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Amodil Group Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £9822.66
  • 2m 4f 0y
  • Class 2
  • 7 runners
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Amodil Group Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)

Runners: 7 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

OUR TIP

Form: 921-52 D

Last run: 29 days

W: 12st 0lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 141

Form & Verdict
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2nd

2

11th Jun 2026

Good

2m 7f 0y

Class 3

19:42 Worcester

American Mike

11st 12lb

J: Tom Hutsby

T: Olly Murphy

Very smart 3m-winning chaser for Gordon Elliott in 2024/25; also scored over fences for current yard at Perth (3m) in April but beat just one when tried in cheekpieces in 2m4f handicap chase at Uttoxeter 18 days ago; reverts to hurdles off a 7lb lower mark but still has something to prove.

7/1

5th

1

24th May 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 2

16:03 Uttoxeter

American Mike

12st 0lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Classy customer in these colours for Gordon Elliott; only his fourth run for current yard when forcing a dead-heat at Perth (3m, good; 3lb lower) and he's versatile trip-wise; likely contender in new cheekpieces.

5/4

Form: 5/P6-P

Last run: 55 days

W: 10st 13lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 126

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3

16th May 2026

Good

2m 7f 70y

Class 2

18:50 Uttoxeter

Skyjack Hijack

11st 6lb

J: William Shanahan

T: Jennie Candlish

Went up 41lb for his six wins in staying hurdles in 2024; was subsequently absent for 441 days and hasn't run anything like as well since.

16/1

6th

1

24th Apr 2026

Good

2m 4f 35y

Class 3

15:47 Perth

Skyjack Hijack

12st 2lb

J: Sean Quinlan

T: Jennie Candlish

On a roll in the second half of 2024, rattling off six straight wins (2m5f-3m1f), but pulled up on belated return at Kelso at the end of February; entitled to strip fitter but can still only watch.

20/1

Form: 5-1843 D

Last run: 12 days

W: 10st 9lb

9 yo Mare

OR: 122

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3rd

5

28th Jun 2026

Good

2m 1f 46y

Class 2

15:37 Cartmel

Miss Maverick

11st 3lb

J: James Davies

T: Gary Hanmer

6-16 over hurdles, her latest success being at Uttoxeter in May (2m4f, good); one of her best runs was when 2l second to Fiveonefive in this race last year, but she is now 6lb worse off with the winner.

20/1

4th

1

13th Jun 2026

Good

2m 4f 28y

Class 3

15:40 Hexham

Miss Maverick

12st 0lb

J: James Davies

T: Gary Hanmer

Only win away from Uttoxeter came over today's C&D in May 2025, and she was a good third in this race soon after (split Johnson's Blue and Well Educated) despite pulling; well held off career-high mark latest.

9/1

Form: 151-11 CD

Last run: 23 days

W: 10st 9lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 122

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1st

3

17th Jun 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 3

15:50 Worcester

Our Guide

11st 2lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Joined Jamie Snowden after winning Irish bumper in October and is 2-3 over hurdles this spring, the latter win gained at Stratford (2m6f, good to firm); tackles much stronger opposition on this handicap debut and ideally needs to brush up his jumping but it's hard to gauge the limit of his ability.

4/5

1st

1

17th May 2026

Good To Firm

2m 6f 7y

Class 4

14:35 Stratford

Our Guide

11st 10lb

J: Gavin Sheehan

T: Jamie Snowden

Joined Jamie Snowden after Irish bumper win in October; made underwhelming stable/hurdle debut in March but justified odds-on favouritism in five-runner Exeter maiden (2m, good) last month and is open to significant further improvement over this longer trip; leading contender.

Evs

Form: UP5-51 C

Last run: 34 days

W: 10st 4lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 117

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1st

4

6th Jun 2026

Good

2m 7f 0y

Class 4

17:25 Worcester

Ebony Warrior

12st 1lb

J: Kielan Woods

T: David Killahena & Graeme McPherson

Dual hurdle winner (2m-2m5f, good) but yet to win in handicap company and was out of sorts in a light campaign last season; shaped as though the run may have been needed on last month's reappearance but remains with something to prove on recent evidence despite a further ease in the weights.

16/1

Form: 073-U2 C

Last run: 28 days

W: 10st 3lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 116

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2nd

3

12th Jun 2026

Good To Soft

2m 2f 110y

Class 4

19:00 Newton Abbot

Dream Diamond

11st 11lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: James Owen

Comfortably won a Worcester maiden (2m, good) on last summer's stable debut but has been well below that level on all three completed starts since; well held when unseating last month and has something to prove, but the first-time hood could help spark a revival.

10/1

2

4th May 2026

Good

2m 4f 1y

Class 2

17:13 Fakenham

Dream Diamond

11st 7lb

J: Alex Chadwick

T: James Owen

Comfortably won Worcester maiden (2m, good) on last summer's stable debut but has been some way below that form on all three starts since; will be fine over today's trip but needs to get career back on track.

25/1

Form: 3PP-56 D

Last run: 27 days

W: 10st 2lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 112

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6th

2

13th Jun 2026

Good

2m 7f 63y

Class 4

16:10 Hexham

Billy Boi Blue

11st 13lb

J: David Bass

T: David Killahena & Graeme McPherson

Three-time hurdles winner, most recently at Ayr (3m, good to soft) in April last year, but pulled up twice since returning from a break this spring and again ran below form when fifth of six, beaten 21l, at Huntingdon last month; best watched for now.

12/1

5th

5

19th May 2026

Good To Firm

3m 1f 10y

Class 3

19:30 Huntingdon

Billy Boi Blue

11st 8lb

J: Nick Slatter

T: David Killahena & Graeme McPherson

Pulled up on consecutive appearances towards end of last season but seemed to run well until tiring on soft ground at Ayr last time; could be better suited by the less-testing conditions here; not ruled out.

25/1

Betting Forcast

6/1 American Mike, 33/1 Skyjack Hijack, 11/1 Miss Maverick, Evs Our Guide, 11/4 Ebony Warrior, 8/1 Dream Diamond, 33/1 Billy Boi Blue