July 20 / 17.33 Stratford

17.33

Good

Grace & Dotty Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £3775.91
  • 3m 2f 83y
  • Class 5
  • 6 runners
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Grace & Dotty Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 6 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Rain

Form: 1P31-2 D

Last run: 23 days

W: 11st 13lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 88

Form & Verdict
Thorough stayer who won twice over 3m3f at Sedgefield earlier this year, including on good to soft; good second at Cartmel last time (2m6f, soft); contender.
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Verdict Starting price

1st

6

23rd Aug 2025

Good

3m 1f 83y

Class 5

15:20 Cartmel

Ocean Legacy

11st 2lb

J: Nathan Moscrop

T: Rebecca Menzies

Thorough stayer who won twice over 3m3f at Sedgefield in early part of this year (good to soft/good) and was second here (2m6f, soft) in June; below form in 3m2f Stratford race won by Moro Rock last month but has a fighting chance if back on song.

9/2

2

20th Jul 2025

Good

3m 2f 83y

Class 5

17:33 Stratford

Ocean Legacy

11st 13lb

J: Nathan Moscrop

T: Rebecca Menzies

Thorough stayer who won twice over 3m3f at Sedgefield earlier this year, including on good to soft; good second at Cartmel last time (2m6f, soft); contender.

11/4

OUR TIP

Form: 5-9831

Last run: 16 days

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 86

Form & Verdict
Off the mark over hurdles when scoring over 2m5f at Newton Abbot last time (good); decent third over 3m2f there the time before (good to soft); each-way chance.
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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

Form: P5P1-6

Last run: 56 days

W: 11st 9lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 84

Form & Verdict
Returned after wind op to win a 3m handicap at Southwell two runs back (good); put up 6lb and didn't fare quite as well at Uttoxeter last time; could bounce back.
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2nd

2

13th Oct 2026

Good

3m 0f 60y

Class 5

17:23 Southwell

East Eagle

11st 7lb

J: Charlie Maggs

T: Mike Sowersby

Pehaps flattered to win by 11l at Stratford (3m2f) and he was found wanting off this 6lb higher mark at Sedgefield, though again ran pretty well.

4/1

3rd

2

9th Sep 2026

Good

3m 3f 9y

Class 5

16:30 Sedgefield

East Eagle

11st 8lb

J: Charlie Maggs

T: Mike Sowersby

Pehaps flattered to win by 11l at Stratford (3m2f) latest, as only four ran and the other three got competitive some way out; he's 6lb higher but that was his fourth success, so he knows how to win.

7/4

1st

2

19th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

3m 2f 83y

Class 5

16:33 Stratford

East Eagle

11st 3lb

J: Charlie Maggs

T: Mike Sowersby

Drew clear to clear by 9l over C&D (good) in April, his third hurdling success, and is now only 2lb above that mark but looked out of sorts on his latest outing and is not one to rely upon heavily.

13/2

Form: 8P-236

Last run: 16 days

W: 11st 7lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 82

Form & Verdict
Only win was a 2m7f handicap chase at Huntingdon in May 2024; mixed efforts over hurdles and fences since but well beaten last of six at Bangor on latest start.
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5

3rd Oct 2025

Good

2m 5f 164y

Class 5

16:48 Fontwell

Flemens Tipple

10st 3lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: Andy Irvine

Overall strike-rate of 1-28 and the win came over fences; 0-18 over hurdles and has to bounce back from some shoddy efforts; in cheekpieces and a visor for the last two and now goes in blinkers.

25/1

6

21st Sep 2025

Good To Firm

3m 0f 217y

Class 5

14:20 Plumpton

Flemens Tipple

10st 8lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: Andy Irvine

Has questions to answer after two disappointing runs in July but is very well suited by this C&D and competes off new career-low mark today; swaps cheekpieces for first-time visor; dangerous to ignore.

12/1

5

20th Jul 2025

Good

3m 2f 83y

Class 5

17:33 Stratford

Flemens Tipple

11st 7lb

J: Caoilin Quinn

T: Andy Irvine

Only win was a 2m7f handicap chase at Huntingdon in May 2024; mixed efforts over hurdles and fences since but well beaten last of six at Bangor on latest start.

10/1

Form: 3U-722 BF

Last run: 30 days

W: 11st 6lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 81

Form & Verdict
16-race maiden; runner-up in two handicaps at Market Rasen on his last two starts (2m7f, good) and should go well again.
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7th

8

17th Oct 2026

Good

2m 7f 16y

Class 5

13:50 Market Rasen

Moro Rock

10st 9lb

J: James Best

T: Sara Ender

1lb beneath the mark he defied at Stratford last July (3m3f, good) but there's not a lot to shout about since, with breaks a feature in his profile; now returns from another.

16/1

5th

7

19th Jun 2026

Good

2m 7f 16y

Class 5

14:05 Market Rasen

Moro Rock

10st 9lb

J: Harry Bannister

T: Sara Ender

Just 1-21 overall but is back on the mark he defied at Stratford last July (3m3f, good), and he'd only just missed out in this corresponding race immediately beforehand (C&D record reads 2225); not out of this.

16/1

Form: 74-453

Last run: 16 days

W: 11st 5lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 80

Form & Verdict
Ex-Dan Skelton; 26-race maiden; has run creditably in two of his three races for this yard this summer, last time finishing 12l third in first-time cheekpieces at Bangor (2m7f, good); headgear retained; could go well again.
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2nd

6

17th Oct 2026

Good

2m 6f 125y

Class 5

15:34 Stratford

Bahtiyar

10st 9lb

J: Ben Poste

T: Max Young

Ran well for a long way from out of the weights with tongue-tie added over C&D (good to firm; 66-1) 12 days ago; 7lb lower today but his career strike-rate is now 0-41 and he's not easy to predict; others preferred.

7/1

9

5th Oct 2026

Good To Firm

2m 6f 125y

Class 4

15:26 Stratford

Bahtiyar

10st 2lb

J: Ben Poste

T: Max Young

Outran 33-1 odds when keeping-on third (5l behind Premier Fantasy) over C&D (good) last month and didn't run badly at Sedgefield (3m2f, good) nine days later but he's 12lb wrong today and his career strike-rate is 0-40; tongue-tie added.

33/1

4th

5

14th Sep 2026

Good

3m 2f 59y

Class 5

15:00 Sedgefield

Bahtiyar

10st 7lb

J: Ben Poste

T: Max Young

Outran 33-1 odds when keeping-on third at Stratford (2m6f, good) and is unexposed over this sort of trip but his career strike-rate now stands at 0-39 and his overall profile remains unconvincing.

6/1

Non-runners

Presenting Yeats, Inspector Lynley, Foxs Socks

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £9.70
Straight Forecast £9.29
Tricast £17.05
Trifecta £22.90

Selections

The Times:

Hurst Hill

SPOTLIGHT:

Ocean Legacy

D Express:

Flemen's Tipple

RP RATINGS:

Presenting Yeats

POSTDATA:

Fox's Socks

Telegraph:

Hurst Hill

Daily Mirror:

Hurst Hill

The Sun:

Hurst Hill

The Star:

Hurst Hill

Daily Record:

Ocean Legacy