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Wednesday 18 June 2025

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DragonBet Born From The Betting Ring Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 18:25 | Winning time: 3m 44.56s

Star Legend^v¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Nathan Howie⁽³⁾| T: James Owen| OR: 100| D

11/4

Scored in this sphere at Fakenham in December and has won 4 times on the Flat since, including his last 3 starts. Resumes over hurdles on a workable mark (2 lb higher than for that Fakenham success) and he's one to consider.

Form: 50144-3

Gore Point^t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Twiston-Davies| T: A J Honeyball| OR: 93| D

9/4

Bumper winner at Stratford in October and left previous hurdles form well behind following a wind op when opening his account in this sphere at Newton Abbot (16.8f, good) a fortnight ago. Probably capable of better and thus a 6 lb higher mark looks manageable.

Form: 1F8F0-1

Fine Point²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Lorcan Murtagh| T: N J Hawke| OR: 97| D

10/1

Opened hurdles account in a 10-runner novice handicap at Kempton (2m, good) in April. Ran a shocker next time, but quickly back on track when fourth of 9 over this C&D last month (probably would've finished closer but for a late error) and he's an each-way player.

Form: 5461P-4

Swift Tuttle^t,p¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Toby Wynne| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 90

28/1

Fairly useful maiden on Flat for Brian Meehan and left previous hurdling efforts behind when scoring at a big price at Bangor in September 2023. However, not seen out in this sphere since October of that year and rather hit-and-miss on the Flat in the interim.

Form: 79P165/

Lady Gwen^t⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls| OR: 89| D

14/1

Not scored since 2023 and finished well held when third of 6 in handicap chase at Stratford (17f, good) back from a break last month. On the upside, she is entitled to come on for that and this mark back hurdling is an attractive one.

Form: 5982P-3

G'day Aussie^t²¹⁶

Age: 12| Weight: 10-13| J: Lee Edwards| T: Dave Roberts| OR: 85| CD

12/1

Hit the target over this C&D off a similar mark in July 2023, but he's been operating below that level since and is opposable on the back of a 7-month absence.

Form: 792/454-

Pittsburg^t,p¹³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-11| J: Freddie Mitchell⁽⁵⁾| T: R Potter| OR: 83| D

10/3

Didn't cover himself in glory in a few runs in this sphere during 2024, but he's been in good form over fences of late, most recently finishing second in a 4-runner contest off a 7 lb higher chase mark at Ffos Las. Will be a threat if reproducing form akin to that back hurdling here.

Form: 53112-2

Stage Show^t¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: Adam Wedge| T: Alexandra Dunn| OR: 77

9/1

Ran one of better races when runner-up at Taunton (19f, good) in April, but perhaps not the biggest surprise that he failed to back that up at Stratford recently.

Form: 07692-9

Non-Runners

Kalize³⁵

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: A J Honeyball J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Gore Point (9/4), Star Legend (11/4), Pittsburg (10/3), Stage Show (9/1), Fine Point (10/1), G'day Aussie (12/1), Kalize (12/1), Lady Gwen (14/1), Swift Tuttle (28/1)

GORE POINT managed to get the job done on his recent handicap debut at Newton Abbot, despite not doing everything right, and he looks capable of defying a 6 lb rise in the weights. Star Legend completed an all-weather hat-trick on the Flat last month and he has to be feared back in this sphere, while Pittsburg, who has been in good form over fences, is third choice ahead of Fine Point.