April 19 / 14.30 Fontwell

14.30

Good To Soft

Yeeehaaa.Bet Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £3247.81
  • 2m 1f 162y
  • Class 5
  • 15 runners
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Yeeehaaa.Bet Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 15 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

7/2 (Won)

  • Win: £4.00
  • Place: £1.70

Form: 7-443 BF

Last run: 39 days

W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 95

Form & Verdict
Raced too freely when upped in trip for handicap debut at Taunton (2m3f, soft; third of 14; 7-2 joint-favourite) last month; has to be of interest now dropping back in distance in newly applied headgear; one of the likeliest candidates.
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4th

3

22nd Mar 2025

Good

2m 7f 32y

Class 3

16:02 Bangor-on-Dee

Solar System

11st 13lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

raced in fourth, pushed along briefly after 6th

10/1

5th

6

1st Mar 2025

Heavy

2m 4f 118y

Class 3

16:15 Newbury

Solar System

11st 6lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

towards rear

7/1

1st

8

18th Jan 2025

Heavy

2m 5f 50y

Class 4

13:20 Haydock

Solar System

11st 5lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

towards rear, not fluent 5th, steady headway when short of room on turn after 4 out, led narrowly and hung left before last, clear with one other and ridden final 110yds, just held on

4/1

13/2

  • Place: £2.50

Form: 561337 CD

Last run: 41 days

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 100

Form & Verdict
Off the mark in a weak juvenile maiden over C&D (soft) on Boxing Day; ran to a similar level when placed in handicap company (Southwell and Lingfield) on his next two appearances, before struggling at Sandown; tendency to race too freely remains a worry; one of three for Gary Moore.
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2nd

10

19th Apr 2024

Good To Soft

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

14:30 Fontwell

Bridge

11st 1lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: Gary Moore

held up in rear, steady headway from 3 out, disputing third 2 out, went second run-in, kept on

13/2

2nd

10

19th Apr 2024

Good To Soft

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

14:30 Fontwell

Bridge

11st 1lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: Gary Moore

Off the mark in a weak juvenile maiden over C&D (soft) on Boxing Day; ran to a similar level when placed in handicap company (Southwell and Lingfield) on his next two appearances, before struggling at Sandown; tendency to race too freely remains a worry; one of three for Gary Moore.

13/2

OUR TIP

16/1

  • Place: £3.60

Form: 438573

Last run: 18 days

W: 11st 13lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 104

Form & Verdict
All three wins have come at Ffos Las (2m); placed at Wincanton on Boxing Day, and again at Huntingdon (2m, good) last time, without necessarily looking poised to take advantage of a continually easing mark.
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8th

2

6th May 2025

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 5

17:00 Ffos Las

John Betjeman

11st 10lb

J: Lorcan Williams

T: Mark Gillard

pressed leader, chased clear leader after 2nd

7/1

8th

2

6th May 2025

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 5

17:00 Ffos Las

John Betjeman

11st 10lb

J: Lorcan Williams

T: Mark Gillard

pressed leader, chased clear leader after 2nd

7/1

1st

3

19th Apr 2025

Soft

2m 0f 167y

Class 5

15:44 Newton Abbot

John Betjeman

11st 10lb

J: Joe Anderson

T: Mark Gillard

Behind Opticality on his penultimate start (blinkered) and then ran just okay at Plumpton (no headgear); tries a visor but his overall strike-rate of 3-74 is forever offputting.

7/1

Form: 98P537

Last run: 23 days

W: 10st 6lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 83

Form & Verdict
Warwick bumper winner (January 2023); hasn't offered much in seven attempts over hurdles, although did manage to finish third of eight over 2m3f here (beaten 8.75l) on penultimate start; safer options lie elsewhere.
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5

28th Mar 2025

Good

2m 5f 135y

Class 5

14:40 Fontwell

The Cox Express

11st 0lb

J: Harry Kimber

T: Robert Walford

midfield, in rear when mistake 3rd, struggling 10th, detached when almost fell 11th

6/1

7

20th Feb 2025

Soft

2m 7f 110y

Class 5

14:35 Lingfield

The Cox Express

10st 11lb

J: Harry Kimber

T: Robert Walford

Second of 15 on chase debut at Exeter (2m3f, good to soft) in December and ran below market expectations next time (2m7f); question marks over today's distance but that penultimate effort commands respect.

