Brighton — 1 September 2026

Class 5 · 0m5f60y · Good · 6 ran

We passed. Likely winner: London Is Blue (9/4)

Won by: Loleeta (GB) at 10/1 · then My Mate Mackley (GB)

What we said: London Is Blue sits on top of the weights and the ratings, but he's already fully priced at 9/4 with a poor course record for the yard, so there's no case to add anything to what the market has already worked out; behind him, Havana Jag, Beach Partee and My Mate Mackley all cluster together on similar recent form with nothing at the price that separates one from the other. Three or four live contenders at competitive prices is exactly the shape of race to leave alone rather than force a bet.

Class 5 · 0m6f210y · Good · 4 ran

We passed. Likely winner: Norfolk Blue (8/13)

Won by: Norfolk Blue (IRE) at 4/11F

What we said: Norfolk Blue is clearly the class of this weak four but the price is short enough that there's no bet in it for me, and a horse with 442525 across eight starts — always in the frame, never crossing the line first — is exactly the profile that keeps finding a way not to win even in a race this soft. The rest of the field (Inspectre's flat 04, Muchacho fresh off 75 days, Twilight Baby with no recorded run on good) don't offer anything better either.

Class 6 · 1m1f207y · Good · 10 ran

Our bet: Makes Me Wonder (10/3)

Won by: Jenson Benson (IRE) at 9/2 · then Makes Me Wonder (GB), Thundering Breeze (IRE)

What we said: Top-rated in this field off a solid last-time-out second, the 5lb claim from Taryn Langley effectively takes the sting out of top weight, and the switch back to this trip on similar ground suits a horse who's already shown course form. He looks the strongest form horse in a moderate Class 6 field, with a rating edge that the assessment hasn't fully priced.

Class 6 · 1m3f198y · Good · 8 ran

Our bet: Highland Harvey (3/1)

Won by: Bug Boy (IRE) at 22/1 · then Highland Harvey (IRE), Clipsham Noble (IRE)

What we said: Comes into this on the back of a rock-solid sequence of placed efforts (521333) including a third at this exact course and distance just nine days ago, so the resumption of ground and trip suits perfectly. Lightly raced at four with a workable mark of 52, he looks the type improving into this grade rather than fading from it. The gap between runs is fine and the draw in stall 3 gives him a slight nod into the home turn without needing it.

Class 6 · 0m7f216y · Good · 9 ran

We passed. Likely winner: Shes Got The Blues (2/1)

Won by: Shes Got The Blues (IRE) at 100/30 · then King David (IRE), Turpin (GB)

What we said: With no runner clearing its own fair line by a margin I'd trust, this is a pass.

Class 5 · 0m6f210y · Good · 6 ran

Our bet: Serenity Dream (7/4)

Won by: Tattie Bogle (GB) at 9/4 · then Serenity Dream (IRE)

What we said: Two wins from the last two starts including a course victory over today's trip on quicker ground, and the cheekpieces clearly still working; the drop back to good ground after good-to-firm is no obstacle given the going log shows no adverse pattern here. A confirmed course-and-trip winner in career-best form at a fair price is the case worth taking.

Class 5 · 0m5f60y · Good · 6 ran

Our bet: Mr Cool (9/4)

Won by: Diomed Spirit (GB) · then Bona Fortuna (IRE)

What we said: won last time out over this same course, trip and going (1/11, 6f good), and his early pace figure (2.08) is the quickest of any confirmed winner in this field, keeping him on terms from the break at a track where that matters. The overnight market has shortened him too, adding a touch of confidence to a genuinely progressive-looking sort (523131).