August 16 / 18.50 Newmarket (July)

18.50

Good To Firm

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  • Prize money: £12885
  • 1m 0f 0y
  • Class 2
  • 6 runners
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Runners: 6 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly sunny

3/1 (Won)

  • Win: £5.00
  • Place: £2.00

Form: 952412 C

Last run: 6 days

W: 9st 4lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 82

Form & Verdict
The cheekpieces have helped and he arrives in top form, having followed up his course win with a close second off this mark last Saturday; will be 2lb higher from tomorrow and will rightly be popular but the extra furlong is a slight worry.
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3rd

1

(5)

23rd Oct 2025

Standard

1m 0f 0y

Class 5

19:15 Chelmsford (AW)

Waiting All Night

10st 1lb

J: George Wood

T: Richard Spencer

Returned to form to win over here over 7f a week ago, beating six rivals; a 5lb penalty still leaves him on a handy mark based on last year's form and he's relatively unexposed on the AW; contender with the step back up to 1m no concern.

3/1

6

(5)

16th Oct 2025

Standard

0m 7f 0y

Class 5

18:15 Chelmsford (AW)

Waiting All Night

9st 5lb

J: George Wood

T: Richard Spencer

On a reduced mark but he's been well held in his last five runs and is now 0-17 since his last win in August 2024; withdrawn after refusing to enter the stalls at Kempton last week, but he was 7-2 at the time.

11/2

5

(3)

10th Oct 2025

Standard To Slow

1m 0f 0y

Class 5

18:45 Kempton (AW)

Waiting All Night

9st 6lb

J: George Wood

T: Richard Spencer

On a reduced mark but he's not been on top form in 2025; drops back down in grade today but others are more appealing for win purposes.

8/1

7/1

  • Place: £3.50

Form: 2443-9 C

Last run: 16 days

W: 10st 2lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 94

Form & Verdict
Three wins all came here but pays for his consistency and remains 3lb above his last successful mark; is entitled to have come on for his recent belated comeback/debut for this yard 16 days ago, though, when things didn't fall his way round Goodwood.
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12

(10)

19th Oct 2024

Soft

1m 0f 0y

Class 2

16:35 Ascot

Star Of Orion

8st 12lb

J: Charles Bishop

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Effective here (and on various ground); placed three times in a row this August/September (1m/7f) but only seventh of 18 in the Challenge Cup here (7f, soft) a fortnight ago and needs a bigger performance today.

33/1

10

(3)

5th Oct 2024

Soft

0m 7f 0y

Class 2

15:35 Ascot

Star Of Orion

9st 4lb

J: Jason Hart

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Returned in July from ten months off and has run well in his last three starts, third of nine at Sandown (7f, soft) last time, but he has managed to win only one of his last 25 starts and is still 5lb higher; addition of a tongue-tie needs to make a difference.

25/1

3rd

1

(2)

13th Sep 2024

Good To Soft

0m 7f 0y

Class 3

16:15 Sandown

Star Of Orion

9st 10lb

J: Charles Bishop

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Shaped well on reappearance (found trouble) and bang there in his subsequent races, over 1m at Newmarket and C&D 13 days ago (first-time cheekpieces); hard to offer any excuses on either occasion and, now 3-31, he's looking a hard horse to catch right.

100/30

Form: 112168 D

Last run: 20 days

W: 9st 6lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 84

Form & Verdict
Enjoyed a good season to date, winning four times since the blinkers went on and going more than a stone up the weights; has been held off a 2lb higher mark the past twice, though, and will need a career-best to take this.
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No Results Found

Form: 503154 CD

Last run: 14 days

W: 9st 13lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 91

Form & Verdict
Dual course winner who's continued in form since his 7f victory off a 7lb lower mark in June, latterly when faring best of those drawn in single figures behind Dutch Decoy at Goodwood; no obvious reason he won't go well again.
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9th

4

(7)

16th Oct 2026

Heavy

0m 7f 212y

Class 3

14:52 Haydock

Darkness

9st 10lb

J: Rossa Ryan

T: David O’Meara

8yo who is 0-10 this year but he was a good third here (7f, soft) last month and also ran well when runner-up off this mark at Nottingham (1m, good to soft) last Wednesday; might not be far away.