7/1

8th

9

18th Jan 2025

Good To Soft

2m 7f 3y

Class 5

15:50 Taunton

The Cox Express

10st 11lb

J: Callum Pritchard

T: Robert Walford

towards rear

4/1

Form: 58P7U4

Last run: 39 days

W: 10st 8lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 85

Form & Verdict
Idled when justifying favouritism at Hereford (2m, good to soft) last April; failed to kick on positively over hurdles, and hasn't exactly relished the recent switch to fences either; easing mark returning to hurdles; stablemate of Tara Iti and Bridge.
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11th

7

23rd Jun 2024

Good

2m 0f 48y

Class 5

14:18 Hexham

Executive Pool

11st 6lb

J: Joe Williamson

T: Rebecca Menzies

Signed off for Gary and Josh Moore with clear second to very progressive rival at Fontwell (2m1f, good to soft) last month and has good claims if judged on that performance but he's far too inconsistent to rely upon, and was tailed off on the Flat for new stable this month; headgear switched.

14/1

8th

6

(6)

6th Jun 2024

Good

1m 4f 15y

Class 6

17:05 Hamilton

Executive Pool

9st 4lb

J: Oisin Orr

T: Rebecca Menzies

Hasn't run on the Flat for nearly two years but is fit from jumping and returned to form at Fontwell last month; picked up since from the Moores for 7,000gns and interesting to see what he can do back in this sphere.

12/1

2nd

9

16th May 2024

Good

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

18:40 Fontwell

Executive Pool

10st 12lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: Gary & Josh Moore

Last month's C&D fifth (16l ahead of Ray's The One, but beaten 16l himself) represented only a partial return to form; unconvincing on balance, for all a mark 4lb below his last winning one makes appeal.

20/1

12/1

Form: 3-9149

Last run: 73 days

W: 11st 10lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 101

Form & Verdict
The combination of a first-time hood and more patient tactics were offered as an explanation for the improved form shown when a clearcut winner at Worcester (2m maiden) in September; has run to a similar level (on RPR's) over further since; probably a shade high in the handicap.
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11

29th Nov 2024

Good To Soft

2m 3f 171y

Class 5

12:08 Musselburgh

Gieves

10st 13lb

J: Ben Smith

T: Hannah McMahon

Won a maiden hurdle (2m, good) for Ben Pauling 14 months ago but that is his only win from 16 starts and he's struggled in two runs (chase/hurdle) for new yard this autumn.

33/1

11

29th Nov 2024

Good To Soft

2m 3f 171y

Class 5

12:08 Musselburgh

Gieves

10st 13lb

J: Ben Smith

T: Hannah McMahon

Won a maiden hurdle (2m, good) for Ben Pauling 14 months ago but that is his only win from 16 starts and he's struggled in two runs (chase/hurdle) for new yard this autumn.

33/1

5

14th Nov 2024

Good

2m 0f 178y

Class 5

12:05 Sedgefield

Gieves

11st 2lb

J: Lewis Dobb

T: Hannah McMahon

Won maiden hurdle for Ben Pauling 14 months ago and was placed over fences for him this summer but is far too inconsistent to rely upon and was a tailed-off outsider (over fences) on recent stable debut; cheekpieces refitted.

25/1

Form: 663721 D

Last run: 18 days

W: 10st 11lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 96

Form & Verdict
Improved since sent handicapping; accounted for the subsequent Taunton scorer Soir De Gala (runs later today at Exeter) when off the mark over a similar trip at Plumpton 18 days ago; 8lb higher, although still 3lb well in, as he bids to double-up; rock-solid credentials.
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1

(1)

19th May 2025

Good To Firm

1m 3f 99y

Class 4

19:20 Windsor

Macari

9st 12lb

J: Rose Dawes

T: Sheena West

Dual hurdle winner who recorded his second Flat win when scoring under a positive ride at Salisbury (1m6f, good to firm) on Thursday; has a penalty in this deeper race but he was as good as ever last time and this drop back in trip should be fine; respected.

13/2

1

(1)

19th May 2025

Good To Firm

1m 3f 99y

Class 4

19:20 Windsor

Macari

9st 12lb

J: Rose Dawes

T: Sheena West

Dual hurdle winner who recorded his second Flat win when scoring under a positive ride at Salisbury (1m6f, good to firm) on Thursday; has a penalty in this deeper race but he was as good as ever last time and this drop back in trip should be fine; respected.

13/2

5

15th May 2025

Good To Firm

1m 6f 44y

Class 3

14:25 Salisbury

Macari

8st 13lb

J: Rose Dawes

T: Sheena West

Won for the first time on the Flat when bolting up from the front in an amateur riders' event at Newbury (1m4f, heavy) last October off 7lb lower; rather in and out since but his recent third at Goodwood (1m6f, good) was creditable; 5lb claimer is now recruited.

