December 10 / 13.25 Huntingdon

13.25

Soft

TrustATrader Fully Vetted Tradespeople Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £4752.9
  • 1m 7f 171y
  • Class 4
  • 8 runners
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TrustATrader Fully Vetted Tradespeople Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Light rain

OUR TIP

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 2lb

3 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Confined to just two runs (on good) for Godolphin in 2022 and the form of his 1m2f maiden win at Newmarket turned out to be surprisingly weak; however, he has joined an up-and-coming yard for his jumps career following a 16,000gns sale this September.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

2

(2)

1st Oct 2025

Good

1m 0f 208y

Class 4

15:30 Musselburgh

Cannon Rock

9st 8lb

J: Sean D Bowen

T: James Owen

Strong form when runner-up at Kempton (1m4f, AW) in May 2024; lightly raced since and unable to get competitive, most recently in Newmarket handicap (1m1f, good); it's possible he'll still be the main threat to Empirestateofmind, however; wears a first-time visor.

4/1

8th

2

(4)

20th Sep 2025

Good

1m 1f 0y

Class 4

17:05 Newmarket

Cannon Rock

11st 3lb

J: Mr Lewis Kent

T: James Owen

One-time useful but looking regressive and was tailed off at Windsor (extended 1m3f, soft) on return from an absence; bit to prove now, especially at this trip.

33/1

Form: 2-3 BF

Last run: 23 days

W: 11st 2lb

3 yo Gelding

OR: 120

Form & Verdict
Narrowly beaten by a talented horse in France (1m7f, very soft) and should improve on his last-of-three run at Doncaster (beaten under 4l) where his jumping lacked fluency and he looked green under pressure; now tongue tied; every chance.
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6th

1

6th May 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

16:00 Ffos Las

Karaktere DEnfer

12st 0lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: Tom Symonds

held up in rear

7/1

1

6th May 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

16:00 Ffos Las

Karaktere DEnfer

12st 0lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: Tom Symonds

0-8 over hurdles but shaped very well before fading into fifth in soft-ground C&D maiden last month (first run after a wind op); has better chance at the weights now back in a handicap and should be fine on the faster ground; interesting.

7/1

5th

5

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Karaktere DEnfer

11st 5lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: Tom Symonds

Has shown significant hurdling ability but was well beaten in his first two handicaps (chase/hurdles), having bled from the nose on both occasions; had wind op during 81-day break; has a fighting chance if all goes well but comes with obvious risk.

8/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 2lb

3 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Of little account on the Flat, albeit on the evidence of just four starts (1m-1m4f); limited appeal.
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10

25th Apr 2024

Good

2m 3f 137y

Class 5

18:15 Huntingdon

Sir Cilia

10st 5lb

J: Conor O’Farrell

T: Matt Crawley

Moderate form in all starts under both codes; can only watch.

33/1

10

25th Apr 2024

Good

2m 3f 137y

Class 5

18:15 Huntingdon

Sir Cilia

10st 5lb

J: Conor O’Farrell

T: Matt Crawley

Moderate form in all starts under both codes; can only watch.

33/1

6th

5

1st Apr 2024

Good

2m 0f 3y

Class 4

13:27 Fakenham

Sir Cilia

11st 2lb

J: Conor O’Farrell

T: Matt Crawley

Flat form doesn't amount to much; modest fifth in both attempts over hurdles, latest over C&D; needs improvement.

16/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 2lb

3 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Comfortably beaten in his three Flat runs from 1m2f to 1m4f; in the right hands to make a hurdler but kicks off with much to prove.
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7th

6

12th May 2024

Good To Soft

1m 7f 195y

Class 4

14:05 Plumpton

Truth Will Out

10st 12lb

J: Tom Cannon

T: Alan King

Modest six-race maiden on the Flat; however, he's in good hands and could improve for the switch to hurdles; not ruled out in ordinary race.

13/2

7th

6

12th May 2024

Good To Soft

1m 7f 195y

Class 4

14:05 Plumpton

Truth Will Out

10st 12lb

J: Tom Cannon

T: Alan King

took keen hold, held up in rear, not fluent 4th

13/2

10th

1

(10)

12th Apr 2024

Standard

1m 6f 21y

Class 6

18:30 Southwell (AW)

Truth Will Out

9st 9lb

J: Ross Coakley

T: Alan King

led

10/1

Form: 3

Last run: 42 days

W: 11st 2lb

3 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Flat win as 2yo in Ireland and placed in 1m2f handicap for Alan King this summer, showing fair form; no match for the front two on hurdling debut at Wincanton (soft) but that run hinted at a future in this discipline.
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9

15th Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 110y

Class 5

14:57 Worcester

Whispering Royal

11st 6lb

J: James Best

T: Barry Brennan

Average form over hurdles but performed with credit when fourth of nine finishers over C&D (good) behind Superstylin on chasing debut last month; may do better in this sphere but has his work cut out to reverse form with that rival.

