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Duo Systems Your Floor Our Focus Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £4356.8
  • 2m 1f 162y
  • Class 4
  • 9 runners
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Duo Systems Your Floor Our Focus Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)

Runners: 9 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

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6/1 (Won)

  • Win: £6.50
  • Place: £1.50

Form: 1-

Last run: 229 days

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Bought for £75,000 after going close in an Irish point; it was a very weak bumper by Newbury standards in which he justified favouritism in February but looks a nice prospect.
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2

15th Apr 2026

Good

2m 5f 50y

Class 2

15:15 Haydock

Idy Wood

11st 5lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Won over fences last season and has won twice over hurdles since September; now he's on a recovery mission after very quiet runs at Windsor (2m4f) and at the Cheltenham Festival (3m; again on his favoured good ground).

14/1

22th

16

12th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 213y

Class 1

16:40 Cheltenham

Idy Wood

10st 8lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Won two chases last season and 2-4 back hurdling this term, with all those wins on good ground but he also scored on soft in his novice days; however, tailed off at Windsor on New Year's Day, unraced beyond 2m5f under rules and needs to resume his improvement.

50/1

11

11th Oct 2025

Good To Soft

2m 3f 100y

Class 2

15:20 Chepstow

Idy Wood

10st 9lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

2-5 over fences last season and gamely made all when back over hurdles for last month's reappearance at Uttoxeter (2m4f, good); might have a fitness edge over some of these but is 4lb higher in a much deeper race today.

8/1

2/1

  • Place: £1.40

Form: 16-P2 BF

Last run: 130 days

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Newbury bumper winner; still in the firing line when all but falling two out at Kempton before enduring a surprising defeat when long odds-on at Huntingdon, at the hands of one who has since done little for the form; not one of his stable's brighter prospects but should make his presence felt.
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6th

4

2nd May 2026

Good

1m 7f 168y

Class 5

12:45 Uttoxeter

Iolaos Du Mou

11st 10lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Tony Culhane & Stella Barclay

Got off the mark over hurdles at Warwick (2m, good) last May off 6lb lower; may need the run following 11 months off.

16/1

4th

1

9th Jun 2025

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 5

15:45 Southwell

Iolaos Du Mou

12st 0lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Stella Barclay

Ex-Nicky Henderson; has rediscovered his form since the hood went on and fended off one having its first run for James Owen with the two clear at Warwick (2m, good); 6lb rise is fair.

15/8

14/1

  • Place: £2.40

Form: 332-15 D

Last run: 36 days

W: 10st 9lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Posted a low RPR when winning her bumper at Plumpton in May; well held since then, four times on the Flat and in a maiden hurdle at Stratford a month ago.
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6

6th Apr 2026

Good

1m 7f 195y

Class 4

16:55 Plumpton

A Tickatickatiming

10st 13lb

J: Marc Goldstein

T: Sheena West

Bumper and maiden hurdle winner on this course in 2023; has run some good races in defeat here since early last spring and has a chance at the weights with Yasmina on a C&D run in February; improvement not really in the offing but she can be involved.

7/2

3rd

4

16th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 1f 169y

Class 4

15:45 Plumpton

A Tickatickatiming

10st 4lb

J: Marc Goldstein

T: Sheena West

Bumper and 2m hurdle (good to soft) winner here in 2023 and, although winless since in limited appearances, has posted some solid placed efforts; had excuses when tailed off here latest, too free and failed to stay 2m4f; likely to fare better now returning to a shorter trip and quicker ground.

11/2

4th

2

23rd Feb 2026

Soft

2m 4f 116y

Class 5

16:45 Plumpton

A Tickatickatiming

11st 7lb

J: Marc Goldstein

T: Sheena West

Bumper and 2m hurdle (good to soft) winner here in 2023 and, although winless since in limited appearances, has posted some solid placed efforts, most recently when collared late over 2m here a fortnight ago; goes back up in trip and likely to be involved again.

7/2

Form: 3310-4 C

Last run: 158 days

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Finished behind King William Rufus at Plumpton before making all in a bumper at this track; ran a pleasing fourth on his switch to hurdling at Kempton where he was only just behind Iolaos Du Mou when that one blundered away all chance two out; should be in the mix.
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3rd

2

8th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 5f 135y

Class 4

15:40 Fontwell

Duhallow Tommy

11st 11lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Toby Lawes

Four chase wins, the latest from the front off reduced mark at Southwell (2m4f, good to soft) in February; just a respectable third of five at Wincanton (2m4f, good to soft) last month but could be hard to catch if able to dominate here.

5/4

3rd

4

5th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 35y

Class 4

16:15 Wincanton

Duhallow Tommy

11st 10lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Toby Lawes

Showed the benefit of a wind op when making all to exploit reduced mark at Southwell (2m4f, good to soft) last month; went back up 8lb for that but this right-handed track should also suit; likely contender.

11/4

Form: 6

Last run: 43 days

W: 10st 8lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Very limited Flat maiden who was tailed off in a maiden hurdle here recently.
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5th

10

6th Oct 2023

Good

2m 1f 162y

Class 4

14:20 Fontwell

Miss Malou

10st 8lb

J: Harry Kimber

T: Michael Madgwick

took keen hold, prominent, hit 2nd

100/1

6th

9

24th Aug 2023

Good

2m 1f 162y

Class 4

17:40 Fontwell

Miss Malou

10st 8lb

J: Harry Kimber

T: Michael Madgwick

0-11 on the Flat, most recently well held off low-40s marks in 1m classified events; switch to hurdling needs to prove transformative.

50/1

8th

5

(3)

9th Aug 2023

Good

0m 7f 216y

Class 6

17:00 Brighton

Miss Malou

9st 9lb

J: Aidan Keeley

T: Michael Madgwick

Poor maiden who was a well-beaten 200-1 shot in this grade at Bath a fortnight ago; needs the new blinkers to have a miraculous effect.

