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Happy 75th Birthday Jon Holton Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £2450.7
  • 2m 0f 0y
  • Class 5
  • 10 runners
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Happy 75th Birthday Jon Holton Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)

Runners: 10 runners

Type: NH Flat

Surface: Turf

Weather: Light rain

8/1 (Won)

  • Win: £7.80
  • Place: £1.90

Form: 5-4

Last run: 29 days

W: 10st 12lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Built upon mildly encouraging debut when fourth of 12 over C&D (good) last month, having caught the eye making smooth headway from the rear; open to further improvement and has each-way claims at least.
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9th

4

5th May 2026

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 5

14:48 Ffos Las

Uncle Remus

11st 8lb

J: Stan Sheppard

T: Robert Stephens

Won a good-ground bumper last summer; needed to up his game on handicap debut in October but was beaten 13l at 16-1.

10/1

2

31st Oct 2025

Good

1m 7f 168y

Class 5

15:40 Uttoxeter

Uncle Remus

11st 10lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Robert Stephens

Won good-ground Worcester bumper in good style this summer and ran well to a point on hurdle debut there (2m, good to soft) in September but both runs this month were disappointing and he needs to up his game in this first handicap.

16/1

2

31st Oct 2025

Good

1m 7f 168y

Class 5

15:40 Uttoxeter

Uncle Remus

11st 10lb

J: Ciaran Gethings

T: Robert Stephens

Won good-ground Worcester bumper in good style this summer and ran well to a point on hurdle debut there (2m, good to soft) in September but both runs this month were disappointing and he needs to up his game in this first handicap.

16/1

5/1

  • Place: £2.60

Form: 4

Last run: 33 days

W: 10st 12lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Out of a bumper/hurdle winner; shaped with significant promise before fading into fourth of 12 at Bangor (good) last month and has a big role to play here if subsequent wind op aids his finishing effort.
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2nd

3

19th Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 178y

Class 4

14:00 Sedgefield

Frammy

11st 3lb

J: Theo Gillard

T: Donald McCain

Record of 421 in bumpers, readily beating sole rival at Sedgefield the final time; placed in Hexham novice hurdle (2m) since; one of two with solid claims.

2/1

6

3rd Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 48y

Class 4

14:10 Hexham

Frammy

10st 13lb

J: Kielan Woods

T: Donald McCain

Made the frame in his first two bumpers before readily winning Sedgefield match race (also on good ground; first-time tongue-tie) last month; his form isn't anything to go wild about but, nevertheless, he has each-way claims at least on this hurdling debut.

7/2

1st

2

4th Sep 2025

Good

2m 0f 178y

Class 5

19:30 Sedgefield

Frammy

11st 0lb

J: Kielan Woods

T: Donald McCain

Fourth of 12 at Bangor and second of ten at Worcester, both on good ground; his form might be that bit better than that of his sole rival and he's receiving weight; tongue-tie added.

4/6

9/2

  • Place: £1.30

Form: 33 BF

Last run: 20 days

W: 10st 9lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Half-sister to connections' useful chaser Guinness Affair; kept on for third on both outings, more recently in six-runner race at Bangor (good) three weeks ago, and is likely to be on the premises again here.
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7

3rd Jun 2026

Good To Firm

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

18:20 Warwick

Garde My Guinness

10st 11lb

J: Joe Anderson

T: Jamie Snowden

Third in three good-ground bumpers in early part of last season but the form isn't anything to get excited about, and she was soundly beaten on her first two hurdling starts, the latter last month, after a layoff.

10/1

5th

8

19th May 2026

Good To Firm

1m 7f 171y

Class 4

18:00 Huntingdon

Garde My Guinness

10st 11lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Third in three good-ground bumpers in early part of last season; that form isn't anything to get too excited about and we haven't seen her since a disappointing hurdle debut in September but, nevertheless, she enters calculations.

