15.05
Good To SoftBetWright EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (For horses In Bands C And D) (GBB Race) (Div I)
- Prize money: £3672
- 1m 0f 0y
- Class 5
- 10 runners
Runners: 10 runners
Type: Flat Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Partly sunny
13/8
Form: 2
Last run: 34 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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4th 4 (8) |
11th May 2026 Good To Firm 1m 0f 31y Class 4 |
9st 7lb |
Improved with each of his three 2yo runs (all at 1m), easily seeing off 13 rivals at Southwell when last seen in October; gelded afterwards; may do better this year but others may prove better treated. |
8/1 |
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1 (1) |
24th Oct 2025 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 5 |
9st 7lb |
Runner-up in both starts over this trip, at Kempton (Polytrack) last month (fourth and fifth have won since) and when beaten less than a length at Bath (good to soft) 15 days ago (fourth has won since); those efforts set the standard and every chance of going one better. |
7/4 |
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1 (6) |
9th Oct 2025 Good To Soft 1m 0f 0y Class 5 |
9st 7lb |
Found the winner almost 4l too good on last month's Kempton debut (1m), but that's an effort well worth marking up considering his widest draw (13 of 13) and demonstrable greenness; goes close if clued up from the start, with nothing about the switch to turf giving cause for concern. |
13/8 |
40/1
Form: —
Last run: 38 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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2nd 1 (5) |
18th May 2026 Good 1m 3f 99y Class 5 |
9st 9lb |
Well held at big prices in three 2yo runs but he looked a different proposition when justifying favouritism on handicap debut at Nottingham (1m2f, good) last month; up 6lb but that was a comfortable success and he's open to more progress at this new trip; big player for yard that won this in 2021 and 2022. |
3/1 |
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1st 4 (9) |
8th Apr 2026 Good 1m 2f 50y Class 5 |
9st 7lb |
Looked a work in progress in three 2yo runs, showing his best form on the second occasion (1m, good to soft); looks sure to improve for 1m2f on paper and he returns with his stable going well. |
4/1 |
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1 (8) |
30th Oct 2025 Standard 0m 7f 14y Class 5 |
9st 7lb |
Out of the frame in two starts on turf, though offered a bit more when fifth of ten at Bath (1m, good to soft; 125-1) three weeks ago (second and fourth have won since); half-brother to a Tapeta winner, but may be more one for handicaps after this. |
16/1 |
16/1
Form: 54
Last run: 21 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 (11) |
24th Oct 2025 Standard 1m 0f 13y Class 5 |
9st 7lb |
Finished around 17l behind Abundant at Bath (1m, good to soft) 15 days ago, but had previously shown promise in two starts over 7f on Polytrack; probably frame material at best, though. |
33/1 |
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3 (2) |
9th Oct 2025 Good To Soft 1m 0f 0y Class 5 |
9st 7lb |
Showed up promisingly in front for most of last month's Lingfield Polytrack debut, but couldn't consolidate that effort at Chelmsford since, sweating up and hanging (both 7f); hopes likely rest with the encouragement on pedigree as regards both 1m and the switch to turf. |
16/1 |
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2 (3) |
18th Sep 2025 Standard 0m 7f 0y Class 5 |
9st 7lb |
Represents stable not known for 2yo winners and was 50-1 for recent debut at Lingfield (7f) but put in a fairly good front-running shift before fading into fifth and evidently has ability. |
5/1 |
6/1
Form: 6
Last run: 21 days
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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2nd 2 (1) |
21st Jan 2026 Standard To Slow 1m 2f 219y Class 3 |
9st 7lb |
Beaten five times, the last twice following wind surgery and raced keenly in the new cheekpieces last time at Newcastle (1m2f); clearly has a big run in him nonetheless. |
5/2 |
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4 (7) |
27th Oct 2025 Good To Soft 1m 1f 0y Class 5 |
9st 4lb |
Seemed to need debut outing; fared better at Bath (1m, good to soft) where he hit a flat spot before staying on for solid third, splitting subsequent scorers; could take another step forward; possibilities. |
4/1 |
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4 (7) |
27th Oct 2025 Good To Soft 1m 1f 0y Class 5 |
9st 4lb |
Seemed to need debut outing; fared better at Bath (1m, good to soft) where he hit a flat spot before staying on for solid third, splitting subsequent scorers; could take another step forward; possibilities. |
4/1 |
10/1
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 9st 7lb
2 yo Colt
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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9th 11 (1) |
2nd Jun 2026 Standard 1m 0f 142y Class 6 |
8st 11lb |
Beaten a long way in four starts over 7f/1m on turf/AW, with being gelded and new cheekpieces making little difference last time; drops in grade, but still needs to take a big step forward. |
12/1 |
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10th 14 (12) |
16th May 2026 Good 0m 7f 213y Class 6 |
