April 13 / 14.50 Stratford

14.50

Good

Alan Adcock 90th Birthday Celebration Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £3511.86
  • 3m 2f 83y
  • Class 5
  • 7 runners
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Alan Adcock 90th Birthday Celebration Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

OUR TIP

14/1 (Won)

  • Win: £19.00
  • Place: £6.20

Form: 6-6068 C

Last run: 214 days

W: 12st 0lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 89

Form & Verdict
Very well handicapped on old form and will be well suited by today's trip-and-ground combination but this quirky customer often looks reluctant at the start nowadays, and was out of form last summer when last seen.
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7

24th Jul 2025

Good

2m 7f 0y

Class 5

17:17 Worcester

Presenting Yeats

11st 3lb

J: Miss Heidi Palin

T: Richard Hawker

Quirky customer who is often reluctant to jump off; won at Stratford (3m2f, good) in April, after a break, and is now back on the same mark, but recent efforts were below that level and he's never easy to predict.

16/1

7th

8

24th Jun 2025

Good

3m 2f 105y

Class 4

20:27 Newton Abbot

Presenting Yeats

10st 9lb

J: Robert Dunne

T: Richard Hawker

Has struggled to recapture the form that saw him successful at Stratford (3m2f, good) off 2lb lower in April; not one to dismiss lightly but recent efforts temper enthusiasm.

20/1

12/1

  • Place: £2.80

Form: -057P6

Last run: 28 days

W: 10st 10lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 71

Form & Verdict
0-6 over hurdles; not disgraced in Chepstow maiden (2m3f, good) last month but struggled in two handicaps before that (2m7f/2m5f); upped in trip and fitted with first-time hood here; improvement required.
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13th

15

25th Jun 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

17:05 Worcester

Clover Pass

10st 2lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Alastair Ralph

Twice second over further in the spring, once from less far out of the weights than she is today; big step backwards with the hood back off last time and it's missing again today.

40/1

9

6th Jun 2025

Good

2m 7f 32y

Class 5

16:40 Bangor-on-Dee

Clover Pass

10st 7lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Alastair Ralph

Runner-up on the last two of her eight hurdling starts, more recently behind Lake's Aventurine in five-runner race at Ludlow (2m5f, good) last month; can give another good account here but others appeal more all the same.

8/1

Form: 562352

Last run: 44 days

W: 11st 2lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 77

Form & Verdict
Placed twice over fences (3m/3m2f) when cheekpieces were added at end of last year and gave another good account when second (albeit no match for winner) over hurdles at Ffos Las (3m, heavy; no headgear) in February; not sure to be suited by the faster ground here but still considered.
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5th

7

20th May 2026

Good

2m 7f 191y

Class 5

15:50 Ffos Las

Blackacre

11st 4lb

J: Ellis Collier

T: Mrs C Williams

In a new visor he won two 3m2f handicap chases at Newton Abbot last August; has looked too high in the weights since then and he's 0-11 as a hurdler; others preferred.

8/1

4

13th Apr 2026

Good

3m 5f 24y

Class 5

16:10 Fakenham

Blackacre

10st 6lb

J: Conor Ring

T: Mrs C Williams

Won twice in a visor at Newton Abbot (3m2f, good/good to soft) last summer; untested beyond that trip and absent since respectable second of three in the autumn (without headgear, as today) but current mark is workable if he's fully tuned up.

6/1

4

20th Oct 2025

Good

3m 1f 157y

Class 4

16:42 Plumpton

Blackacre

10st 2lb

J: Ellis Collier

T: Evan Williams

Struck form in new visor in August, winning twice at Newton Abbot (3m2f, good/good to soft) by clear margins, but suffered big dip in form on next two outings and was unable to land a telling blow when fourth in refitted cheekpieces at Newton Abbot on Saturday (albeit not beaten far in the end); no headgear today.

4/1

Form: -16608 CD

Last run: 86 days

W: 11st 9lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 84

Form & Verdict
Won this race a year ago (good to soft), his second start for Mel Rowley, and followed up off today's mark here (2m6f, good) in May; looked out of sorts in the winter when last seen but is still of some interest on return to this track.
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9th

10

25th May 2026

Good

2m 6f 31y

Class 5

14:13 Cartmel

R Bernard

10st 6lb

J: Charlie Deutsch

T: Mel Rowley

Won twice at Stratford (3m2f/2m6f) in spring 2024 and well handicapped on those efforts but lost his way afterwards and has been absent since well-held fourth at Stratford 13 months ago; had wind op last month.

10/1

4th

5

13th Apr 2025

Good

3m 2f 83y

Class 5

14:50 Stratford

R Bernard

11st 9lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Mel Rowley

Won this race a year ago (good to soft), his second start for Mel Rowley, and followed up off today's mark here (2m6f, good) in May; looked out of sorts in the winter when last seen but is still of some interest on return to this track.

3/1

5

13th Apr 2025

Good

3m 2f 83y

Class 5

14:50 Stratford

R Bernard

11st 9lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Mel Rowley

Won this race a year ago (good to soft), his second start for Mel Rowley, and followed up off today's mark here (2m6f, good) in May; looked out of sorts in the winter when last seen but is still of some interest on return to this track.

