🏇 13:20 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (G1)
Pace: Extreme
✅ Standout Horse: KOPEK DES BORDES (168P)
- Highest rating in the field with a big P (significant improvement potential).
- First-time hood; Paul Townend booked, for W.P. Mullins (Hot).
- Race could set up perfectly if he settles early in a strongly run race.
🔥 Also of interest:
- ROMEO COOLIO (163p) – strong form progression; Elliott/JW Kennedy combo.
- WILLIAM MUNNY (155p) – strong upward profile, good sectionals last time.
- WORKAHEAD (156p) – improving and tactically versatile.
🏇 14:00 Arkle Novices’ Chase (G1)
Pace: Even
✅ Standout Horse: MAJBOROUGH (175p)
- Clear top-rated, huge P flag, has demolished rivals at 17f+ already.
- W.P. Mullins (Hot) and M.P. Walsh – strong combination.
- Looks capable of winning a standard Arkle.
🔥 Next best:
- L’EAU DU SUD (170p) – improving with Skelton; good jumping style.
- ONLY BY NIGHT (165p) – strong upward curve, potential to place.
🏇 14:40 Ultima Handicap Chase
Pace: Strong
✅ Standout Horses (tight race, multiple with standout profiles):
- BROADWAY BOY (161) – consistent and progressive.
- VICTTORINO (161) – Venetia’s soft-ground chaser; strong staying form.
- RICHMOND LAKE (161) – versatile and consistent across distances.
- SEQUESTERED (162) – progressive, trainer under the radar.
- MALINA GIRL (161) – interesting dark horse for place money.
- MYRETOWN (162p) – improving profile, light weight, big outsider appeal.
🔥 Note: Ratings are very compressed here – value will depend on market drift or bias angle.
🏇 15:20 Mares’ Hurdle (G1)
Pace: Even
✅ Standout Horse: LOSSIEMOUTH (174) – miles clear on ratings, Timeform darling, classy filly.
- Won with authority on soft and good-to-soft; P. Townend + Mullins (Hot).
- Superstar potential.
🔥 Place value options:
- JADE DE GRUGY (165p) – big improver, best of the rest.
- JULY FLOWER (160) – strong form, solid each-way angle.
- JOYEUSE (152p) – under the radar, likely to run into a place.
🏇 16:00 Champion Hurdle (G1)
Pace: Even
✅ Standout Horse: CONSTITUTION HILL (188)
- Massive ratings edge, unbeaten, rock-solid profile.
- Trainer form slight concern (recently quiet), but form is bombproof.
- State Man is very good, but Constitution Hill is exceptional.
🔥 Second best:
- STATE MAN (178) – consistent, high-class hurdler.
- BRIGHTERDAYSAHEAD (185) – massive juvenile potential but may come too soon.
🏇 16:40 Fred Winter (Juvenile Handicap Hurdle)
Pace: Extreme
✅ Standout Ratings:
- STATIC (140) – standout on rating versus mark; HFC flag, value angle.
- PUTURHANDSTOGETHER (144p) – JPO’Brien, likely improver.
- TOTAL LOOK (139p) – big value, good profile for this handicap.
- QUANTOCK HILLS (142) – good sectionals, strong finish latest.
- LIAM SWAGGER (143) – big run at 142+, underrated trainer.
🔥 Most of these are well-handicapped improvers – watch market moves carefully.
🏇 17:20 NH Challenge Cup (Novices’ Handicap Chase 3m5½f)
Pace: Weak
✅ Standout Horse: TRANSMISSION (158p)
- Huge improver, best staying form profile, Timeform HFC + p flag.
- Will stay, gallop, and keep going – perfect profile for a weakly-run staying race.
🔥 Next best:
- RESPLENDENT GREY (151p) – solid stayer, on a good mark.
- GERICAULT ROQUE (151+) – track experience, smart handicapper.
- HAITI COULEURS (157p) – stamina/ratings blend, good EW shout.
🔥 Key Takeaways:
- Top Ratings / P-Flag Combos:
- Kopek Des Bordes (Supreme – 168P)
- Majborough (Arkle – 175P)
- Lossiemouth (Mares – 174)
- Constitution Hill (Champion – 188)
- Transmission (NH Chase – 158P)
- Puturhandstogether, Total Look, Static (Fred Winter – well-in)
- Trainer/Jockey Trends:
- Mullins dominance clear again — especially in the Supreme, Arkle, Mares & Fred Winter.
- Watch Paul Townend – big rides across the card.
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