14/1

4th

7

26th Sep 2025

Good

2m 0f 110y

Class 5

13:37 Worcester

Whispering Royal

11st 8lb

J: James Best

T: Barry Brennan

Was struggling for form over hurdles before finishing a 3.5l third of ten behind Gore Point at Newton Abbot (2m1f, good) in June, but failed to build on that last month back from a break; makes chase debut off a sliding mark but others have more obvious claims.

20/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 2lb

3 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
12-race Flat maiden with a basement handicap mark and it's impossible to make any case on hurdling debut.
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9th

12

(9)

17th Feb 2024

Standard

0m 7f 36y

Class 6

17:15 Wolverhampton (AW)

Wilpena Pound

9st 0lb

J: Tyler Heard

T: J R Jenkins

raced in last

40/1

9th

10

(8)

30th Jan 2024

Standard

1m 0f 13y

Class 6

18:00 Southwell (AW)

Wilpena Pound

9st 2lb

J: Tyler Heard

T: J R Jenkins

Out of the frame in all 14 starts under rules and hard to fancy, even at this level.

50/1

9th

12

18th Jan 2024

Standard

1m 2f 0y

Class 6

16:15 Chelmsford (AW)

Wilpena Pound

8st 9lb

T: J R Jenkins

Very little worthwhile form and pulled up on hurdle debut latest.

66/1

Form: 85

Last run: 31 days

W: 10st 9lb

3 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Only 6l behind none other than star Flat performer Paddington in a Curragh maiden as 2yo but it's been downhill ever since; pretty much tailed off in her two hurdle races.
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14

24th Sep 2024

Good

2m 3f 0y

Class 5

16:05 Warwick

All Blues

10st 2lb

J: Lewis Saunders

T: Tom Gretton

Safely held off lowly marks in all three handicap hurdles (2m-2m5f) and needs to find some improvement from somewhere.

50/1

8th

2

(8)

18th Jul 2024

Soft

1m 3f 179y

Class 6

15:45 Leicester

All Blues

9st 9lb

J: Jack Doughty

T: Tom Gretton

Regressive since showing early promise on the Flat in Ireland as a 2yo, her last six starts coming over hurdles; look elsewhere.

66/1

6th

9

5th Jul 2024

Good

2m 5f 122y

Class 5

17:45 Newton Abbot

All Blues

10st 2lb

J: David Noonan

T: Tom Gretton

Showed some ability on the Flat in Ireland but she's been well held in five hurdle runs for current yard, including since switched to handicaps; out of the weights and needs the first-time blinkers to turn things around.

18/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 10st 9lb

3 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Flat maiden whose BHA mark spiralled from 71 to 47 after six heavy defeats in handicaps.
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9

22nd Apr 2024

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 5

17:25 Kempton

Clenched

10st 2lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Julia Feilden

held up in rear, mistake 3rd, detached 4th, soon no impression, pulled up before 2 out

25/1

9

22nd Apr 2024

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 5

17:25 Kempton

Clenched

10st 2lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Julia Feilden

held up in rear, mistake 3rd, detached 4th, soon no impression, pulled up before 2 out

25/1

8th

10

3rd Mar 2024

Soft

1m 7f 171y

Class 4

14:30 Huntingdon

Clenched

10st 5lb

J: Harriet Tucker

T: Julia Feilden

A disappointing maiden on the Flat and hasn't shown a great deal on her first two hurdling starts; cheekpieces left off today.

66/1

Non-runners

Great Valley

Verdict

This has the look of a decidedly weak maiden and it’s probably at the mercy of KARAKTERE D’ENFER. His French effort makes for good reading and he wasn’t beaten far at Doncaster despite fiddling a few of his hurdles. He should improve yet might not have to in this company. Whispering Royal is the danger, for all that his recent placing was remote. Ex-Godolphin inmate Cannon Rock is the dark horse.[Alistair Jones]

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Karaktere D'Enfer

Daily Mirror:

Whispering Royal

Telegraph:

Great Valley

D Express:

Cannon Rock

RP RATINGS:

Karaktere D'Enfer

POSTDATA:

Karaktere D'Enfer

The Times:

Karaktere D'Enfer

The Star:

Whispering Royal

Daily Record:

Whispering Royal