3/1

Form: 6P0P4P

Last run: 11 days

W: 11st 12lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 87

Form & Verdict
Now 9lb lower than when going very close on seasonal debut at Hereford (3m1f, good) in October but seems badly to have lost his way since the winter; back over hurdles after struggling in two recent chases; refitted cheekpieces the headgear of choice today.
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7

27th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 5f 164y

Class 5

15:00 Fontwell

Wot You Wearing

10st 2lb

J: Miss Kayla Ruddy

T: Fergal O’Brien

He was looking when regressive even before pulling up in his first two runs for this yard but ran better at Taunton (2m3f, good; ridden by Kayla Ruddy), where he was no match for the front two but did come from well off the pace; possibilities; 1lb wrong.

5/1

3rd

8

9th Mar 2026

Good

2m 3f 1y

Class 5

17:10 Taunton

Wot You Wearing

10st 5lb

J: Miss Kayla Ruddy

T: Fergal O’Brien

Out of sorts at the end of last term for Robert Stephens and he's been pulled up in handicaps (around 3m2f) at Fontwell and Warwick for his current yard this year; it's easy to look elsewhere.

20/1

6

20th Feb 2026

Soft

3m 2f 0y

Class 5

14:05 Warwick

Wot You Wearing

10st 5lb

J: Miss Kayla Ruddy

T: Fergal O’Brien

Three-time hurdle winner but the latest was back in November 2023 and it's been a long time since he posed a serious threat; pulled up when a 3-1 shot for last month's stable and seasonal debut at Fontwell.

12/1

Form: 5245P5

Last run: 147 days

W: 12st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 89

Form & Verdict
Not seen over hurdles since two disappointing runs in the autumn (2m4f/2m5f) and his subsequent Flat form has also been disappointing; tries a new trip here; needs to turn a corner.
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1

13th Apr 2025

Good

3m 2f 83y

Class 5

14:50 Stratford

Spitfire Bridge

12st 0lb

J: Marc Goldstein

T: Sheena West

Not seen over hurdles since two disappointing runs in the autumn (2m4f/2m5f) and his subsequent Flat form has also been disappointing; tries a new trip here; needs to turn a corner.

12/1

1

13th Apr 2025

Good

3m 2f 83y

Class 5

14:50 Stratford

Spitfire Bridge

12st 0lb

J: Marc Goldstein

T: Sheena West

Not seen over hurdles since two disappointing runs in the autumn (2m4f/2m5f) and his subsequent Flat form has also been disappointing; tries a new trip here; needs to turn a corner.

12/1

7th

4

(6)

4th Apr 2025

Good To Firm

1m 6f 0y

Class 6

13:55 Bath

Spitfire Bridge

9st 2lb

J: Charles Bishop

T: Sheena West

prominent, prominent after 3f, outpaced over 4f out

20/1

Form: 9-3P

Last run: 92 days

W: 11st 10lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 85

Form & Verdict
Pulled up in Ffos Las maiden (2m, soft) in January, after a break, but displayed a modicum of promise when third of five (albeit well held) in novice event here (2m6f, good) last spring and, after only three hurdle runs, remains very unexposed; swaps cheekpieces for first-time visor.
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4

13th Apr 2025

Good

3m 2f 83y

Class 5

14:50 Stratford

High Joker

11st 10lb

J: Charlie Price

T: Robbie Llewellyn

Pulled up in Ffos Las maiden (2m, soft) in January, after a break, but displayed a modicum of promise when third of five (albeit well held) in novice event here (2m6f, good) last spring and, after only three hurdle runs, remains very unexposed; swaps cheekpieces for first-time visor.

10/1

4

13th Apr 2025

Good

3m 2f 83y

Class 5

14:50 Stratford

High Joker

11st 10lb

J: Charlie Price

T: Robbie Llewellyn

Pulled up in Ffos Las maiden (2m, soft) in January, after a break, but displayed a modicum of promise when third of five (albeit well held) in novice event here (2m6f, good) last spring and, after only three hurdle runs, remains very unexposed; swaps cheekpieces for first-time visor.

10/1

6

11th Jan 2025

Soft

1m 7f 182y

Class 4

12:42 Ffos Las

High Joker

11st 6lb

J: Charlie Price

T: Robbie Llewellyn

Twice-raced 8yo who was a modest third at Stratford (2m6f) when last seen; plenty to find on the figures.

100/1

Non-runners

Quite The Getaway

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £123.30
Straight Forecast £101.76
Tricast £385.99
Trifecta £437.70

Selections

Daily Mirror:

Blackacre

D Express:

Quite The Getaway

Telegraph:

High Joker

POSTDATA:

Spitfire Bridge

RP RATINGS:

Wot You Wearing

The Times:

Clover Pass

SPOTLIGHT:

R Bernard

The Sun:

Blackacre

Daily Record:

Blackacre

The Star:

Quite The Getaway