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Wigan Beer Company Novices’ Limited Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £4224.8
  • 2m 3f 123y
  • Class 5
  • 11 runners
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Wigan Beer Company Novices’ Limited Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 11 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Light rain

5/1

  • Place: £2.40

Form: 44835-

Last run: 25 days

W: 11st 7lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 90

Form & Verdict
Likely capable of better in handicaps than he could show at Ffos Las latest (2m, good), having refused to settle and then lost a shoe; step back up in trip appeals on pedigree, and 2lb drop is a nice bonus.
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2nd

4

16th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 123y

Class 5

14:45 Bangor-on-Dee

Asta La Vista

11st 7lb

J: David Bass

T: Charlie Longsdon

Likely capable of better in handicaps than he could show at Ffos Las latest (2m, good), having refused to settle and then lost a shoe; step back up in trip appeals on pedigree, and 2lb drop is a nice bonus.

5/1

5th

8

21st Apr 2026

Soft

1m 7f 182y

Class 4

18:12 Ffos Las

Asta La Vista

10st 11lb

J: Daire McConville

T: Charlie Longsdon

Unexposed 5yo who was well beaten in his first two hurdle races but kept on to take a modest third at Wetherby (2m, good) last month and has plenty of scope for further improvement in handicaps.

10/1

3rd

1

27th Mar 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

14:20 Wetherby

Asta La Vista

11st 6lb

J: Daire McConville

T: Charlie Longsdon

Promise shown in good-ground bumper at Worcester has not been backed up in two maiden hurdles on softer going; turnaround is possible returned to forecast faster conditions.

25/1

6/1

  • Place: £2.10

Form: 62753-

Last run: 24 days

W: 11st 6lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 89

Form & Verdict
Basically respectable efforts on most handicap outings so far (a lost shoe excused the one flop), doing fair late work for last month's Taunton third (2m3f, good); likelier to give his running than many.
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3rd

5

16th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 123y

Class 5

14:45 Bangor-on-Dee

Peace In The Park

11st 6lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: D J Jeffreys

Basically respectable efforts on most handicap outings so far (a lost shoe excused the one flop), doing fair late work for last month's Taunton third (2m3f, good); likelier to give his running than many.

6/1

3rd

3

22nd Apr 2026

Good

2m 3f 1y

Class 5

19:30 Taunton

Peace In The Park

11st 7lb

J: Tristan Durrell

T: D J Jeffreys

Encouraging second on handicap debut at Huntingdon (2m, heavy), but that form has taken some knocks and he's been well held twice since on quicker ground; on a competitive mark but needs to bounce back..

16/1

5th

7

11th Apr 2026

Good To Soft

2m 3f 100y

Class 5

16:40 Chepstow

Peace In The Park

11st 7lb

J: Finn Lambert

T: D J Jeffreys

Promising second in a Huntingdon handicap (2m, heavy) in February but he failed to back that up at Stratford (2m, good) last month; still has low mileage but he's untried at this trip and others are more convincing.

10/1

Form: 44256-

Last run: 141 days

W: 10st 8lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 77

Form & Verdict
Decline in fortunes over fences last season wasn't arrested by a switch to front-running; brave to name this the day given he's 0-15 now, but new career-low mark is notably 8lb lower than when last trying hurdles.
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6

2nd Jun 2026

Good

2m 4f 88y

Class 5

15:00 Southwell

Mr Mahler

10st 5lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith

0-16 under rules but has runner-up twice over fences; may be sharper following a reappearance over hurdles at Bangor last month and is now on a career-low mark; not out of this.

9/2

5th

11

16th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 123y

Class 5

14:45 Bangor-on-Dee

Mr Mahler

10st 8lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith

Decline in fortunes over fences last season wasn't arrested by a switch to front-running; brave to name this the day given he's 0-15 now, but new career-low mark is notably 8lb lower than when last trying hurdles.

