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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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

8th

8

(8)

23rd Jun 2026

Good To Firm

1m 3f 0y

Class 5

20:35 Newbury

Robusto

9st 6lb

J: Ben Ffrench Davis

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Won a four-runner race at Salisbury (1m4f, good to firm) as a 3yo, but all five wins since have come on the AW; rated 9lb lower on grass but still hard to warm to on a rare turf appearance.

16/1

5th

3

(8)

27th May 2026

Standard To Slow

1m 7f 218y

Class 4

21:00 Kempton (AW)

Robusto

9st 11lb

J: Harry Vigors

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Often makes the running but came from towards rear under Harry Vigors to win a six-runner race at Wolverhampton (1m6f) on latest outing; that broke a long losing run but he's usually competitive and has won over C&D; player.

11/2

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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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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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

4th

7

(4)

10th Jun 2026

Good

1m 6f 17y

Class 6

16:18 Yarmouth

Cloudy Rose

8st 13lb

J: Gina Mangan

T: John Berry

Had 1m4f and 1m6f wins on consecutive starts last summer and she's now 4lb below her last winning mark; couldn't reach the leaders when fifth of ten at Bath (1m6f; good to firm) 19 days ago but she won't mind this slower ground and could go well.

6/1

5th

6

(10)

22nd May 2026

Good

1m 6f 0y

Class 6

14:08 Bath

Cloudy Rose

9st 1lb

J: Hollie Doyle

T: John Berry

Had 1m4f and 1m6f wins on consecutive starts last summer and she's now 2lb below her last winning mark; following two respectable shows over 1m4f this term, she is one to take seriously on this return to 1m6f.

6/1

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