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Friday 5 December 2025

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Create Your Bet Builders At Midnite Handicap (GBBPlus Race)

3YO plus | Class 4 | 1m 2f 42y | 8 Runners | Allweather

(2)

Humble Spark¹⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: P Mulrennan| T: J S Goldie| OR: 84| CD

11/1

Three-time C&D winner. Good placed efforts here and at Haydock in May but off since never a threat in the Northumberland Plate consolation here at the end of June. Chance he'll need this after 160 days off.

Form: 147320

(8)

Antrim^p⁵²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Pierre-Louis Jamin| T: K R Burke| OR: 82| CD

11/8

Lightly-raced winner. 7/4, career best when winning 8-runner novice at this C&D 52 days ago, readily. First run for yard after leaving John & Thady Gosden. Makes handicap debut. Open to improvement.

Form: 5731

(4)

Pride Of Donegal³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Cieren Fallon| T: C Johnston| OR: 81| BF

15/2

Second in a C&D maiden before striking on 1½m Kempton handicap debut in October. Something possibly amiss when well beaten back at Kempton 19 days later. Could bounce back

Form: 43-4210

(3)

Pleasant Man^v²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Andrea Pinna⁽⁷⁾| T: Joey Ramsden| OR: 79

40/1

No significant impact in 2 AW handicaps for Joey Ramsden this autumn. The handicapper has cut him a bit of slack but need to see more.

Form: 215559

(7)

Jez Bomb^p⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: S A Gray| T: S England| OR: 76| CD

10/3

Hasn't finished out of the first 3 in his last 8 starts, winning 3 of them, including over C&D in October. Even better form when narrowly denied back here last week. Another bold show likely from the same mark. .

Form: 132212

(6)

Almekarem¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: L Morris| T: Sir Mark Prescott| OR: 77

9/1

Won a novice over 8.6f at Wolverhampton in September. Best effort in handicaps since when third of 10 over 1m at Southwell 14 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 531093

(5)

Jodhpur Blue^t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Billy Loughnane| T: Ian Williams| OR: 72| C

8/1

Course winner. Respectable eighth of 13 in handicap (14/1) at Southwell (7f) 14 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 870038

(1)

Sea Legend^h¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Lauren Young⁽⁵⁾| T: J S Goldie| OR: 70| CD

6/1

Sole win from 22 Flat starts came over C&D and he ran another sound race over this C&D when second of 11 13 days ago, conceding first run. Thereabouts.

Form: 795872

Forecasts

Antrim (7/4), Jez Bomb (4/1), Almekarem (5/1), Sea Legend (13/2), Pride Of Donegal (7/1), Humble Spark (10/1), Jodhpur Blue (20/1), Pleasant Man (25/1)

The way ANTRIM strolled home in a C&D novice in October suggests there could be more to come now handicapping for new trainer Karl Burke and he's narrowly preferred to the thriving Jez Bomb. Last month's C&D runner-up Sea Legend may prove best of the remainder.