9/1

Form: P4897-

Last run: 28 days

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 90

Form & Verdict
Yet to finish off a race especially strongly, including when a 50l last of seven on last month's C&D return (good); latest 5lb drop isn't sufficiently persuasive.
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8th

4

26th Jun 2026

Good

3m 0f 30y

Class 5

18:33 Bangor-on-Dee

Vinnie ONeil

11st 2lb

J: Jack Andrews

T: Sam Allwood

Unplaced all seven hurdle runs, having been well beaten in two 2m3f handicaps here this spring; needs combination of new trip and switch to fences to prompt significant improvement.

25/1

6th

3

16th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 123y

Class 5

14:45 Bangor-on-Dee

Vinnie ONeil

11st 7lb

J: Jack Andrews

T: Sam Allwood

Yet to finish off a race especially strongly, including when a 50l last of seven on last month's C&D return (good); latest 5lb drop isn't sufficiently persuasive.

66/1

7th

8

18th Apr 2026

Good

2m 3f 123y

Class 4

15:02 Bangor-on-Dee

Vinnie ONeil

10st 13lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: Sam Allwood

Hard to make a case after finishing tailed off when 40-1 for his handicap debut (2m3f, soft; first-time tongue-tie); did show a smidgeon of promise on good ground last year but he's unconvincing.

25/1

Form: /4344-

Last run: 223 days

W: 10st 9lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 78

Form & Verdict
Enough in his final two races last year (one here) suggested a return to 2m3f-2m4f is worth a go, having paid for trying to take on the winner on his previous run at such a trip; longest absent in the line-up.
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7th

10

16th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 123y

Class 5

14:45 Bangor-on-Dee

Dantes Inferno

10st 9lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Tony Culhane & Stella Barclay

Enough in his final two races last year (one here) suggested a return to 2m3f-2m4f is worth a go, having paid for trying to take on the winner on his previous run at such a trip; longest absent in the line-up.

16/1

4th

9

5th Sep 2025

Good

2m 0f 145y

Class 5

16:10 Bangor-on-Dee

Dantes Inferno

10st 12lb

J: David Noonan

T: Stella Barclay

Beaten 13l in his first handicap (2m) and 24l in the latest (2m4f) when sent off 40-1; not hard to turn elsewhere.

12/1

11

24th Jul 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

16:42 Worcester

Dantes Inferno

11st 0lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Stella Barclay

Worth another go at today's trip but was just a respectable fourth on recent handicap debut at Uttoxeter (2m, good) and needs improvement.

25/1

Form: 5F475-

Last run: 53 days

W: 11st 2lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 85

Form & Verdict
Handicap career yet to take off, only reviving a little for the debuted tongue-tie at Southwell latest (2m5f, good); positive response to wind surgery likelier more significant to his chances here than a 3lb ease.
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8th

7

16th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 123y

Class 5

14:45 Bangor-on-Dee

My Fortune

11st 2lb

J: Ben Jones

T: Ben Pauling

Handicap career yet to take off, only reviving a little for the debuted tongue-tie at Southwell latest (2m5f, good); positive response to wind surgery likelier more significant to his chances here than a 3lb ease.

6/1

5th

8

24th Mar 2026

Good

2m 4f 88y

Class 5

17:00 Southwell

My Fortune

11st 5lb

J: Ben Jones

T: Ben Pauling

Struggled in novice races over shorter and was expected to improve for 2m5f on handicap debut only to find soft ground against him; remains unexposed and wears a first-time tongue-tie; could easily have a major say.

9/1

7th

10

4th Feb 2026

Soft

2m 5f 55y

Class 5

16:07 Ludlow

My Fortune

11st 4lb

J: Ben Jones

T: Ben Pauling

Not the only one in the field who could approve of this first crack at a handicap after struggling in novice races over shorter; hard to rule out and especially should market vibes bode well.