15/2

4th

7

(7)

23rd Sep 2026

Good

1m 0f 0y

Class 2

14:40 Goodwood

Darkness

8st 11lb

J: Saffie Osborne

T: David O’Meara

Placed at Haydock last time; form at Goodwood features a success off 3lb higher last term and sixth of 18 in this year's Golden Mile; the 8yo is attractively treated and can't be dismissed.

5/1

3/1

Form: 2-9296 C

Last run: 14 days

W: 10st 0lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 92

Form & Verdict
One of the sufferers in a big field behind Dutch Decoy and Darkness at Goodwood a fortnight ago; that wasn't the first slice of bad luck he's endured this season and he's high on the shortlist.
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16th

12

(7)

17th Oct 2026

Good

1m 0f 0y

Class 2

16:35 Ascot

Classic

9st 2lb

J: Pat Dobbs

T: Richard Hannon

6yo who has been better than ever this season; third of 18 in the Golden Mile at Goodwood (1m, good to firm) in July and again ran well when fourth of 13 to Hickory over this C&D (good) last month; he has the same career-high mark as last time but might have an each-way squeak.

16/1

4th

2

(6)

4th Sep 2026

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

Class 2

16:48 Ascot

Classic

9st 10lb

J: Pat Dobbs

T: Richard Hannon

Won a competitive handicap at Newbury (1m, good) in May and ran really well when third of 18 in the Golden Mile at Goodwood (1m, good to firm) latest, when he had to wait for room; also effective here and could be in the mix.

7/1

3rd

8

(12)

31st Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

Class 2

15:00 Goodwood

Classic

9st 6lb

J: Pat Dobbs

T: Richard Hannon

Prevailed by a neck from Indalo at Newbury in May but has been unable to confirm the placings in the Royal Hunt Cup and Coral Challenge; current mark is stiffer than the one off which he finished sixth, amid traffic issues, in this race two years ago.

16/1

OUR TIP

Form: 805324 CD BF

Last run: 8 days

W: 10st 0lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 92

Form & Verdict
Record over C&D reads 1113, including a success in this race two years ago off 5lb lower (also goes well on the Rowley Mile); has looked as good as ever this season but there's little margin for error off this mark.
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4th

8

(10)

1st Nov 2025

Good

1m 0f 0y

Class 3

14:17 Newmarket

Dutch Decoy

9st 3lb

J: Jack Mitchell

T: Charlie Johnston

8yo who has won five times on the July Course here, including two this year; 0-9 on this track but latest fifth of 23 in the Cambridgeshire was highly creditable; another who can't be discounted.

11/1

4th

8

(10)

1st Nov 2025

Good

1m 0f 0y

Class 3

14:17 Newmarket

Dutch Decoy

9st 3lb

J: Jack Mitchell

T: Charlie Johnston

8yo who has won five times on the July Course here, including two this year; 0-9 on this track but latest fifth of 23 in the Cambridgeshire was highly creditable; another who can't be discounted.

11/1

5th

23

(11)

27th Sep 2025

Good

1m 1f 0y

Class 2

15:40 Newmarket

Dutch Decoy

8st 2lb

J: Hollie Doyle

T: Charlie Johnston

8yo who has run well in this race previously and won two in a row on the other Newmarket course in July; however, he's finished no better than fifth across his last five outings and it's probably best to look elsewhere.

33/1

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Payout
Exacta £33.20
Straight Forecast £34.27
Trifecta £131.80

Selections

TOPSPEED:

Waiting All Night

SPOTLIGHT:

Classic

The Guardian:

Star Of Orion

Telegraph:

Darkness

The Sun:

Dutch Decoy

POSTDATA:

Waiting All Night

NEWMARKET:

Waiting All Night

The Times:

Waiting All Night

Daily Mail:

Waiting All Night

Daily Mirror:

Waiting All Night

The Star:

Waiting All Night

Daily Record:

Waiting All Night

RP RATINGS:

Classic

D Express:

Classic