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StandardWin £1M With BetMGM’s Golden Goals Handicap
- Prize money: £5234
- 1m 0f 13y
- Class 4
- 12 runners
Runners: 12 runners
Type: Flat AW
Surface: Tapeta
Weather: Clear
11/2 (Won)
- Win: £7.00
- Place: £2.00
Form: 0-0221 CD
Last run: 7 days
W: 8st 9lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 61
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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6th 1 (1) |
25th Apr 2026 Standard 0m 7f 14y Class 4 |
9st 11lb |
Nine wins at this course (7f-1m4f), including three this year; remains in top form, having finished runner-up here on his last two starts; must be strongly considered on his favoured track. |
5/2 |
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2nd 2 (2) |
9th Apr 2026 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 4 |
9st 10lb |
Took this in 2025 and he comes here better than ever, bagging a third course win of 2026 in February; posted a very good second in another 7f handicap here last time so rates a big player off an unchanged mark. |
5/4 |
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2nd 4 (5) |
13th Mar 2026 Standard 0m 7f 14y Class 3 |
9st 5lb |
Better than ever since dropped back to 7f, determinedly adding a third win from four C&D starts three weeks ago; this class didn't look beyond him when 1l third here before that, just behind stablemate Legal Reform; some wriggle room judged on peak RPRs even off a new career-high mark. |
2/1 |
13/2
- Place: £1.80
Form: 3-5224
Last run: 18 days
W: 9st 5lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 76
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 2 (5) |
31st May 2025 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 4 |
9st 10lb |
0-9 but runner-up in four of his last five starts (three over C&D), going down by less than a length on four occasions; up another 1lb but a major player returned here. |
4/1 |
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2 (5) |
31st May 2025 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 4 |
9st 10lb |
0-9 but runner-up in four of his last five starts (three over C&D), going down by less than a length on four occasions; up another 1lb but a major player returned here. |
4/1 |
|
2nd 1 (1) |
1st May 2025 Good To Firm 1m 0f 3y Class 4 |
9st 8lb |
String of solid efforts in Tapeta handicaps this year and he doesn't appear to do anything wrong; has been nudged up another 2lb, though, and will need to find a bit more for the switch from cheekpieces to blinkers, and from the AW to turf. |
5/1 |
12/1
- Place: £2.30
Form: -14164 CD
Last run: 16 days
W: 9st 10lb
5 yo Colt
OR: 81
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2nd 11 (7) |
7th Jul 2026 Standard 1m 0f 142y Class 5 |
8st 13lb |
Has won over 1m but better at shorter and this extended trip might prove beyond him; not beaten far over 7.4f on Saturday; Billy Loughnane booked but others appeal more for win purposes. |
12/1 |
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5th 8 (2) |
4th Jul 2026 Good To Firm 0m 7f 96y Class 4 |
8st 4lb |
Scored three times at 7f/1m on the AW in 2025 but his more recent form is far less encouraging, last of eight in 1m handicap at Nottingham last month; visor goes on the first time here. |
25/1 |
|
8th 4 (7) |
25th Jun 2026 Good 1m 0f 75y Class 6 |
9st 10lb |
Last three wins have been on the AW, the most recent off a 6lb higher mark at Newcastle (7f) in December; below his best there over 1m after becoming upset in the stalls 90 days ago and needs to bounce back returned to turf on his first start since. |
12/1 |
12/1
Form: 13-037 CD
Last run: 21 days
W: 9st 9lb
5 yo Colt
OR: 80
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13th 19 (15) |
12th Jun 2026 Good To Firm 0m 7f 0y Class 4 |
9st 2lb |
Good C&D record includes a win in this race (good to firm) off 1lb higher last year; good second at Southwell (7f) in January but always behind over C&D four months later; may well have needed that outing but needed to see more to be confident. |
14/1 |
