13:45 Sandown

Wednesday 16 September 2026

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Trainor Stone & Tile Marble Handicap

Off time: 13:45 | Winning time: 1m 2.71s

(9)

Ardnamurchan⁴⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Nicola Currie| T: H Candy| OR: 70| D

10/1

Ardad filly out of a half-sister to yard's high-class sprinter Twilight Son. Confirmed debut promise when a narrow winner of an ordinary Windsor maiden 6 weeks ago. Work to do from her opening mark but she has the profile to do much better.

Form: 41

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(2)

Good Earth^p1¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-10| J: S M Levey| T: M Herrington| OR: 68| CD

3/1

Veteran who was a 3-time 6f winner early this year. Mixed record since but he's back on his last winning mark now so could be worth chancing with cheekpieces applied.

Form: 420564

(8)

Zoustar Dreams^p¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-9| J: Oisin Murphy| T: E A L Dunlop| OR: 68| D

6/1

Registered a third success of 2026 at Nottingham (5f) in July but seemed anchored by revised mark in trio of starts since on turf/all-weather. Given some reprieve by the assessor ahead of this and return to 5f can help.

Form: 141446

(5)

Hint Of Humour¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Rossa Ryan| T: A W Carroll| OR: 67| D

9/4

Three-time winner on all-weather during 2025. Holding her form well in defeat this year, including on turf last 3 starts, respectable third over C&D 19 days ago after 9 weeks off. Likely to be sharper for that run and she's back on her last winning mark now.

Form: 722533

(1)

Control Room¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S C Cronin⁽⁵⁾| T: G Harris| OR: 66| D

5/1

Consistent, front-running filly. Won a soft-ground Catterick maiden for Robert Cowell on final 2-y-o start. Has been running well in defeat for this yard, undone by track position last time.

Form: 1-23244

(11)

Secret Handsheikh^v²³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: Cieren Fallon| T: J Gallagher| OR: 63| D

16/1

Off the mark for the year at Chepstow in June and quickly resumed winning ways at Brighton last month, his fifth C&D success. However, undone by revised mark there since and record suggests he's not as good here.

Form: 715155

(4)

Bellini Spirit³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Rob Hornby| T: J L Flint| OR: 56

40/1

Raced freely but showed more than previously for this yard when third at Yarmouth (1m) but that was a weak race and she ran poorly back at this trip at Windsor last month.

Form: 2-78039

(3)

Just Dreaming²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Oliver Carmichael⁽⁷⁾| T: Eve Johnson Houghton| OR: 56

40/1

Much improved when second of 7 in novice at Salisbury but she failed to back that up at Windsor. Opening mark looks a stiff one.

Form: 5-7524

(10)

Harry Brown²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: Ashley Lewis⁽³⁾| T: P Crate| OR: 55| BF| D

22/1

Strong in the betting after an eye-catching third at Epsom but he ran poorly at Lingfield 25 days ago, getting upset in the stalls beforehand presumably not helping.

Form: 420538

(7)

Cabeza De Llave⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: K T O'Neill| T: M J Attwater| OR: 50| BF| D

10/1

On a long losing run and likely to find this too competitive from out of the handicap.

Form: 253855

Non-Runners

(12)

Level Up¹⁶

Weight: 9-12| Age: 7

T: P D Evans J: Alexandra McDonnell

(6)

Forever Glamorous¹⁹

Weight: 8-11| Age: 3

T: C Mason J: Gina Mangan

Forecasts

Hint Of Humour (9/4), Good Earth (3/1), Level Up (9/2), Control Room (5/1), Zoustar Dreams (6/1), Forever Glamorous (7/1), Cabeza De Llave (10/1), Ardnamurchan (10/1), Secret Handsheikh (16/1), Harry Brown (22/1), Just Dreaming (40/1), Bellini Spirit (40/1)

Competitive stuff with GOOD EARTH and Hint of Humour topping the shortlist back on their last winning marks, the former narrowly preferred. A stiff 5f could prove ideal for Forever Glamorous, while the well-bred Ardnamurchan is the least exposed in the field.