August 01 / 16.33 Newmarket (July)

16.33

Good To Firm

National Stud Fillies’ Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

  • Prize money: £6542.5
  • 1m 2f 0y
  • Class 4
  • 4 runners
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National Stud Fillies’ Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

Runners: 4 runners

Type: Flat Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

OUR TIP

9/2 (Won)

  • Win: £4.80

Form: 2-625

Last run: 24 days

W: 9st 7lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 80

Form & Verdict
280,000gns purchase as a yearling; hasn't gone on as anticipated from a promising debut, fading and beating only one home in maiden at Yarmouth (1m2f, good to firm) three weeks ago; still early days but she has something to prove.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

2nd

5

(1)

3rd Sep 2026

Soft

1m 2f 42y

Class 3

16:25 Haydock

Hollywell Stream

9st 4lb

J: Callum Shepherd

T: Jane Chapple-Hyam

Improved effort when breaking her maiden tag at the fifth attempt on 1m2f Newmarket handicap debut (good to firm) 33 days ago; raised 5lb but may have more to offer; gave the smart Lilt a scare on her soft-ground debut last autumn so it's possible today's conditions will suit her even better.

4/1

1st

3

(1)

1st Aug 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

16:33 Newmarket (July)

Hollywell Stream

9st 7lb

J: Billy Loughnane

T: Jane Chapple-Hyam

280,000gns purchase as a yearling; hasn't gone on as anticipated from a promising debut, fading and beating only one home in maiden at Yarmouth (1m2f, good to firm) three weeks ago; still early days but she has something to prove.

9/2

5th

5

(4)

8th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 23y

Class 3

15:45 Yarmouth

Hollywell Stream

9st 1lb

J: William Buick

T: Jane Chapple-Hyam

Second on debut last autumn; comeback run on Tapeta was too bad to be true and she got back on track upped to this trip (good to firm) last time when beaten a neck at Doncaster; the sex allowance brings her into the equation for an in-form yard, under William Buick (10-43 for them).

9/4

Form: 62-412 D

Last run: 21 days

W: 9st 9lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 82

Form & Verdict
Has taken a while to get the hang of things, but improved form last two starts, winning novice in small field at Nottingham and pulling clear with the winner when second in handicap at Salisbury (both 1m2f, good to firm); tactically versatile and looks the one to beat.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

5th

12

(12)

21st Aug 2026

Good

1m 2f 56y

Class 2

17:20 York

Food For Thought

8st 8lb

J: Edward Greatrex

T: Ralph Beckett

Won Nottingham novice (1m2f, good to firm) in June on fourth start and she's since been a clear second to unexposed handicap newcomers in two small-field contests (1m2f, good to firm; subsequent winner Silver Lake on the first occasion); she may yet have a bigger performance in her.

7/1

2nd

1

(3)

1st Aug 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

16:33 Newmarket (July)

Food For Thought

9st 9lb

J: Rhys Clutterbuck

T: Ralph Beckett

Has taken a while to get the hang of things, but improved form last two starts, winning novice in small field at Nottingham and pulling clear with the winner when second in handicap at Salisbury (both 1m2f, good to firm); tactically versatile and looks the one to beat.

10/11

2nd

3

(3)

11th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 1f 201y

Class 4

18:40 Salisbury

Food For Thought

9st 6lb

J: Hector Crouch

T: Ralph Beckett

Pulled hard when beaten at odds-on on her 7f comeback; it's not hard to pick holes in her Nottingham novice win, upped to this trip 16 days ago, but she did it in decent style and is unexposed entering handicap company; still holds an entry in next weekend's Irish Oaks.

5/2

9/4

Form: 10-235

Last run: 21 days

W: 9st 9lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 82

Form & Verdict
6f winner last autumn; has been running respectably in 7f/1m handicaps without looking ahead of her mark; now moves up in distance (sister won up to 1m2f); should be thereabouts.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

3rd

2

(4)

1st Aug 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

16:33 Newmarket (July)

Thaluna

9st 9lb

J: Cieren Fallon

T: William Haggas

6f winner last autumn; has been running respectably in 7f/1m handicaps without looking ahead of her mark; now moves up in distance (sister won up to 1m2f); should be thereabouts.

9/4

5th

7

(3)

11th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

Class 3

16:45 Ascot

Thaluna

9st 2lb

J: Cieren Fallon

T: William Haggas

Has started her handicap career with solid placed efforts at Newmarket (7f, good to firm) and Thirsk (1m, good); likely to go well again

9/2

3rd

6

(1)

31st May 2026

Good

0m 7f 218y

Class 4

18:45 Thirsk

Thaluna

9st 2lb

J: Daniel Tudhope

T: William Haggas

Won 2yo novice at York (6f, good) last October on second start; mid-division in Listed race later that month and reappeared with good second on handicap debut at Newmarket (7f, good to firm); stayed on well last time and this step up to 1m could prompt further improvement; lots to like.

4/1

Form: -11565

Last run: 12 days

W: 9st 2lb

3 yo Filly

OR: 75

Form & Verdict
Two wins from ten outings, both over the extended 1m at Nottingham; faded on first attempt at 1m2f when fifth at Windsor last time; beginning to look exposed.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

4th

4

(2)

1st Aug 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

16:33 Newmarket (July)

Valkyrie Storm

9st 2lb

J: Charles Bishop

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Two wins from ten outings, both over the extended 1m at Nottingham; faded on first attempt at 1m2f when fifth at Windsor last time; beginning to look exposed.

10/1

5th

7

(3)

20th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

19:50 Windsor

Valkyrie Storm

9st 0lb

J: Charles Bishop

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Started this season with two wins at Nottingham (8.3f, good) but she's been well held in her last two starts; didn't get the best of runs at Sandown last time but she needs to find more on this step up to 1m2f.

12/1

6th

4

(1)

13th Jun 2026

Good

1m 0f 0y

Class 4

14:05 Sandown

Valkyrie Storm

9st 6lb

J: Charles Bishop

T: Eve Johnson Houghton

Commenced her campaigned with a couple of Class 5 wins at Nottingham (1m) but came up short off current mark in Class 4 at Windsor in hat-trick bid; that defeat exposes her limitations somewhat.

14/1

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Payout
Exacta £7.50
Straight Forecast £7.36
Trifecta £15.60

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

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Daily Mail:

Hollywell Stream

D Express:

Thaluna

RP RATINGS:

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TOPSPEED:

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POSTDATA:

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