16.30
GoodGordon Rowe Memorial Handicap Hurdle
- Prize money: £7921.5
- 2m 0f 167y
- Class 3
- 5 runners
Runners: 5 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Partly cloudy
9/4
Form: 2FP0P- D
Last run: 84 days
W: 12st 0lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 124
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
3rd Jul 2026 Good 2m 0f 167y Class 3 |
12st 0lb |
Useful Flat form in France; after winning a maiden hurdle for Willie Mullins he was essentially underwhelming under both codes and has got nothing going in three runs for Dan Skelton, including handicaps at the Cheltenham and Aintree festivals; in calmer waters here after a wind operation and disappointing should he not show a lot more. |
9/4 |
|
6 |
10th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 2m 0f 103y Class 2 |
11st 7lb |
No promise in handicaps around 2m5f (Martin Pipe at Cheltenham latterly) since joining Dan Skelton; his hurdle form for Willie Mullins came at around 2m, so it's possible the drop back in trip will help, but the yard's other runners hold more obvious claims. |
12/1 |
|
22th 22 |
13th Mar 2026 Good 2m 4f 56y Class 2 |
11st 1lb |
Failed to complete on his last two runs, falling on final start for Willie Mullins then pulled up in 2m5f handicap when 66-1 for new yard; with those letters next to his name, he cannot be supported confidently in a race of this depth. |
50/1 |
9/2
Form: 223-42 D
Last run: 27 days
W: 11st 12lb
5 yo Colt
OR: 122
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
3rd Jul 2026 Good 2m 0f 167y Class 3 |
11st 12lb |
Three hurdle wins at around 2m; seemed to need his run in May and then rallied to threaten an unexposed winner at Worcester (2m4f, good); that was a solid effort and he's only 1lb higher. |
9/2 |
|
2nd 2 |
6th Jun 2026 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 3 |
11st 11lb |
Has three wins over hurdles at around 2m; may have needed the run on his first start since January when fourth of eight at Warwick (2m, good) last month and this step up in trip should suit. |
6/1 |
|
4th 2 |
4th May 2026 Good 2m 0f 0y Class 4 |
12st 2lb |
Three-time winner over hurdles and nothing wrong with his most recent efforts in handicaps at top tracks; every chance provided he's straight enough after a lengthy break. |
5/1 |
3/1
Form: 2413U- CD
Last run: 75 days
W: 11st 7lb
6 yo Filly
OR: 117
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
3rd Jul 2026 Good 2m 0f 167y Class 3 |
11st 7lb |
Beat three rivals in this 12 months ago and has added further wins since then, on the Flat and over hurdles; only beaten a length in 1m4f handicap last time after a wind operation; not handicapped out of it by any means. |
3/1 |
|
2nd 5 (2) |
18th Jun 2026 Good To Soft 1m 4f 10y Class 6 |
10st 7lb |
117-rated hurdler, who regularly took travelling in her stride (three wins down at Newton Abbot); won well, making all, on the Flat at Thirsk (1m4f, soft; from 7lb lower) last September; notable candidate back to this discipline following more wind surgery. |
13/2 |
|
2 |
19th Apr 2026 Good 2m 0f 70y Class 4 |
11st 13lb |
Front-runner who enjoyed a resurgence last year, winning three times over hurdles and once on the Flat; absent since November, though, and will need to resume in peak form to have any chance off current mark. |
7/1 |
9/2
Form: 3P1-12 CD
Last run: 30 days
W: 10st 12lb
4 yo Colt
OR: 112
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 |
3rd Jul 2026 Good 2m 0f 167y Class 3 |
10st 12lb |
Once a sprinter on the Flat but has won twice over hurdles since joining current yard, a Hereford maiden and a C&D novice (both on good); hard to know what to make of his remote second in a handicap back here a month ago when the winner strolled home by some 26l. |
9/2 |
|
2nd 5 |
3rd Jun 2026 Good 2m 0f 167y Class 3 |
10st 9lb |
Useful on testing ground on the Flat early in career and this 4yo has tapped back into that promise over hurdles this spring, winning a maiden at Hereford (2m, good) in April on his second stable start and following up in a C&D novice (good); trainer won this with Clearance, after whom this race is named, in 2022 and 2024; intriguing candidate back in a handicap. |
5/2 |
|
1st 1 |
13th May 2026 Good 2m 0f 167y Class 4 |
11st 3lb |
6f winner for Ralph Beckett and came good at the sixth attempt over hurdles with a clearcut win at Hereford (2m, good; hood removed); this 4yo now carries a penalty but has less to prove than most of these. |
4/6 |
4/1
Form: F76-51 D
Last run: 22 days
W: 10st 8lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 104
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 |
3rd Jul 2026 Good 2m 0f 167y Class 3 |
10st 8lb |
Lightly raced; it was only a Class 5 he won at Worcester (2m, good) but that was quite straightforward in the new tongue-tie and he's open to considerable improvement; raised a fair 6lb. |
4/1 |
|
1st 5 |
11th Jun 2026 Good 2m 0f 0y Class 5 |
11st 12lb |
Runner-up in a Warwick bumper and glimpses of ability over hurdles, none more so than when falling two out at Ludlow (2m, soft) in February; lacked the pace to challenge on handicap debut at Aintree (2m1f, good) but still unexposed; tongue-tie added. |
4/1 |
|
5th 8 |
15th May 2026 Good 2m 0f 209y Class 4 |
11st 4lb |
Unexposed 5yo who made the frame in both bumpers and showed hurdling ability in his three qualifying runs in February/March; open to improvement on this handicap debut; market may guide. |
12/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Straight Forecast | £21.70 |
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