16:30 William Hill Racing Bet Builder Beacons (A Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race) (Listed) (GBB)

4th

4

Half Hoping

J: James Davies

T: Nick Gifford

10/1

Form: 21

Last run: 43 days

W: 11st 7lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: —

Form & Verdict

Just missed out in a sustained duel with No Walkover at Chepstow (soft) before comfortably going one better at Fontwell (good to soft); it's been a bright start for the Gifford yard and he might well have a lot more to offer.

Place / No / Draw	Date / Going / Distance / Class	Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer	Verdict	Starting price
4th 4	7th Feb 2026 Soft 2m 0f 69y Class 1	16:30 Newbury Half Hoping 11st 7lb J: James Davies T: Nick Gifford	Just missed out in a sustained duel with No Walkover at Chepstow (soft) before comfortably going one better at Fontwell (good to soft); it's been a bright start for the Gifford yard and he might well have a lot more to offer.	10/1

Place /
No / Draw

Date / Going /
Distance / Class

Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer

Verdict

Starting price

4th

4

7th Feb 2026

Soft

2m 0f 69y

Class 1

11st 7lb

Just missed out in a sustained duel with No Walkover at Chepstow (soft) before comfortably going one better at Fontwell (good to soft); it's been a bright start for the Gifford yard and he might well have a lot more to offer.

10/1

5th

5

Not Without Danger

J: Robert Dunne

T: Samuel Drinkwater

66/1

Form: 2-8

Last run: 105 days

W: 11st 7lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: —

Form & Verdict

Not beaten far by The Blue Room (since second to No Drama This End in a Grade 2 hurdle) on Ffos Las debut (good to soft) and subsequent absence suggests that all might not have been right with him when well beaten at Cheltenham (good); retains potential and a tongue-tie is added.

Place / No / Draw	Date / Going / Distance / Class	Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer	Verdict	Starting price
5th 5	7th Feb 2026 Soft 2m 0f 69y Class 1	16:30 Newbury Not Without Danger 11st 7lb J: Robert Dunne T: Samuel Drinkwater	Not beaten far by The Blue Room (since second to No Drama This End in a Grade 2 hurdle) on Ffos Las debut (good to soft) and subsequent absence suggests that all might not have been right with him when well beaten at Cheltenham (good); retains potential and a tongue-tie is added.	66/1
10	25th Oct 2025 Good To Soft 2m 0f 87y Class 2	16:40 Cheltenham Not Without Danger 11st 1lb J: Sam Twiston-Davies T: Samuel Drinkwater	Half-brother to useful hurdler Shear Rock; kept on well from off the pace for creditable second of ten at Ffos Las (good to soft) in April but almost certainly needs to build on that performance.	12/1

Place /
No / Draw

Date / Going /
Distance / Class

Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer

Verdict

Starting price

5th

5

7th Feb 2026

Soft

2m 0f 69y

Class 1

11st 7lb

Not beaten far by The Blue Room (since second to No Drama This End in a Grade 2 hurdle) on Ffos Las debut (good to soft) and subsequent absence suggests that all might not have been right with him when well beaten at Cheltenham (good); retains potential and a tongue-tie is added.

66/1

10

25th Oct 2025

Good To Soft

2m 0f 87y

Class 2

16:40 Cheltenham

Not Without Danger

11st 1lb

J: Sam Twiston-Davies

T: Samuel Drinkwater

Half-brother to useful hurdler Shear Rock; kept on well from off the pace for creditable second of ten at Ffos Las (good to soft) in April but almost certainly needs to build on that performance.

12/1

7th

11

Wonder Flying

J: Jonjo O’Neill Jr

T: Henrietta C Knight

100/1

Form: 583

Last run: 43 days

W: 11st 7lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: —

Form & Verdict

Wouldn't be the obvious answer having finished behind A Likeable Rogue and No Walkover in his last two races; has to step up and by some margin.

