July 17 / 14.30 Leicester

14.30

Good To Firm

British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £4187.2
  • 1m 2f 0y
  • Class 5
  • 6 runners
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British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)

Runners: 6 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

Form:

Last run:

W: 9st 13lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Good-ground bumper winner but only modest form in three hurdle runs; from a French jumping family and probably best watched on this belated Flat debut.
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3rd

6

(6)

16th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 4f 6y

Class 4

19:30 Epsom

Id Go Maniac

10st 0lb

J: Miss Georgia King

T: Alan King

Bumper and 1m4f AW handicap winner; only three runs on Flat turf, the latest when second of 13 at Windsor (1m2f, good to firm) in May in first-time cheekpieces, which have been kept since; not disgraced when Georgia King was on again back on AW latest outing; needs a second look.

7/1

4th

1

29th May 2026

Standard

1m 4f 51y

Class 5

18:05 Wolverhampton (AW)

Id Go Maniac

11st 2lb

J: Miss Georgia King

T: Alan King

C&D winner in November; got back on track in first-time cheekpieces when second of 13 in 1m2f Windsor handicap 18 days ago; can go well again back up in trip with the headgear retained.

6/1

2nd

2

(5)

11th May 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 0y

Class 5

17:12 Windsor

Id Go Maniac

11st 2lb

J: Miss Georgia King

T: Alan King

Left it late when winning a 1m4f handicap at Wolverhampton in November; three lesser runs have followed but he is now 2lb lower than for the win; drops in trip with headgear added.

10/1

OUR TIP

Form: 5-7

Last run: 42 days

W: 9st 8lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Fine pedigree but finished a well-beaten last of five on her debut at Kempton (1m) in September; bit better on her reappearance when seventh of nine at Chelmsford (1m2f, also AW; kept on) last month; will probably be seen to best effect when handicapping over further.
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3

(9)

5th Aug 2025

Good

1m 1f 0y

Class 6

16:50 Ffos Las

LAir De Panache

9st 10lb

J: Jonny Peate

T: Jane Chapple-Hyam

Tailed off in Leicester novice (1m2f) last month but had shown some ability previously (1m/1m2f); goes handicapping off a modest mark in a first-time tongue-tie, and her dam was a 1m4f Listed winner; this lightly raced 4yo is a possible improver; one to watch in the betting.

8/1

2

(5)

17th Jul 2025

Good To Firm

1m 2f 0y

Class 5

14:30 Leicester

LAir De Panache

9st 8lb

J: Jonny Peate

T: Jane Chapple-Hyam

Fine pedigree but finished a well-beaten last of five on her debut at Kempton (1m) in September; bit better on her reappearance when seventh of nine at Chelmsford (1m2f, also AW; kept on) last month; will probably be seen to best effect when handicapping over further.

20/1

7th

1

(8)

5th Jun 2025

Standard

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

19:07 Chelmsford (AW)

LAir De Panache

10st 1lb

J: Jonny Peate

T: Jane Chapple-Hyam

Nice pedigree, but finished a well-beaten last of five on her Kempton debut (1m, Polytrack) last September; bred to appreciate the longer trip and a hood is given a go, but she still has enough to prove against the 3yos.

16/1

Form: 03

Last run: 9 days

W: 9st 4lb

3 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Related to two winners for his connections; tailed off on his debut at Beverley (7.5f, good to firm) in June and beat one home when up in trip and well held at Pontefract (1m2f, good) last week; unlikely.
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5th

9

(4)

11th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

2m 0f 56y

Class 4

16:20 York

Division Day

8st 8lb

J: Warren Fentiman

T: Brian Ellison

Four months off before winning a six-runner race at Doncaster (1m4f, good to firm) early last month; disappointing in a maiden hurdle (fourth at 10-11) 12 days later but remember also that he raised his game markedly when upped to 1m6f on Flat last autumn; this first 2m Flat assignment is interesting.

8/1

4th

4

17th Jun 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

15:15 Worcester

Division Day

10st 13lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Brian Ellison

Runner-up twice over hurdles at start of this year (2m/2m4f) and returned from break with Flat win this month (1m4f; RPR 69); seems versatile regarding ground and ought to be a tough nut to crack.

11/8

1st

3

(5)

5th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

1m 3f 197y

Class 6

17:10 Doncaster

Division Day

9st 12lb

J: Shay Farmer

T: Brian Ellison

Dual 1m6f Flat winner who has finished runner-up in novice/maiden hurdles (2m/2m4f) in his last two runs; returns after four months off but he's only 1lb higher than for his last win and it would be a positive if the forecast rain arrives; needs a close look back on the Flat.

