March 16 / 14.15 Plumpton

14.15

Good To Soft

More Radio Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £5446
  • 2m 4f 116y
  • Class 4
  • 8 runners
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More Radio Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

6/4 (Won)

  • Win: £2.75
  • Place: £1.10

Form: 723342

Last run: 26 days

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 110

Form & Verdict
Shaped promisingly when ridden with more restraint and finishing runner-up back at a similar trip at Southwell last month; more exposed than most but sets the standard with a mark of 110 and a leading contender with no ground concerns.
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2nd

1

31st Mar 2026

Good

2m 7f 32y

Class 4

14:45 Bangor-on-Dee

Escortkheops

12st 0lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Laura Horsfall

Entitled to win his maiden at Plumpton last time (2m4f, good to soft) and unlikely that represented significant improvement, if any; however, has shown he can be competitive off this mark so has to be on the radar.

7/2

1st

1

16th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 116y

Class 4

14:15 Plumpton

Escortkheops

11st 7lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Laura Horsfall

Shaped promisingly when ridden with more restraint and finishing runner-up back at a similar trip at Southwell last month; more exposed than most but sets the standard with a mark of 110 and a leading contender with no ground concerns.

6/4

2nd

6

18th Feb 2026

2m 4f 88y

Class 4

15:55 Southwell

Escortkheops

11st 6lb

J: Kevin Brogan

T: Laura Horsfall

Ran himself into the ground over 2m at Huntingdon (soft) a fortnight ago but previously finished a solid third of 14 in Catterick handicap (about 2m3f, good) in December; that better form gives him claims.

10/1

Form: 900

Last run: 42 days

W: 11st 0lb

5 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
Well held in both bumpers and fared no better when tailed off on last month's switch hurdle debut; goes up in trip but big improvement needed.
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3rd

4

24th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

3m 1f 166y

Class 5

18:50 Fontwell

Approaching Storm

10st 2lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Nick Gifford

Not too much encouragement in three maiden hurdles at up to 2m4f but there was a whiff of something on penultimate start and this new trip might help on her handicap debut.

10/1

5th

1

5th Apr 2026

Good

2m 4f 116y

Class 4

13:45 Plumpton

Approaching Storm

11st 4lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Nick Gifford

Has no form claims and was 500-1 when tailed off in a C&D maiden last time.

100/1

4th

6

16th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 116y

Class 4

14:15 Plumpton

Approaching Storm

11st 0lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Nick Gifford

Well held in both bumpers and fared no better when tailed off on last month's switch hurdle debut; goes up in trip but big improvement needed.

150/1

OUR TIP

Form: P

Last run: 162 days

W: 11st 7lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
May have made the frame but for a late fall in a 3m Irish point one year ago, and faced a stiff task when pulled up behind some useful opposition on October's hurdle debut at Uttoxeter (2m, good); off since but faces a much easier here now up in trip with cheekpieces added.
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5th

3

5th Jul 2026

Good

2m 7f 16y

Class 5

15:25 Market Rasen

Lunar Morning

11st 11lb

J: Tom Broughton

T: Max Comley

In a new visor when showing more in a C&D maiden 16 days ago and that gives him some momentum ahead of this handicap debut.

12/1

3rd

3

19th Jun 2026

Good

2m 7f 16y

Class 4

13:30 Market Rasen

Lunar Morning

11st 4lb

J: David Bass

T: Max Comley

Has shown little in his two runs over hurdles; wears first-time visor and steps up in trip; easy to dismiss.

33/1

5th

3

16th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 116y

Class 4

14:15 Plumpton

Lunar Morning

11st 7lb

J: David Bass

T: Max Comley

May have made the frame but for a late fall in a 3m Irish point one year ago, and faced a stiff task when pulled up behind some useful opposition on October's hurdle debut at Uttoxeter (2m, good); off since but faces a much easier here now up in trip with cheekpieces added.

50/1

Form: 35

Last run: 118 days

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Well-related Malinas gelding who has shown promise in a point and over hurdles; bled from the nose when finishing a well-held fifth at Lingfield in November but an earlier Stratford third (2m, good to soft) reads well; worth considering with the longer trip expected to suit.
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6th

4

16th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 116y

Class 4

14:15 Plumpton

Our Amigo

11st 7lb

J: James Davies

T: Nick Gifford

Well-related Malinas gelding who has shown promise in a point and over hurdles; bled from the nose when finishing a well-held fifth at Lingfield in November but an earlier Stratford third (2m, good to soft) reads well; worth considering with the longer trip expected to suit.

6/1

5

18th Nov 2025

Good To Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

14:15 Lingfield

Our Amigo

11st 0lb

J: James Davies

T: Nick Gifford

Third in a 3m Irish point and this stoutly bred gelding ran well to be third at Stratford as 2m around there was always going to be on the sharp side; has a future.

9/1

5

30th Oct 2025

Good To Soft

2m 0f 70y

Class 3

14:17 Stratford

Our Amigo

11st 0lb

J: James Davies

T: Nick Gifford

Third in Irish point (3m, good to yielding) in April, form advertised by the runner-up since; brother to useful hurdle/chase winner but he has lots of stamina in pedigree and this trip is not sure to suit on rules debut.

33/1

Form: 7P

Last run: 60 days

W: 11st 7lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Runner-up on sole start in a point (2m5f, good) last March; showed some promise on rules/stable debut in an October bumper, but pulled up switched to hurdles at Ludlow (2m5f, good to soft) in January, reportedly hanging right, still early days for respected connections.
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1st

2

10th Jul 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

19:16 Worcester

Idaho Fire

11st 12lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: James Owen

Pulled up on first two hurdling starts for Paul Nicholls but seemed to be getting his act together when close third of five at Ffos Las (2m4f, good) in May; subsequently changed hands for £21,000; open to significant further progress in handicaps for new stable.

5/1

3rd

3

5th May 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

15:18 Ffos Las

Idaho Fire

11st 3lb

J: Freddie Gingell

T: Paul Nicholls

Second in a point and his bumper run wasn't devoid of promise; however, has stopped quickly in two maiden hurdles, with and without a tongue-tie.

14/1

2

16th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 4f 116y

Class 4

14:15 Plumpton

Idaho Fire

11st 7lb

J: Harry Cobden

T: Paul Nicholls

Runner-up on sole start in a point (2m5f, good) last March; showed some promise on rules/stable debut in an October bumper, but pulled up switched to hurdles at Ludlow (2m5f, good to soft) in January, reportedly hanging right, still early days for respected connections.

8/1

Form: 263

Last run: 22 days

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Gelding

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Form: 3

Last run: 49 days

W: 11st 0lb

5 yo Mare

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Form: 4

Last run: 84 days

W: 11st 0lb

6 yo Mare

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Payout
Exacta £6.40
Straight Forecast £5.86
Trifecta £34.60

Selections

RP RATINGS:

Escort'kheops

SPOTLIGHT:

Viscountess Nelson

LAMBOURN:

Viscountess Nelson

Telegraph:

Viscountess Nelson

The Star:

Viscountess Nelson

TOPSPEED:

Escort'kheops

POSTDATA:

Escort'kheops

The Times:

Escort'kheops

The Guardian:

Escort'kheops

Daily Mail:

Escort'kheops

D Express:

Escort'kheops

Daily Mirror:

Escort'kheops

Daily Record:

Escort'kheops