8st 10lb |
Half-brother to a few fair winners; has been gelded and goes in first-time headgear on his handicap debut; didn't offer much in three runs last backend but is worth tracking in the market for a trainer who won this in 2024 (only 2-63 here all told though). |
12/1 |
7/1
Form: 6
Last run: 27 days
W: 9st 5lb
2 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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7th 3 (9) |
14th May 2026 Good 1m 3f 188y Class 4 |
9st 9lb |
Made a low-key debut on heavy ground last September but landed a gamble at Bath (1m, good to soft) the following month and made all when odds-on again in a five-runner novice at Wolverhampton (9.4f, AW) in March; the latter performance was on the workmanlike side but gave plenty of encouragement for this longer trip on handicap debut. |
11/2 |
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1st 1 (3) |
23rd Mar 2026 Standard 1m 1f 104y Class 4 |
9st 7lb |
Made a low-key debut at Salisbury (1m, heavy) last September but he left that form a long way behind when landing a gamble at Bath (1m, good to soft; 10-11) the following month; has a penalty on his return but that latest form has worked out well and he's open to more progress on this step up in trip; strong contender. |
4/6 |
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6 (9) |
9th Oct 2025 Good To Soft 1m 0f 0y Class 5 |
9st 5lb |
Two places and almost 2l behind Ethereal Charm at Salisbury last month (1m, heavy), having been sent off way shorter (10-1 versus 150-1); some promise in that debut effort even so, but a good bit more needed. |
7/1 |
5/1
Form: 4357
Last run: 11 days
W: 9st 5lb
2 yo Colt
OR: 77
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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9th 8 (2) |
11th May 2026 Good To Firm 1m 0f 31y Class 4 |
9st 6lb |
Improved on final 2yo start, comfortably landing a nine-runner nursery at Pontefract (1m, soft) in October; that was his first run on testing ground and it remains to be seen if he can build on it back on a faster surface. |
10/1 |
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2 (1) |
20th Oct 2025 Good 1m 0f 6y Class 5 |
9st 8lb |
Ran okay from the front when fourth in first-time cheekpieces (retained) in a novice at Bath (1m, good to soft) 11 days ago; however, he's now 0-5 and needs something extra now back in a handicap. |
9/2 |
3/1
Form: 63
Last run: 11 days
W: 9st 2lb
2 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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11th 13 (3) |
28th Jan 2026 Standard 1m 2f 150y |
9st 3lb |
Ordinary form in three runs for Ralph Beckett last autumn over shorter trips; blinkers tried for yard debut and upped markedly in trip. |
16/1 |
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8 (5) |
9th Oct 2025 Good To Soft 1m 0f 0y Class 5 |
9st 2lb |
Near-6l third at Ffos Las latest represented only the tiniest step forward on RPRs, but she didn't fail for stamina upped to 7.5f on heavy ground there; yard has had a clutch of 2yos with prior experience hitting the mark already this month, and she remains of real interest accordingly. |
3/1 |
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3rd 7 (3) |
28th Sep 2025 Soft 0m 7f 80y Class 5 |
9st 2lb |
Well-bred filly who wasn't beaten far when sixth of nine on recent debut at Lingfield (7f, AW), having been rather sluggish in the early stages; needs to improve here but has very obvious potential. |
6/1 |
50/1
Form: 74
Last run: 27 days
W: 9st 0lb
2 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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10th 11 (3) |
30th Apr 2026 Standard To Slow 0m 7f 0y Class 6 |
9st 2lb |
Only modest form shown in a trio of 1m novices at two, too free when seventh at Bath in October; she needs to take a big step forward now going handicapping. |
33/1 |
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9 (7) |
9th Oct 2025 Good To Soft 1m 0f 0y Class 5 |
9st 0lb |
Knew far more about the job at Salisbury latest (1m, heavy), making all until headed 2f out; bare form of that likely well below what's required here, but she can find her level in handicaps after this. |
50/1 |
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12 (2) |
12th Sep 2025 Good To Soft 1m 0f 0y Class 4 |
8st 10lb |
100-1 for her Kempton debut three weeks ago, when a remote last of seven. |
100/1 |
100/1
Form: —
Last run: 17 days
W: 9st 0lb
2 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
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3rd 5 (1) |
30th May 2026 Good 1m 3f 133y Class 6 |
9st 6lb |
Unexposed after only four runs but was unable to justify prominence in betting when down the field on last month's seasonal/handicap debut at Wolverhampton (1m4f, AW); needs a good boost from the new cheekpieces. |
6/1 |
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9th 5 (11) |
27th Apr 2026 Standard 1m 4f 51y Class 6 |
9st 7lb |
Cut little ice in a trio of novices (around 1m) last autumn; needs this switch to handicaps/longer trip to spark major improvement. |
16/1 |
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8 (10) |
30th Oct 2025 Soft 1m 0f 0y Class 4 |
9st 2lb |
Showed more here last time (1m, good to soft) but was still well held and appeals as one for nurseries. |
25/1 |
Selections
The Star:
Ohara