5/1

Form: P54P36

Last run: 23 days

W: 10st 2lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 69

Form & Verdict
15-race maiden; runner-up from 12lb out of the handicap over C&D (66-1) in September; has failed to better that in six subsequent starts, so it isn't all that difficult to focus on others for the solution; 10lb wrong.
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9

11th Apr 2025

Good

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

14:50 Fontwell

Onnaroll

10st 2lb

J: Lorcan Murtagh

T: Cynthia Woods

led

66/1

9

11th Apr 2025

Good

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

14:50 Fontwell

Onnaroll

10st 2lb

J: Lorcan Murtagh

T: Cynthia Woods

led

66/1

13

2nd Mar 2025

Good To Soft

1m 7f 171y

Class 5

16:27 Huntingdon

Onnaroll

10st 2lb

J: Lorcan Murtagh

T: Cynthia Woods

taken down early

66/1

Form: 46-084 CD

Last run: 39 days

W: 11st 1lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 92

Form & Verdict
Last hurdles win came over C&D (good) in December 2022, having also won the same contest the previous year; nowhere near that level in recent times, finishing a remote fourth of five at Plumpton (2m4f; first time tongue-tie) 39 days ago; plenty to prove.
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10th

5

4th May 2025

Good To Firm

1m 6f 44y

Class 6

17:00 Salisbury

Rays The One

9st 3lb

J: Molly Gunn

T: Mark Pattinson

Placed over hurdles in February but three lesser performances since then; both Flat wins have come on the AW and a good while back now.

16/1

10th

5

4th May 2025

Good To Firm

1m 6f 44y

Class 6

17:00 Salisbury

Rays The One

9st 3lb

J: Molly Gunn

T: Mark Pattinson

Placed over hurdles in February but three lesser performances since then; both Flat wins have come on the AW and a good while back now.

16/1

6th

10

14th Apr 2025

Good

2m 3f 0y

Class 5

19:10 Warwick

Rays The One

10st 5lb

J: Robert Dunne

T: Mark Pattinson

Regressive 8yo; suggested he might be able to exploit some help from the handicapper when placed at Huntingdon (2m3f, good to soft) in February but two lesser efforts have followed; others appeal more.

25/1

Form: -14423 C

Last run: 22 days

W: 10st 3lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 80

Form & Verdict
Profile implies that he's most proficient over shorter trips (won over 2m at Lingfield in November), so his latest modest third over 2m5f here can be excused; is capable from this kind of mark, but will probably find a few of the others stronger.
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10

23rd Oct 2024

Soft

2m 5f 164y

Class 5

14:30 Fontwell

Whats My Line

10st 8lb

J: Harry Kimber

T: Michael Madgwick

Tailed off here (2m3f) on recent seasonal debut but some positives can be taken from that performance; now back on same mark as when scoring at Lingfield (2m, good to soft) last autumn, and it's worth remembering that his other hurdle win was in this race in 2022.

12/1

8th

10

4th Oct 2024

Good To Soft

2m 3f 29y

Class 5

17:30 Fontwell

Whats My Line

10st 2lb

J: Marc Goldstein

T: Michael Madgwick

Won off similar mark to today's when fresh last autumn but was out of form when last seen in the spring and his limitations are seemingly exposed; others in this line-up look more interesting.

16/1

10th

15

19th Apr 2024

Good To Soft

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

14:30 Fontwell

Whats My Line

10st 3lb

J: Rex Dingle

T: Michael Madgwick

Profile implies that he's most proficient over shorter trips (won over 2m at Lingfield in November), so his latest modest third over 2m5f here can be excused; is capable from this kind of mark, but will probably find a few of the others stronger.

14/1

Form: 31-85P C

Last run: 30 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 103

Form & Verdict
All downhill since winning a 2m3f maiden here (soft; 11-10 favourite) last April; has eased a further 4lb since pulling up at Market Rasen (2m7f, heavy) last month; set to encounter better ground dropping back markedly in trip.
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7th

1

1st Jul 2024

Good

2m 7f 0y

Class 5

16:30 Worcester

Rocco Royale

12st 0lb

J: Jonjo O’Neill Jr

T: Jonjo & A J O’Neill

Won maiden at Fontwell in April 2023 but has not gone on; well beaten in his four handicaps since; withdrawn when ground was deemed unsuitable (good to soft) last month; difficult to enthuse about.

25/1

11th

4

19th Apr 2024

Good To Soft

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

14:30 Fontwell

Rocco Royale

11st 12lb

J: Richie McLernon

T: Jonjo O’Neill

All downhill since winning a 2m3f maiden here (soft; 11-10 favourite) last April; has eased a further 4lb since pulling up at Market Rasen (2m7f, heavy) last month; set to encounter better ground dropping back markedly in trip.

