Rare Middleton, Afadil
Rare Middleton bg Paul Nicholls f2-1-1 (-) 99 (Andrew Oliver) 215,000gns Tatts AutumnAclaim (Singspiel){52}(0.82) 3/1 Via Delle Volte 108 2nd Fillies’ Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (G3,120), Cheltenham 2019*In the summer of 2011, Dodging Bullets left Andrew Oliver to join the Paul Nicholls roster. Though he failed to win as a juvenile, he still took a high…
Hereford 4th January – Preview
Unless stated, all figures relate to British and Irish juvenile hurdlers since 2004/05For context, the average strike rate (SR) across all juveniles is 9.53%, winner-runner (WR) 19.40%, improvement rate (IMP) 36.96%, clear round (CR) 96.07%, prize money per race (PMPR) £1085.22 Race History/Stats* Maiden Juvenile first held on card in 2017, 5 editions (abandoned 2021)*…
Musselburgh – 1st January – Preview Notes
Unless stated, all figures relate to British and Irish juvenile hurdlers since 2004/05For context, the average strike rate (SR) across all juveniles is 9.53%, winner-runner (WR) 19.40%, improvement rate (IMP) 36.96%, clear round (CR) 96.07%, prize money per race (PMPR) £1085.22Race History/Stats* Introduced to card in 2014; held nine times* Average winners’ seasonal RPR of…
Painters Palette & Pretending
Painters Palette chg Rebecca Menzies f6-0-2 (75) 84Lope de Vega (Makfi){14-c}(1.40) 4/1 Achery 68.0 1st 3500m 3yo Conditions Chase, Enghien 1991Though bereft of the financial firepower enjoyed by larger yards, Rebecca Menzies earned her first black type successes over jumps during the Spring. While this might appear to be something of an overachievement, this success…
Chaos Control & Irandando Has
Chaos Control bg Stuart Edmunds f18-3-5 (76) 86Mastercraftsman (High Chaparral){1-n}(1.12) 3/1 Amid The Chaos 109 3rd Juvenile Hurdle (G3), Punchestown 2004Fetching just 16,000 guineas at the Tattersalls Autumn Sale, Chaos Control will have flown under most radars. Nevertheless, there are several factors that point to his potentially being useful addition to the juvenile ranks. Stuart…
Cheltenham (Prestbury Hurdle) – 12th November – Preview
Cheltenham’s Prestbury Hurdle will be the first graded contest of the season in the division. For as long as there has been a Mackesons Gold Cup, a juvenile hurdle has also been held at the meeting. Prior to its elevation to Grade 2 status in 2004, the last two horses to place in both the…
Hereford – 8th November – Preview
Unless stated, all figures relate to British and Irish juvenile hurdlers since 2004/05For context, the average strike rate across all juveniles is 9.52%, winner-runner 19.37%, improvement rate 37.06%, clear round 96.07%Race History/Stats* Though there have been fillies maidens at Hereford during the months of August, September and February, only two took place in November (2007…
Musselburgh – 2nd November – Preview Notes
Unless stated, all figures relate to British and Irish juvenile hurdlers since 2004/05For context, the average strike rate across all juveniles is 9.51%, winner-runner 19.37%, improvement rate 37.08%, clear round 96.12%Race History/Stats* Ran as maiden since 2019, juvenile held on card since 2012, no race 2017* Average seasonal winning RPR 115.39 (-2.93 cf. standard)* Most…
Warwick – 1st November – Preview Notes
Unless stated, all figures relate to British and Irish juvenile hurdlers since 2004/05For context, the average strike rate across all juveniles is 9.51%, winner-runner 19.37%, improvement rate 37.08%Race History/Stats* Ran each year since at least 2004 (18 runnings)* Average winning RPR 123.14 (4.82 cf. standard)* Notable winners –Chic Name (2015: 2.Finale), We Have A Dream…
Huntingdon – 30th October – Preview
To any new readers. A brief welcome and thank you very much for your curiosity. I research and write about juvenile hurdlers because it is a most underappreciated area of the sport. Underappreciated largely because of the dearth of information readily available to the racing public. To this end, while subscribing to the Historian’s process…
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