July 16 / 16.45 Nottingham

16.45

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Happy 50th Ewan Murray Handicap

  • Prize money: £3402.1
  • 0m 6f 18y
  • Class 6
  • 8 runners
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Happy 50th Ewan Murray Handicap

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

Abandoned

Form: 8-7607

Last run: 11 days

W: 9st 9lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 54

Form & Verdict
7f winner on soft ground for William Jarvis; has yet to recapture that level in four runs for current yard and sprinting might not be his thing.
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14th

12

(10)

20th Jul 2024

Soft

0m 7f 6y

Class 6

18:45 Doncaster

Juryman

9st 5lb

J: Amie Waugh

T: Jacqueline Coward

Inconsistent 4yo but his sole success came over C&D in April 2023 off an 11lb higher mark; retains some ability and likely to come good at some point, perhaps when backed.

25/1

7th

1

(1)

5th Jul 2024

Good To Firm

0m 7f 96y

Class 6

20:20 Beverley

Juryman

9st 13lb

J: Joanna Mason

T: Jacqueline Coward

midfield

14/1

OUR TIP

Abandoned

Form: 851622 D

Last run: 8 days

W: 9st 8lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 53

Form & Verdict
In good form at the minute and was drawn wide when second last week at Wolverhampton (7f); 6f on rain-softened ground would be fine and he enters calculations.
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10th

8

(7)

12th Mar 2025

Standard

0m 7f 36y

Class 6

20:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Porfin

9st 3lb

J: Grace McEntee

T: Phil McEntee

In good form in 0-50 classified events early in the year but has struggled a couple of times since returned to handicaps; only holds each-way claims.

16/1

9th

9

(6)

25th Feb 2025

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 6

19:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Porfin

9st 4lb

J: Grace McEntee

T: Phil McEntee

Back to form with a front-running 7f win at Lingfield last month (0-50 classified); similar form when second at that level at Southwell six days later; less good in a C&D handicap three weeks ago when tried in a visor; usual headgear returns today but others appeal more.

12/1

Form: 30-991 CD

Last run: 19 days

W: 9st 7lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 52

Form & Verdict
Her second course win when overcoming a slow start to prevail narrowly over 5f 19 days ago (good to firm); that was a welcome return to form off 4lb lower; stays 6f and good to soft wouldn't bother her.
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4

(9)

11th Jan 2025

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 6

20:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Snow Berry

9st 6lb

J: Warren Fentiman

T: Michael Appleby

Three wins on turf last June-September; 0-13 on AW but she's produced fair efforts on two of her last three starts and has an each-way shout.

20/1

4

(9)

11th Jan 2025

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 6

20:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Snow Berry

9st 6lb

J: Warren Fentiman

T: Michael Appleby

Three wins on turf last June-September; 0-13 on AW but she's produced fair efforts on two of her last three starts and has an each-way shout.

20/1

5th

6

(12)

28th Dec 2024

Standard

0m 6f 16y

Class 6

19:45 Southwell (AW)

Snow Berry

9st 7lb

J: Alistair Rawlinson

T: Michael Appleby

in rear

14/1

Form: 060077

Last run: 13 days

W: 9st 5lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 50

Form & Verdict
Liked the mud in Ireland so rain would be welcomed and he didn't run too badly last time at Thirsk (6f, good to soft; weakened late on); likely to come good again sooner or later.
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5th

10

(10)

28th Oct 2024

Good To Soft

0m 5f 217y

Class 6

16:15 Redcar

Sounds Of Spring

9st 3lb

J: Morgan Cole

T: John Butler

midfield, outpaced 3f out, no impression from 2f out

12/1

5th

10

(10)

28th Oct 2024

Good To Soft

0m 5f 217y

Class 6

16:15 Redcar

Sounds Of Spring

9st 3lb

J: Morgan Cole

T: John Butler

midfield, outpaced 3f out, no impression from 2f out

12/1

9th

6

(8)

16th Oct 2024

Soft

0m 5f 8y

Class 6

17:20 Nottingham

Sounds Of Spring

10st 11lb

J: Miss Leah Banham

T: John Butler

Won at Ffos Las (6f, heavy) in August and creditable second at Carlisle (6f, soft) next time; tailed-off favourite at Leicester (6f, heavy) last Tuesday takes the gloss off his appeal, though.

7/1

Abandoned

Form: 1765-6 D

Last run: 42 days

W: 9st 4lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 49

Form & Verdict
Four wins divided between AW and turf; only sixth of the seven runners at Leicester (5f, soft; stays 6f) but that was her first run for more than a year.
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1

(5)

7th Feb 2025

Standard

0m 6f 16y

Class 6

19:15 Southwell (AW)

Company Minx

9st 9lb

J: Clifford Lee

T: J R Jenkins

Four wins over 6f including two on Polytrack, but she hasn't shown enough since returning from a year off last summer to suggest she will be winning this.