11/2

OUR TIP

Form: 463F0-

Last run: 28 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 95

Form & Verdict
Early switch to chasing hasn't gone entirely to plan; looking a bit more realistic now, but needs to tease out his resources longer.
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9th

1

16th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 123y

Class 5

14:45 Bangor-on-Dee

Siege Of Acres

11st 12lb

J: Theo Gillard

T: Donald McCain

Early switch to chasing hasn't gone entirely to plan; looking a bit more realistic now, but needs to tease out his resources longer.

20/1

10th

4

18th Apr 2026

Good

3m 0f 30y

Class 5

13:52 Bangor-on-Dee

Siege Of Acres

11st 13lb

J: Theo Gillard

T: Donald McCain

Lightly raced hurdler; ran well in his first chase and was doing likewise when falling at Sedgefield, though wouldn't have won; others preferred.

10/1

4

19th Mar 2026

Good

2m 5f 28y

Class 5

16:40 Sedgefield

Siege Of Acres

11st 9lb

J: Charlie Maggs

T: Donald McCain

4-1 for last month's chase and handicap debut at Musselburgh (2m4f, soft), beaten about 6l in third of six; this unexposed 5yo is open to improvement if finding greater fluency over his fences; chance.

11/4

Form: 876P-

Last run: 46 days

W: 11st 10lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 93

Form & Verdict
Jumping issues less evident than before, but still didn't lay down any sort of marker on March's handicap debut after five months out (2m1f, good to soft), weakening quickly; hopes rest with the debuted tongue-tie.
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5th

9

1st Jul 2026

Good

2m 0f 110y

Class 4

14:20 Worcester

Greer Hill

10st 8lb

J: William Shanahan

T: Jennie Candlish

Cut little ice in a handful of runs over hurdles but this Irish point runner-up was much improved on his chasing debut when a 28-1 winner of nine-runner handicap over C&D two weeks ago; up 5lb but open to progress, so he's a player.

7/2

1st

6

17th Jun 2026

Good

2m 0f 110y

Class 5

14:05 Worcester

Greer Hill

11st 0lb

J: William Shanahan

T: Jennie Candlish

0-6 over hurdles, having been well beaten in three handicaps this spring (2m1f-2m4f; cheekpieces added last time); last year's Irish point second offers a ray of hope on this chasing debut but it still takes a big leap of faith to support him.

20/1

8th

3

28th May 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

17:05 Worcester

Greer Hill

11st 3lb

J: William Shanahan

T: Jennie Candlish

Hasn't raised his modest profile in two handicaps, pulling up in both; the tongue-tie tried last time is joined by cheekpieces; risky.

33/1

Form: 77U25- BF

Last run: 36 days

W: 11st 4lb

5 yo Mare

OR: 87

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Form: 5507-2

Last run: 12 days

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 92

Form & Verdict
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Form: 5/563-

Last run: 210 days

W: 10st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 81

Form & Verdict
Beaten 58l when placing at Stratford last October (2m6f, good), and unseen since; no chances taken with his initial mark.
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7th

4

29th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

2m 6f 7y

Class 5

15:40 Stratford

Vesalius

10st 8lb

J: Isabelle Ryder

T: Barry Brennan

Well held in his first three hurdle runs before being pulled up on handicap debut at Bangor (2m3f, good) last month; that was after an absence but he needs cheekpieces to make a big difference on this step back up in trip.

25/1

9

16th May 2026

Good

2m 3f 123y

Class 5

14:45 Bangor-on-Dee

Vesalius

10st 12lb

J: Isabelle Ryder

T: Barry Brennan

Beaten 58l when placing at Stratford last October (2m6f, good), and unseen since; no chances taken with his initial mark.

33/1

4

18th Oct 2025

Good

2m 6f 7y

Class 4

13:50 Stratford

Vesalius

11st 2lb

J: Isabelle Ryder

T: Barry Brennan

Showed a bit in bumpers but beaten 46l and 29l in 2m/2m4f maiden hurdles; unlikely to provide the answer.

25/1

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Payout
Exacta £22.00
Straight Forecast £23.90
Tricast £114.08
Trifecta £109.20

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My Fortune

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