18.05
Good To FirmDarley EBF Novice Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race)
- Prize money: £20616
- 1m 3f 15y
- Class 2
- 4 runners
Runners: 4 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Mostly cloudy
5/1
Form: 22
Last run: 21 days
W: 9st 12lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 (1) |
8th Sep 2025 Standard To Slow 2m 0f 56y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Lightly-raced, he has shaped with promise in novices/maiden over 1m3f-1m4f this year, latest in first-time tongue-tie (retained); steps up in trip on handicap debut and there should be more to come. |
4/1 |
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1 (1) |
22nd Aug 2025 Good To Firm 1m 3f 15y Class 2 |
9st 12lb |
4yo who was runner-up on belated debut at Southwell (1m4f, AW) in February and filled same position there (1m3f) recently on his first start for this yard; no threat to the winner on either occasion and improvement is needed, but can give another good account if taking to turf; a tongue-tie goes on. |
5/1 |
20/1
Form: 3
Last run: 10 days
W: 9st 4lb
3 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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8th 7 (5) |
9th Sep 2025 Good To Soft 1m 3f 39y Class 5 |
9st 7lb |
Godolphin-bred 3yo who changed hands for 32,000gns in January; not devoid of promise when third of five at Hamilton (8.3f, good) on debut last month but soundly beaten when last of four back there (1m3f, good to firm) 18 days ago; hard to fancy. |
12/1 |
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2 (4) |
22nd Aug 2025 Good To Firm 1m 3f 15y Class 2 |
9st 4lb |
Godolphin-bred 3yo who changed hands for 32,000gns in January; not devoid of promise when third of five at 16-1 on recent debut here (8.3f, good) but was well beaten and is probably best watched for now. |
20/1 |
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4 (3) |
12th Aug 2025 Good 1m 0f 68y Class 5 |
9st 7lb |
32,000gns 3yo; seventh foal; half-brother to five winners including Sceptical (5f/6f; RPR 119), Remorse (1m-1m4f; 114) and Queen Of Sicily (6f 2yo; 94); dam 4.5f/5f 2yo winner, including the Queen Mary; good pedigree but has been gelded and undergone some wind surgery. |
14/1 |
1/3
Form: 443
Last run: 35 days
W: 9st 4lb
3 yo Gelding
OR: 101
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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11th 9 (8) |
30th May 2026 Good To Firm 1m 3f 39y Class 2 |
9st 1lb |
Close third of seven in Listed event at Hamilton (1m3f, good; 150-1) last summer, but that run stands out like a sore thumb from the rest of his form and he was well beaten (after wind surgery) over the same C&D on reappearance; too much to prove for comfort. |
28/1 |
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6th 1 (5) |
15th May 2026 Good 1m 3f 15y Class 3 |
9st 9lb |
Five races, all last term and ridden by Paul Mulrennan in four; easily best form when he came from last to be a close third of seven in Listed event at Hamilton (1m3f, good; 150-1) in July; 25-1 and tongue tied when tailed off in the November Handicap at Doncaster (1m4f, heavy) and he's also now had wind surgery; this is just his second handicap and there's a strong sense of unfinished business. |
5/1 |
7/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 8st 13lb
3 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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11th 10 (11) |
9th Oct 2025 Good To Soft 1m 6f 0y Class 1 |
9st 0lb |
Out of a modest but very well-connected French 1m4f winner; began career with wins in four-runner novice races at Hamilton (1m3f, good to firm) in August and Ripon (1m4f, good) 12 days ago; has more on her plate here but it's very hard to gauge the limit of her ability. |
10/1 |
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2 (3) |
27th Sep 2025 Good To Soft 1m 4f 10y Class 5 |
9st 6lb |
50,000gns yearling; won a muddling four-runner novice at Hamilton (1m3f, good to firm), flooring the long odds-on favourite who had been close up in a Listed race the time before; unwise to take that form at face value but probably the safest option here. |
4/5 |
Non-runners
Elizabeth Bay
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £19.00 |
| Straight Forecast | £14.65 |
| Trifecta | £20.50 |