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Next Meeting @leicesterraces Wednesday 29th January Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £4224.8
  • 2m 4f 110y
  • Class 4
  • 6 runners
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Next Meeting @leicesterraces Wednesday 29th January Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)

Runners: 6 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

13/8 (Won)

  • Win: £2.75
  • Place: £1.40

Form: 33

Last run: 52 days

W: 11st 5lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 116

Form & Verdict
Clearcut winner of an Irish point (yielding); third in both his novice hurdles (2m4f/2m6f; good) won by respected opposition in Mister Meggit and Skyjack Hijack; should be in the thick of it.
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No Results Found

15/8

  • Place: £1.20

Form: 31-12 D

Last run: 62 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 117

Form & Verdict
Bumper/novice winner and ran perfectly well when conceding 7lb to a smart prospect (subsequent winner) over 2m5f at Warwick (good to soft); placed in a heavy-ground bumper on debut so conditions shouldn't faze him.
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1st

2

22nd Apr 2026

Soft

2m 4f 20y

Class 3

14:10 Perth

Barlovento

11st 10lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Soundly beaten on last two starts but those were Class 2 contests at Cheltenham and Kempton and this is a drop back in grade; this lightly raced 7yo had previously made a promising start to his chasing career, including a 2m4f win at Kempton, and he remains one to be interested in.

3/1

3rd

7

14th Mar 2026

Good

2m 4f 110y

Class 2

15:18 Kempton

Barlovento

10st 9lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Encouraging chase debut at Exeter then a convincing if narrow C&D win (good; has won on soft) in November, sealing the race between the last two; much lesser run at Cheltenham since (well behind Califet En Vol); may do much better back here.

8/1

8th

6

24th Jan 2026

Soft

2m 4f 127y

Class 2

12:05 Cheltenham

Barlovento

11st 2lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Ridden out to win the novice handicap chase at Kempton (2m4f, good) on Boxing Day, building on his promising reappearance effort; appears to handle soft ground; this low-mileage 7yo looks likely to improve further over fences; enters calculations.

11/4

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Form:

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W: 11st 5lb

7 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Has won two of his eight points but likely up against in a race of this nature on rules debut.
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4th

6

16th Apr 2026

Good

3m 1f 119y

Class 4

18:30 Hereford

Grangeclare Diego

11st 2lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Jonathan Barlow

2-8 in points and 1-5 under rules; took a handicap at Market Rasen (2m7f, good; 2lb higher today) in March 2025 but heavy defeats in his only two runs since; at least he could be back on good ground today; trainer had a winner 11 days ago.

6/1

6th

3

15th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 16y

Class 4

16:07 Market Rasen

Grangeclare Diego

12st 0lb

J: Tom Broughton

T: Jonathan Barlow

Won this race from 4lb lower last year, but was pulled up in his only start (over fences) since; not quite sure what to expect.

9/1

Form: 5/9

Last run: 40 days

W: 11st 5lb

8 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Had a long absence after winning his Irish point and another prior to finishing tailed off in a maiden hurdle at Warwick (300-1).
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4th

5

30th Mar 2025

Good

2m 7f 118y

Class 4

15:55 Ascot

Kicks And Ale

10st 2lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Richard Rowe

pressed leader, lost ground before 3 out

9/1

3rd

4

15th Mar 2025

Good

2m 5f 0y

Class 4

15:57 Kempton

Kicks And Ale

11st 0lb

J: Niall Houlihan

T: Richard Rowe

towards rear, detached from 5th

66/1

4th

5

21st Jan 2025

Heavy

2m 4f 110y

Class 4

14:20 Leicester

Kicks And Ale

11st 5lb

J: Niall Houlihan

T: Richard Rowe

Had a long absence after winning his Irish point and another prior to finishing tailed off in a maiden hurdle at Warwick (300-1).

100/1

Form: /2-212

Last run: 19 days

W: 11st 12lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 122

Form & Verdict
Sole win in five hurdle starts was when odds-on for a Ludlow claimer but he was second best in a small-field novice at Huntingdon (2m4f, good to soft) and the winner is promising; respected.
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1

29th Jun 2025

Good

2m 3f 207y

Class 4

15:40 Uttoxeter

Land Afar

12st 2lb

J: Conor Ring

T: Daniel Bourne

Wins have come in a bumper and a claiming hurdle; 40-1 when tailed off in a Ffos Las handicap most recently on yard debut.

66/1

1

5th Jun 2025

Good To Soft

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

21:00 Ffos Las

Land Afar

11st 11lb

J: Conor Ring

T: Daniel Bourne

Won a claimer at Ludlow (2m, good to soft) in December, then finished a respectable second of four in a novice the following month; however, form eventually tailed off and he was last seen suffering a heavy odds-on defeat in an Exeter seller in April; has since joined Daniel Bourne and change of scenery needs to spark a revival.

12/1

1

5th Jun 2025

Good To Soft

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

21:00 Ffos Las

Land Afar

11st 11lb

J: Conor Ring

T: Daniel Bourne

Won a claimer at Ludlow (2m, good to soft) in December, then finished a respectable second of four in a novice the following month; however, form eventually tailed off and he was last seen suffering a heavy odds-on defeat in an Exeter seller in April; has since joined Daniel Bourne and change of scenery needs to spark a revival.

12/1

Form: 43

Last run: 37 days

W: 11st 5lb

6 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Close up in a point and in a soft-ground bumper at Ffos Las, while his 13l third in a 2m1f novice at Carlisle wasn't a bad run at all; can win something soon but others in here have superior form.
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5th

6

1st Jul 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

13:50 Worcester

Tech That

11st 0lb

J: Harry Bannister

T: Richard Phillips

Has shown promise in a bumper and over hurdles but he's been pulled up on his last two starts, over hurdles and on chase debut, and returns from his second wind surgery since the autumn with plenty to prove.

18/1

4

17th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

3m 0f 54y

Class 5

16:05 Exeter

Tech That

11st 4lb

J: Finn Lambert

T: Richard Phillips

0-6 over hurdles, having been pulled up in first-time cheekpieces (now removed) last month; could plausibly be seen to better effect now he's upped in trip and switched to fences but others have much more obvious claims.

20/1

2

16th Feb 2026

Good To Soft

2m 3f 61y

Class 5

13:10 Carlisle

Tech That

11st 12lb

J: Finn Lambert

T: Richard Phillips

Early promise in different spheres in 2024; lightly raced and has not shown much since, the return to 2m4f, in his second handicap, not obviously helpful at Uttoxeter recently; cheekpieces now fitted; much more needed.

14/1

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Payout
Exacta £5.10
Straight Forecast £4.48
Trifecta £42.90

Selections

TOPSPEED:

Kepler's Law

SPOTLIGHT:

Barlovento

RP RATINGS:

Land Afar

POSTDATA:

Kepler's Law

The Times:

Kepler's Law

Telegraph:

Kepler's Law

The Guardian:

Kepler's Law

The Star:

Kepler's Law

Daily Mail:

Barlovento

D Express:

Barlovento

Daily Mirror:

Barlovento

Daily Record:

Barlovento

WEST COUNTRY:

Land Afar

The Sun:

Land Afar