May 08 / 18.30 Stratford

18.30

Good

Solidcam UK Partner Novices’ Limited Handicap Hurdle (Div I)

  • Prize money: £4039.96
  • 2m 6f 7y
  • Class 5
  • 4 runners
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Solidcam UK Partner Novices’ Limited Handicap Hurdle (Div I)

Runners: 4 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Light rain

8/11 (Won)

  • Win: £1.67

Form: 47F11- CD

Last run: 37 days

W: 11st 11lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 92

Form & Verdict
Taken her form to new levels (2-2) since joining Olly Murphy, supplementing a C&D win when keeping on to land the odds at Fakenham (3m, good; 2-5 favourite); raised a further 6lb but ought to be capable of completing the hat-trick if in the same fettle.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

2

27th Sep 2025

Good

2m 7f 191y

Class 5

16:05 Market Rasen

Summerleaze

11st 12lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Started off for Olly Murphy with three hurdle wins this spring (2m6f-2m7f); well beaten on chasing debut in July but travelled strongly for a long way before fading into fourth at Stratford (3m3f, good to firm) last month, and today's drop back in trip looks the right move; shortlisted.

4/1

1

18th Aug 2025

Good To Firm

3m 3f 119y

Class 5

17:00 Stratford

Summerleaze

12st 0lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Started off for Olly Murphy with three hurdle wins this spring (2m6f-2m7f) and also ran well when upped to 3m2f here for next outing; well beaten when ridden much more patiently than usual on last month's chasing debut but runs this track very well and could still have a future over fences.

9/4

Form: 4422- BF

Last run: 46 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 93

Form & Verdict
Point winner; improved with experience for Chris Down, runner-up at Southwell (3m) and Exeter (2m7f) on his last two appearances; 2lb higher on first go for Alex Dunn, but one of the likeliest in this winnable contest.
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1st

2

16th May 2026

Good

3m 0f 30y

Class 5

16:30 Bangor-on-Dee

Special John

11st 13lb

J: Matt Griffiths

T: Sam Thomas

Beaten favourite on last three starts, albeit one upped to 3m4f and Class 3 and another over hurdles; largely back on track with last month's Wincanton second, and doesn't appear weighted out of further gains.

11/4

2nd

2

12th Apr 2026

Good

3m 1f 30y

Class 4

13:47 Wincanton

Special John

11st 2lb

J: Matt Griffiths

T: Sam Thomas

Hit the ground running for this yard with two chase wins in the autumn (3m/3m2f, good to soft) and then ran pretty well in a marathon chase at Windsor; latest defeat was over hurdles and is probably best forgiven.

5/4

5th

6

17th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 25y

Class 5

14:20 Exeter

Special John

11st 9lb

J: Matt Griffiths

T: Sam Thomas

Started off for Sam Thomas with two chase wins in the autumn (3m/3m2f, good to soft) and subsequently ran well in quite valuable Windsor marathon; reverts to hurdling on a lower mark and needs to be taken very seriously; wears first-time cheekpieces.

7/2

OUR TIP

Form: 42943-

Last run: 43 days

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 92

Form & Verdict
Ex-Irish; made a low-key stable debut at Huntingdon (2m4f) in March, but back closer to peak form, despite jumping left, when third of eight (beaten 5l) at Hereford six weeks ago; stamina reserves untested over 2m6f, so likely to find a few of these rivals stronger.
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5th

8

18th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 3f 147y

Class 5

15:00 Hereford

Make Sunshine

10st 13lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Ryan Potter

18-race maiden with a Flat background; the odd piece of form is worth noting and she has never been lower in the weights, but she's suffered four non-completions on the bounce (fell midrace on chase debut latest); a bit risky in the new hood (replacing tongue-tie).

25/1

5

18th Feb 2026

1m 7f 212y

Class 5

16:35 Ludlow

Make Sunshine

11st 0lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Ryan Potter

Well in on some of her hurdle form but she's a 17-race maiden with a Flat background, so hard to know what she'll make of fences.

12/1

Form: U5PUP-

Last run: 57 days

W: 10st 5lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 72

Form & Verdict
Yet to win and has a regressive profile, with recent form figures of PUP hardly a ringing endorsement; wind surgery, coupled with the fact that he competes from a lowly mark at a realistic level, are the positives; others preferred.
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6

8th May 2025

Good

2m 6f 7y

Class 5

18:30 Stratford

Nothinelsematters

10st 5lb

J: Kielan Woods

T: Alex Hales

Yet to win and has a regressive profile, with recent form figures of PUP hardly a ringing endorsement; wind surgery, coupled with the fact that he competes from a lowly mark at a realistic level, are the positives; others preferred.

16/1

6

8th May 2025

Good

2m 6f 7y

Class 5

18:30 Stratford

Nothinelsematters

10st 5lb

J: Kielan Woods

T: Alex Hales

Yet to win and has a regressive profile, with recent form figures of PUP hardly a ringing endorsement; wind surgery, coupled with the fact that he competes from a lowly mark at a realistic level, are the positives; others preferred.

16/1

8

12th Mar 2025

Good

2m 4f 145y

Class 5

14:58 Huntingdon

Nothinelsematters

10st 5lb

J: Luke Scott

T: Alex Hales

Best of his 11 runs was a 2l second here last April but hadn't been in great form before unseating early at Hereford four days ago.

14/1

Non-runners

Archie Macdart, Milan Milos

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £2.30
Straight Forecast £2.87
Trifecta £6.30

Selections

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