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Good To FirmRussell Gillett’s 60th Birthday Celebration Fillies’ Nursery Handicap
- Prize money: £3663.8
- 0m 6f 0y
- Class 5
- 10 runners
Runners: 10 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Rain
Abandoned
Form: 7305
Last run: 34 days
W: 9st 9lb
2 yo Filly
OR: 69
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 (8) |
23rd Jul 2025 Good To Soft 0m 6f 0y Class 6 |
9st 7lb |
0-7 and she's not made an impact in four AW handicaps (6f/7f); mark continues to fall but she needs to raise her game on this return to turf. |
9/1 |
|
1 (6) |
19th Feb 2025 Standard To Slow 0m 7f 0y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Promising third in a 6f novice here last July but she's not gone on from that and was down the field in nurseries in her final three runs last year; returns after a short break and she needs improvement back up in trip. |
10/1 |
|
4th 3 (3) |
31st Dec 2024 Standard 0m 6f 1y Class 5 |
9st 6lb |
Yet to achieve much in two nurseries but she's dropped 5lb as a result and possible this well-bred filly will do better at some point. |
9/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 02384
Last run: 11 days
W: 9st 9lb
2 yo Filly
OR: 69
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 5 (3) |
26th Feb 2025 Standard To Slow 0m 7f 0y Class 6 |
9st 5lb |
Form has been going the wrong way for a while now; gets a good jockey booking, but otherwise hard to fancy. |
16/1 |
|
8th 8 (8) |
3rd Feb 2025 Standard 0m 7f 36y Class 6 |
9st 2lb |
Well beaten in three 6f handicaps for new yard this winter; cheekpiece experiment quickly aborted; down in the weights and the return to 7f could help. |
25/1 |
|
8th 8 (8) |
3rd Feb 2025 Standard 0m 7f 36y Class 6 |
9st 2lb |
Well beaten in three 6f handicaps for new yard this winter; cheekpiece experiment quickly aborted; down in the weights and the return to 7f could help. |
25/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 543
Last run: 18 days
W: 9st 8lb
2 yo Filly
OR: 68
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 3 (2) |
26th Jun 2025 Good To Firm 0m 6f 18y Class 5 |
9st 9lb |
Had a wide draw but still went close at Wolverhampton last month (6f), as she did in a Redcar nursery last season; well held at Goodwood since then but needs considering with blinkers on for cheekpieces. |
7/1 |
|
8th 2 (5) |
13th Jun 2025 Good 0m 6f 0y Class 5 |
9st 8lb |
Found to be in season when closing out last year with a poor one and has had a couple of wide stalls to deal with this spring, including when going close from the front at Wolverhampton last time; nudged up 2lb but is one to consider. |
6/1 |
|
2nd 6 (11) |
19th May 2025 Standard 0m 6f 20y Class 5 |
9st 8lb |
Placed twice as a 2yo, including C&D, and she made a satisfactory seasonal return when sixth at Windsor three weeks ago; drawn wide here though and may need some more weight off her back. |
12/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 105 D
Last run: 75 days
W: 9st 8lb
2 yo Filly
OR: 68
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 10 (13) |
2nd Nov 2025 Heavy 0m 7f 0y |
9st 3lb |
On yard debut took a 1m2f Naas handicap under today's rider in June and ended a poor run of form with unlucky nose defeat by Longseoir over C&D last month, not clear run and allowing winner first run before running on really strongly at the finish; good chance of overturning that form give a clearer run if handling conditions. |
13/2 |
|
2nd 10 (13) |
2nd Nov 2025 Heavy 0m 7f 0y |
9st 3lb |
On yard debut took a 1m2f Naas handicap under today's rider in June and ended a poor run of form with unlucky nose defeat by Longseoir over C&D last month, not clear run and allowing winner first run before running on really strongly at the finish; good chance of overturning that form give a clearer run if handling conditions. |
13/2 |
|
2nd 10 (13) |
2nd Nov 2025 Heavy 0m 7f 0y |
9st 3lb |
On yard debut took a 1m2f Naas handicap under today's rider in June and ended a poor run of form with unlucky nose defeat by Longseoir over C&D last month, not clear run and allowing winner first run before running on really strongly at the finish; good chance of overturning that form give a clearer run if handling conditions. |
13/2 |
Abandoned
Form: 457
