13:06 Newbury
Friday 24 October 2025
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- 4YO plus | Class 5 | 2m | Soft | 11 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 13:06 | Winning time: 3m 44.9s
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Fairly useful winning hurdler. After 9 months off and in first-time cheekpieces (on Flat), wasn't discredited when fifth of 11 in handicap at Goodwood (16f, good to firm, 9/2) 12 days ago. One to note dropped in grade.
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Useful at best in Germany and best effort for current yard when runner-up at Chester (15.9f, good) on penultimate start. However, seemed unsuited by conditions when tailed off in handicap at same course (14.4f, heavy, 13/2) 34 days ago.
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After 6 months off, took another step forward when second of 6 in handicap at Catterick (13.9f, good to soft, 3/1) 6 days ago, beaten only by one who set a slow pace. Could have more still to offer upped further in trip.
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Thirteen runs since last win in 2023. Bounced back from a lesser effort when sixth of 11 in handicap at Goodwood (16f, good to firm, 28/1) 12 days ago, though he looks vulnerable to his younger rivals once more.
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Won maiden in France in April. However, she offered little on first start since leaving P. Decouz when last of 8 in handicap at Kempton (11f, 50/1) 74 days ago. Has enough to prove at present.
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Fifteen runs since last win in 2024. After 4 months off, made a low-key return to action when tenth of 11 in handicap at Southwell (14.1f, 40/1) 31 days ago. Has eased in the weights but others preferred.
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Remains a maiden but shaped promisingly on first start since leaving Ivan Furtado when sixth of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (14f, 11/2) in March, needing stronger gallop. Has been off 7 months/left Seb Spencer since.
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Twelve runs since last win in 2024. In first-time blinkers, one of better efforts this season when third of 14 in handicap at Kempton (11f, 16/1) a month ago. Task is now to build on latest run back up in trip.
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Twenty-two runs since last win in 2024 but ran well when second at Nottingham (14f) early this month. However, wasn't in the same form when eighth of 12 in handicap at Bath (17.1f, good, 7/2) 15 days ago.
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Back to winning ways at Ayr (15f) in September and followed up with a comfortable success in 10-runner handicap at same course (13.1f, heavy, 5/2) 15 days ago. Can make a bold bid for the hat-trick back up in trip.
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Upped in trip, showed improved form when getting off the mark in 14-runner handicap at Bath (17.1f, good to soft, 40/1) 41 days ago, coming from last to first. This is tougher from 1lb out of the weights.
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Non-Runners
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Golden Flame15
Weight: 9-1| Age: 7
T: T Faulkner J: Non Runner
NR
Forecasts
Yellow Star (15/8), Aighear (4/1), Corsican Caper (5/1), Trapper John (11/2), Izakaya (8/1), Golden Flame (12/1), Arc Zoosve (16/1), No More Bolero (18/1), Capone (20/1), Imperial Cult (33/1), The Craftymaster (50/1), Lady Chatterley (66/1)
Back up in trip, AIGHEAR returned to winning ways at Ayr in September before following up in good style at the same course 15 days ago, so she is taken to land the hat-trick in her current form. Trapper John has been going the right way in handicaps this year and could be the main danger, ahead of Yellow Star who remains lightly raced on the level.
- Aighear4/1
- Trapper John11/2
- Yellow Star15/8
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £5,757.002nd: £2,702.003rd: £1,350.004th: £675.005th: £337.00
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