15:08 Newbury

Wednesday 17 December 2025

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Celebrating Chris Wood's 80th Birthday Fillies' 'Junior' NH Flat Race (GBB Race)

Age: 3| Weight: 11-7| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: A King| D

From a very good family and knew her job as she made a winning start at Stratford (9/1) on debut 7 weeks ago, finding a better turn of foot than the jumping-bred runner-up, though swishing her tail under pressure late on. Has plenty of potential.

Form: 1

Crystal Connemara

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: G Sheehan| T: R Bandey

28/1

€3,400 3-y-o, Crystal Ocean filly. Dam 23f chase winner, half-sister to fairly useful hurdle/chase winner (stayed 2¾m) Desirable Court.

Graciousandplenty

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: C Gethings| T: Joe Ponting

66/1

3,000 gns 3-y-o, Invincible Spirit filly. Sister to 1¼m winner on Flat Carnival Day and half-sister to 2 winners.

Lady Litigator

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Rex Dingle| T: A J Honeyball

4/1

Maxios filly. Dam unraced sister to useful hurdler (stayed 25f) The Organist and half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 4¼m) Regal Encore. Appealing on paper and yard have had winner (2023) and second (2024) in this with newcomers in last 2 years.

Lets Go Mo⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Tom Cannon| T: L Wadham

22/1

Well held behind Galaxy Star on debut at Stratford and remains a doubtful stayer given her Flat-bred pedigree.

Form: 8

Penny Lawn

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: James Davies| T: N J Gifford

33/1

Jack Hobbs filly. Half-sister to modest 2m chase winner Livy's Lad. Dam useful 2m-2½m hurdle winner.

Roxy Russet

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Daire James McConville⁽⁷⁾| T: C E Longsdon

28/1

Passing Glance filly. Dam, bumper winner (stayed 3m), half-sister to useful hurdlers Glimpse of Gala (stayed 25f, by Passing Glance) and Mr Bramley (stays 21f), by Schiaparelli.

Saxons Pride³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Brendan Powell| T: A King

11/2

Telescope filly out of a 2m-19f hurdle winner, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 21f) Midnights' Gift. 9/2, stayed on well in second in Huntingdon bumper on debut 5 weeks ago and entitled to progress.

Form: 2

Semele³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Ben Bromley⁽⁵⁾| T: L Wadham

14/1

Bred for speed but didn't show much of it behind Saxons Pride at Huntingdon (9/1) on debut 5 weeks ago. Needs more.

Form: 5

Storm Cracker

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Toby McCain-Mitchell⁽⁵⁾| T: Ben Clarke

10/3

Order of St George filly. Half-sister to bumper winner/fair 2¼m hurdle winner Crackerjacque.

Subtle Glance^h1

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Jay Tidball⁽⁵⁾| T: Andrew Martin

40/1

Passing Glance filly. Sister to modest hurdler Glance At Me, stays 21f. Dam unraced. One to note for small yard doing well. Wears hood.

Wait For This

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: H Cobden| T: Miss E C Lavelle

7/2

Postponed filly. Half-sister to fairly useful 2½m hurdle winner Lord Roco, stays 3m, and useful bumper winner Crest of Glory. Of obvious interest on debut.

Forecasts

Storm Cracker (10/3), Galaxy Star (10/3), Lady Litigator (4/1), Wait For This (4/1), Saxons Pride (6/1), Semele (16/1), Lets Go Mo (22/1), Crystal Connemara (28/1), Roxy Russet (28/1), Penny Lawn (33/1), Subtle Glance (40/1), Graciousandplenty (66/1)

Anthony Honeyball has targeted this race and has a handful of promising young bumper performers again so newcomer LADY LITIGATOR might be the way to go before any betting clues. Stratford winner Galaxy Star and Saxons Pride give Alan King a strong hand, while Wait For This is another to note for Emma Lavelle.