June 29 / 16.00 Newmarket (July)

16.00

Good To Firm

Durcan Bloodstock Pat Smullen Memorial Fillies’ Handicap

  • Prize money: £10308
  • 1m 0f 0y
  • Class 4
  • 5 runners
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Durcan Bloodstock Pat Smullen Memorial Fillies’ Handicap

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

6/1 (Won)

  • Win: £11.00
  • Place: £3.40

Form: 422-1

Last run: 27 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 78

Form & Verdict
Runner-up twice over 7f for Ralph Beckett last autumn and, after a 50,000gns sale, didn't need to improve to make a winning reappearance for Conrad Allen at Nottingham (extended 1m, good) four weeks ago; handicap debut.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

7th

4

(6)

6th Apr 2026

Standard To Slow

0m 6f 0y

Class 4

16:05 Kempton (AW)

Mercury Day

9st 4lb

J: Jack Gilligan

T: Conrad Allen

Down to this trip for the first time when beaten two heads into third of seven at Newmarket (good to firm) last June; only 1lb higher but she hasn't been seen since and not sure this sharper track will suit her.

6/1

3rd

3

(3)

27th Jun 2025

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 4

20:55 Newmarket (July)

Mercury Day

9st 9lb

J: David Egan

T: Conrad Allen

Campaigned exclusively at longer trips but the way she shaped on the other track here last time (7f) suggests she's worth a go over 6f; sole start on the July course resulted in a win off this mark; interesting.

7/1

7/2

  • Place: £2.10

Form: 433

Last run: 40 days

W: 9st 4lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 80

Form & Verdict
600,000gns yearling who stepped up on her debut when third in a Rowley Mile maiden (good) in April; below that form when a remote third at Windsor since but the two well ahead of her are useful; switches to a handicap after six weeks off.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

10th

1

(17)

31st Oct 2025

Standard

1m 0f 0y

20:00 Dundalk (AW)

Auroras Beauty

10st 1lb

J: Rian Lane

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

Hasn't built on early promise for Godolphin, including a spell on the continent; tailed off in two runs for this yard and now tries cheekpieces.

33/1

1

(17)

31st Oct 2025

Standard

1m 0f 0y

20:00 Dundalk (AW)

Auroras Beauty

10st 1lb

J: Rian Lane

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

Hasn't built on early promise for Godolphin, including a spell on the continent; tailed off in two runs for this yard and now tries cheekpieces.

33/1

OUR TIP

13/8

Form: 317-41 C

Last run: 36 days

W: 9st 9lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 85

Form & Verdict
Progressive form bar finishing well held in a Group 3 on final 2yo start; saw 1m out well when shading a tight finish at Goodwood (good) five weeks ago and a 2lb nudge should not stop her with further improvement likely.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

15th

7

(9)

4th Oct 2025

Good

0m 7f 0y

Class 1

13:15 Ascot

Queens Reign

9st 2lb

J: Kieran Shoemark

T: Ed Walker

Went close in Listed race at Longchamp (7f, good to soft) on reappearance but unable to make an impact in three runs since, including behind Bright Thunder and Miss Nightfall in Doncaster Group 3 on latest.

33/1

8th

11

(14)

14th Sep 2025

Good

0m 7f 6y

Class 1

16:10 Doncaster

Queens Reign

9st 4lb

J: Tom Eaves

T: Ed Walker

Went close in Listed race at Longchamp (7f, good to soft) on reappearance but unable to make an impact in Listed races (7f/1m, good) on either start since and she looks up against it.

25/1

Form: 0-25

Last run: 22 days

W: 9st 4lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 80

Form & Verdict
Frankel filly who left last autumn's debut behind when second at Bath (1m, good) on her reappearance in May; kept on for a respectable fifth at Goodwood (1m, good) since; has the potential for better in handicaps but an opening mark of 80 isn't obviously generous.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

1st

5

(8)

10th Sep 2024

Good To Soft

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

16:14 Leicester

Islanova

9st 8lb

J: Ryan Moore

T: Sir Michael Stoute

kept apart from others early, raced wide, took keen hold, prominent, steadied and towards rear 6f out

7/1

2nd

7

(3)

16th Aug 2024

Standard

1m 1f 104y

Class 5

14:25 Wolverhampton (AW)

Islanova

9st 2lb

J: P J McDonald

T: Sir Michael Stoute

prominent

9/2

3rd

5

(1)

20th Jul 2024

Good To Soft

0m 7f 212y

Class 4

20:30 Haydock

Islanova

9st 2lb

J: P J McDonald

T: Sir Michael Stoute

led, switched to near side over 4f out

13/8

12/1

Form: 37-408 CD

Last run: 41 days

W: 9st 8lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 74

Form & Verdict
Won off this mark over C&D (good to firm) last August and she was a bit better than her eighth of 13 in a Rowley course handicap last month might suggest after racing wide of where the main action unfolded.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

5

(4)

1st Jun 2025

Standard

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

18:15 Chelmsford (AW)

Speriamo

9st 7lb

J: Alec Voikhansky

T: Philip McBride

Won over C&D and at Wolverhampton (1m4f) in the autumn but returned with two below-par turf runs last month and may find some of the lightly raced ones better handicapped here.

20/1

5

(4)

1st Jun 2025

Standard

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

18:15 Chelmsford (AW)

Speriamo

9st 7lb

J: Alec Voikhansky

T: Philip McBride

Won over C&D and at Wolverhampton (1m4f) in the autumn but returned with two below-par turf runs last month and may find some of the lightly raced ones better handicapped here.

20/1

5

(5)

16th May 2025

Good

1m 4f 0y

Class 3

16:38 Newmarket

Speriamo

8st 7lb

J: Marco Ghiani

T: Philip McBride

A good run of form last autumn was mostly on the AW but she also finished second here; may have needed the run after a break when close up behind Lavender Hill Mob in a Class 2 handicap here two weeks ago.

10/1

Non-runners

Surveyor

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £35.70
Straight Forecast £51.08
Trifecta £83.20

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Queen's Reign

RP RATINGS:

Speriamo

The Times:

Islanova

Telegraph:

Mercury Day

TOPSPEED:

Aurora's Beauty

Daily Mail:

Islanova

The Sun:

Mercury Day

POSTDATA:

Queen's Reign

The Guardian:

Queen's Reign

Daily Mirror:

Queen's Reign

The Star:

Queen's Reign

Daily Record:

Queen's Reign

NEWMARKET:

Speriamo

D Express:

Speriamo