18/1

Form: 71P-P4 D

Last run: 54 days

W: 12st 0lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 105

Form & Verdict
Sprung a 40-1 surprise when winning a Carlisle maiden (2m1f, good to soft; first time tongue-tie) last February; struggled since and continues to fall in the weights; back in trip for first start since wind surgery.
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10

15th May 2024

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

15:00 Ffos Las

Hallwood

11st 10lb

J: Adam Wedge

T: Mark Rimell

Sprung a 40-1 surprise in a Carlisle maiden (2m1f, good to soft) last February but he's been pulled up in three of his four runs since including at Fontwell last month; mark continues to fall but he has a lot to prove back up in trip.

33/1

10

15th May 2024

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

15:00 Ffos Las

Hallwood

11st 10lb

J: Adam Wedge

T: Mark Rimell

Sprung a 40-1 surprise in a Carlisle maiden (2m1f, good to soft) last February but he's been pulled up in three of his four runs since including at Fontwell last month; mark continues to fall but he has a lot to prove back up in trip.

33/1

1

19th Apr 2024

Good To Soft

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

14:30 Fontwell

Hallwood

12st 0lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: Mark Rimell

Sprung a 40-1 surprise when winning a Carlisle maiden (2m1f, good to soft; first time tongue-tie) last February; struggled since and continues to fall in the weights; back in trip for first start since wind surgery.

16/1

Form: 34-

Last run: 445 days

W: 11st 9lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 100

Form & Verdict
Placed in C&D novice on debut in November 2022 but less productive at Plumpton two months later and absent since; low-mileage, but does have questions to answer switching to handicap company for belated reappearance.
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8

25th Apr 2025

Good To Soft

3m 1f 166y

Class 5

18:47 Fontwell

Trevors Lad

11st 2lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Toby Lawes

midfield, pulled up before 6th, race voided

5/1

8

25th Apr 2025

Good To Soft

3m 1f 166y

Class 5

18:47 Fontwell

Trevors Lad

11st 2lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Toby Lawes

midfield, pulled up before 6th, race voided

5/1

3rd

5

17th Mar 2025

Good

3m 0f 60y

Class 5

17:15 Southwell

Trevors Lad

11st 5lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: Toby Lawes

0-7 over hurdles but ran well for a long way when third (albeit well held in the end) here last month and is worth a crack at 3m.

8/1

Form: U44934 CD

Last run: 66 days

W: 11st 4lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 95

Form & Verdict
Usually a force to be reckoned with at Fontwell (form figures 44121) and sits 4lb lower than scoring over C&D last summer; tailed off when last seen at Lingfield in February, but freshened up by a break since; one of three for Gary Moore.
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No Results Found

Form: 5-0667

Last run: 81 days

W: 10st 6lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 83

Form & Verdict
Made a solid start to his career (two hurdle wins) but has found life tough going since, plummeting down the weights; seventh of 14 (beaten 25l) on final start for Gary Moore at Plumpton in January; 4lb lower on first go for Paddy Butler.
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8

26th May 2024

Good

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

17:35 Fontwell

Privatory

10st 4lb

J: Marc Goldstein

T: Paddy Butler

Won his first two starts over hurdles (one in France) but 0-14 since and very much on the downgrade; addition of a tongue-tie needs to have a dramatic effect.

33/1

8

26th May 2024

Good

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

17:35 Fontwell

Privatory

10st 4lb

J: Marc Goldstein

T: Paddy Butler

Won his first two starts over hurdles (one in France) but 0-14 since and very much on the downgrade; addition of a tongue-tie needs to have a dramatic effect.

33/1

12

12th May 2024

Good To Soft

1m 7f 195y

Class 5

15:50 Plumpton

Privatory

10st 13lb

J: Rob Hargreaves

T: Paddy Butler

Became disappointing for Gary Moore last season and was pulled up when 50-1 for recent stable debut at Fontwell (2m1f, good); swaps blinkers for first-time cheekpieces here.

33/1

Non-runners

Beat The Heat

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £27.50
Straight Forecast £21.31
Tricast £197.36
Trifecta £196.90

Selections

RP RATINGS:

Macari

SPOTLIGHT:

Solar System

D Express:

The Cox Express

Daily Mirror:

Gieves

Telegraph:

Hallwood

POSTDATA:

What's My Line

The Star:

Tara Iti

The Guardian:

Beat The Heat

TOPSPEED:

John Betjeman

Daily Mail:

Macari

The Sun:

Macari

Daily Record:

Macari

WEST COUNTRY:

Solar System

The Times:

Solar System