April 01 / 16.20 Fakenham

16.20

Good

Weatherbys Hamilton Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £7921.5
  • 2m 4f 1y
  • Class 3
  • 5 runners
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Weatherbys Hamilton Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Sunny

5/4 (Won)

  • Win: £1.91
  • Place: £1.20

Form: 36851 CD

Last run: 18 days

W: 10st 13lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 109

Form & Verdict
Came good at the fifth attempt over hurdles when a comfortable winner of a Class 5 over C&D 18 days ago, on third start for this stable; unexposed 5yo who takes a step up in grade off a 6lb rise and can improve again.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

2nd

2

18th Oct 2025

Good To Soft

2m 5f 122y

Class 4

16:15 Newton Abbot

Busy Being Busy

12st 0lb

J: Charlie Hammond

T: Stuart Edmunds

Made excellent progress towards end of last season, winning three consecutive 2m4f handicaps (good/good to soft); not seen to quite the same effect when reappearing over 2m last month but may kick on again now he's back up in trip and with that run behind him.

11/2

8th

6

27th Sep 2025

Good

2m 0f 125y

Class 2

17:45 Market Rasen

Busy Being Busy

11st 2lb

J: Charlie Hammond

T: Stuart Edmunds

Made excellent progress towards end of last season, winning three consecutive 2m4f handicaps (good/good to soft); may still have significant further improvement to come but has fitness to prove after 160-day absence and is not sure to be suited by this drop back to 2m.

8/1

1st

7

20th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 114y

Class 3

17:15 Plumpton

Busy Being Busy

10st 7lb

J: Lee Edwards

T: Stuart Edmunds

Lightly raced and fast-improving 5yo who comes here after two emphatic wins at Fakenham (both 2m4f, good to soft); contests a deeper race today but latest 4lb rise does not look excessive; must be considered.

3/1

5/1

  • Place: £2.50

Form: 5-4215 C

Last run: 18 days

W: 12st 0lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 124

Form & Verdict
Fairly useful dual-purpose performer with seven hurdle wins, all at around 2m on varying ground and including one here; finished a respectable fifth of seven over 2m here last month, fading late; remains on a tough mark and not certain to be suited by this step up in distance.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

5th

5

3rd May 2025

Good

2m 3f 207y

Class 3

18:30 Uttoxeter

For Pleasure

10st 13lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

led, headed 3 out, weakened after 2 out

11/4

5th

5

3rd May 2025

Good

2m 3f 207y

Class 3

18:30 Uttoxeter

For Pleasure

10st 13lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Multiple winner but a 10yo now and the handicapper knows the score with him; no match for the winner last time at Fakenham (2m4f, good) where he kept jumping to the right; wouldn't want to repeat that here.

11/4

2nd

1

1st Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 1y

Class 3

16:20 Fakenham

For Pleasure

12st 0lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

jumped right throughout, led, headed before last, kept on

5/1

Form: 542643 C

Last run: 18 days

W: 11st 4lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 114

Form & Verdict
Three-time hurdle winner, including here, but she struggles with consistency; came back to some form when a close third over 2m here last month and difficult to rule out if repeating the effort with the step back up in distance likely to suit.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

4th

2

24th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 51y

Class 4

17:22 Kelso

Ip Up

12st 0lb

J: Sean Quinlan

T: Jedd O’Keeffe

On a long losing sequence but she arrives in good nick, ridden aggressively when fifth in 2m Warwick handicap in March; she can make her presence felt after a break.

11/2

5th

1

26th Mar 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

15:58 Warwick

Ip Up

12st 2lb

J: Philip Armson

T: Jedd O’Keeffe

Her losing sequence goes back 15 races to January 2024 but she's been running consistently well this season; versatile ground-wise and can be thereabouts once more.

5/2

2nd

4

15th Jan 2026

Good To Soft

1m 7f 169y

Class 4

14:52 Ludlow

Ip Up

11st 7lb

J: Charlie Deutsch

T: Jedd O’Keeffe

3-18 over hurdles; continues to run consistently well and has reached the frame on all three starts this season, but she probably needs to find that little bit more to add to her score.

5/1

Form: -261P0 CD

Last run: 23 days

W: 11st 6lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 116

Form & Verdict
Made a successful return to hurdles over C&D in a newly fitted visor in January but nowhere near that level in two runs since, tailed-off last of 12 in refitted cheekpieces at Warwick latest; down 2lb and visor returns; capable of getting involved if bouncing back.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

1st

3

19th Apr 2025

Good

2m 7f 129y

Class 4

16:14 Huntingdon

Pearly Island

11st 5lb

J: Tom Cannon

T: Lucy Wadham

held up in last

9/2

1st

3

19th Apr 2025

Good

2m 7f 129y

Class 4

16:14 Huntingdon

Pearly Island

11st 5lb

J: Tom Cannon

T: Lucy Wadham

held up in last

9/2

4th

3

1st Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 1y

Class 3

16:20 Fakenham

Pearly Island

11st 6lb

J: Joshua Parker

T: Lucy Wadham

in touch with leaders, lost ground and detached before 4 out, weakening when mistake 2 out

12/1

OUR TIP

Form: U461UP D

Last run: 157 days

W: 11st 11lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 121

Form & Verdict
Four-time winner over hurdles, all at around this distance on good ground; gained a first chase win in September but has not had things go to plan since and was last seen pulling up at Kelso in October; has gone well back from a break in the past and he's worth considering now back on a winnable mark for his in-form stable.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

5th

2

1st Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 1y

Class 3

16:20 Fakenham

Watergrange Jack

11st 11lb

J: Conor O’Farrell

T: Neil Mulholland

prominent, lost ground after 2nd, dropped to last after 4th, detached before 4 out, weakened before 2 out

9/2

5th

2

1st Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 1y

Class 3

16:20 Fakenham

Watergrange Jack

11st 11lb

J: Conor O’Farrell

T: Neil Mulholland

prominent, lost ground after 2nd, dropped to last after 4th, detached before 4 out, weakened before 2 out

9/2

7

26th Oct 2024

Good

3m 2f 39y

Class 2

15:55 Kelso

Watergrange Jack

10st 7lb

J: Richie McLernon

T: Neil Mulholland

Unseated early last time at Perth; it was an ordinary handicap by Class 2 standards that he won at Worcester (2m4f, good) the time before but that was all very straightforward as he jumped well out in front; could catch some of these cold from a fitness perspective.

12/1

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Payout
Exacta £7.50
Straight Forecast £7.26
Trifecta £14.80

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