June 15 / 16.00 Salisbury

16.00

Good To Firm

Happy 80th Birthday Richard Hannon Snr British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB/IRE Incentive Race)

  • Prize money: £7560
  • 0m 6f 0y
  • Class 3
  • 10 runners
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Happy 80th Birthday Richard Hannon Snr British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB/IRE Incentive Race)

Runners: 10 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly sunny

Form: 931 D

Last run: 25 days

W: 9st 11lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Close up in the Lily Agnes at Chester (5f, good) on second start and comfortably made all when 11-8 favourite in a Chepstow maiden (6f, good) on latest; has a 7lb penalty against unexposed rivals but he's the pick on form and heading the right way.
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3

(7)

25th Jul 2025

Good

0m 7f 0y

Class 1

14:25 Ascot

Italica

9st 5lb

J: Richard Kingscote

T: Tom Dascombe

Successful at Chepstow (good) and Salisbury (good to firm) since tackling 6f; however, had little to spare last time and has something to find on ratings in this better grade upped further in distance.

16/1

1

(9)

15th Jun 2025

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 3

16:00 Salisbury

Italica

9st 11lb

J: Richard Kingscote

T: Tom Dascombe

Close up in the Lily Agnes at Chester (5f, good) on second start and comfortably made all when 11-8 favourite in a Chepstow maiden (6f, good) on latest; has a 7lb penalty against unexposed rivals but he's the pick on form and heading the right way.

3/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 9st 4lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
50,000gns yearling, 60,000gns breeze-up 2yo by Ardad; fifth foal; brother to 6f 2yo winner Najat (RPR 83); dam 1m4f AW winner (97) out of 7.5f/1m winner; late foal but from a leading yard and needs a market check.
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3

(1)

12th Sep 2025

Good To Soft

0m 6f 213y

Class 4

17:10 Salisbury

Ajuda Road

9st 4lb

J: Rossa Ryan

T: Ralph Beckett

Cost 60,000gns at the breeze-ups but he didn't offer much over 6f here (debut) in June, and fared even less favourably at Newbury (6.5f, good; 11th of 13, beaten 34l; first run as a gelding) a fortnight ago; blinkers now applied; risky.

12/1

1

(13)

28th Aug 2025

Good To Firm

0m 6f 110y

Class 5

16:48 Newbury

Ajuda Road

9st 7lb

J: Rossa Ryan

T: Ralph Beckett

60,000gns breeze-up 2yo; late foal who faded into ninth of ten in novice at Salisbury (6f, good to firm; 17-2) in June and has since been gelded.

25/1

2

(7)

15th Jun 2025

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 3

16:00 Salisbury

Ajuda Road

9st 4lb

J: Rossa Ryan

T: Ralph Beckett

50,000gns yearling, 60,000gns breeze-up 2yo by Ardad; fifth foal; brother to 6f 2yo winner Najat (RPR 83); dam 1m4f AW winner (97) out of 7.5f/1m winner; late foal but from a leading yard and needs a market check.

13/2

OUR TIP

Form:

Last run:

W: 9st 4lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
25,000gns foal, 65,000gns yearling; eighth foal; Supremacy half-brother to five winners, including Pentle Bay (Listed-placed 6f 2yo; RPR 87) and Liv My Life (5f-7f including 2yo; 77); dam French 1m4f winner; powerful yard has good strike-rate at this early stage of 2yo campaign.
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2nd

6

(3)

10th Jul 2026

Good

0m 7f 1y

Class 5

20:12 Chester

Berkshire Boom

9st 7lb

J: P J McDonald

T: Andrew Balding

Won a C&D maiden (good) last July but he's been well held in three handicaps this season including over 7.6f here (soft) last month; still lightly raced but he needs to rediscover his spark back on quicker ground.

9/2

3rd

7

(8)

12th Jun 2026

Good

0m 7f 127y

Class 4

15:47 Chester

Berkshire Boom

8st 13lb

J: Jason Watson

T: Andrew Balding

Landed 7f maiden here last July; off ten months and has failed to kick on sent handicapping this season, again going freely when last of six at Lingfield (7.5f) 13 days ago; could still do better if becoming more tractable.

12/1

6th

3

(1)

30th May 2026

Good

0m 7f 135y

Class 5

20:12 Lingfield

Berkshire Boom

9st 7lb

J: Jason Watson

T: Andrew Balding

Absent 289 days after winning Chester maiden (7f, good) last summer and made no more than a respectable seasonal/handicap debut when midfield at Windsor (1m, good to firm) this month; needs that recent outing to have brought him on.

6/1

Form: 6

Last run: 13 days

W: 9st 4lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
100,000gns yearling; 11-1 from 22-1 for novice at Windsor (6f, good to firm) 13 days ago, running green, soon mid-division and staying there; that's fair form, though, and he should have benefited from the experience.
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10

(10)

22nd Oct 2025

Standard To Slow

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

16:38 Kempton (AW)

Dark Mandate

9st 4lb

J: Hollie Doyle

T: Charles Hills

He isn't progressing but there was money for him at Wolverhampton 16 days ago (5f), only for him to be hampered leaving the stalls and then short of room soon after the start, ending up poorly positioned; didn't look straightforward in the home straight though and a wide stall isn't ideal for this free-going colt.

