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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2nd

1

(4)

14th Aug 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 17y

Class 6

16:38 Epsom

Mrembo

9st 12lb

J: Hector Crouch

T: Jonathan Portman

Reliable mare who gained this season's win in three-runner contest at Windsor (11.4f, good to firm) in May; suited by this C&D and will appreciate today's ease in grade; each-way claims at least.

11/2

4th

7

(2)

24th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 1f 209y

Class 5

17:15 Sandown

Mrembo

9st 1lb

J: Olivia Tubb

T: Jonathan Portman

Reliable mare who wasn't beaten far last time at Epsom when just behind Imperical Cult; has run well in the last three renewals of this race, beaten 2l or less; considered.

6/1

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

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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6th

10

22nd Aug 2026

Good To Firm

2m 2f 110y

Class 5

15:40 Newton Abbot

Hawa Jumeirah

10st 9lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Helen Nelmes

Dual Flat winner who has produced two encouraging placed efforts over C&D of late; has a bit to find with some of these but should be thereabouts.

10/1

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

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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7th

3

(6)

26th Aug 2026

Standard

1m 4f 51y

Class 6

16:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Fighting Poet

9st 9lb

J: Jonny Peate

T: Richard Phillips

All three wins have come at Brighton (1m2f/1m4f); placed in his last two starts in similar contests at Lingfield (1m4f, Polytrack) and has run well on Tapeta at Southwell; first-time visor replaces the usual blinkers and he has every chance on these terms; high on list.

7/2

3rd

4

(5)

18th Aug 2026

Standard

1m 4f 0y

Class 6

15:33 Lingfield (AW)

Fighting Poet

9st 9lb

J: Jonny Peate

T: Richard Phillips

Has suffered some heavy defeats of late, but almost sprang a 80-1 surprise when only headed close home by Foinix over C&D last Tuesday; if he is able to back up that run then he comes here with a shout.

6/1

2nd

6

(8)

11th Aug 2026

Standard

1m 4f 0y

Class 6

16:00 Lingfield (AW)

Fighting Poet

9st 9lb

J: Robert Havlin

T: Richard Phillips

All three wins have come at Brighton, the latest a year ago; heavy defeats in his last four starts make him hard to recommend.

66/1

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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4th

2

(8)

18th Aug 2026

Standard

0m 7f 1y

Class 6

16:45 Lingfield (AW)

Edergoles Gift

9st 9lb

J: Cieren Fallon

T: Conrad Allen

C&D winner, but held at this level in her last two starts and needs to get back on track.

8/1

4th

3

(8)

8th Aug 2026

Standard

0m 6f 1y

Class 6

20:10 Lingfield (AW)

Edergoles Gift

9st 9lb

J: George Wood

T: Conrad Allen

Dual Polytrack winner but she has an overall strike-rate of 3-38 and has been beaten 5l or more in her last five runs; has a change of headgear but she needs to raise her game back in trip.

10/1

5th

3

(4)

22nd Jul 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 0y

Class 6

20:40 Lingfield

Edergoles Gift

9st 9lb

J: Darragh Keenan

T: Conrad Allen

Won similar event here on AW in 2024; also took 6f course handicap last June and was well on top in Chelmsford handicap (7f, AW) in October; was struggling when last seen in the spring, however, and a two-month break will need to have recharged her batteries.

9/1

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