16/1

3rd

1

(5)

7th Feb 2025

Standard

0m 6f 16y

Class 6

19:15 Southwell (AW)

Company Minx

9st 9lb

J: Clifford Lee

T: J R Jenkins

Four wins over 6f including two on Polytrack, but she hasn't shown enough since returning from a year off last summer to suggest she will be winning this.

16/1

8th

11

(7)

24th Jan 2025

Standard

0m 6f 1y

Class 6

11:35 Lingfield (AW)

Company Minx

9st 3lb

J: Ethan Tindall

T: J R Jenkins

slowly away and squeezed out start, outpaced in rear

20/1

Abandoned

Form: 857949 D

Last run: 8 days

W: 9st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
Wasn't far away two runs ago at Windsor but failed to fire back on the AW, the scene of both his wins; poor strike-rate.
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4th

8

(7)

20th Mar 2025

Standard To Slow

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

20:00 Newcastle (AW)

My Boy Jack

9st 9lb

J: Warren Fentiman

T: Kevin Frost

Like most of these he's not a regular winner and he's not been at his best of late; bit to find at the weights and best to look elsewhere.

10/1

5th

5

(1)

11th Mar 2025

Standard

0m 7f 36y

Class 6

19:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

My Boy Jack

9st 9lb

J: Billy Loughnane

T: Kevin Frost

All three wins over 6f here, the latest last July, and involved in some close finishes since, most recently over 7f at Southwell in January; his form since hasn't been up to much but a revival isn't out of the question.

10/1

8th

9

(6)

1st Mar 2025

Standard

0m 7f 14y

Class 6

19:00 Southwell (AW)

My Boy Jack

9st 0lb

J: Daniel Muscutt

T: Kevin Frost

All three wins at Wolverhampton but he's very rarely been far away over 6f and 7f here in the last two years and has a solid run in him back on this track.

10/1

Form: 3857-7 D

Last run: 22 days

W: 9st 0lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
Only midfield in a classified race on her return from a break and she can go well fresh; 1lb out of the weights back in a handicap.
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8th

9

(6)

10th Sep 2024

Good

0m 7f 6y

Class 6

18:05 Catterick

Delagate The Lady

8st 11lb

J: Luke Morris

T: Roger Fell & Sean Murray

Struggled in three classified races before running poorly in a handicap at Redcar; all those runs were over 6f, the trip for all her wins.

14/1

10th

10

(11)

24th Aug 2024

Good To Firm

0m 5f 217y

Class 6

19:30 Redcar

Delagate The Lady

9st 0lb

J: Ethan Jones

T: Roger Fell & Sean Murray

Four-time winner but she's struggled to threaten in classified races on her three starts this year; probably best to look elsewhere.

20/1

4th

3

(3)

9th Aug 2024

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

16:40 Thirsk

Delagate The Lady

9st 9lb

J: Ethan Jones

T: Roger Fell & Sean Murray

Finished a long way behind Flavius Titus and Arlington at Newcastle last week; plenty to prove.

33/1

Form: -95553

Last run: 3 days

W: 9st 0lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
2lb out of the weights but has fallen in the ratings and she only just missed out after threatening throughout the final furlong at Salisbury (6f, good); can go well.
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10th

12

(10)

24th Jul 2024

Good

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

16:20 Lingfield

Destinys Spirit

8st 12lb

J: Rob Hornby

T: Dominic Ffrench Davis

Winless beyond 5f or since her 2yo season, and it's been possible to call her well handicapped for ages; outran her mark again at Salisbury latest, however (6f, good), missing out by under 1l; some appeal.

5/1

Non-runners

Gatwick Kitten

Verdict

There might not be a great deal of pace on here. GATWICK KITTEN knows how to get the job done and forget this season’s two runs in which he was seriously compromised. Porfin is feared most in his current vein of form and Snow Berry has obvious claims, while if Sounds Of Spring is to come good again it will probably be on rain-hit ground.[Alistair Jones]

Selections

RP RATINGS:

Destiny's Spirit

The Times:

Snow Berry

Daily Mail:

Porfin

SPOTLIGHT:

Gatwick Kitten

POSTDATA:

Destiny's Spirit

D Express:

Destiny's Spirit

The Star:

Destiny's Spirit

Telegraph:

Snow Berry

The Guardian:

Snow Berry

Daily Record:

Snow Berry

Daily Mirror:

Porfin

The Sun:

Porfin

NEWMARKET:

Gatwick Kitten