14.05
SoftWilliam Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Hurdle (Go North Cab On Target Series Qualifier)
- Prize money: £3168.6
- 2m 3f 154y
- Class 5
- 16 runners
Runners: 16 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
5/1 (Won)
- Win: £5.50
- Place: £1.50
Form: 2F3-81 D
Last run: 39 days
W: 11st 6lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 92
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 6 |
15th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 2m 7f 16y Class 4 |
11st 7lb |
Has responded well to cheekpieces and was up in trip when prevailing by a nose over C&D (soft) last month; 4lb higher, but still unexposed over this far and makes the shortlist. |
3/1 |
|
1st 8 |
17th Feb 2026 2m 7f 16y Class 4 |
11st 3lb |
Dual winner over 2m3f/2m4f on soft ground last winter and gradually working his way back to form this season, finishing runner-up at Newcastle (2m4f, good to soft; first-time cheekpieces) in December; has never attempted this far before, though. |
11/2 |
16/1
- Place: £6.40
Form: 4V-059
Last run: 50 days
W: 12st 0lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 100
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 2 |
13th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 2m 4f 28y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
Very lightly raced 8yo who was 25-1 runner-up on handicap debut at Wetherby (2m3f, soft) last January; soundly beaten at Ayr this February on sole run since but may have needed that outing; not discounted. |
10/1 |
|
8th 6 |
23rd Feb 2026 Soft 2m 4f 100y Class 4 |
11st 6lb |
Very lightly raced 8yo who had wind surgery prior to his handicap debut last January and finished second of 16 at Wetherby (2m3f, soft; 25-1); absent since but he'll be bang there if resuming where he left off. |
12/1 |
|
2nd 1 |
23rd Jan 2025 Soft 2m 3f 154y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
took keen hold, in rear |
16/1 |
4/1
- Place: £1.20
Form: 0-5931 D
Last run: 43 days
W: 11st 10lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 96
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12th 16 |
27th Mar 2026 Good 2m 5f 56y Class 4 |
10st 10lb |
Below par at Ayr last time, ending a consistent spell of form; rebound looks possible but this is a difficult task and he's still seeking a first win away from Hexham. |
33/1 |
|
5th 7 |
6th Mar 2026 Soft 2m 4f 100y Class 4 |
11st 3lb |
Placed on consecutive starts in cheekpieces here (2m4f/2m3f) in December/January and again ran well when close second in first-time visor at Wetherby (2m3f, soft) on latest outing; contests this competitive race from a career-high mark but still enters calculations. |
8/1 |
20/1
- Place: £6.20
Form: 879-
Last run: 426 days
W: 10st 12lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 84
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 3 |
19th May 2026 Good To Soft 2m 4f 15y Class 5 |
10st 11lb |
Second in three hurdles in early 2025 but is still 0-10 under rules; pulled up here (3m, good) 17 days ago on second chase start in first-time tongue-tie (retained); the jury is out at present. |
15/2 |
|
7 |
2nd May 2026 Good 3m 0f 41y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
Maiden; fine second to a subsequent three-time winner in a handicap hurdle at Carlisle in April 2025 (3m1f, good); hasn't done as well since, although not disgraced when sixth on chase debut at Newcastle last time (2m4f, good to soft); tongue-tie now tried; chance back up in trip. |
8/1 |
|
6th 4 |
31st Mar 2026 Good To Soft 2m 4f 19y Class 5 |
11st 6lb |
Second in three consecutive races over hurdles at up to 3m on last three starts last season; should improve on his reappearance run over hurdles (over C&D earlier this month); quite interesting on chase debut. |
7/1 |
11/2
Form: F66-24 BF
Last run: 23 days
W: 11st 11lb
7 yo Mare
OR: 97
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 |
8th Feb 2025 Soft 3m 0f 0y Class 5 |
11st 10lb |
Cheekpieces have been installed this season, with a good second at Southwell (2m4f, good) on first occasion but she was not in quite the same form on soft ground on either start since; stamina to prove after one attempt at 3m (last March) and improvement is needed on this chase debut. |
