June 04 / 16.00 Uttoxeter

16.00

Good

Litholexal Handicap Hurdle

  • Prize money: £3247.81
  • 2m 3f 207y
  • Class 5
  • 7 runners
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Litholexal Handicap Hurdle

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

3/1 (Won)

  • Win: £3.75
  • Place: £1.90

Form: 9048-1

Last run: 7 days

W: 10st 12lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 77

Form & Verdict
Major personal best on last week's return from eight months out, staying on well late to take a 2m7f Worcester novice handicap (good); little to choose between her peak previous RPRs with or without cut, so she may well cope if the rain arrives; player despite the penalty.
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4th

2

12th Jun 2026

Good

2m 7f 16y

Class 5

18:16 Market Rasen

Brionywells

11st 8lb

J: Nick Slatter

T: David Killahena & Graeme McPherson

Arrives seeking a hat-trick following wins at Worcester (2m7f; 20-1) and Uttoxeter (2m4f; 11-4); carries a 7lb penalty for that latest win - 14lb higher than when the winning spree commenced - but every chance of going in again in a race of this nature.

13/8

1st

7

4th Jun 2026

Good

2m 3f 207y

Class 5

16:00 Uttoxeter

Brionywells

10st 12lb

J: Nick Slatter

T: David Killahena & Graeme McPherson

Major personal best on last week's return from eight months out, staying on well late to take a 2m7f Worcester novice handicap (good); little to choose between her peak previous RPRs with or without cut, so she may well cope if the rain arrives; player despite the penalty.

3/1

8/1

  • Place: £2.90

Form: /4P54-

Last run: 70 days

W: 11st 6lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 92

Form & Verdict
Consolidated rather than improved upon previous best efforts during last season, despite the addition of cheekpieces; remains on a tempting mark, but significant rain wouldn't be welcomed.
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5th

7

10th Jul 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

19:16 Worcester

Bells Of Ufford

11st 1lb

J: David Noonan

T: Tim Vaughan

0-10 over hurdles but seemingly aided by tongue-tie on last two appearances, more recently when clear second at Uttoxeter (2m4f, good) last month; competes off same mark here and enters calculations.

5/1

2nd

4

4th Jun 2026

Good

2m 3f 207y

Class 5

16:00 Uttoxeter

Bells Of Ufford

11st 6lb

J: David Noonan

T: Tim Vaughan

Consolidated rather than improved upon previous best efforts during last season, despite the addition of cheekpieces; remains on a tempting mark, but significant rain wouldn't be welcomed.

8/1

Form: 8/P1/3

Last run: 26 days

W: 11st 5lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 91

Form & Verdict
Determined last-gasp Newcastle winner in February 2025 (2m1f, good to soft), and recent Hexham third on sole run since was much more promising than the 31l distance beaten might imply (rallied after late blunder); may be a case of whether this longer trip is within range now.
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7th

4

2nd Jul 2026

Good

2m 7f 207y

Class 5

17:00 Perth

The Best Way

11st 6lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Nicky Richards

Pounced late at Newcastle (2m1f, good to soft) in February 2025; steadily working back after a lengthy absence, with his Uttoxeter third (2m4f) last time a creditable effort; stamina reserves untested over 3m.

5/1

3rd

5

4th Jun 2026

Good

2m 3f 207y

Class 5

16:00 Uttoxeter

The Best Way

11st 5lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Nicky Richards

Determined last-gasp Newcastle winner in February 2025 (2m1f, good to soft), and recent Hexham third on sole run since was much more promising than the 31l distance beaten might imply (rallied after late blunder); may be a case of whether this longer trip is within range now.

7/2

3rd

4

9th May 2026

2m 0f 48y

Class 5

18:47 Hexham

The Best Way

11st 7lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Nicky Richards

Very lightly raced 8yo who returned from a layoff to open account at Newcastle (2m1f, good to soft) in February 2025; not seen since but may still have potential and can evidently go well when fresh.

7/2

Form: /462/P

Last run: 19 days

W: 11st 9lb

6 yo Filly

OR: 95

Form & Verdict
Career already subject to two significant interruptions, and offered little in a debuted tongue-tie when starting out for current connections here last month (2m7f, good).
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4th

3

4th Jun 2026

Good

2m 3f 207y

Class 5

16:00 Uttoxeter

Pepite De Saphir

11st 9lb

J: Nathan Moscrop

T: Rebecca Menzies

Career already subject to two significant interruptions, and offered little in a debuted tongue-tie when starting out for current connections here last month (2m7f, good).