8/1

3

5th Sep 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

18:00 Worcester

Garde My Guinness

11st 4lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Third in three good-ground bumpers this season, the latest against males here six weeks ago; that form isn't anything to get too excited about but she should have a future over jumps; likely contender.

2/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Came to grief in all three Irish points in May but not without showing some promise; not ruled out on rules debut.
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1

21st Aug 2025

Good

2m 2f 110y

Class 4

14:10 Newton Abbot

Kilcandra Jvc

11st 4lb

J: Adam Wedge

T: Evan Williams

Failed to complete in all three Irish points during May, though showed glimpses of ability, and shaped with promise when fourth on last month's bumper/stable debut at Worcester (good); now switches to hurdles but appeals as one for the longer term.

14/1

4th

2

24th Jul 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 5

14:20 Worcester

Kilcandra Jvc

11st 2lb

J: Adam Wedge

T: Evan Williams

Came to grief in all three Irish points in May but not without showing some promise; not ruled out on rules debut.

16/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 10st 12lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Half-brother to useful Irish hurdler Slade Hill; pulled up in a maiden point on debut in May; could be considered only if attracting market support before this rules debut.
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3rd

5

31st May 2026

Good

2m 7f 95y

Class 5

14:35 Fakenham

The Kings Soldier

10st 2lb

J: Oscar Palmer

T: Tracey Leeson

Made fairly encouraging handicap debut when keeping-on fourth at Stratford (3m2f, good) last month but was soundly beaten at Uttoxeter (2m7f, good) four weeks ago and it's hard to know what to expect from him here; 2lb out of the weights.

11/2

6th

11

2nd May 2026

Good

2m 7f 70y

Class 5

16:20 Uttoxeter

The Kings Soldier

10st 2lb

J: Liam Harrison

T: Tracey Leeson

Showed much more when fourth of nine finishers up in trip at Stratford (3m2f, good) 13 days ago on his handicap debut following wind surgery; has place claims if he can repeat the dose.

14/1

4th

10

19th Apr 2026

Good

3m 2f 83y

Class 5

14:33 Stratford

The Kings Soldier

10st 2lb

J: Oscar Palmer

T: Tracey Leeson

Little to enthuse over in three maiden hurdles this season, beating only one at Market Rasen (2m4f) last month; has undergone breathing surgery ahead of his handicap debut.

50/1

Form: 2

Last run: 22 days

W: 10st 5lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Out of a sister to useful jumper Barton Knoll; kept on for second behind Gordon Elliott-trained odds-on favourite over C&D (good) on debut three weeks ago; leading contender.
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4th

8

24th May 2026

Good To Soft

2m 3f 29y

Class 4

14:00 Fontwell

Midnight Pass

10st 10lb

J: Paul O’Brien

T: Emma Lavelle

Returned from break with respectable fourth on handicap debut at Taunton (2m3f, good) last month but that form leaves her with a bit to find here and she needs to bounce back quickly from a poor run 12 days ago.

10/1

3

12th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 147y

Class 5

16:45 Hereford

Midnight Pass

11st 10lb

J: James Bowen

T: Emma Lavelle

Low-mileage 5yo who returned from six months off with a solid fourth of nine on her handicap debut at Taunton (2m3f) 20 days ago; she can do better off a 2lb lower mark.

5/1

4th

7

22nd Apr 2026

Good

2m 3f 1y

Class 4

18:00 Taunton

Midnight Pass

11st 1lb

J: Charlie Todd

T: Emma Lavelle

Finding her feet over hurdles and October's third at Hereford (2m, good) when last seen was quite encouraging; pedigree suggests this new trip can unlock more and she's one to be interested in on this handicap debut despite the absence.

6/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 10st 12lb

4 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
9,000euros 2yo; third foal; dam French 13.5f/1m6f AQPS Flat winner, half-sister to two French jumps winner; market instructive on debut.
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2

25th May 2026

Good To Firm

1m 7f 171y

Class 4

13:30 Huntingdon

Land Of Dreams

11st 4lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Nick Littmoden

Beaten 30l and 13l in two good-ground bumpers at Worcester last summer.

