Our star columnist guides you through his runners

Richard Fahey column: Weekend runners

By Richard Fahey

Horse Racing

Sat October 04, 2025 · 3M ago

Our star columnist struck gold at Ascot on Friday and guides us through his runners on Saturday.

SATURDAY

6.45 Newcastle - Fizzy Cristal

Fizzy Cristal¹⁴

Age: 2| Weight: 9-7| J: Harry Russell| T: R A Fahey| OR: 63

5/2

She's a nice Dark Angel filly and she has been quite disappointing on the track to this point but it wouldn't be a shock to me if she ran a big race off an opening mark of 63. She can improve from that sort of mark and we had another filly win a nursery in the same colours at Pontefract the other day (Lily Pearl) who just seemed to appreciate a little ease in the ground. She battled hard and finished her race off well so hopefully this filly can follow suit.

7.45 Newcastle - Silent Move

Silent Move¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Harry Russell| T: R A Fahey| OR: 78| D

33/1

It's not the first time I've said it but he's been disappointing. He was second at Carlisle in August and then ran well at Thirsk last month but wasn't in the same form at Ayr last time. It wouldn't be a shock if he ran well here but he's not been the easiest to predict. The handicapper has offered him a chance at least.

6.00 Wolverhampton - Epicurian Lad

Epicurian Lad¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Ethan Tindall⁽⁷⁾| T: R A Fahey| OR: 54

8/1

This has been an extremely disappointing horse. I just don't know how he's going to show up at the moment but if he came back to some of his earlier form then he should be competitive from his current mark (54). But he's been way below par on his last couple of starts so we've removed the cheekpieces to see if that has a positive effect.

8.30 Wolverhampton - Bambalam

Bambalam¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: S Donohoe| T: R A Fahey| OR: 75

11/1

He's a horse that cost a lot of money and has been disappointing so far having yet to win in four starts. This 0-75 handicap looks realistic and while his mark seems high enough based on what he's done on course, he has been going well enough at home and I'd love to see him win to be honest.

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