October 12 / 15.25 Exeter

15.25

Good To Firm

RGB Building Supplies mares’ Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £4084.5
  • 2m 0f 161y
  • Class 4
  • 8 runners
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RGB Building Supplies mares’ Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Rain

OUR TIP

66/1 (Won)

  • Win: £6.50
  • Place: £1.80

Form: 57U74-

Last run: 362 days

W: 11st 2lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 74

Form & Verdict
Highest RPR came in a soft-ground bumper; 0-15 overall but following wind surgery she was under 3l away in a 2m2f handicap at Stratford; that was 12 months ago.
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No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

11

4th Jun 2025

Good

2m 0f 167y

Class 5

16:35 Newton Abbot

Miss Marette

10st 4lb

J: Bryan Carver

T: Chris Down

2m hurdle winner on fast ground; returns to this discipline after being well beaten in several chases; blinkers go on; plenty to prove.

33/1

11

4th Jun 2025

Good

2m 0f 167y

Class 5

16:35 Newton Abbot

Miss Marette

10st 4lb

J: Bryan Carver

T: Chris Down

2m hurdle winner on fast ground; returns to this discipline after being well beaten in several chases; blinkers go on; plenty to prove.

33/1

5

22nd May 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 5

15:05 Ffos Las

Miss Marette

10st 2lb

J: David Noonan

T: Chris Down

1-20 over hurdles and 0-5 as a chaser; refused to race three runs back and tailed off since then on either side of wind surgery.

20/1

7/4

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 312 D

Last run: 24 days

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Solid in bumpers, winning at Worcester (2m, good) and just missing out under a penalty back there; bred to do well over jumps.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

3rd

5

23rd May 2026

Good

2m 7f 32y

Class 5

16:45 Bangor-on-Dee

Newmill Getaway

11st 5lb

J: Jack Hogan

T: Fergal O’Brien

Bumper winner who is 0-12 over hurdles but she has a solid record in handicaps for current yard and was runner-up at Taunton (3m, good) in March; should go well again off an unchanged mark and she's in the mix.

5/1

2nd

4

24th Mar 2026

Good

2m 7f 198y

Class 5

14:45 Taunton

Newmill Getaway

11st 6lb

J: Jack Hogan

T: Fergal O’Brien

Bumper winner who is 0-11 over hurdles but last four starts (including three minor honours) suggest she will be on the premises.

100/30

3rd

5

5th Feb 2026

Soft

3m 1f 10y

Class 5

15:43 Huntingdon

Newmill Getaway

11st 3lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Fergal O’Brien

Bumper winner for previous yard; form for new stable is encouraging enough to suggest she can't be dismissed on second start back from a break.

11/2

12/1

  • Place: £1.40

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
2m winner on the AW and ran a decent race when third last time at Bath; Flat form was an ordinary level but could make a jumper.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

5th

6

(2)

26th Jun 2025

Good To Firm

2m 0f 0y

Class 5

17:20 Newmarket (July)

Breccia

9st 0lb

J: David Probert

T: Robert Stephens

Dual 2m AW winner who took a good-ground selling hurdle in April; slow-starting second under 7lb claimer at Bath (2m1f, good to firm) 12 days ago confirms that she is firmly in the mix.

9/2

2nd

5

(6)

14th Jun 2025

Good To Firm

2m 1f 24y

Class 6

13:23 Bath

Breccia

9st 8lb

J: Fred Daly

T: Robert Stephens

Dual AW winner who took a selling hurdle at Exeter (2m2f) in April; placed behind Cherry Cola on only other visit to this track (1m6f) and some encouragement is drawn from her latest Salisbury effort (staying-on fifth); step up in trip in her favour; a possible.

5/1

11/4

Form: 60-2

Last run: 67 days

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
No match for the promising winner in her final bumper at Market Rasen (good to soft) and the RPR of 85 is nothing to shout about; entitled to improve for hurdling, however.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

1st

6

2nd Nov 2025

Good

2m 3f 137y

Class 5

15:30 Huntingdon

Vivid Pink

11st 5lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: Alan King

0-10 under rules, but has finished runner-up in both starts over hurdles here (2m/2m4f) and was returning from ten months off when fourth of ten at Market Rasen (2m3f, good) in September, finishing around 2l behind Queens Wish; one for the shortlist.

13/2

1st

6

2nd Nov 2025

Good

2m 3f 137y

Class 5

15:30 Huntingdon

Vivid Pink

11st 5lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: Alan King

0-10 under rules, but has finished runner-up in both starts over hurdles here (2m/2m4f) and was returning from ten months off when fourth of ten at Market Rasen (2m3f, good) in September, finishing around 2l behind Queens Wish; one for the shortlist.

