June 23 / 18.45 Newton Abbot

18.45

Good

Happy Birthday June O’Dwyer Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £5281
  • 2m 5f 122y
  • Class 4
  • 6 runners
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Happy Birthday June O’Dwyer Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)

Runners: 6 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly sunny

33/1

  • Place: £16.80

Form: 7P43P/

Last run: 596 days

W: 11st 1lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 69

Form & Verdict
0-22 in points and 0-17 under rules; placed a few times off lowly marks in handicap chases in 2023/24 and also in points this year but another minor role is probably his best hope.
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7

22nd Sep 2026

Good To Firm

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

14:30 Warwick

Ballinoulart

10st 2lb

J: Richard Upton

T: David Bridgwater

Ran his best race for a while when 8l third of six at Worcester (2m, good) and effectively 3lb lower today; not discounted but this longstanding maiden has a patchy profile and needs to back up that latest effort.

10/1

3rd

6

4th Sep 2026

Good

2m 0f 110y

Class 5

17:03 Worcester

Ballinoulart

10st 2lb

J: Richard Upton

T: David Bridgwater

0-20 under rules and 0-22 in points; well beaten back over hurdles this summer and pulled up returned to fences at Fontwell (2m6f, good) last week; drops in trip but hard to recommend from out of the weights.

33/1

7

28th Aug 2026

Good

2m 5f 135y

Class 5

17:50 Fontwell

Ballinoulart

10st 3lb

J: Richard Upton

T: David Bridgwater

0-22 in points and 0-19 under rules; not favoured by the weights when well beaten in two novice hurdles this summer and has more realistic chance to get competitive in this race but still makes only limited appeal.

25/1

OUR TIP

Form: 5-6

Last run: 12 days

W: 11st 1lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: —

Form & Verdict
Soundly beaten when 200-1 for run-of-the-mill Worcester maiden (2m, good) on recent hurdle debut; moves up in trip.
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10

22nd Sep 2026

Good

2m 1f 162y

Class 5

17:07 Fontwell

Bacardi Blue

10st 5lb

J: Bryan Carver

T: D Summersby

Showed no significant promise in three maiden/novice hurdles this season (2m-2m5f) but makes handicap debut from a basement mark and with new cheekpieces fitted; has more realistic chance to get competitive this time.

20/1

3rd

3

22nd Aug 2026

Good To Firm

2m 0f 167y

Class 4

13:55 Newton Abbot

Bacardi Blue

11st 0lb

J: Bryan Carver

T: D Summersby

Beaten a long way in a bumper, two points and a maiden and a novice hurdle (80-1 and 200-1).

100/1

Form: /00-7P

Last run: 20 days

W: 11st 1lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: —

Form & Verdict
Struggled when a 200-1 outsider for first two hurdle runs, the latter over C&D three weeks ago.
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4th

6

23rd Jun 2026

Good

2m 5f 122y

Class 4

18:45 Newton Abbot

Keep Off The Sugar

11st 1lb

J: Conor O’Farrell

T: Jimmy Frost

Struggled when a 200-1 outsider for first two hurdle runs, the latter over C&D three weeks ago.

100/1

1

3rd Jun 2026

Good

2m 5f 122y

Class 4

14:30 Newton Abbot

Keep Off The Sugar

11st 4lb

J: Conor O’Farrell

T: Jimmy Frost

Made an encouraging start on bumper debut last March, but has gone backwards since and was tailed off on all three subsequent starts; offered little on last month's hurdling debut here (2m1f) after a break, and this longer trip needs to spark a major turnaround.

100/1

7th

3

13th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 167y

Class 4

17:30 Newton Abbot

Keep Off The Sugar

11st 2lb

J: Conor O’Farrell

T: Jimmy Frost

Off for 339 days after showing some ability in his first bumper; completely tailed off in two others for this yard (hooded last time).

100/1

Form: 531-21

Last run: 19 days

W: 11st 13lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 121

Form & Verdict
Initially disappointing for new stable this year but easily landed gamble in Bangor handicap (2m7f, good) in March, and did not need to be at same level to justify skinny odds in Uttoxeter novice (2m7f, good) this month; has a big penalty but should still be hard to beat.
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1

23rd Jun 2026

Good

2m 5f 122y

Class 4

18:45 Newton Abbot

Coumeenoole

11st 13lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

Initially disappointing for new stable this year but easily landed gamble in Bangor handicap (2m7f, good) in March, and did not need to be at same level to justify skinny odds in Uttoxeter novice (2m7f, good) this month; has a big penalty but should still be hard to beat.

4/9

1st

1

4th Jun 2026

Good

2m 7f 70y

Class 4

14:30 Uttoxeter

Coumeenoole

11st 9lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

Miles clear with one other when beaten just over 1l in a Market Rasen 0-125 handicap latest (3m, good; RPR 118), and this novice contest isn't anywhere near as deep; yet to register form of that calibre with give underfoot, but possible he could get away with it here even if rain arrives.

4/11

2nd

4

8th May 2026

Good

2m 7f 16y

Class 3

16:20 Market Rasen

Coumeenoole

11st 10lb

J: Harry Skelton

T: Dan Skelton

The same combination of a sharp track, good ground and stayers' trip of his peak Irish effort similarly worked the oracle at Bangor last time; a 9lb re-raise demands another big step forward, though that's not impossible having won with far more in hand than the near-3l verdict may infer.

15/8

Form: 1 CD

Last run: 48 days

W: 11st 8lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: —

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Form: P-

Last run: 396 days

W: 11st 1lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: —

Form & Verdict
Completed for first time in five-race career when second of two finishers in three-runner maiden point last month but still can't be recommended on this hurdling debut.
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5

23rd Jun 2026

Good

2m 5f 122y

Class 4

18:45 Newton Abbot

Glenary

11st 1lb

J: James Best

T: Polly Gundry

Completed for first time in five-race career when second of two finishers in three-runner maiden point last month but still can't be recommended on this hurdling debut.

100/1

6

23rd May 2025

Good

2m 1f 165y

20:07 Downpatrick

Glenary

12st 0lb

J: Mr A P Kennedy

T: A J Kennedy

First foal out of an unraced mare; failed to complete in two outings in points; appeared not to stay at Dromahane.

25/1

6

23rd May 2025

Good

2m 1f 165y

20:07 Downpatrick

Glenary

12st 0lb

J: Mr A P Kennedy

T: A J Kennedy

First foal out of an unraced mare; failed to complete in two outings in points; appeared not to stay at Dromahane.

25/1

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Payout
Exacta £43.60
Straight Forecast £26.16
Trifecta £200.80

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