April 30 / 18.25 Brighton

18.25

Good To Firm

Star Sports Handicap

  • Prize money: £3454.44
  • 1m 1f 207y
  • Class 6
  • 8 runners
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Star Sports Handicap

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Sunny

11/2

  • Place: £1.60

Form: 3433-7 D

Last run: 26 days

W: 9st 5lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 53

Form & Verdict
Largely consistent (albeit without winning) from 1m2f to 1m4f last season but she made a quiet return at Bath (1m3.5f, good to firm) this month; nothing wrong with her mark if she steps forward from that, though, and her yard's ticking away nicely.
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5th

6

(3)

1st Jul 2026

Good

1m 2f 17y

Class 5

17:20 Epsom

Mrembo

9st 1lb

J: Olivia Tubb

T: Jonathan Portman

Six visits to Epsom have seen her placed four times, including when second in this race in 2024; narrowly got the better of one of just two rivals when winning at Windsor (11.5f, good to firm) in May and it was a solid fourth in similar event back there a fortnight ago; will probably give her running but more of an each-way prospect.

13/2

4th

8

(9)

15th Jun 2026

Good To Soft

1m 3f 99y

Class 5

20:30 Windsor

Mrembo

8st 12lb

J: Rob Hornby

T: Jonathan Portman

Dual C&D winner, including latest start (good to firm) when narrowly beating Seventy in three-runner field; back up only 1lb and looks likely to remain competitive.

7/2

1st

6

(1)

25th May 2026

Good To Firm

1m 3f 99y

Class 5

14:08 Windsor

Mrembo

8st 11lb

J: Rob Hornby

T: Jonathan Portman

Has several pieces of C&D form, including a success in 2023 and respectable fourth in latest start; competitively handicapped, having gained last three wins off just 1lb lower; enters calculations.

4/1

9/2

  • Place: £1.40

Form: 824523 D

Last run: 6 days

W: 9st 5lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 53

Form & Verdict
9yo who has been beaten 16 times since scoring last July (his 11th success) but a runner-up on two of his last five starts, including here (1m, good to firm), and he ran respectably when third at Beverley (about 1m, good) last week; threatening to win another one and he stays this trip; respected.
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11

(15)

29th Jul 2025

Good

1m 1f 207y

Class 6

14:10 Beverley

Light Up Our Stars

10st 8lb

J: Mr Frederick Tett

T: Scott Dixon

Multiple winner who is running well and went down narrowly over the extended 1m here two months ago; thereabouts.

9/2

6

(2)

24th May 2025

Good To Firm

1m 0f 100y

Class 6

17:00 Beverley

Light Up Our Stars

9st 4lb

J: Taryn Langley

T: Scott Dixon

In a good run of form right now and finished much the best over 1m at Yarmouth last week (under Taryn Langley); clear claims off 3lb higher.

9/4

OUR TIP

Form: -14666

Last run: 22 days

W: 9st 9lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 57

Form & Verdict
Last six starts on AW; off the mark at Wolverhampton (1m4f) in January, his second start since being gelded, but hasn't quite matched that form in four subsequent runs, twice a beaten favourite (once at odds-on); dropped back in trip on this return to turf and remains above his winning mark.
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3rd

9

13th Jul 2026

Good

2m 2f 110y

Class 5

15:42 Newton Abbot

Hawa Jumeirah

10st 13lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Helen Nelmes

Dual Flat winner (1m2f/1m4f) who had shown little over hurdles until stepped up in trip when a near 6l third behind Saucats over C&D ten days ago; meets that rival on 4lb better terms and enters calculations if building on that performance.

14/1

3rd

6

3rd Jul 2026

Good

2m 2f 110y

Class 5

14:45 Newton Abbot

Hawa Jumeirah

10st 4lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Helen Nelmes

Dual Flat winner (1m2f/1m4f) who hasn't offered much at all over hurdles, including his handicap debut here last time when tried in a tongue-tie; went off 25-1 that day.

20/1

8th

9

3rd Jun 2026

Good

2m 0f 167y

Class 5

17:00 Newton Abbot

Hawa Jumeirah

10st 13lb

J: Charlie Price

T: Helen Nelmes

Dual Flat winner (1m2f/1m4f); has offered little in three runs over hurdles for this stable but may fare better now switched to handicaps with a tongue-tie added.

16/1

Form: 13146- CD

Last run: 195 days

W: 9st 7lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 55

Form & Verdict
Both wins came here last year, the first on good to firm ground (1m4f) and the second over this trip (good) in September; narrowly prevailed off 2lb lower in the latter and he's been absent since October; chance depends on whether he's ready to go on this return (has a modest record fresh).
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8th

6

(9)

1st Jul 2026

Good

1m 4f 6y

Class 6

20:07 Epsom

Fighting Poet

9st 5lb

J: Robert Havlin

T: Richard Phillips

Two runs here came in this race but he couldn't better his 2024 runner-up spot when only sixth last year; reappearance effort wasn't bad eight weeks ago but he's been poor in both starts this month, including when well behind Gearing's Point at Brighton last Monday.