13/2

Form: /909-3

Last run: 20 days

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Finished down the field in all three completed bumpers and ran a moderate first race over hurdles at Newton Abbot; opposable.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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8

26th Mar 2024

Good To Soft

2m 5f 150y

Class 5

16:50 Taunton

Nathan Walker

10st 4lb

J: Harry Kimber

T: Keiran Burke

Offered little in her two handicaps over hurdles and was beaten a sizeable distance on her switch to fences over 2m1f at Plumpton in January; others are far more solid.

20/1

4th

3

29th Jan 2024

Soft

2m 0f 214y

Class 5

14:20 Plumpton

Nathan Walker

10st 11lb

J: Harry Kimber

T: Keiran Burke

held up in rear, mistake 4th, not fluent 9th, mistake and outpaced 3 out, left in remote fourth when not fluent last

33/1

Form: 5214 D BF

Last run: 44 days

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Just ahead of Theweddingcanwait in a Worcester bumper before winning in workmanlike fashion at Newton Abbot (good to soft); very disappointing when favourite for her hurdling debut and blinkers now join the tongue-tie; should go well if they have a positive effect.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

6th

2

12th Oct 2023

Good To Firm

2m 0f 161y

Class 4

15:25 Exeter

Fountainspinklady

11st 2lb

J: Rex Dingle

T: Anthony Honeyball

Just ahead of Theweddingcanwait in a Worcester bumper before winning in workmanlike fashion at Newton Abbot (good to soft); very disappointing when favourite for her hurdling debut and blinkers now join the tongue-tie; should go well if they have a positive effect.

5/2

4th

1

29th Aug 2023

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

19:25 Worcester

Fountainspinklady

11st 2lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Anthony Honeyball

Wound it up from the front and came home ahead in workmanlike fashion in a Newton Abbot bumper on good to soft last month; it's not strong form but has been found a weak race in which to go hurdling.

8/13

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
First foal; dam prolific point winner (maiden under rules) out of 2m hurdle winner; probably one for further down the line.
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0

8

16th Nov 2023

Good

2m 0f 104y

Class 4

13:50 Taunton

Gorcombe Fizz

10st 9lb

J: Bryony Frost

T: Jimmy Frost

Big prices and pulled up in both starts over hurdles at Exeter.

100/1

0

13

10th Nov 2023

Soft

2m 0f 161y

Class 3

13:45 Exeter

Gorcombe Fizz

10st 7lb

J: Bryony Frost

T: Jimmy Frost

Jumped moderately before pulling up in a fast-ground maiden here a month ago (50-1).

100/1

0

5

12th Oct 2023

Good To Firm

2m 0f 161y

Class 4

15:25 Exeter

Gorcombe Fizz

11st 1lb

J: Bryony Frost

T: Jimmy Frost

First foal; dam prolific point winner (maiden under rules) out of 2m hurdle winner; probably one for further down the line.

33/1

Form: 623

Last run: 99 days

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Similar sort of form in her three bumpers on good ground, posting a best RPR of 88; didn't finish far behind Fountainspinklady in one of them and the first-time tongue-tie might give her a lift (also undergone wind surgery).
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0

11

26th Dec 2023

Good To Soft

1m 7f 50y

Class 4

14:38 Wincanton

Theweddingcanwait

10st 2lb

J: Elizabeth Gale

T: Syd Hosie

No significant promise in three maiden/novice hurdles in the autumn (twice over C&D) and 6lb out of the weights for today's handicap debut; worth a glance in the betting but significant improvement is needed.

33/1

13th

17

12th Dec 2023

Soft

1m 7f 50y

Class 4

12:45 Wincanton

Theweddingcanwait

10st 7lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: Syd Hosie

Runner-up/third in two good-ground bumpers in the summer but unable to transfer that ability to her two attempts over hurdles.

66/1

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Payout
Exacta £17.50
Straight Forecast £14.16
Trifecta £60.90

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Newmill Getaway

WEST COUNTRY:

Fountainspinklady

D Express:

Vivid Pink

POSTDATA:

Newmill Getaway

The Times:

Newmill Getaway

Telegraph:

Newmill Getaway

The Guardian:

Newmill Getaway

Daily Mirror:

Newmill Getaway

The Sun:

Newmill Getaway

The Star:

Newmill Getaway

Daily Record:

Newmill Getaway

Daily Mail:

Fountainspinklady