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21th 14 (10) |
23rd May 2026 Good 0m 7f 0y Class 4 |
9st 3lb |
Most of his 14 races at York have been over 7f, including wins in this race in 2024 and another last June; absent since second on AW in January and that's the longest break he's had for two years, which asks a question, but he has to be considered off his last winning mark. |
16/1 |
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2nd 7 (3) |
23rd Jan 2026 Standard 0m 7f 14y Class 4 |
9st 2lb |
Easy to make a case on last year's peak form but signed off with two quiet runs and now back from three months off; not without hope if the break has done him good; has form here. |
14/1 |
16/1
Form: 33113- D
Last run: 179 days
W: 9st 3lb
4 yo Filly
OR: 74
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 2 (4) |
17th Jun 2026 Good To Soft 1m 0f 68y Class 5 |
9st 10lb |
Beaten 17 times since she last won, here (1m1f, good to soft) in September 2024; however, she's run a lot of good races in the meantime and was third of nine at Carlisle (1m, soft) recently; might not be far away. |
5/1 |
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3rd 1 (9) |
8th Jun 2026 Good To Soft 0m 7f 173y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Losing run is mounting up and her three fourth placings this season reflect stagnation, rather than building towards a win; that said, she has won over C&D (soft) and returns here off a workable mark. |
4/1 |
|
4th 5 (1) |
17th May 2026 Good 1m 1f 35y Class 3 |
8st 11lb |
On a losing run but this C&D scorer comes here in decent nick, fourth of 12 in 1m1f Musselburgh handicap three weeks ago; 2lb out of the handicap here though. |
6/1 |
20/1
Form: -54434
Last run: 11 days
W: 8st 8lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 65
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th 13 (4) |
25th Oct 2025 Standard 1m 0f 142y Class 5 |
9st 3lb |
Hard to fault on the score of consistency this year but it's nearly two years since his last success and others appeal as likelier winners. |
8/1 |
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2nd 3 (7) |
2nd Sep 2025 Standard 0m 7f 36y Class 6 |
9st 5lb |
Both wins came over C&D in 2023, but losing run now up to 17 despite a slipping mark; beaten only 3l into fifth of 13 at Southwell (1m, Tapeta) eight days ago and could play a part if building on that in the returning cheekpieces. |
5/1 |
|
12 (7) |
25th Aug 2025 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 6 |
9st 5lb |
Both wins over 7f at Wolverhampton; has form at 1m, too, but he hasn't excelled himself in two C&D starts and others have stronger claims. |
12/1 |
8/1
Form: 9320-3 C
Last run: 16 days
W: 9st 7lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 78
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 3 (4) |
9th Jul 2026 Good To Firm 0m 7f 3y Class 5 |
9st 7lb |
Didn't fire on Tapeta three weeks ago but began this campaign with three respectable runs and is now only 3lb higher than when winning easily by nearly 5l over C&D (good) last summer; dangerous to ignore. |
7/2 |
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6th 1 (8) |
18th Jun 2026 Standard 0m 7f 14y Class 5 |
9st 9lb |
Three encouraging runs this year, all in a higher grade than this; C&D winner; interesting contender back at this level. |
4/1 |
|
7th 8 (17) |
23rd May 2026 Good 0m 7f 0y Class 4 |
9st 6lb |
All his wins have been over 7f but there's been only one of those (Epsom last August) in very nearly two years now; still paying for the ease of that win in a seven-runner race, so others are preferred. |
12/1 |
33/1
Form: 44050- D
Last run: 279 days
W: 9st 3lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: 74
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 (4) |
26th Aug 2025 Good 1m 0f 0y Class 5 |
9st 13lb |
His losing sequence goes back 15 races to June 2023 but he's been a good third on his last two starts and can be thereabouts once more. |
5/1 |
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3rd 2 (6) |
15th Aug 2025 Good To Firm 0m 7f 218y Class 5 |
9st 7lb |
