July 04 / 15.08 Newton Abbot

15.08

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South West Rail Solutions Ltd Mares’ Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £4752.9
  • 2m 5f 122y
  • Class 5
  • 8 runners
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South West Rail Solutions Ltd Mares’ Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

12/1 (Won)

  • Win: £9.30
  • Place: £2.20

Form: 35-983

Last run: 21 days

W: 11st 0lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 84

Form & Verdict
Remains winless but she comes here on the back of a solid third of seven in 3m2f handicap here three weeks ago; considered.
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4th

3

3rd Jul 2026

Good

2m 5f 122y

Class 5

15:20 Newton Abbot

Hurst Hill

11st 2lb

J: Daniel Sansom

T: Seamus Mullins

Only win came in this race 12 months ago off 1lb lower and she returns on the back of a 5l defeat three weeks ago; should run well, provided she takes to the new blinkers.

5/1

4th

5

12th Jun 2026

Good To Soft

3m 2f 105y

Class 5

17:50 Newton Abbot

Hurst Hill

11st 4lb

J: Daniel Sansom

T: Seamus Mullins

Got off the mark when winning at this track (2m5f, good) last July off 2lb lower; runner-up three times since and didn't get the clearest of passages last time; a return to this track may well spark her back to form.

5/1

7th

6

14th May 2026

Good

2m 5f 164y

Class 5

19:10 Fontwell

Hurst Hill

11st 0lb

J: Daniel Sansom

T: Seamus Mullins

Just 1-17 over hurdles, the win gained at Newton Abbot (2m5f, good) last summer, but she made a satisfactory reappearance last month and her current mark is workable; considered each-way.

13/2

3/1

  • Place: £1.50

Form: 5686-2

Last run: 48 days

W: 10st 10lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 80

Form & Verdict
A fair 1m2f Flat winner in Spain who was much improved for her current yard when runner-up in 2m4f Bangor handicap hurdle 47 days ago; up 2lb but big shout with that form working out very well.
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2nd

6

4th Jul 2025

Good

2m 5f 122y

Class 5

15:08 Newton Abbot

Kenmya

10st 10lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

A fair 1m2f Flat winner in Spain who was much improved for her current yard when runner-up in 2m4f Bangor handicap hurdle 47 days ago; up 2lb but big shout with that form working out very well.

3/1

2nd

6

17th May 2025

Good

2m 3f 123y

Class 5

14:20 Bangor-on-Dee

Kenmya

10st 13lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

Five Flat wins in France; showed very little over hurdles in Britain last season, including when dropped back to 2m for last month's handicap debut, but Dan Skelton is persisting with her and she can't be written off just yet.

6/1

2nd

6

17th May 2025

Good

2m 3f 123y

Class 5

14:20 Bangor-on-Dee

Kenmya

10st 13lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

Five Flat wins in France; showed very little over hurdles in Britain last season, including when dropped back to 2m for last month's handicap debut, but Dan Skelton is persisting with her and she can't be written off just yet.

6/1

Form: /343-2

Last run: 43 days

W: 10st 10lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 80

Form & Verdict
Low-mileage mare who advanced her form when second of seven in 3m Ffos Las handicap 43 days ago; she can make her presence felt despite taking a 3lb weights rise.
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3rd

5

4th Jul 2025

Good

2m 5f 122y

Class 5

15:08 Newton Abbot

Miss Popalong

10st 10lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

Low-mileage mare who advanced her form when second of seven in 3m Ffos Las handicap 43 days ago; she can make her presence felt despite taking a 3lb weights rise.

4/1

4

22nd May 2025

Good

2m 7f 191y

Class 5

16:40 Ffos Las

Miss Popalong

10st 9lb

J: Micheal Nolan

T: Philip Hobbs & Johnson White

Back from a break of 151 days to finish an 11l third over Exeter's 2m7f (good to firm), where she looked threatening before flattening out late on; had another 60 days away since then but looks capable of winning something like this.

11/4

Form: 2432-4 CD

Last run: 51 days

W: 12st 0lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 98

Form & Verdict
Took this prize in 2024 but was having only her second run over fences when beating just one in 3m2f handicap here in May; now returns to hurdling after a short break and has claims if she can bounce back.
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4th

1

4th Jul 2025

Good

2m 5f 122y

Class 5

15:08 Newton Abbot

Dancingontheedge

12st 0lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Paul Nicholls

Took this prize in 2024 but was having only her second run over fences when beating just one in 3m2f handicap here in May; now returns to hurdling after a short break and has claims if she can bounce back.

7/2

5

14th May 2025

Good

3m 1f 170y

Class 4

15:22 Newton Abbot

Dancingontheedge

11st 3lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Paul Nicholls

Bumper winner who was off the mark over hurdles here last July; there wasn't much wrong with her chase debut here (2m5f, soft) in September and she should go on from that following a good comeback against an in-form rival in a Chepstow hurdle (2m7f, good) last month.

5/2

Form: 3441-U

Last run: 54 days

W: 10st 9lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 79

Form & Verdict
Opened her account (in first-time cheekpieces) in 3m Taunton handicap in April but she made mistakes before unseating her rider at the seventh at Ludlow (3m) the following month; she needs to bounce back.
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3rd

3

19th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

3m 2f 83y

Class 5

16:33 Stratford

Luna Run

11st 0lb

J: Megan Fox

T: Harry Derham

Safely held when odds-on for stable debut at Warwick (2m5f) in May but, with a tongue-tie fitted, made amends over 3m2f there (also on good) last month; came clear of the others with a progressive rival that day and could still be well handicapped after 5lb rise.