9/2 |
|
4 |
8th Feb 2025 Soft 3m 0f 0y Class 5 |
11st 10lb |
Cheekpieces have been installed this season, with a good second at Southwell (2m4f, good) on first occasion but she was not in quite the same form on soft ground on either start since; stamina to prove after one attempt at 3m (last March) and improvement is needed on this chase debut. |
9/2 |
|
5th 6 |
23rd Jan 2025 Soft 2m 3f 154y Class 5 |
11st 11lb |
in rear, steady headway from 5th |
11/2 |
50/1
Form: /8P7P0 D
Last run: 27 days
W: 11st 8lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 94
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 6 |
19th Apr 2025 Good 3m 1f 10y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
pushed along briefly soon after start, awkward jump 1st, in touch with leaders, lost position and reminders 4th, dropped to rear 5th, struggling 6th, kept on from 3 out, no telling impression |
10/1 |
|
7th 6 |
19th Apr 2025 Good 3m 1f 10y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
pushed along briefly soon after start, awkward jump 1st, in touch with leaders, lost position and reminders 4th, dropped to rear 5th, struggling 6th |
10/1 |
16/1
Form: 253044
Last run: 41 days
W: 12st 0lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 100
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 |
13th May 2026 Good 3m 2f 127y Class 4 |
11st 13lb |
Won a Worcester maiden hurdle last May (2m7f, good); creditable runs handicapping since; conditions suit; chance. |
9/2 |
|
3rd 3 |
25th Feb 2026 Soft 2m 7f 32y Class 4 |
11st 4lb |
Won his maiden over this trip at Worcester last May and has since shown he can cope with this sort of mark; whether he'll cope with today's ground is another matter as his best form has been on good. |
7/1 |
|
6th 5 |
25th Jul 2025 Good 2m 7f 70y Class 4 |
11st 11lb |
Returned from break with hard-fought maiden win at Worcester (2m7f, good) in May and probably bettered that performance when clear second in C&D (good) handicap last month; likely contender again. |
9/2 |
7/1
Form: 33-652
Last run: 38 days
W: 11st 13lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 99
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 5 |
11th May 2026 Good 1m 7f 182y Class 5 |
11st 0lb |
Maiden over hurdles and fences; back hurdling for his last three starts and has to raise his game; the cheekpieces may help. |
10/1 |
|
6th 12 |
23rd Apr 2026 Good 2m 3f 0y Class 5 |
10st 9lb |
Maiden over hurdles and fences; two good efforts in small-field Fakenham chases last year but his placed form over hurdles since back from a break suggest he'll be pushed to get off the mark today. |
10/1 |
|
2nd 4 |
28th Mar 2026 Good 2m 0f 70y Class 5 |
11st 6lb |
0-18 but he posted a solid third of nine back hurdling in 2m Huntingdon handicap 17 days ago; considered off a 2lb lower mark. |
7/2 |
20/1
Form: 33-7
Last run: 47 days
W: 11st 8lb
5 yo Colt
OR: 94
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 10 |
27th May 2026 Good 2m 6f 31y Class 4 |
10st 11lb |
C&D winner off 2lb lower last summer (soft) and some respectable runs in the meantime; the latest at Perth wasn't one of them but he's hard to rule out. |
8/1 |
|
5th 1 |
22nd Apr 2026 Soft 2m 7f 207y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
Winner off 3lb lower at Cartmel last summer (2m6f, soft); two good runs this year, latest when third in a stronger race at Wetherby (3m, good to soft); chance down in grade. |
9/2 |
|
3rd 11 |
17th Mar 2026 Good To Soft 3m 0f 26y Class 4 |
10st 11lb |
Won at Cartmel (2m6f, soft) last July and he's worked his way back to form, finishing third of eight at Catterick (3m1f, soft) in January; faces tougher opposition today, however, and needs another step forward. |
12/1 |
66/1
Form: 0608-P
Last run: 43 days
W: 10st 10lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 82
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 11 |
16th Feb 2026 Good To Soft 2m 3f 61y Class 5 |
10st 5lb |
