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Tuesday 24 June 2025

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Celebrate Racing Staff Week Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 18:27 | Winning time: 4m 8.70s

Blue Tempus¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: A King

11/4

Fair maiden on Flat (should be suited by at least 1½m). In the right hands to make it as a hurdler.

Form:

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Bob The Bandit²²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Harry Kimber| T: W G M Turner

50/1

Fair maiden at best on Flat (raced only at sprint trips), failed to beat a rival in nursery final start in 2024. Makes hurdling debut after 7 months off and his stamina the big worry.

Form:

New Gold Dream

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: C P O'Shea⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs S GardnerWS

11/1

Calyx gelding. Brother to fairly useful 7f winner Enchanted Garden. Dam, lightly raced on Flat, half-sister to fairly useful 2m hurdle winner Hot Fuss (by Calyx).

Form:

Return With Gold¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: B S Hughes| T: Ollie Pears

9/4

Fair on Flat, winning for a second time in AW handicaps this spring when seeing off 9 rivals over 11f at Southwell in April, but couldn't translate that to hurdling at the first attempt when a well-beaten third in 5-runner event at Hexham 17 days ago. Should be capable of better.

Form: 3

River Moon^t1

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Charlie Price⁽³⁾| T: R L Llewellyn

15/2

Sea The Moon gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners on Flat, including useful 7f-9f winner abroad Olendon. Dam 7f winner in France. Wears tongue strap for debut.

Form:

Silk And Steel¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Caoilin Quinn| T: G & J Moore

12/1

Little show in varied events on Flat and others make more appeal on this switch to hurdling.

Form:

Manyana Blue^h³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-9| J: Luke Scott⁽⁵⁾| T: Dr R Newland

5/2

Dam fairly useful winner around 2m over hurdles. Fair maiden on Flat (should stay at least 1¼m), mid-division in handicap last time. Interesting hurdling newcomer with hood retained.

Form:

Marrakesh Dawn^h¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-9| J: Brendan Powell| T: M D I Usher

150/1

Little show in varied events on Flat and was pulled up after bad mistake/hampered second in juvenile at Market Rasen on recent hurdling debut.

Form: P

Forecasts

Return With Gold (9/4), Manyana Blue (5/2), Blue Tempus (11/4), River Moon (15/2), New Gold Dream (11/1), Silk And Steel (12/1), Bob The Bandit (50/1), Marrakesh Dawn (150/1)

MANYANA BLUE is out of a mare that did well over hurdles for this yard and, having shown a fair level of ability in a handful of starts on the Flat, there are plenty of reasons to believe she could be up doing the business on her first try in this code. Blue Tempus is another hurdling newcomer to note, while Return With Gold should be capable of bettering his initial effort in this sphere.