15/8

1st

8

3rd Jun 2026

Good To Firm

3m 2f 0y

Class 5

18:55 Warwick

Luna Run

10st 2lb

J: Megan Fox

T: Harry Derham

Just 1-16 over hurdles when trained by Evan Williams and was unable to justify odds-on favouritism when only sixth of 12 here (2m5f, good) on last month's stable debut; may yet come good for Harry Derham, though, and this move back up in trip will suit; wears refitted tongue-tie; gained her win on good to firm but has form on good to soft; 3lb wrong.

6/1

6th

12

4th May 2026

Good

2m 5f 5y

Class 5

17:35 Warwick

Luna Run

10st 5lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Harry Derham

3m hurdle winner last April in first-time cheekpieces, that her only win in 16 attempts, though often placed; given wind surgery after finishing a distant third at Plumpton (3m1f, good to soft) in October on final start for Evan Williams; back in trip following a break and worth considering for stable going well.

7/2

OUR TIP

Form: 7/323

Last run: 27 days

W: 11st 6lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 90

Form & Verdict
Showed promise when twice placed over 2m in May but she came in a well-held third of seven on her handicap debut at Worcester (2m4f) 27 days ago; she's worth another chance.
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4th

4

19th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

2m 2f 148y

Class 5

17:08 Stratford

Klervia

10st 6lb

J: Isabelle Ryder

T: Barry Brennan

0-10 over hurdles; two of this year's six runs for Fergal O'Brien offered significant hope but she was soundly beaten on her latest outing; now back in the care of Barry Brennan; others have much less to prove.

12/1

7th

6

19th Jun 2026

Good

2m 7f 16y

Class 5

14:05 Market Rasen

Klervia

10st 9lb

J: Tom Broughton

T: Fergal O’Brien

Ever more temptingly handicapped, and still doing some okay late work behind the uncontainable Beorma over Southwell's 2m4f last time; previous tribulations in two Cornish points and one other staying hurdle temper enthusiasm ahead of this step back up in trip, however.

16/1

3rd

3

2nd Jun 2026

Good

2m 4f 88y

Class 5

17:30 Southwell

Klervia

11st 0lb

J: Tom Broughton

T: Fergal O’Brien

Remains winless and she underwent wind surgery before a below-par fifth of eight in 2m Huntingdon handicap two weeks ago; others are preferred.

8/1

Form: 3224-2

Last run: 25 days

W: 11st 7lb

7 yo Filly

OR: 91

Form & Verdict
Bagged a pair of 2m4f Southwell handicaps last spring and has continued in good nick, second of 12 back there 25 days ago; she ought to be in the shake-up again.
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2

4th Jul 2025

Good

2m 5f 122y

Class 5

15:08 Newton Abbot

Our Pink Lady

11st 7lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: James Owen

Bagged a pair of 2m4f Southwell handicaps last spring and has continued in good nick, second of 12 back there 25 days ago; she ought to be in the shake-up again.

6/1

3

9th Jun 2025

Good

2m 4f 88y

Class 5

16:50 Southwell

Our Pink Lady

11st 11lb

J: Henry Brooke

T: James Owen

Dual C&D winner in March 2024; those were on soft ground but she's fine on good and was twice runner-up before appearing not to stay 3m here in April; should run well.

5/1

Form: 6008-

Last run: 97 days

W: 10st 2lb

5 yo Filly

OR: 59

Form & Verdict
Has offered little in a trio of hurdling events, tongue tied and hooded when only eighth of ten in 2m Stratford novice in March; she's hard to warm to now going handicapping.
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9

4th Jul 2025

Good

2m 5f 122y

Class 5

15:08 Newton Abbot

Pretty Punctual

10st 2lb

J: Liam Harrison

T: Max Comley

Has offered little in a trio of hurdling events, tongue tied and hooded when only eighth of ten in 2m Stratford novice in March; she's hard to warm to now going handicapping.

25/1

8th

7

29th Mar 2025

Good

2m 0f 70y

Class 4

13:55 Stratford

Pretty Punctual

10st 12lb

J: Liam Harrison

T: Max Comley

Has shown very little in a bumper and two maiden hurdles; new headgear tried here.

200/1

11th

13

10th Mar 2025

Good To Soft

2m 0f 104y

Class 4

14:40 Taunton

Pretty Punctual

10st 13lb

J: David Bass

T: Max Comley

Well beaten when 300-1 for C&D (good to soft) mares' maiden on hurdling debut in January.

100/1

Non-runners

Organic

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £43.30
Straight Forecast £33.53
Tricast £92.13
Trifecta £229.70

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Kenmya

RP RATINGS:

Dancingontheedge

Telegraph:

Luna Run

WEST COUNTRY:

Miss Popalong

D Express:

Luna Run

The Times:

Kenmya

The Guardian:

Kenmya

Daily Mirror:

Kenmya

The Sun:

Kenmya

The Star:

Kenmya

Daily Record:

Kenmya

POSTDATA:

Dancingontheedge

Daily Mail:

Dancingontheedge