July 19 / 16.45 Newbury

16.45

Good To Firm

Run For Your Money At BetVictor EBF Novice Stakes (IRE Incentive Race) (Colts & Geldings)

  • Prize money: £12150
  • 0m 6f 0y
  • Class 4
  • 6 runners
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Run For Your Money At BetVictor EBF Novice Stakes (IRE Incentive Race) (Colts & Geldings)

Runners: 6 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Light rain

10/11

Form: 51 D

Last run: 35 days

W: 9st 9lb

2 yo Colt

OR: —

Form & Verdict
Got loose before debut and ran green in the race itself; improved greatly to win a maiden at York (6f, good to firm) 18 days later, always prominent, going on over 2f out and finding most despite drifting left; useful prospect, at the least, who has Group 2 Gimcrack entry next month.
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4th

6

(5)

1st Aug 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 0y

Class 2

16:10 Goodwood

Egoli

8st 7lb

J: David Egan

T: Ralph Beckett

Won on the nod at Doncaster (good to firm) last time, looking suited by the step up to 7f and surging back to form; unexposed over this trip and may remain competitive, provided he takes to first-time cheekpieces (faced difficult task when once in blinkers).

12/1

1st

7

(5)

18th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

0m 7f 6y

Class 3

18:45 Doncaster

Egoli

9st 6lb

J: Rhys Clutterbuck

T: Ralph Beckett

Highly tried after winning a York maiden (6f, good to firm) and a Newbury novice (6f, good) last season; gelded in November; disappointing this season; first run at 7f.

10/1

6th

5

(3)

30th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 3

15:37 Salisbury

Egoli

9st 4lb

J: Hector Crouch

T: Ralph Beckett

Highly tried last term after novice success; never figured in Windsor handicap on reappearance but may fare better with the outing under his belt; check the betting.

10/1

Form: 61 D

Last run: 21 days

W: 9st 9lb

2 yo Colt

OR: —

Form & Verdict
Market support at Goodwood (6f, soft) was not rewarded but much better to win five-runner maiden at Chester (6f, good) three weeks later in June despite being squeezed out at the start; owners also run Court Alert; good deal better could still be forthcoming.
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6th

1

(8)

2nd Aug 2026

Good

0m 6f 17y

Class 1

15:20 Chester

Song Of The Clyde

9st 4lb

J: Kieran Shoemark

T: Clive Cox

Won a valuable sales race at last season's Ebor meeting; improved performer this year, winning a Listed event at Newbury (6f, good) before a close seventh in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot; disappointed at Newbury two weeks ago when reportedly finding the ground too fast; a penalty could leave him vulnerable today.

7/1

7th

7

(6)

18th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 1

15:02 Newbury

Song Of The Clyde

9st 4lb

J: Rossa Ryan

T: Clive Cox

Sole 3yo in this field; largely progressive colt whose form features wins in York sales race as a 2yo and C&D Listed event on penultimate outing; creditable seventh in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot latest; may have more to offer back down in class; major player.

5/1

Form: —

Last run: —

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Colt

OR: —

Form & Verdict
75,000gns yearling by Inns Of Court; fourth foal; brother to Australian 6f winner Inncourt, half-brother to very smart 5f/6f winner Believing (including 2yo/UAE Group 1; RPR 119); unraced dam closely related to 7f/7.4f Group 3 winner Miss Sally; with owners also running Song Of The Clyde and trainer having made a splash with 2yos this term, any confidence behind him could be telling.
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7th

6

(3)

29th Sep 2026

Standard

0m 6f 20y

Class 6

19:00 Wolverhampton (AW)

Court Alert

9st 10lb

J: Clifford Lee

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Yet to win (0-10); runner-up in a four-runner Leicester novice (5f, good to firm) in July, but form levels have dipped since, including when reportedly unsuited by the ground in an added tongue-tie at Leicester latest; easing mark, in returning blinkers, for AW debut.

25/1

9th

7

(2)

8th Sep 2026

Good To Soft

0m 6f 0y

Class 5

16:02 Leicester

Court Alert

9st 5lb

J: Charles Bishop

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Still a maiden but he comes here in decent form, seventh of 11 on his handicap debut at Windsor (6f) 26 days ago; possibilities off a 3lb lower mark with tongue-tie added.

12/1

Form: —

Last run: —

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Colt

OR: —

Form & Verdict
Fourth foal; Kameko half-brother to 1m3f AW winner Rose Light (RPR 71); dam 6f 2yo winner (including Listed; 94), half-sister to multiple 6f winner Lightning Charlie, out of half-sister to useful 5f/6f winner Connect; from a powerful stable, so needs a market check.
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17th

5

(10)

3rd Oct 2026

Good

0m 7f 0y

Class 2

15:35 Ascot

Five Ways

9st 9lb

J: Jason Watson

T: Andrew Balding

Proved a useful 2yo, winning AW Group 3 then running well in the Middle Park, but has generally found life harder this term and finished down the field in a 7f handicap at Newmarket last Saturday; opposed.

