
9st 7lb |
Took him a while to get off the mark, but he eventually scored over 7f at Chelmsford (AW) and Brighton (good) in May; still 5lb higher than for the latest of those, but good to soft ground may not have suited at Ffos Las (1m) last time and possibilities if he can bounce back. |
13/2 |
50/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 2lb
2 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12th 11 (5) |
5th Jan 2024 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 5 |
9st 0lb |
Absent since an unpromising debut at Chelmsford (6f) in July; others preferred. |
100/1 |
100/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 11 (10) |
26th Mar 2024 Standard 0m 4f 214y Class 6 |
8st 9lb |
Still seeking a first win; competed over 1m4f on penultimate start and, although better suited by the return to sprinting, was brushed aside by So Obsessed at Chelmsford (5f); headgear tweak and improved terms probably not enough. |
14/1 |
|
2nd 5 (1) |
9th Mar 2024 Standard 0m 5f 0y Class 6 |
9st 1lb |
swerved right start, niggled along under 2f out, no extra from over 1f out, no match for winner |
6/1 |
|
5th 5 (6) |
26th Feb 2024 Standard 1m 4f 51y Class 6 |
9st 2lb |
Modest performer who has yet to threaten in seven attempts, including four handicaps (5f-1m); mark has bottomed out now and he has plenty to prove on this step up to 1m4f. |
16/1 |
Non-runners
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £18.50 |
| Straight Forecast | £14.61 |
| Trifecta | £56.20 |
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