Place / No / Draw	Date / Going / Distance / Class	Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer	Verdict	Starting price
7th 11	7th Feb 2026 Soft 2m 0f 69y Class 1	16:30 Newbury Wonder Flying 11st 7lb J: Jonjo O’Neill Jr T: Henrietta C Knight	Wouldn't be the obvious answer having finished behind A Likeable Rogue and No Walkover in his last two races; has to step up and by some margin.	100/1
11	25th Oct 2025 Good To Soft 2m 0f 87y Class 2	16:40 Cheltenham Wonder Flying 11st 1lb J: Brendan Powell T: Henrietta C Knight	Fourth foal; half-brother to a French 1m2f Listed winner and another French Flat winner; dam unplaced at 1m4f in France, half-sister to two hurdle winners (one useful); has fairly good standard to reach on debut.	14/1

Place /
No / Draw

Date / Going /
Distance / Class

Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer

Verdict

Starting price

7th

11

7th Feb 2026

Soft

2m 0f 69y

Class 1

16:30 Newbury

Wonder Flying

11st 7lb

J: Jonjo O’Neill Jr

T: Henrietta C Knight

Wouldn't be the obvious answer having finished behind A Likeable Rogue and No Walkover in his last two races; has to step up and by some margin.

100/1

11

25th Oct 2025

Good To Soft

2m 0f 87y

Class 2

16:40 Cheltenham

Wonder Flying

11st 1lb

J: Brendan Powell

T: Henrietta C Knight

Fourth foal; half-brother to a French 1m2f Listed winner and another French Flat winner; dam unplaced at 1m4f in France, half-sister to two hurdle winners (one useful); has fairly good standard to reach on debut.

14/1

10th

3

Governors Rock

J: James Bowen

T: Warren Greatrex

14/1

Form: 811 D

Last run: 148 days

W: 11st 7lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: —

Form & Verdict

Won on good ground at Wexford before defying a penalty on soft at Ballinrobe where he quickened up smartly for a 5.5l verdict; previous and subsequent exploits of the runner-up gives that form substance; since recruited for £100,000; hard to dismiss.

Place / No / Draw	Date / Going / Distance / Class	Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer	Verdict	Starting price
15th 6	11th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 2m 0f 209y Class 1	17:00 Aintree Governors Rock 11st 4lb J: James Bowen T: Warren Greatrex	Progressive in three outings in Ireland, winning under a penalty at Ballinrobe (soft) and subsequently changing hands for £100,000; however, he ran no sort of race in a Listed event at Newbury (heavy; 12-1) on his debut for current yard and this contest is even more competitive.	33/1
10th 3	7th Feb 2026 Soft 2m 0f 69y Class 1	16:30 Newbury Governors Rock 11st 7lb J: James Bowen T: Warren Greatrex	Won on good ground at Wexford before defying a penalty on soft at Ballinrobe where he quickened up smartly for a 5.5l verdict; previous and subsequent exploits of the runner-up gives that form substance; since recruited for £100,000; hard to dismiss.	14/1
1	12th Sep 2025 Yielding 2m 0f 24y	19:30 Ballinrobe Governors Rock 11st 10lb J: Mr D Doyle T: Mark Fahey	Built on middling bumper debut at Bellewstown in early July to win at Wexford later in month, always close up in ordinary affair (good); left Peter Flood and debuts for new yard here.	7/1

Place /
No / Draw

Date / Going /
Distance / Class

Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer

Verdict

Starting price

15th

6

11th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 0f 209y

Class 1

11st 4lb

Progressive in three outings in Ireland, winning under a penalty at Ballinrobe (soft) and subsequently changing hands for £100,000; however, he ran no sort of race in a Listed event at Newbury (heavy; 12-1) on his debut for current yard and this contest is even more competitive.

33/1

10th

3

7th Feb 2026

Soft

2m 0f 69y

Class 1

11st 7lb

Won on good ground at Wexford before defying a penalty on soft at Ballinrobe where he quickened up smartly for a 5.5l verdict; previous and subsequent exploits of the runner-up gives that form substance; since recruited for £100,000; hard to dismiss.

14/1

1

12th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 0f 24y

11st 10lb

Built on middling bumper debut at Bellewstown in early July to win at Wexford later in month, always close up in ordinary affair (good); left Peter Flood and debuts for new yard here.

7/1

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