Two Flat wins, the latest at 2m in 2023, but he's shown very little in a handful of starts on the Flat and over hurdles since spring 2024. |
66/1 |
20/1
Form: U770
Last run: 56 days
W: 11st 9lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 95
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8th 6 |
5th May 2026 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
11st 0lb |
Seven-race maiden over hurdles who has shown no worthwhile form in three handicap chases since February; tries blinkers, but cheekpieces did nothing for him. |
10/1 |
|
11th 8 |
12th Apr 2026 Good 2m 3f 83y Class 5 |
10st 12lb |
Pulled up in both starts switched to chasing this term but can't be written off; remains the type who should do better in this sphere, having shown some promise in points. |
10/1 |
|
5 |
11th Mar 2026 Good 2m 7f 129y Class 5 |
11st 2lb |
Consistency remains an issue and he had barely started the final circuit when pulling up on his chase debut here (2m4f, heavy) three weeks ago; maybe the ground was an issue that day and cheekpieces, which his half-brother wore to win five of his six races, are now fitted; hard to be confident but his yard's ticking along and this is uncompetitive. |
13/2 |
10/1
Form: 25P68
Last run: 27 days
W: 11st 4lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 90
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10 |
24th Jul 2025 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
Signed off for previous yard as an eight-race maiden but was beaten under 6l in a Uttoxeter handicap the final time (2m4f, good); since changed hands for £7,500. |
25/1 |
|
4th 6 |
17th May 2025 Good 2m 3f 207y Class 5 |
11st 0lb |
Couldn't justify favouritism upped to 3m1f at Huntingdon latest, palpably not staying; this intermediate trip may suit better on good (wouldn't settle on last attempt at trip/ground combination), and he could be on a rather higher mark on last summer's bumper form. |
5/2 |
|
4th 6 |
17th May 2025 Good 2m 3f 207y Class 5 |
11st 0lb |
Couldn't justify favouritism upped to 3m1f at Huntingdon latest, palpably not staying; this intermediate trip may suit better on good (wouldn't settle on last attempt at trip/ground combination), and he could be on a rather higher mark on last summer's bumper form. |
5/2 |
5/1
Form: 073
Last run: 40 days
W: 12st 0lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 100
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8 |
19th Feb 2025 Good To Soft 2m 3f 88y Class 4 |
11st 5lb |
Progressive before last month's handicap debut flop, his mark comparing very favourably to the RPR of his previous third over this C&D (good to soft); player if reacting the right way to the tongue-tie. |
8/1 |
20/1
Form: P-6F5P D
Last run: 22 days
W: 11st 2lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 88
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13 |
23rd Jan 2025 Soft 2m 3f 154y Class 5 |
11st 2lb |
prominent early, niggled along and in touch with leaders after 1st |
20/1 |
|
13 |
23rd Jan 2025 Soft 2m 3f 154y Class 5 |
11st 2lb |
prominent early, niggled along and in touch with leaders after 1st |
20/1 |
|
5 |
1st Jan 2025 Good To Soft 3m 0f 60y Class 5 |
11st 3lb |
ran in snatches, prominent early, slow jump and dropped to midfield 5th |
10/1 |
25/1
Form: 00/0
Last run: 46 days
W: 10st 11lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 83
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15 |
23rd Jan 2025 Soft 2m 3f 154y Class 5 |
10st 11lb |
in rear, mistake 1st |
25/1 |
|
15 |
23rd Jan 2025 Soft 2m 3f 154y Class 5 |
10st 11lb |
in rear, mistake 1st |
25/1 |
33/1
Form: 072P66
Last run: 55 days
W: 10st 2lb
9 yo Gelding
OR: 73
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
17 |
23rd Jan 2025 Soft 2m 3f 154y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
prominent |
33/1 |
|
17 |
23rd Jan 2025 Soft 2m 3f 154y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
prominent |
33/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £170.70 |
| Straight Forecast | £119.69 |
| Tricast | £329.28 |
| Trifecta | £690.20 |
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