Our star columnist guides you through his runners

Richard Fahey column: Saturday runners

By Richard Fahey

Horse Racing

Sat July 12, 2025 · 5M ago

Our columnist provides a runner-by-runner guide to his team across four meetings on Saturday.

Hamilton

18:25 Utmost Respect

Utmost Respect²⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: -

1/4

This looks a very goop opportunity for him to open his account. He ran well for a long way in the Windsor Castle last time and obviously I’ll be very disappointed if he gets beaten.

19:00 Monsieur Kodi

Monsieur Kodi²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Ethan Tindall⁽⁷⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 74| D

5/1

He was third in a better race than this at this track last time and can go well again providing the ground doesn’t dry out too much.

20:00 Rainwater

Rainwater¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 64| BF| CD

11/2

I hope it's a case of horses for courses. He won at Hamilton last month and ran well at Nottingham last time too. He's capable of going very close in this.

20:30 Epicurian Lad

Epicurian Lad¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: O J Orr| T: R A Fahey| OR: 58| BF

12/1

He’s been so disappointing but wasn’t beaten that far at Newcastle last time. We’ll drop him out and try to get him to finish his race and hope that does the trick.