September 18 / 15.40 Brighton

15.40

Good To Firm

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  • Prize money: £4605.92
  • 1m 3f 198y
  • Class 5
  • 5 runners
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Runners: 5 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

100/30 (Won)

  • Win: £2.20
  • Place: £1.20

Form: 8-981

Last run: 53 days

W: 9st 9lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 70

Form & Verdict
Reportedly suited by the soft ground when displaying improvement to make winning handicap debut at Newbury (1m2f) in July; presumably needs some rain but could easily have more to offer over this new trip.
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2

23rd Oct 2025

Good To Soft

2m 3f 29y

Class 5

15:15 Fontwell

Plus Point

11st 10lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Billy Aprahamian

Three-time Flat winner who improved for the step up to 2m4f when second at Worcester in May on latest start and now makes handicap debut on ground she handles; respected.

5/2

7

13th May 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

16:00 Worcester

Plus Point

11st 2lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Billy Aprahamian

Quite useful on the Flat for former yard, winning three times at up to 1m6f; given that ability she's been quite disappointing in her two races over hurdles (at 2-1 and 6-1).

20/1

2nd

7

13th May 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

16:00 Worcester

Plus Point

11st 2lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Billy Aprahamian

held up in rear, steady headway before 6th, went second before last, no match for winner

20/1

Evs

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 313431 D

Last run: 7 days

W: 9st 8lb

3 yo Gelding

OR: 69

Form & Verdict
3-6 since switched to middle-distance handicaps this year, the latest win gained by 4l in apprentice jockeys' race at Newcastle (1m4f, AW) a week ago; may not be favoured by rain but escapes a penalty and commands respect.
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1st

1

(4)

9th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

1m 3f 179y

Class 5

15:34 Leicester

Robusto

10st 0lb

J: Harry Vigors

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Won at Wolverhampton (1m4f, AW) in April and close third at Chester (1m4f, good) four weeks ago; this 6yo could give another good account but is taking on some unexposed 3yos and may well be vulnerable.

13/2

3rd

7

(3)

11th Jul 2026

Good

1m 4f 63y

Class 5

17:00 Chester

Robusto

8st 13lb

J: Edward Greatrex

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Has a much better strike-rate on AW than on grass; soundly beaten off his lower turf mark returned to this sphere last time; opposed.

25/1

Form: 0-9365

Last run: 38 days

W: 10st 0lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 68

Form & Verdict
Multiple winner when trained in Ireland (on ground ranging from good to soft) with some very useful form on his CV, but has been in the doldrums for a while now; well-beaten 50-1 shot at Haydock (1m2f, good) last month and could be considered only if much stronger in the betting here.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

6th

10

(10)

29th Apr 2024

Standard

1m 4f 14y

Class 6

15:35 Southwell (AW)

Still Standing

9st 1lb

J: Tyler Heard

T: Alexandra Dunn

in touch with leaders, prominent after 2f

8/1

10

(10)

29th Apr 2024

Standard

1m 4f 14y

Class 6

15:35 Southwell (AW)

Still Standing

9st 1lb

J: Tyler Heard

T: Alexandra Dunn

Multiple turf winner, most recently in 2021; 0-11 on AW but has dropped a long way in the weights since the autumn and he's been running well enough over 1m4f of late to think he shouldn't be far away.

8/1

4th

6

(3)

2nd Apr 2024

Standard

1m 4f 51y

Class 6

16:55 Wolverhampton (AW)

Still Standing

9st 2lb

J: Brandon Wilkie

T: Alexandra Dunn

Flat turf/hurdles winner who is 0-10 on the AW, but a fair effort when a staying-on third of nine in a 0-50 classified event over C&D last month; each-way possibilities again.

8/1

11/2

Form: 111796 CD

Last run: 28 days

W: 8st 12lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 52

Form & Verdict
Won three in a row in May/June and two of those came over C&D (good to firm/soft); suffered dip in form afterwards but her closing sixth here last month was a pretty good effort and she's another 1lb lower today.
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4th

7

(5)

29th Aug 2026

Good

1m 4f 0y

Class 6

19:15 Chepstow

Cloudy Rose

9st 2lb

J: Liam Wright

T: John Berry

Well handicapped on her two turf wins (1m4f/1m6f) last summer, but she's been out of sorts in last four runs and was beaten 11l at Yarmouth last time; has something to prove and she needs to turn things around.

25/1

7th

7

(3)

5th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

1m 6f 17y

Class 6

19:40 Yarmouth

Cloudy Rose

9st 1lb

J: David Probert

T: John Berry

An 8yo who hasn't been at her best of late, on slow and fast ground; however, very capable off this sort of mark if staging a revival.

12/1

8th

5

(8)

7th Jul 2026

Good

1m 4f 5y

Class 6

15:48 Pontefract

Cloudy Rose

9st 5lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: John Berry

Ran with credit when fourth of nine at Yarmouth (1m6f, soft) last month and does handle testing ground, but looks better on a faster surface; 5lb lower than for the latest of two wins around this time last year and one for the shortlist.

13/2

66/1

Form: 1754-7 C

Last run: 14 days

W: 8st 11lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
Made all off lowly mark here (1m2f, good to firm) for Gary Moore in June, but left that stable after three lesser efforts and was tailed off for new yard a fortnight ago; out of the weights today; up against it.
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5

13th Jul 2025

Good To Firm

2m 6f 7y

Class 5

17:35 Stratford

On The Nose

10st 12lb

J: Isabelle Ryder

T: Joanne Thomason-Murphy

Two Flat wins for previous yards; pulled up in a handicap hurdle on her debut for this one when 40-1 after a break of 307 days.

33/1

6

25th May 2025

Good

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

16:08 Fontwell

On The Nose

10st 8lb

J: Lee Edwards

T: Joanne Thomason-Murphy

Ran quite well when sixth at Newton Abbot (2m2f, good) for Adam West last summer and had excuse when well beaten on subsequent Flat starts (struck into), but this stable debut comes after a ten-month absence.

16/1

6

25th May 2025

Good

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

16:08 Fontwell

On The Nose

10st 8lb

J: Lee Edwards

T: Joanne Thomason-Murphy

Ran quite well when sixth at Newton Abbot (2m2f, good) for Adam West last summer and had excuse when well beaten on subsequent Flat starts (struck into), but this stable debut comes after a ten-month absence.

16/1

Non-runners

Sword Beach, On The Right Track

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £3.00
Straight Forecast £3.01
Trifecta £16.40

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Robusto

The Times:

Plus Point

Daily Mirror:

Cloudy Rose

The Guardian:

Plus Point

RP RATINGS:

Robusto

POSTDATA:

Robusto

NEWMARKET:

Robusto

Telegraph:

Robusto

Daily Mail:

Robusto

D Express:

Robusto

The Sun:

Robusto

The Star:

Robusto

Daily Record:

Robusto