1:40 Huntingdon: 2m4½f Class 5 handicap hurdle
PricedUp Bet Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Race
A small conditional jockeys' handicap on good ground in which only Ocean Heights brings a recent winning line at around the trip, with Bread And Butter down to a mark well below its course form. The top weight Teorie has faded in its recent runs and the rest have questions on form or fitness, so the race looks open behind the first two.
The runners
In order of our rating, best first. The rating is in pounds, so the gap says how far behind the top each one is: a 2lb race is open, a 10lb race is not. Press Form on any horse for its runs, the case for and against, and what suits it. Prices as at 10:00.
12Ocean Heights tp332714 · Rian Corcoran(3) · David Pipe9292top9/2Beat Mother Ship 4L at Newton Abbot on 7 Sep and that rival has won twice since; the strongest recent line at this trip on good ground.
Won 7 Sep Newton Abbot Class 5 over 2m5½f on good off OR 85, beating Mother Ship 4L, and Mother Ship has since won at Navan off OR 84 and at Clonmel off OR 89. Next time it was 4th of 11 at Newton Abbot over 2m1f, in a race that has worked out well, finishing ahead of God Of Fire, since 3rd at Hereford. Its latest run was on the Flat at Bath, 4th of 11 after pulling fiercely early and staying on. It has won 1 and placed in all 3 of its hurdle runs at around this trip, and runs off OR 92 today against the OR 85 it won off.
Steps back up to 2m4½f on good ground, where it won at Newton Abbot, with Rian Corcoran claiming 3lb for David Pipe in a tongue-tie and cheekpieces.
Runs off OR 92 against the OR 85 it won off and has not won in its 1 visit to Huntingdon.
Our figure (in testing): 1st of 6. The read has him 1st.
5 earlier runs
23Bread And Butter t85-642 · Freddie Mitchell · Cynthia Woods8189-36/1Third in this race off OR 98 last year and 2nd at Plumpton off OR 80 last time; OR 81 gives it a real chance if it holds that form.winning markc & d
Last time it was 2nd, beaten 2½L, at Plumpton over today's 2m4½f on good off OR 80, though Gone Country, who beat it, was beaten 39½L at Sandown since. It was 3rd, beaten 3L, in this race on 11 Nov 2025 off OR 98, and won at Huntingdon off OR 108 on 8 Dec 2024, so OR 81 today is well below the marks it has run to here. It has won 3 of 21 at around this trip and 1 of 6 at the course. At Plumpton on 20 Sep it faded to 4th, beaten 17¾L, after fighting for its head early.
Same 2m4½f and good ground as its last-time 2nd, on 155lb with Freddie Mitchell for Cynthia Woods in a tongue-tie.
The race it was 2nd in at Plumpton has not worked out, with Gone Country beaten 39½L since, and it is 11 now.
Our figure (in testing): 2nd of 6. The read has him 2nd.
5 earlier runs
35Watchoutitscookie70337P · Isabelle Ryder · Nigel Hawke7384-88/1Placed off OR 72 and OR 78 over hurdles at around this trip and now off OR 73; level with since-winner Pescatorius over fences on 25 Aug.
Over fences it was 3rd at Stratford on 25 Aug, level with Pescatorius, who has won off OR 86 since, and 9½L behind Youdecide, since twice 2nd in Class 2 chases. It was pulled up over 3m2f at Fontwell last time and faded late at Stratford on 5 Sep. Over hurdles it was 2nd beaten ½L at Wincanton off OR 72 and 2nd beaten 2L there off OR 78, and it has placed in 3 of its 4 hurdle runs at around this trip. It beat Teorie 12L at Exeter on 17 Apr, and Teorie is 1lb better off today.
Drops 5½f in trip back to hurdles, off OR 73 with Isabelle Ryder for Nigel Hawke, and was 2nd at Huntingdon on 8 Feb 2024.
Pulled up at Fontwell last time and has not won from 4 hurdle runs at around this trip.
Our figure (in testing): 4th of 6. The read has him 3rd.
