November 19 / 13.25 Fakenham

13.25

Good

Fakenham Proudly Supports British Farming Families Novices’ Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £3960.75
  • 2m 7f 95y
  • Class 5
  • 5 runners
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Fakenham Proudly Supports British Farming Families Novices’ Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Rain

4/11 (Won)

  • Win: £1.29
  • Place: £1.10

Form: 4-44U1

Last run: 7 days

W: 12st 0lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 95

Form & Verdict
Flat winner in September; headed to Huntingdon last Tuesday as a 16-race maiden over hurdles but he put that right with a comfortable success over 2m4f (good); steps up in trip but has no penalty so holds good claims.
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2

6th Sep 2025

Good To Firm

2m 2f 148y

Class 5

16:12 Stratford

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11st 0lb

J: Alex Chadwick

T: James Owen

Won on the Flat in May but was safely held on both hurdling starts this year (both in 2m handicaps in July) and reverts to this code after a very poor Flat run last month; stablemate Chillhi looks a safer option.

6/1

6

(2)

9th Aug 2025

Good

1m 6f 0y

Class 5

16:50 Newmarket (July)

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9st 7lb

J: Laura Pearson

T: James Owen

Had a good run of form in 1m2f-1m5f handicaps (1423) before tailed off in his last two hurdle races and he's a dual winner in that scene; some wellbeing concerns all of a sudden.

8/1

7th

1

24th Jul 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

14:55 Worcester

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11st 8lb

J: Alex Chadwick

T: James Owen

Won twice over hurdles in the autumn (2m4f/2m7f) and has been in good form on the Flat in recent weeks but was well beaten when back over hurdles on Saturday (2m; raced too freely) and has a point to prove here.

16/1

5/1

  • Place: £1.50

Form: P-2637

Last run: 27 days

W: 10st 13lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 80

Form & Verdict
11-race maiden over hurdles but has made the frame in all four starts at this track; tailed off at Fontwell recently following a four-month break but the return to this track could see her back to her best.
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2nd

4

19th Nov 2024

Good

2m 7f 95y

Class 5

13:25 Fakenham

Little Talks

10st 13lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Neil King

11-race maiden over hurdles but has made the frame in all four starts at this track; tailed off at Fontwell recently following a four-month break but the return to this track could see her back to her best.

5/1

2nd

4

19th Nov 2024

Good

2m 7f 95y

Class 5

13:25 Fakenham

Little Talks

10st 13lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Neil King

11-race maiden over hurdles but has made the frame in all four starts at this track; tailed off at Fontwell recently following a four-month break but the return to this track could see her back to her best.

5/1

8

23rd Oct 2024

Soft

2m 5f 164y

Class 5

14:30 Fontwell

Little Talks

10st 12lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Neil King

Ran game race from the front when close third of six at Fakenham (2m7f, good) in June but we haven't seen her again since and she's 0-10 over hurdles now; others appeal more.

8/1

Form: 56U0PP

Last run: 44 days

W: 10st 2lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
Very modest hurdle form so far and although she goes handicapping off a rock-bottom mark she's still 26lb wrong in the weights; look elsewhere.
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5th

8

13th Oct 2026

Good To Firm

3m 1f 119y

Class 5

14:55 Hereford

Porridge

10st 9lb

J: Oscar Palmer

T: Tracey Leeson

Still a maiden after 17 starts over hurdles and, despite being on a basement mark in this modest contest, she'll need to improve to break her duck.

66/1

5th

7

20th Sep 2026

Good

2m 4f 116y

Class 5

16:38 Plumpton

Porridge

10st 7lb

J: Oscar Palmer

T: Tracey Leeson

Not disgraced when 66-1 fifth of nine at Stratford (2m6f, good) a fortnight ago but now 0-16 over hurdles and overall profile remains unappealing.

50/1

5th

9

5th Sep 2026

Good

2m 6f 7y

Class 5

19:15 Stratford

Porridge

10st 4lb

J: Oscar Palmer

T: Tracey Leeson

Maiden who made it 0-15 over hurdles when pulled up at a big price at Southwell (3m, good) in June; can only be watched back from a break.

50/1

Form: 553457

Last run: 12 days

W: 11st 10lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 91

Form & Verdict
0-18 over hurdles and left Dan Skelton for £3,000 in October; offered little in a seller at Stratford (2m2f, good to soft) last month and a handicap hurdle at Ludlow (2m5f, good) 12 days ago.
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2nd

6

17th Oct 2026

Good

2m 6f 125y

Class 5

15:34 Stratford

Bahtiyar

10st 9lb

J: Ben Poste

T: Max Young

Ran well for a long way from out of the weights with tongue-tie added over C&D (good to firm; 66-1) 12 days ago; 7lb lower today but his career strike-rate is now 0-41 and he's not easy to predict; others preferred.

7/1

9

5th Oct 2026

Good To Firm

2m 6f 125y

Class 4

15:26 Stratford

Bahtiyar

10st 2lb

J: Ben Poste

T: Max Young

Outran 33-1 odds when keeping-on third (5l behind Premier Fantasy) over C&D (good) last month and didn't run badly at Sedgefield (3m2f, good) nine days later but he's 12lb wrong today and his career strike-rate is 0-40; tongue-tie added.

33/1

4th

5

14th Sep 2026

Good

3m 2f 59y

Class 5

15:00 Sedgefield

Bahtiyar

10st 7lb

J: Ben Poste

T: Max Young

Outran 33-1 odds when keeping-on third at Stratford (2m6f, good) and is unexposed over this sort of trip but his career strike-rate now stands at 0-39 and his overall profile remains unconvincing.

6/1

OUR TIP

Form: 6U4

Last run: 20 days

W: 12st 0lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 95

Form & Verdict
Multiple point winner who has unseated and finished remote in two hurdle runs this autumn; clearly needs more but handicaps should offer more scope.
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6

26th Jun 2026

Good

2m 7f 32y

Class 5

20:53 Bangor-on-Dee

Jay Bee Whiskey

11st 0lb

J: Tom Broughton

T: Max Comley

Seemed to respond well to first-time cheekpieces when second in a small-field point in April but has not raced under rules since 70l defeat on handicap hurdle debut in November 2024 (2m7f); has tongue-tie refitted here; others have more persuasive profiles.

20/1

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Payout
Exacta £1.90
Straight Forecast £2.14
Trifecta £29.80

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