Posted sound effort when placed off today's mark at Haydock (1m, good) last month but remains without a win since June 2023, and the faster ground here may not be ideal; not the percentage call. |
6/1 |
|
7 (1) |
18th Jul 2025 Good 0m 7f 212y Class 5 |
9st 12lb |
Some encouraging efforts off a reduced mark this season but his form nosedived at Carlisle (1m1f, soft) two weeks ago; has something to prove again after that and his last win was over two years ago. |
7/1 |
14/1
Form: 00-414 C
Last run: 14 days
W: 9st 6lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: 77
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 8 (8) |
26th Feb 2026 Standard 0m 7f 0y Class 5 |
9st 4lb |
Conditions to suit and he is back to the same mark off which he beat Captain Parma here in October; not at his best at Southwell last week but he is the type to bounce back quickly. |
6/1 |
14/1
Form: 86-768 D
Last run: 14 days
W: 9st 5lb
5 yo Colt
OR: 76
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
18th 14 (18) |
12th Jun 2026 Good To Firm 1m 2f 56y Class 4 |
9st 2lb |
Ex-Henry de Bromhead; Ffos Las winner for current yard in June last year (1m, good to soft), but has beaten just two horses home in his two runs this term. |
50/1 |
|
11th 1 (7) |
7th May 2026 Good To Firm 1m 0f 31y Class 5 |
9st 9lb |
In fine form last summer, scoring at Ffos Las (1m) and signing off with an excellent second over 1m2f here; set a lot to do on his return from eight months off when tenth in 7f Thirsk handicap 19 days ago; should strip sharper now and he's very much one to consider back up in trip. |
8/1 |
|
10th 10 (6) |
18th Apr 2026 Good 0m 7f 0y Class 4 |
9st 0lb |
Did well once cheekpieces were added last summer, winning at Ffos Las (1m, good to soft) and in the frame on four other occasions; can get it wrong at the start and that may be an issue dropping back to 7f. |
10/1 |
13/2
Form: 121851 CD
Last run: 21 days
W: 9st 5lb
5 yo Colt
OR: 76
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 7 (3) |
17th Apr 2025 Good 1m 0f 0y Class 4 |
9st 5lb |
prominent, pressed leader after 1f, disputed lead over 4f out, ridden when led over 2f out, reduced lead towards finish, kept on |
11/2 |
|
1st 7 (3) |
17th Apr 2025 Good 1m 0f 0y Class 4 |
9st 5lb |
prominent, pressed leader after 1f, disputed lead over 4f out, ridden when led over 2f out, reduced lead towards finish, kept on |
11/2 |
|
11th 9 (7) |
4th Apr 2025 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 4 |
9st 5lb |
Nosed ahead in the final strides to beat Down To The Kid in C&D event three weeks ago, taking record at Southwell to 3-5 and strike-rate under Hector Crouch to 5-8; with those stats he's one for the shortlist. |
13/2 |
11/2
Form: 14- D
Last run: 318 days
W: 9st 10lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 81
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 (1) |
4th Jul 2025 Good To Firm 1m 2f 43y Class 4 |
9st 12lb |
Lightly raced since narrowly making a winning debut at Newcastle (1m, AW) in February last year and, having been gelded and undergone wind surgery, he failed to beat a rival on handicap debut at Southwell (1m, AW) in April; off another three months since and has enough to prove. |
8/1 |
|
12th 1 (6) |
4th Apr 2025 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 4 |
9st 10lb |
Promise in novice events last year, winning at Newcastle (1m, AW) in February then fourth at Nottingham (1m2f) in May; had gelding/wind operations since; still open to progress and is interesting on reappearance. |
11/2 |
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12th 1 (6) |
4th Apr 2025 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 4 |
9st 10lb |
Promise in novice events last year, winning at Newcastle (1m, AW) in February then fourth at Nottingham (1m2f) in May; had gelding/wind operations since; still open to progress and is interesting on reappearance. |
11/2 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £36.50 |
| Straight Forecast | £33.91 |
| Tricast | £177.98 |
| Trifecta | £204.10 |
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