5 earlier runs
41Teorie p6567-6 · Toby McCain-Mitchell · James Owen9483-95/4Faded at Stratford off OR 96 and Exeter off OR 98; OR 94 still looks high for a horse without a win in 9 runs at this trip.
Beaten 17¾L into 6th of 7 at Stratford on 17 Oct off OR 96 after fading before the last, and the winner Seraphic is the only one from that race to win since. Before that it was 7th at Exeter on 17 Apr, beaten 15L off OR 98, and 6th at Chepstow off OR 100, both over further. It has come down to OR 94 from the OR 113 it was 2nd off at Newton Abbot on 28 May 2025, but has run 9 times at around this trip without winning, placing 2 times. Watchoutitscookie beat it 12L at Exeter on 17 Apr, and Teorie is 1lb better off today.
Top weight of 168lb in cheekpieces for James Owen, 2f longer than last time, on good ground it has raced on throughout.
Weakened in each of its last two runs and has not won at around this trip in 9 attempts.
Our figure (in testing): 3rd of 6. The read has him 4th.
5 earlier runs
54U Asking Me7P08F8 · Robbie David · Daisy Hitchins7974-183/1Won off OR 80 at Clonmel on 3 Oct 2024, but beaten 19¼L or more in its finished Irish runs this season; needs a big revival.winning mark
Last time it was 8th of 15 at Sligo on 30 Sep, beaten 19¼L in a chase whose 10 runners to run again have neither won nor placed. Before that it unseated at Tramore and was beaten 58¾L at Killarney. Its last hurdle run was 12th at Limerick on 2 Jul, beaten 38L after racing up with the pace. Its one win at around this trip came off OR 80 at Clonmel on 3 Oct 2024, close to today's OR 79, and it has never run at Huntingdon.
Back to hurdles from fences, ½f shorter than last time, off OR 79 with Robbie David for Daisy Hitchins on its first visit to Huntingdon.
Beaten 19¼L or further in every finished run this season, with no sign of the form that won off OR 80.
Our figure (in testing): 5th of 6. The read has him 5th.
5 earlier runs
66Bargain Hunter Non-runner7890-P · Nick Slatter · D. J. Jeffreys7266-26-Beaten 51½L or more in novice hurdles and pulled up on its handicap debut; 144 days off adds to the doubts.
Its only handicap run was at Market Rasen on 19 Jun over today's 2m4½f, where it was pulled up off OR 74 after making no impression. Before that it was beaten 65¼L, 51½L and 68¾L in novice hurdles over 2m, jumping without fluency at Huntingdon and Warwick. It runs off OR 72 today and returns after 144 days, and its one earlier run after a break ended in that pulled-up effort.
Returns from 144 days off at 2m4½f on good, off OR 72 with Nick Slatter for D. J. Jeffreys.
Has yet to finish within 51½L of the winner over hurdles.
Our figure (in testing): 6th of 6. The read has him 6th.
1 earlier run
How to read this table
Rating is the read's own figure for each horse today, in pounds on one scale for the race. Our figure, a separate mechanical rating, is in testing and shows inside each horse's form until it has a record worth showing.
Days is days since the horse last ran. OR is its official rating. A small letter after the name is headgear (b blinkers, v visor, p cheekpieces, t tongue tie, h hood).
Key form lines
The past races that say most about this one, and what they mean today.
Ocean Heights won it from Mother Ship, who has won twice since in Ireland, which makes it the best recent line at around today's trip.
Bread And Butter's 2nd over today's trip reads less well because the winner Gone Country was beaten 39½L next time.
Watchoutitscookie finished level with Pescatorius, a winner since, and behind Youdecide, twice placed in Class 2 since, so its fences form has substance.
Watchoutitscookie beat Teorie 12L there, and Teorie is only 1lb better off today.
Where today's runners have met
Races two or more of today's runners have run in, the last 18 months first. "Terms" shows how the weights have moved since, against the best-placed of them that day.
| Finished | Behind Watchoutitscookie | Terms v Watchoutitscookie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watchoutitscookie | 3rd | — | the yardstick |
| Teorie | 7th | 12L | 1lb better off |