Last run: 51 days
W: 9st 6lb
2 yo Filly
OR: 66
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 11 (5) |
21st Jul 2025 Good 0m 7f 50y Class 6 |
9st 4lb |
Disappointing in two starts since joining this yard but blinkers now go on, she's well handicapped on some of her form and rain would be welcomed. |
33/1 |
|
12th 1 (8) |
9th Apr 2025 Standard To Slow 0m 7f 0y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Lost her way for Michael Wigham and didn't do enough when starting out for Denis Quinn off a break at Lingfield 12 days ago to warrant backing here; hood removed. |
25/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 3559
Last run: 43 days
W: 9st 5lb
2 yo Filly
OR: 65
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11th 2 (3) |
21st Oct 2024 Standard 0m 6f 16y Class 6 |
9st 6lb |
Close third on her debut (5f, Polytrack) in April; struggled in three turf runs since, tailed off on nursery debut latest (7f, good to firm); hopes pinned on the return to AW sparking a revival. |
16/1 |
|
9th 2 (4) |
11th Aug 2024 Good To Firm 0m 7f 0y Class 6 |
9st 11lb |
sweating, took keen hold, prominent |
10/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 135904
Last run: 28 days
W: 9st 3lb
2 yo Filly
OR: 63
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10th 11 (8) |
25th Sep 2024 Good 0m 5f 217y Class 5 |
9st 4lb |
slowly away |
20/1 |
|
4th 1 (5) |
26th Aug 2024 Good To Soft 0m 5f 16y Class 6 |
9st 11lb |
Made a flying start when winning at Wolverhampton (5f), then third of nine at Chester (good); form has nosedived since, including in AW handicaps, but first-time blinkers might put her back on track. |
11/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 621413 D BF
Last run: 35 days
W: 9st 3lb
2 yo Filly
OR: 63
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 (3) |
16th Sep 2025 Standard 0m 6f 20y Class 6 |
9st 7lb |
7lb lower than when winning a Chelmsford nursery (6f, Polytrack) last November and 5lb lower than when second of 11 at Salisbury (6f, good to firm) in May, but she has disappointed since; others preferred. |
9/1 |
|
8th 6 (2) |
28th Jul 2025 Good 0m 6f 12y Class 6 |
9st 8lb |
Three 6f wins as a 2yo but she's blown hot and cold this year and has finished down the field in last three starts; on dangerous mark but losing run is now up to ten and others are more convincing; new headgear. |
12/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 668
Last run: 21 days
W: 9st 2lb
2 yo Filly
OR: 62
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 10 (8) |
17th Jan 2025 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 5 |
8st 12lb |
led |
7/1 |
|
9th 10 (8) |
17th Jan 2025 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 5 |
8st 12lb |
led |
7/1 |
|
4th 7 (4) |
3rd Jan 2025 Standard 0m 7f 14y Class 5 |
9st 1lb |
Finished in the frame in all three nurseries late last year (demoted a place on penultimate start), going down by less than a length when fourth of 12 here (6f; first-time cheekpieces) last month; return to this trip may suit and she holds each-way claims. |
7/1 |
Abandoned
Form: 0035
Last run: 33 days
W: 8st 9lb
2 yo Filly
OR: 55
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 4 (8) |
30th Mar 2026 Standard 1m 0f 142y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
Maiden who has raced mostly at up to 1m; back to form when third of ten in a 7f classified event here (first-time blinkers) in February but she's since run poorly at Lingfield; up against it at the weights. |
50/1 |
|
7th 4 (1) |
10th Feb 2026 Standard 1m 0f 1y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
16-race maiden with a basement BHA mark of 37; ran surprisingly well when an 80-1 third in a 7f classified race four days but she looked a tricky ride in the new blinkers. |
20/1 |
|
3rd 1 (1) |
6th Feb 2026 Standard 0m 7f 36y Class 6 |
9st 9lb |
0-15 and hard to make a case for on recent efforts, even at this level; blinkers now given a go. |
20/1 |
Verdict
The shortlist is headed by the interesting nursery debutantes FORTELEZA, Empowered Queen and Summer Of Light in that provisional order of preference, which is open to flexibility depending on the market signals. Piranha Rama and Lady Lightning look the most solid options among the fillies who already have handicap form.[Steve Boow]