10/1

4

31st Aug 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 5

15:10 Worcester

Land Of Dreams

10st 13lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Nick Littmoden

33-1, beaten 30l when seventh of ten here (good) last month.

50/1

7th

5

24th Jul 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 5

14:20 Worcester

Land Of Dreams

10st 12lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Nick Littmoden

9,000euros 2yo; third foal; dam French 13.5f/1m6f AQPS Flat winner, half-sister to two French jumps winner; market instructive on debut.

14/1

Form: 3

Last run: 34 days

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
First foal; dam unplaced on the Flat but half-sister to high-class Irish jumper Sharjah and smart French Flat-racer Sahawar; kept on for very respectable third behind two previous winners at Market Rasen (good) last month; might be the answer.
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4

18th Aug 2025

Good To Firm

2m 6f 7y

Class 4

14:57 Stratford

Dontcontradictme

11st 0lb

J: James Bowen

T: Mickey Bowen

Out of a half-sister to high-class Irish jumper Sharjah; made quite promising debut when third of five in good-ground Market Rasen bumper in June but suffered a heavy defeat last month (stopped quickly) and is probably best watched on this hurdling debut; hooded for first time.

12/1

8th

1

24th Jul 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 5

14:20 Worcester

Dontcontradictme

11st 2lb

J: Shane Fenelon

T: Mickey Bowen

First foal; dam unplaced on the Flat but half-sister to high-class Irish jumper Sharjah and smart French Flat-racer Sahawar; kept on for very respectable third behind two previous winners at Market Rasen (good) last month; might be the answer.

7/2

3rd

2

20th Jun 2025

Good

2m 0f 125y

Class 5

17:45 Market Rasen

Dontcontradictme

11st 2lb

J: Shane Fenelon

T: Mickey Bowen

First foal; dam unplaced on the Flat but half-sister to high-class Irish jumper Sharjah and smart French Flat-racer Sahawar; market reference recommended.

6/1

OUR TIP

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 2lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Third foal from a fair sprinter; may get stamina from his sire; stable has fair share of bumper winners.
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9th

3

24th Jul 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 5

14:20 Worcester

Northhaven

11st 2lb

J: Mr Sam Burton

T: Richard Phillips

Third foal from a fair sprinter; may get stamina from his sire; stable has fair share of bumper winners.

14/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 10st 5lb

4 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Third foal; half-sister to low-grade hurdle winner Getmetothemoon; dam unplaced in bumper/over hurdles, half-sister to two point winners; hooded on debut; probably best watched.
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6th

7

19th Sep 2025

Soft

2m 0f 167y

Class 4

15:13 Newton Abbot

Lizzielooe

10st 12lb

J: Rex Dingle

T: Michael Blake

Tailed off when 150-1 for good-ground Worcester bumper in July; hood removed for this hurdling debut; cannot be recommended.

100/1

10th

9

24th Jul 2025

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 5

14:20 Worcester

Lizzielooe

10st 5lb

J: Rex Dingle

T: Michael Blake

Third foal; half-sister to low-grade hurdle winner Getmetothemoon; dam unplaced in bumper/over hurdles, half-sister to two point winners; hooded on debut; probably best watched.

33/1

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Payout
Exacta £54.90
Straight Forecast £53.90
Trifecta £181.20

Selections

RP RATINGS:

Midnight Pass

Daily Mirror:

Frammy

SPOTLIGHT:

Dontcontradictme

Daily Mail:

Garde My Guinness

POSTDATA:

Midnight Pass

The Times:

Midnight Pass

Telegraph:

Midnight Pass

The Guardian:

Midnight Pass

D Express:

Midnight Pass

The Sun:

Midnight Pass

The Star:

Midnight Pass

Daily Record:

Midnight Pass