33/1

6th

2

(5)

22nd Jun 2026

Good

1m 3f 198y

Class 6

19:05 Brighton

Fighting Poet

9st 9lb

J: Sean D Bowen

T: Richard Phillips

Three-time course winner, all in late summer; pleasing comeback early last month but below par here a fortnight ago, when well behind Foinix, and needs to bounce back (has never been the most consistent).

8/1

13th

9

(5)

9th Jun 2026

Good To Soft

1m 1f 207y

Class 6

19:51 Brighton

Fighting Poet

9st 4lb

J: Sean D Bowen

T: Richard Phillips

Ran well to finish fourth of eight on last month's Windsor return (1m2f, good to firm); all three wins have come here, the latest from 1lb lower over this trip last August; player.

12/1

Form: 7-7050

Last run: 18 days

W: 8st 11lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 45

Form & Verdict
Won a 7f AW classified last summer and a dual runner-up over 6f here, but she's been out of sorts since December, including when tenth of 12 on good to firm at this track 18 days ago; this is a big step up in trip for one who's never been asked to race beyond 7f.
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9th

6

(8)

25th May 2026

Good

0m 7f 0y

Class 6

15:04 Leicester

Edergoles Gift

9st 6lb

J: Darragh Keenan

T: Conrad Allen

Short-headed at Lingfield (7f, AW) in January and runs off 6lb lower here, but below best more recently and has to turn things around.

12/1

6th

1

(3)

28th Apr 2026

Good To Firm

0m 6f 3y

Class 6

17:03 Yarmouth

Edergoles Gift

9st 9lb

J: Mason Paetel

T: Conrad Allen

Only 3-35 so hard to win with and since going close on the AW in January she's lost her way; others preferred.

20/1

11th

13

(10)

14th Apr 2026

Standard

0m 7f 1y

Class 5

19:30 Lingfield (AW)

Edergoles Gift

8st 9lb

J: Connor Planas

T: Conrad Allen

C&D winner who wasn't disgraced when third of seven to Profit Street over C&D 45 days ago; not discounted off an easing mark.

16/1

12/1

Form: 335528

Last run: 30 days

W: 9st 1lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 49

Form & Verdict
0-10 on turf; went close in an AW Lingfield classified (1m2f) in March, his second start for Tony Carroll, but below that form over 9.5f one week later; course debut and it's still early days for this yard, which tends to know a Brighton horse when it sees one.
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7th

8

(2)

30th Apr 2025

Good To Firm

1m 1f 207y

Class 6

18:25 Brighton

Big Narstie

9st 1lb

J: Jack Doughty

T: Tony Carroll

prominent

12/1

7th

8

(2)

30th Apr 2025

Good To Firm

1m 1f 207y

Class 6

18:25 Brighton

Big Narstie

9st 1lb

J: Jack Doughty

T: Tony Carroll

prominent

12/1

8th

4

(5)

31st Mar 2025

Standard

1m 0f 142y

Class 6

20:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Big Narstie

9st 9lb

J: Jack Doughty

T: Tony Carroll

prominent, short of room and lost ground soon after start, in rear after 1f

9/2

Form: 376-94 CD

Last run: 92 days

W: 9st 8lb

7 yo Filly

OR: 56

Form & Verdict
Three turf Flat wins at 1m2f in 2021, twice on good to firm and once over C&D (good); has been hurdling, with two good efforts coming either side of a poor one, but she was only running to an okay level on the Flat during the winter; today's new tongue-tie might help, though, and she's dropped to a career-low mark.
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No Results Found

Form: 6967-2

Last run: 18 days

W: 9st 4lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 52

Form & Verdict
Tailed off over fences in February but he enjoyed his return to the Flat when second of nine over C&D (good to firm) 18 days ago; came from a fair way back that day and he's got obvious claims off the same mark.
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7

1st Mar 2024

Soft

2m 0f 69y

Class 3

14:25 Newbury

Voix De Bocelli

11st 0lb

J: Daryl Jacob

T: Henrietta C Knight

held up in last, outpaced before 3 out, soon struggling

20/1

Non-runners

Fascinating Lips

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £6.60
Straight Forecast £6.33
Tricast £20.15
Trifecta £23.40

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Voix De Bocelli

WEST COUNTRY:

Fighting Poet

POSTDATA:

Mrembo

D Express:

Fascinating Lips

NEWMARKET:

Hawa Jumeirah

RP RATINGS:

Arenas Del Tiempo

Daily Mail:

Light Up Our Stars

LAMBOURN:

Voix De Bocelli

The Times:

Voix De Bocelli

The Guardian:

Voix De Bocelli

Daily Record:

Voix De Bocelli

Telegraph:

Fighting Poet

Daily Mirror:

Fighting Poet

The Sun:

Mrembo

The Star:

Fascinating Lips