April 16 / 17.12 Ffos Las

17.12

Good

Geraint Bowens Welsh Cap Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div II)

  • Prize money: £4752.9
  • 2m 4f 0y
  • Class 4
  • 9 runners
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Geraint Bowens Welsh Cap Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div II)

Runners: 9 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

7/2 (Won)

  • Win: £3.50
  • Place: £1.10

Form: 3-52

Last run: 69 days

W: 11st 5lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Point winner who has made an encouraging start to his hurdling career this year; no match for short-odds winner when second here (2m6f, heavy) in February and ideally needs to learn to settle better, but he's a contender.
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No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

1st

6

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Pyleigh Master

11st 5lb

J: Miss Ella Herbison

T: Nigel Hawke

Point winner who has made an encouraging start to his hurdling career this year; no match for short-odds winner when second here (2m6f, heavy) in February and ideally needs to learn to settle better, but he's a contender.

7/2

1st

6

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Pyleigh Master

11st 5lb

J: Miss Ella Herbison

T: Nigel Hawke

Point winner who has made an encouraging start to his hurdling career this year; no match for short-odds winner when second here (2m6f, heavy) in February and ideally needs to learn to settle better, but he's a contender.

7/2

2nd

9

6th Feb 2025

Heavy

2m 5f 192y

Class 4

13:55 Ffos Las

Pyleigh Master

11st 6lb

J: Miss Ella Herbison

T: Nigel Hawke

took keen hold, prominent, disputed lead 4 out, outpaced before 2 out, kept on but no chance with winner from last

16/1

9/4

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 13-P44

Last run: 76 days

W: 11st 5lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 110

Form & Verdict
Pulled up on hurdling debut in October but showed fair form when fourth at Newbury (2m, good to soft) and Wincanton (1m7f, heavy) on next two outings; moves up in trip and should still have more to offer.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

2nd

4

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Kap Boy

11st 5lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Paul Nicholls

Pulled up on hurdling debut in October but showed fair form when fourth at Newbury (2m, good to soft) and Wincanton (1m7f, heavy) on next two outings; moves up in trip and should still have more to offer.

9/4

2nd

4

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Kap Boy

11st 5lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Paul Nicholls

Pulled up on hurdling debut in October but showed fair form when fourth at Newbury (2m, good to soft) and Wincanton (1m7f, heavy) on next two outings; moves up in trip and should still have more to offer.

9/4

4th

6

30th Jan 2025

Heavy

1m 7f 50y

Class 3

13:55 Wincanton

Kap Boy

11st 2lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Paul Nicholls

led, switched left and briefly headed after 1st, headed 3 out

4/1

11/2

  • Place: £1.60

Form: 3

Last run: 93 days

W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Out of a half-sister to a French Grade 1 chase winner; beaten nearly 8l when third of seven in soft-ground Exeter bumper in January but the form has been well advertised by the front two; up in trip for hurdling debut; could have a say.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

3rd

8

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Scorpio Rising

11st 5lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Olly Murphy

Out of a half-sister to a French Grade 1 chase winner; beaten nearly 8l when third of seven in soft-ground Exeter bumper in January but the form has been well advertised by the front two; up in trip for hurdling debut; could have a say.

11/2

3rd

8

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Scorpio Rising

11st 5lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Olly Murphy

Out of a half-sister to a French Grade 1 chase winner; beaten nearly 8l when third of seven in soft-ground Exeter bumper in January but the form has been well advertised by the front two; up in trip for hurdling debut; could have a say.

11/2

3rd

3

13th Jan 2025

Soft

2m 0f 161y

Class 5

16:08 Exeter

Scorpio Rising

11st 2lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

held up in rear, headway from 3f out, soon went third, edged right inside final furlong, kept on but not pace to challenge

3/1

Form: 45P9

Last run: 53 days

W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
From a good jumping family and showed some ability in two bumpers, but his first two hurdle runs (both on slow ground in February) were disappointing.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

4th

9

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Woodythewoodpecker

11st 5lb

J: Conor Ring

T: Evan Williams

From a good jumping family and showed some ability in two bumpers, but his first two hurdle runs (both on slow ground in February) were disappointing.

50/1

4th

9

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Woodythewoodpecker

11st 5lb

J: Conor Ring

T: Evan Williams

From a good jumping family and showed some ability in two bumpers, but his first two hurdle runs (both on slow ground in February) were disappointing.

50/1

13

22nd Feb 2025

Soft

2m 3f 100y

Class 4

13:25 Chepstow

Woodythewoodpecker

11st 9lb

J: Adam Wedge

T: Evan Williams

From a very good jumping family and showed some ability in his two bumpers but was pulled up on recent hurdling debut (2m6f, heavy) and might be one for a bit further down the line.

33/1

Form: P-556P

Last run: 81 days

W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 103

Form & Verdict
Has shown significant hurdling ability but was well beaten in his first two handicaps (chase/hurdles), having bled from the nose on both occasions; had wind op during 81-day break; has a fighting chance if all goes well but comes with obvious risk.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

5th

5

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Karaktere DEnfer

11st 5lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: Tom Symonds

Has shown significant hurdling ability but was well beaten in his first two handicaps (chase/hurdles), having bled from the nose on both occasions; had wind op during 81-day break; has a fighting chance if all goes well but comes with obvious risk.

8/1

5th

5

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Karaktere DEnfer

11st 5lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: Tom Symonds

Has shown significant hurdling ability but was well beaten in his first two handicaps (chase/hurdles), having bled from the nose on both occasions; had wind op during 81-day break; has a fighting chance if all goes well but comes with obvious risk.