66/1

3

16th May 2026

Good

2m 7f 70y

Class 5

18:20 Uttoxeter

Pepite De Saphir

11st 8lb

J: Nathan Moscrop

T: Rebecca Menzies

Lightly raced mare who signed off for the Newland/Insole stable with a remote second of four in 2m4f handicap hurdle at Newcastle last February; needs to hit the ground running for her new yard; tongue-tie added.

8/1

Form: 800-3

Last run: 30 days

W: 10st 6lb

4 yo Gelding

OR: 84

Form & Verdict
Better round of jumping inspired a major uplift on last month's handicap debut at Ffos Las (2m, good), shaping as if this longer trip might give him more chance of defying a still ungenerous-looking mark.
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4th

10

13th Jul 2026

Good

2m 2f 110y

Class 5

15:42 Newton Abbot

Bowling Shane

10st 11lb

J: Ned Fox

T: Clive Boultbee-Brooks

Kept on for third on handicap hurdle debut at Ffos Las (2m, good) in May but may not have stayed 2m4f when below that form last month; tongue-tie is fitted and this drop back in trip could see him in a better light.

10/1

5th

9

4th Jun 2026

Good

2m 3f 207y

Class 5

16:00 Uttoxeter

Bowling Shane

10st 6lb

J: Ned Fox

T: Clive Boultbee-Brooks

Better round of jumping inspired a major uplift on last month's handicap debut at Ffos Las (2m, good), shaping as if this longer trip might give him more chance of defying a still ungenerous-looking mark.

4/1

Form: 2505-4 BF

Last run: 33 days

W: 11st 13lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 99

Form & Verdict
Last month's staying-on 5l fourth in a 2m novice here was given a boost by the third at Southwell two days ago; this is a handy initial mark set against his bumper best; kept almost exclusively to good ground so far.
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10th

11

18th Jul 2026

Good

2m 4f 139y

Class 4

17:15 Market Rasen

Saxon Cross

11st 3lb

J: Charlie Hammond

T: Stuart Edmunds

Runner-up in a bumper for former Irish yard; three heavy defeats in four runs for current one and was tailed off on handicap debut; has since had a wind operation and now goes in cheekpieces.

20/1

6th

2

4th Jun 2026

Good

2m 3f 207y

Class 5

16:00 Uttoxeter

Saxon Cross

11st 13lb

J: Lee Edwards

T: Stuart Edmunds

Last month's staying-on 5l fourth in a 2m novice here was given a boost by the third at Southwell two days ago; this is a handy initial mark set against his bumper best; kept almost exclusively to good ground so far.

11/4

4th

6

2nd May 2026

Good

1m 7f 168y

Class 4

13:55 Uttoxeter

Saxon Cross

11st 6lb

J: Lee Edwards

T: Stuart Edmunds

Runner-up in good-ground Perth bumper for an Irish stable last summer but did not get seriously competitive in two novice hurdles for Stuart Edmonds towards end of last season; significant improvement required.

33/1

OUR TIP

25/1

Form: F10P-P D

Last run: 29 days

W: 12st 0lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 100

Form & Verdict
The consistency of his summer 2024 campaign has long deserted him, the return to the mark of October's Exeter win (2m2f, good to firm) owed to three poor runs since; others convince more.
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7th

1

4th Jun 2026

Good

2m 3f 207y

Class 5

16:00 Uttoxeter

Hillsin

12st 0lb

J: James Turner

T: Alan Jones

The consistency of his summer 2024 campaign has long deserted him, the return to the mark of October's Exeter win (2m2f, good to firm) owed to three poor runs since; others convince more.

25/1

5

6th May 2026

Good

2m 5f 164y

Class 5

17:42 Fontwell

Hillsin

11st 12lb

J: James Turner

T: Alan Jones

Won in a small field at Exeter (2m2f, good to firm) in October but holding his form is becoming troublesome; risky enough.

10/1

1

21st Oct 2025

Good To Firm

2m 2f 111y

Class 5

16:30 Exeter

Hillsin

12st 0lb

J: Mr Edward Vaughan

T: Alan Jones

Won three in a row for Alan Jones in 2024 and now returns to former trainer after three defeats for Richard Hawker, which included one placed effort; nothing wrong with his mark.

6/4

Non-runners

The Padster, Beorma

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £21.40
Straight Forecast £22.64
Tricast £69.14
Trifecta £96.50

Selections

POSTDATA:

Beorma

RP RATINGS:

Bells Of Ufford

SPOTLIGHT:

Brionywells

D Express:

The Best Way

WEST COUNTRY:

The Padster

The Times:

Saxon Cross

Telegraph:

Beorma

The Guardian:

Beorma

Daily Mail:

Beorma

Daily Mirror:

Beorma

The Sun:

Beorma

TOPSPEED:

Bells Of Ufford

Daily Record:

Brionywells

The Star:

The Best Way