40/1

9th

2

(11)

26th Sep 2026

Good

0m 7f 0y

Class 2

16:50 Newmarket

Five Ways

9st 10lb

J: Jason Watson

T: Andrew Balding

2yo Group 3 winner whose 3yo form has been mixed but he was a close Listed fourth at Chester (7f, good) in July and suffered a torrid passage when down the field in a handicap there (7.5f, good to soft) latest; not ruled out.

16/1

11th

2

(14)

22nd Aug 2026

Good To Soft

0m 7f 127y

Class 2

14:05 Chester

Five Ways

9st 9lb

J: Jason Watson

T: Andrew Balding

Landed a Group 3 at Kempton last September as a juvenile before finishing fourth in the Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket, both over 6f; highly tried without success this term and although his yard is going great guns, his mark looks high at present.

33/1

Form: —

Last run: —

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Colt

OR: —

Form & Verdict
37,000euros yearling, 135,000gns breeze-up 2yo by Goken; second foal; dam French 7.5f-1m2f AW winner, sister to 8.5f-1m4f Flat/2m1f hurdle winner Kheliana Chope, half-sister to useful 5f-1m2f winner Zuri Chop, out of French 6f-7.5f winner; it's the purchase price which primarily catches the eye.
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4th

5

(6)

28th May 2026

Good

0m 5f 10y

Class 4

17:10 Sandown

Gouken

9st 6lb

J: Kieran Shoemark

T: Ed Walker

In the placings on all five starts on a variety of surfaces as a juvenile (6f/7f) and he deservedly made the breakthrough on his reappearance at Newcastle (6f, AW) last month; respectable fifth of 14 at Hamilton on his recent handicap debut and this experiment at 5f looks worth a go.

6/1

5th

5

(4)

17th May 2026

Good

0m 6f 6y

Class 4

16:15 Hamilton

Gouken

9st 6lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: Ed Walker

Placed on all his five runs at 2yrs before (gelded) getting off the mark in 6f Newcastle maiden on his return last month; he must enter calculations back in handicap company.

9/1

1st

3

(8)

20th Apr 2026

Standard

0m 6f 0y

Class 4

19:00 Newcastle (AW)

Gouken

9st 5lb

J: George Downing

T: Ed Walker

The most experienced of these and has been placed on all five starts at 6f and 7f; has been gelded since his last run in October and he should go close.

5/4

Form: —

Last run: —

W: 9st 2lb

2 yo Gelding

OR: —

Form & Verdict
60,000gns yearling, 45,000gns breeze-up 2yo by Mehmas; fourth foal; half-brother to 6f 2yo winner Letherfly (RPR 93); dam 5f AW winner (83), half-sister to 5f 2yo Listed winner Orlaith, out of unraced half-sister to 7f 2yo Group 1 winner Toormore; from this yard, probably one for later.
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6th

5

(7)

12th Sep 2026

Standard

0m 7f 1y

Class 6

16:35 Lingfield (AW)

Tie Fighter

9st 5lb

J: Alec Voikhansky

T: Simon Dow

Regressed for Ed Dunlop prior to being picked up for 8,000gns in July; C&D debut for his new yard recently was nothing to get excited about.

16/1

5th

7

(8)

25th Aug 2026

Standard

0m 7f 1y

Class 6

16:00 Lingfield (AW)

Tie Fighter

9st 7lb

J: Paddy Bradley

T: Simon Dow

Ten-race maiden whose best effort came when narrowly denied in a novice at Leicester (5f, good to soft) last October; well beaten over 6f on his final start for Ed Dunlop and now steps back up in trip on his stable debut having been bought for 8,000gns; watch the betting.

14/1

8th

3

(4)

6th Jul 2026

Good

0m 6f 0y

Class 6

20:52 Ripon

Tie Fighter

9st 9lb

J: Tom Marquand

T: Ed Dunlop

Nine-race maiden; ran respectably in first-time blinkers at Wolverhampton (6f, AW) most recently; possibilities off a reduced mark dropped in class with the headgear retained; sole runner on the card for his Newmarket yard.

100/30

Non-runners

Inca Heights

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £3.80
Straight Forecast £5.14
Trifecta £18.70

Selections

RP RATINGS:

Egoli

The Times:

Court Alert

SPOTLIGHT:

Song Of The Clyde

NEWMARKET:

Tie Fighter

LAMBOURN:

Inca Heights

TOPSPEED:

Egoli

POSTDATA:

Egoli

Telegraph:

Egoli

Daily Mail:

Egoli

D Express:

Egoli

Daily Mirror:

Egoli

The Sun:

Egoli

Daily Record:

Egoli

The Star:

Court Alert

The Guardian:

Song Of The Clyde