8/1

1

25th Jan 2025

Good To Soft

1m 7f 168y

Class 5

12:47 Uttoxeter

Karaktere DEnfer

12st 0lb

J: James Turner

T: Tom Symonds

Ran well over hurdles in France but has yet to reproduce that form in Britain and bled from the nose when tailed off on chase/handicap debut two months ago; mark is coming down but for good reason on this season's evidence.

10/1

OUR TIP

Form: 54

Last run: 47 days

W: 11st 5lb

7 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Ought to have been a bit more competitive at Newbury last time but made quite promising debut when fifth of 14 at Chepstow (2m3f, soft) earlier in February and still has scope to build on that performance.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

6th

2

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Dyno Dave

11st 5lb

J: James Bowen

T: Nicky Henderson

Ought to have been a bit more competitive at Newbury last time but made quite promising debut when fifth of 14 at Chepstow (2m3f, soft) earlier in February and still has scope to build on that performance.

5/1

6th

2

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Dyno Dave

11st 5lb

J: James Bowen

T: Nicky Henderson

Ought to have been a bit more competitive at Newbury last time but made quite promising debut when fifth of 14 at Chepstow (2m3f, soft) earlier in February and still has scope to build on that performance.

5/1

4th

4

28th Feb 2025

Soft

2m 4f 118y

Class 3

15:58 Newbury

Dyno Dave

11st 0lb

J: Freddie Gordon

T: Nicky Henderson

Second foal; dam runner-up in a point, out of bumper winner; 15-2 from 16-1 for maiden hurdle at Chepstow (extended 2m3f, soft) and although he was fighting a losing cause from a long way out, he stuck on well to be about 8l fifth of 14; should improve, which is needed.

7/1

Form: 8-74

Last run: 40 days

W: 11st 5lb

7 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Belied 200-1 odds when respectable fourth at Exeter (2m, good) last month, his second hurdle run, but needs to take another step forward.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

7th

1

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Dessie Haze

11st 5lb

J: Ellis Collier

T: Phillip Dando

Belied 200-1 odds when respectable fourth at Exeter (2m, good) last month, his second hurdle run, but needs to take another step forward.

20/1

7th

1

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Dessie Haze

11st 5lb

J: Ellis Collier

T: Phillip Dando

Belied 200-1 odds when respectable fourth at Exeter (2m, good) last month, his second hurdle run, but needs to take another step forward.

20/1

4th

1

7th Mar 2025

Good To Soft

2m 0f 161y

Class 4

14:40 Exeter

Dessie Haze

11st 5lb

J: Ben Poste

T: Phillip Dando

held up in rear, midfield after 5th, disputing fourth 3 out, soon outpaced, stayed on run-in

100/1

Form: 6

Last run: 53 days

W: 11st 5lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Half-borther to fairly useful Irish hurdle winner Hi Ho Phoenix; only 7-1 for soft-ground Chepstow bumper in February but showed his inexperience and was tailed off.
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

8th

7

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Sam Silver

11st 5lb

J: Lorcan Williams

T: Jeremy Scott

Half-borther to fairly useful Irish hurdle winner Hi Ho Phoenix; only 7-1 for soft-ground Chepstow bumper in February but showed his inexperience and was tailed off.

33/1

8th

7

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Sam Silver

11st 5lb

J: Lorcan Williams

T: Jeremy Scott

Half-borther to fairly useful Irish hurdle winner Hi Ho Phoenix; only 7-1 for soft-ground Chepstow bumper in February but showed his inexperience and was tailed off.

33/1

6th

6

22nd Feb 2025

Soft

2m 0f 11y

Class 5

16:52 Chepstow

Sam Silver

11st 7lb

J: Lorcan Williams

T: Jeremy Scott

Fourth foal; half-brother to Irish maiden hurdle winner Hi Ho Phoenix and a point winner; dam unraced sister to useful jumper Thelobstercatcher; stable has occasional bumper winners.

14/1

Form: 0-9P8

Last run: 30 days

W: 10st 12lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Well beaten when a big-priced outsider for first two hurdling starts (both 2m3f).
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No / Draw
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

9th

10

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Brenda

10st 12lb

J: Conor O’Farrell

T: Neil Mulholland

Well beaten when a big-priced outsider for first two hurdling starts (both 2m3f).

100/1

9th

10

16th Apr 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

17:12 Ffos Las

Brenda

10st 12lb

J: Conor O’Farrell

T: Neil Mulholland

Well beaten when a big-priced outsider for first two hurdling starts (both 2m3f).

100/1

8th

9

17th Mar 2025

Good

2m 3f 29y

Class 4

14:02 Fontwell

Brenda

11st 0lb

J: Conor O’Farrell

T: Neil Mulholland

Tailed off in two bumpers 12 months apart and pulled up on last month's hurdle/stable debut at about this trip; hard to make a case for.

50/1

Non-runners

Golan Loop

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £6.80
Straight Forecast £6.20
Trifecta £20.70

Selections

The Times:

Pyleigh Master

TOPSPEED:

Golan Loop

SPOTLIGHT:

Kap Boy

Daily Mirror:

Dyno Dave

The Sun:

Scorpio Rising

D Express:

Dessie Haze

POSTDATA:

Golan Loop

The Star:

Golan Loop

Telegraph:

Pyleigh Master

The Guardian:

Pyleigh Master

Daily Record:

Pyleigh Master

RP RATINGS:

Kap Boy

Daily Mail:

Kap Boy