16:00 Newbury

Monday 1 June 2026

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Pump Technology Jonathan And Natalie Handicap

Off time: 16:01 | Winning time: 1m 0.57s

(2)

Aces Wild⁶^{(ex 4)}

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: Finley Marsh| T: A Wintle| OR: 70| D

11/4

Won at Chester last summer and back to something like that form when resuming winning ways at Bath (5f) on Tuesday, showing a good attitude having always travelled best. Can be competitive again under a 4 lb penalty.

Form: 127-361

(5)

Spring Bloom³⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 9-9| J: Jack Callan⁽³⁾| T: J Butler| OR: 70| D

6/4

On a long losing run, though produced easily his best effort for present yard eased in grade/returned to 5f when second at Goodwood 4 weeks ago. Not ruled out from this sort of mark.

Form: 737-262

(8)

Hint Of Humour⁷³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: C Lee| T: A W Carroll| OR: 70| BF| D

13/2

Three-time winner on all-weather during 2025 and continued run of good form earlier this year again finding only one too good at Wolverhampton (5f) in March. Races off same mark here but she does need to translate her improvement back to the turf.

Form: 13-2722

(1)

Merrimack^t,v²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: C R Lyons⁽⁷⁾| T: S C Williams| OR: 69| D

8/1

Front runner who resumed winning ways over 5f at Chelmsford in January and placed on 2 of his 3 subsequent runs, third returned to the minimum trip at Windsor (5f) 3 weeks ago. Eased 1 lb ahead of this and he's not discounted in an open-looking affair.

Form: 8-31373

(6)

The Feminine Urge^p²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Ashley Lewis⁽⁵⁾| T: G Harris| OR: 62| D

28/1

Scored at Windsor and Yarmouth last season. Acquired cheaply by new yard and resumed with a pair of creditable in-the-frame efforts in April. Does need to shrug off a lesser effort over further at Bath last time, though. Cheekpieces worn then are retained here.

Form: 548-357

(7)

Faustus¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 8-13| J: Ryan Kavanagh⁽⁵⁾| T: R Cook & J Bridger| OR: 60| CD

15/2

All the better for comeback run when third having eased further in weights at Lingfield (5f, good to firm) on penultimate start. However not in same form when seventh over same C&D 13 days ago.

Form: 8-56737

(4)

Harry Brown²³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-9| J: Rob Hornby| T: P Crate| OR: 56| D

12/1

Gained a first win on turf at the sixteenth attempt off his lowest ever mark at Lingfield (5f) 23 days ago, suited by well-run race. 4 lb higher mark doesn't look insurmountable granted another strong pace to aim at.

Form: 439691

Non-Runners

(3)

Unico²⁶

Weight: 8-10| Age: 5

T: C Gordon J: Harry Davies

Forecasts

Spring Bloom (6/4), Aces Wild (11/4), Hint Of Humour (13/2), Faustus (15/2), Merrimack (8/1), Harry Brown (12/1), Unico (25/1), The Feminine Urge (28/1)

MERRIMACK ran well on the back of a 10-week break when third at Windsor 3 weeks ago and, operating from 1 lb lower mark, shades preference over recent Bath scorer Aces Wild. Harry Brown is another last-time-out winner who would enter calculations granted a good pace to aim at.