7/1

9

(11)

28th Aug 2025

Good To Firm

0m 7f 0y

Class 5

16:15 Newbury

Dark Mandate

9st 5lb

J: Rob Hornby

T: Charles Hills

Finished closer when fifth of eight on nursery debut here (6f, good; 22-1) 13 days ago and he shaped as if moving up in trip would suit; needs markedly better but worth a second look.

12/1

5th

8

(3)

15th Aug 2025

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 4

15:05 Newbury

Dark Mandate

8st 8lb

J: Saffie Osborne

T: Charles Hills

100,000gns yearling whose well-bred dam was useful; soundly beaten on his three starts (6f, good to firm) and not obviously well treated off his opening mark, but improvement is possible and a market check is advised.

10/1

Form:

Last run: 46 days

W: 9st 4lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
33-1, very slowly away and always behind in a conditions event at Ascot (5f, good to firm) in April; gelded two days later.
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1st

2

29th May 2026

Standard

0m 7f 36y

Class 5

19:50 Wolverhampton (AW)

Dublin Bay

9st 9lb

T: Ollie Sangster

Improved for the switch to nurseries last summer, winning easily at Ffos Las and Doncaster (both 6f) before finishing off strongly for sixth in a much stronger race at York's Ebor meeting; better than ever when winning a C&D handicap in April and his subsequent fifth of 19 at Ascot was in a Class 4; could still rate higher; key player despite a wider draw than ideal.

9/2

5th

12

(9)

8th May 2026

Good

0m 6f 0y

Class 4

16:00 Ascot

Dublin Bay

9st 4lb

J: Daniel Tudhope

T: Ollie Sangster

More exposed than most but he won third handicap when making all at Wolverhampton (7f, AW; just held on) four weeks ago; also won twice at 6f on sound turf so these conditions should be no problem, but a 4lb rise might be.

14/1

Form: 8

Last run: 24 days

W: 9st 4lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
140,000gns yearling; 22-1, bumped at the start and proved hard to settle in novice at Haydock (6f, good to firm) last month, always behind.
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3rd

9

(1)

18th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 6y

Class 3

18:45 Doncaster

First Time

9st 2lb

J: Barry McHugh

T: Richard & Peter Fahey

Newmarket maiden winner for Harry Charlton last August (6f, good to firm); subsequently sold for 90,000gns; best run for the Faheys when third at Chester last time; (7f, good); on a fair mark; a possible.

5/1

3rd

4

(5)

27th Jun 2026

Good

0m 7f 1y

Class 3

16:10 Chester

First Time

9st 3lb

J: Ethan Tindall

T: Richard & Peter Fahey

Left his stable debut well behind when sixth of 22 in traditionally strong York handicap (6f, good) a fortnight ago; the way he kept on in the closing stages suggests this return to 7f may suit; considered.

9/1

6th

20

(5)

13th Jun 2026

Good

0m 6f 0y

Class 2

15:35 York

First Time

8st 5lb

J: Barry McHugh

T: Richard & Peter Fahey

Won Newmarket maiden (6f, good to firm) for Harry Charlton last August on fourth start and runner-up to Advertised at Newcastle (7f, AW) on subsequent nursery debut; well beaten here (7f, good to firm) last month on seasonal and stable debut and something to prove after that, but not written off.

50/1

Form: 49

Last run: 30 days

W: 9st 4lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
Fourth in a small field at Newmarket (5f, good to firm) and ninth in a big field at Newbury (6f, good); has ability but others appeal more.
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6th

7

(5)

20th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 6y

Class 4

18:55 Doncaster

French Affair

9st 5lb

J: Alec Voikhansky

T: Richard Hannon

A fair 6f winner at 2yrs; yet to add to his tally this season but has advanced his form, runner-up at York before a good C&D fourth last time out; firmly in the picture again.

6/1

4th

10

(2)

5th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 6y

Class 4

18:55 Doncaster

French Affair

9st 0lb

J: Alec Voikhansky

T: Richard Hannon

Just one win from 11 starts but he hit a personal best when going close in a 20-runner handicap at York (7f, good) last month; the first three pulled clear in that race and he's strongly respected off only 1lb higher.

8/1

2nd

14

(19)

23rd May 2026

Good

0m 7f 0y

Class 4

15:50 York

French Affair

9st 4lb

J: Alec Voikhansky

T: Richard Hannon

Usually runs some sort of race but he has not finished with much purpose at Southwell (AW) or Lingfield (turf) on his last two starts, and this is more competitive; needs a revival.