5/2

Form: 4-322 BF

Last run: 27 days

W: 9st 4lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 87

Form & Verdict
Kingman colt out of Irish Oaks winner Great Heavens, from the family of top-class Nathaniel; has improved with each of his four runs and he went down fighting when collared by a one-time Derby hopeful at Newmarket (1m2f, good to firm) last time; surely today is the day.
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1st

2

(2)

8th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

16:35 Leicester

Noble Horizon

9st 9lb

J: Silvestre De Sousa

T: Oli Rix

Won a C&D novice (good to firm) for William Haggas last July and was third of 19 in a York handicap (10.3f, good) in his final run last season; well held on stable debut at Lingfield last month but he shaped as though he needed the run and that form has been well advertised by the first two since; dangerous if he can get back near best.

9/1

7th

2

(10)

9th May 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

12:55 Lingfield

Noble Horizon

9st 9lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: Oli Rix

Consistent for William Haggas and he made all to land Leicester novice (1m2f, good to firm) in July; signed off for that yard with creditable third of 19 at York (10.5f, good; not clear run) off this mark in October; secured for 140,000gns a fortnight later and subsequently gelded; a player on stable debut/reappearance.

11/2

Form: 422-46

Last run: 33 days

W: 9st 4lb

3 yo Colt

OR: 85

Form & Verdict
Creditable fourth of 22 in valuable Irish sales race (6.5f, good) in September but beaten at skinny odds when close second on final two 2yo starts (both 7f, AW); failed to build on decent seasonal/handicap debut (1m) when beaten 9l at Sandown (1m1f, good to firm; 28-1) last month; up in trip again and he's by far the most likely if Noble Horizon doesn't get the job done; refused to enter stalls and withdrawn at Ffos Las recently (9-4 at the time).
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1st

14

(8)

10th Oct 2025

Good

0m 7f 0y

Class 4

17:00 York

Sky Advocate

9st 8lb

J: Jack Callan

T: Clive Cox

11-race maiden for whom the drop back to 7f isn't an obvious positive; however, he could he sharper in the first-time visor and he was denied a clear run when fourth of 15 at Newbury (1m, good to soft) three weeks ago, when no match for three improving, fellow 3yos; could be a contender.

10/1

4th

10

(10)

20th Sep 2025

Good To Soft

1m 0f 0y

Class 4

17:00 Newbury

Sky Advocate

9st 4lb

J: Daniel Tudhope

T: Clive Cox

0-10 albeit in the frame on ten occasions, as when beaten a head into second of four in a Wolverhampton maiden (9.5f, AW) a fortnight ago; this looks a competitive race in which to attempt to break his duck, though.

15/2

2nd

3

(3)

6th Sep 2025

Standard

1m 1f 104y

Class 5

18:12 Wolverhampton (AW)

Sky Advocate

9st 7lb

J: Jack Nicholls

T: Clive Cox

Useful form in defeat as a 2yo; comparable efforts in handicap company at Goodwood (1m, good) in May and at Southwell nine days ago; leading form claims but could be vulnerable to something less exposed.

2/1

Form: 76

Last run: 48 days

W: 9st 4lb

3 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
28-1, beaten 13l on his debut at Kempton (1m2f, AW) in April and it was a similar margin when sixth of ten at Haydock (1m4f, good) the following month; early days but he looks destined for handicaps.
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5th

9

24th Feb 2026

Good To Soft

1m 7f 156y

Class 4

14:00 Catterick

Warrior King

10st 9lb

J: Theo Gillard

T: Donald McCain

Progressive at ordinary level on the Flat last year, winning at Kempton (2m, AW) in October; however, well beaten on hurdle/stable debut at Wetherby (2m, soft) in December and needs to be a different proposition today.

66/1

6

(2)

15th Oct 2025

Standard To Slow

1m 7f 218y

Class 5

19:40 Kempton (AW)

Warrior King

9st 0lb

J: Lewis Edmunds

T: Harry Charlton

Only made his debut in April and ran his best race yet when beaten less than a length into second of nine over C&D last month; just 1lb higher and remains open to further progress as a stayer; shortlisted.

3/1

2nd

7

(9)

18th Sep 2025

Standard To Slow

1m 7f 218y

Class 5

19:15 Kempton (AW)

Warrior King

8st 12lb

J: Sean Levey

T: Harry Charlton

Disappointing start to his handicap career with cheekpieces added when last of seven at Ffos Las (1m4f) five weeks ago; the headgear is quickly discarded now stepping up significantly in trip.

5/1

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Noble Horizon

LAMBOURN:

Sky Advocate

RP RATINGS:

Noble Horizon

POSTDATA:

Noble Horizon

NEWMARKET:

Noble Horizon

The Times:

Noble Horizon

Telegraph:

Noble Horizon

Daily Mail:

Noble Horizon

D Express:

Noble Horizon

Daily Mirror:

Noble Horizon

The Sun:

Noble Horizon

The Star:

Noble Horizon

Daily Record:

Noble Horizon

The Guardian:

Sky Advocate