50/1

Form: 9-112 D

Last run: 18 days

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Won two small-field bumpers at Newton Abbot (good), the first of them for Nigel Twiston-Davies; no match for an odds-on Skelton runner when sent hurdling at Worcester (2m, good) but ran okay; will need his best yet to prevail in today's company; tongue-tie added.
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1st

1

1st May 2026

Good

3m 1f 100y

Class 4

18:15 Warwick

Corporal Jackjones

12st 1lb

J: Mr Darren Andrews

T: Miss Poppy Skipper

More than 5l too good in a Stratford novice hunter in March (2m5f, soft) despite whacking the last, and no shame since when second at Lower Machen giving the prolific Fumet d'Oudairies 3lb; could argue he's marginally more compelling at sub-3m trips, but among the likeliest even so.

2/1

1st

2

9th Mar 2026

Soft

2m 4f 205y

Class 5

17:20 Stratford

Corporal Jackjones

11st 12lb

J: Mr Darren Andrews

T: Miss Poppy Skipper

Dual bumper winner; has won three points, two of them this season; has since finished runner-up to a 1-3 shot in a Leicester hunter chase (2m4f, soft; first two well clear); chance.

10/11

Form: 6 BF

Last run: 142 days

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Left for dead once the tempo picked up in a good-ground bumper at Worcester but he did go off favourite at 7-4; can no doubt do better.
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2

10th Apr 2026

Good

3m 2f 59y

Class 5

15:38 Sedgefield

Jongleur DEtoiles

11st 9lb

J: Conor O’Farrell

T: Neil Mulholland

Multiple hurdles winner at up to 3m2f, including on a sound surface; 0-6 over fences but went very close having looked the likely winner at Doncaster (3m2f, good to soft) latest; big player from an unchanged mark, if repeating that effort.

13/8

2nd

2

13th Mar 2026

Good

3m 2f 1y

Class 5

15:39 Doncaster

Jongleur DEtoiles

12st 0lb

J: Richie McLernon

T: Neil Mulholland

Two wins over hurdles last season (3m/3m2f, good/good to soft); has failed to finish in three of his five starts over fences, best run when second at Taunton in December (2m7f, good); could go well but a bit risky.

13/2

5

26th Feb 2026

Soft

2m 5f 150y

Class 4

14:51 Taunton

Jongleur DEtoiles

11st 6lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Neil Mulholland

Four-time hurdle winner but he's 0-4 over fences, and he jumped left throughout and was beaten when he fell here (2m7f, heavy) two weeks ago; that was his second non-completion as a chaser and others are preferred.

10/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Bought for £80,000 after finishing the clear second in a 3m Irish point on yielding to soft ground in April (winner unraced since); now tongue tied; the market may point in the right direction.
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4

26th Mar 2026

Good

2m 7f 131y

Class 5

16:50 Chepstow

Clondaw Royale

11st 12lb

J: Benjamin Macey

T: Jonjo & A J O’Neill

Exploited reduced mark under Benjamin Macey at Wetherby (3m, soft) in January and last month's heavy-ground third was perfectly respectable; also suited by much quicker surfaces; probably won't be far away.

10/1

3rd

3

1st Mar 2026

Heavy

2m 7f 191y

Class 5

15:00 Ffos Las

Clondaw Royale

11st 12lb

J: Benjamin Macey

T: Jonjo & A J O’Neill

Back on track off a reduced mark since returning from a break and responded well to Benjamin Macey's urgings to get back up at Wetherby (3m, soft); big run looks on the cards off 4lb higher.

5/1

1st

1

22nd Jan 2026

Soft

3m 0f 26y

Class 5

15:40 Wetherby

Clondaw Royale

12st 0lb

J: Benjamin Macey

T: Jonjo & A J O’Neill

Twice a soft-ground hurdle winner at up to 3m; lost his way last season and had slipped to a handy mark and was supported before taking a step back in the right direction at Haydock (3m, good) latest; likely player from the same mark.

11/2

Form: 0-0

Last run: 148 days

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Finished out the back in bumpers at Taunton and Huntingdon; no appeal for now.
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0

8

6th Oct 2023

Good

2m 1f 162y

Class 4

14:20 Fontwell

West Hill Moth

11st 1lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Seamus Mullins

took keen hold, towards rear, mistake 2nd

100/1

13th

14

11th May 2023

Good

1m 7f 171y

Class 5

17:05 Huntingdon

West Hill Moth

10st 12lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Seamus Mullins

towards rear, ridden over 3f out

66/1

11th

13

20th Mar 2023

Good To Soft

2m 0f 104y

Class 5

16:45 Taunton

West Hill Moth

10st 6lb

J: Daniel Sansom

T: Seamus Mullins

12th foal; closely related to St Leger second The Last Drop and two very useful Flat-racers (one also a useful hurdler), half-brother to two other Flat winners (one very useful); dam fair 7f AW winner; stable has just a fair bumper strike-rate but this newcomer has a striking pedigree.

20/1

Non-runners

King William Rufus

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £19.10
Straight Forecast £17.69
Trifecta £84.20

Selections

LAMBOURN:

Iolaos Du Mou

SPOTLIGHT:

King William Rufus

POSTDATA:

Corporal Jackjones

D Express:

Idy Wood

WEST COUNTRY:

Corporal Jackjones

The Star:

Corporal Jackjones

The Times:

King William Rufus

The Guardian:

King William Rufus

Daily Mirror:

King William Rufus

Telegraph:

Iolaos Du Mou

Daily Mail:

Iolaos Du Mou

The Sun:

Iolaos Du Mou

Daily Record:

Iolaos Du Mou