13:55 Celebrating National Racehorse Week Novices' Hurdle Race (GBB Race)
Did not winClass 4 · 2m0f167y · Good · 6 ran
Our bet: Whermyrosemarygoes (5/4)
Won by: Playful Fox (FR) at 2/13F
What we said: Comes into this off a taking win last time (1/13 on good ground) and steps up nicely to today's trip, a pattern that fits a mare still progressing through novice grade; her form line (452-31) shows a genuine upward curve with no fitness or jumping concerns flagged. The step to today's slightly longer trip and repeat of suitable ground conditions make her the most complete profile in a moderate six-runner field.
14:30 Happy 80th Birthday John Lane Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Steeple Chase
We named the winnerClass 5 · 3m1f170y · Good · 6 ran
We passed. Likely winner: My Girl Katie (2/1)
Won by: My Girl Katie (IRE) at 15/8F · then Hardy Buck (IRE)
What we said: the write-up made a claim the racecard does not support, so this pick was withheld
15:05 Philip Wilson Memorial Novices' Limited Handicap Steeple Chase (GBB Race)
Did not winClass 3 · 2m0f75y · Good · 4 ran
Not a bet. The horse we made most likely: Ice Jet (10/11)
Won by: Gore Point (GB) at 13/8
What we said: Three wins and a second sit in the recent form figures with the only blip a voided contest, and the drop back in trip together with a dam-line that excels on today's good going both play into a horse peaking at the right time. Harry Skelton takes over for a yard in form, and at just 4 the scope to improve into this grade is obvious against the older, more exposed rivals.
15:40 Torbay Weekly Handicap Hurdle Race
PlacedClass 5 · 2m2f110y · Good · 11 ran
We passed. Likely winner: Mi Sueno (9/4)
Won by: Son Of Hypnos (IRE) at 25/1 · then Mi Sueno (IRE), Ugo Bingo (FR)
What we said: Mi Sueno heads the market on a genuine chariot of recent form (2-P451, a course win last time at this trip) and the fastest early pace figure in the field, but a 23/30 jumping completion mark leaves a jumping-reliability question and the price already reflects most of that story; with Uncle Remus steaming, Lakefield Flyer drifting off big recent form, and Saucats quietly progressive (255123), too many hands are on this pot to lean on one with conviction.
16:15 Aubrey Loze Memorial Handicap Hurdle Race (GBB Race)
Did not winClass 2 · 2m5f122y · Good · 8 ran
We passed. Likely winner: Supreme Yeats (7/2)
Won by: American Sniper (IRE) at 9/4 · then Soul Icon (GB)
What we said: too many live threats in this Class 2 hurdle to lean on one: Supreme Yeats arrives full of running with a dual course-and-distance win record and a bang up-to-date form line (8-1131), but he's drifted from 3/1 out to 9/2 and is now a 10-year-old stepping up in trip again; Letterston Lily and Morning Mayhem have both been steamed into similar prices off moderate recent placings, and Handlethekettle's front-running class form is undercut by 411 days on the sidelines. With three-plus genuine claims at overlapping prices and no angle that isolates one of them cleanly, this is a watch-and-pass.
16:52 Sun Racing Summer Jumps Championship Handicap Hurdle Race
Did not winClass 4 · 2m167y · Good · 6 ran
Our bet: Arctic Voyage (11/8)
Won by: Mojito Des Mottes (FR) at 13/2 · then Lunar Orbit (IRE)
What we said: Won last time out at this exact course, trip and going, and his form figures at the course (121) and at today's trip (2P121) both show he handles this test well. He's by Kingman out of a fast-ground-preferring sire line and today's good, firming ground suits perfectly, with the yard combo also firing at the course.