16/1

Form: 6

Last run: 24 days

W: 9st 4lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
£68,000 yearling; 18-1 for novice at Haydock (6f, good to firm) 24 days ago, always mid-division at best but travelling okay before he ran out of steam; open to plenty of improvement, which is needed.
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8th

17

(6)

13th Jun 2026

Good

0m 6f 0y

Class 2

15:35 York

Golden Brown

8st 5lb

J: Lauren Young

T: Ed Walker

It took him nine attempts to get off the mark, justifying even-money favouritism in a maiden at Salisbury (6f, good) three weeks ago; however, a case can be made judged on his Listed second at Redcar (6f, good to soft) last October; not discounted.

20/1

1st

5

(11)

23rd May 2026

Good

0m 6f 0y

Class 4

18:45 Salisbury

Golden Brown

9st 7lb

J: Ashley Lewis

T: Ed Walker

Finished second in the Redcar Two-Year-Old Trophy (6f, good to soft; Listed) last October, form that would give him strong claims in this field; beaten as 4-9 favourite at Lingfield on his reappearance (6f, AW) but the winner there could be useful; should be involved once again.

2/1

2nd

4

(3)

20th Apr 2026

Standard

0m 6f 1y

Class 4

15:51 Lingfield (AW)

Golden Brown

9st 5lb

J: Kieran Shoemark

T: Ed Walker

Son of Galileo Gold who was much improved on his final run in 2025 when second of 15 in Two-Year-Old Trophy at Redcar in October; holds leading form claims on his Polytrack debut in his bid to get off the mark at the eighth attempt.

4/6

Form:

Last run:

W: 9st 4lb

2 yo Colt

OR:

Form & Verdict
15,000gns yearling by Saxon Warrior; fourth foal; brother to Italian 6f winner Pure Circle, half-brother to Spanish 7.5f-8.5f winner Coolmeen Vega; dam unraced half-sister to winners Major's Cast (7f Listed) and Jessica's Dream (5f Group 3; dam of 1m Group 1 winner Havana Gold); trainer has had 2yo winners on debut this term.
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4th

3

(1)

4th Jul 2026

Good

0m 7f 0y

Class 3

16:10 Sandown

Spirit Of Saxony

9st 4lb

J: Charles Bishop

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Has form figures of 212 over 7f, with the win in a novice at Kempton in May; built on that with an eye-catching effort back in handicap company over C&D (good) three weeks ago, repeatedly denied a run before finishing strongly for second once in the clear; that form has been boosted in recent days; good shout.

15/8

2nd

8

(1)

13th Jun 2026

Good

0m 7f 0y

Class 3

15:55 Sandown

Spirit Of Saxony

9st 0lb

J: Charles Bishop

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Only fifth on his handicap debut at Ascot (1m, good) before justifying odds-on favouritism in an AW novice over 7f; encouraging to see the second win as he liked next time, so this gelding could be on the upgrade.

15/2

1st

5

(4)

20th May 2026

Standard To Slow

0m 7f 0y

Class 5

18:00 Kempton (AW)

Spirit Of Saxony

9st 5lb

J: Charles Bishop

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Saxon Warrior gelding who shaped well in a trio of novices (6f to 1m) before posting a good fifth of 11 on his handicap debut at Ascot (1m) 12 days ago, fading last 1f; the clear form pick.

5/2

Form:

Last run:

W: 8st 13lb

2 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
33,000euros foal, 105,000gns yearling; sixth foal; Starman half-sister to winners Must Be Late (Italian 1m 2yo; Italian Oaks runner-up; RPR 100) and Queen Of Ours (5.7f 2yo; 82); dam maiden (47) half-sister to 6f 2yo Group 2 winner Always Hopeful; from powerful yard whose 2yos are making a splash and won two of the last three renewals of this race.
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9th

7

(2)

27th Sep 2025

Good

0m 6f 0y

Class 1

14:25 Newmarket

Orions Belt

9st 2lb

J: Sean Levey

T: Richard Hannon

Won on the July course in the summer and seemed suited by the drop back in distance when beaten only by Anthelia in Salisbury Group 3 (6f, soft; also handles good to firm) two weeks ago; should run her race but faces a stern assignment on form.

50/1

2nd

8

(1)

12th Sep 2025

Good To Soft

0m 6f 0y

Class 1

15:25 Salisbury

Orions Belt

9st 2lb

J: Sean Levey

T: Richard Hannon

Hasn't really kicked on since creating a very favourable impression in a 7f maiden at Newmarket in July; however, she's held in some regard by her top yard (in the Cheveley Park) and, having raced freely in her races, this drop back to 6f might benefit.

10/1

Non-runners

Penhallam

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £217.70
Straight Forecast £217.98
Trifecta £2943.60

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Penhallam

D Express:

Orion's Belt

RP RATINGS:

Italica

The Sun:

Ajuda Road

The Times:

Dark Mandate

POSTDATA:

French Affair

The Star:

Spirit Of Saxony

Daily Mirror:

Orion's Belt

Telegraph:

Penhallam

Daily Record:

Penhallam

LAMBOURN:

Italica