Wetherby

17:30

Runners: 8 Distance: 7f HCap Handicap Going: GOOD TO FIRM

Race Predictor

Form
EW Places: 1/5 ODDS - 3 PLACES

Verdict: Queens Road Revue and NAVAL ACADEMY are both weighted to go well, with marginal preference for the latter.

Northbound

Jockey: D Nolan Trainer: Peter Niven Age/Wt: 7/9-11 F: -14861 OR: 62

4 tips

19/10

Comment: Both AW wins this year at 1m, going back up 8lb for a wide-margin success at Wolverhampton last week; with just one turf win from 20 attempts, he has something to prove returned to 7f back on grass.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
19/04/25	Wolverhampton / Handicap / F	6	1 / 12	16/1	54
02/04/25	Southwell / Handicap / F	6	6 / 10	10/3	55
12/03/25	Wolverhampton / Handicap / F	6	8 / 12	16/1	56
14/02/25	Southwell / Handicap / F	6	4 / 10	10/3	56
07/02/25	Southwell / Handicap / F	6	1 / 9	18/1	52
06/08/24	Chelmsford / Handicap / F	6	6 / 13	11/1	53

Harry Magnus

Jockey: Cam Hardie Trainer: Antony Brittain Age/Wt: 5/9-7 F: 770-76 OR: 58

9/2

Comment: Two 7f wins for Charles Hills in 2023 but has struggled since; fared better on Chelmsford AW (7f) last week, following a fourth wind surgery, without doing enough to look on him as a likely winner here.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
18/04/25	Chelmsford / Handicap / F	6	6 / 13	40/1	60
30/01/25	Southwell / Handicap / F	5	7 / 7	22/1	65
21/12/24	Newcastle / Handicap / F	5	11 / 11	16/1	69
13/12/24	Southwell / Handicap / F	5	7 / 8	22/1	72
01/10/24	Newcastle / Handicap / F	5	7 / 10	12/1	75
07/09/24	Thirsk / Handicap / F	4	8 / 11	100/1	78

Martin's Brig

Jockey: Rhys Elliott Trainer: David Thompson Age/Wt: 8/8-10 F: 354156 OR: 47

9/2

Comment: Front-runs; on much the same mark as his latest AW win, over 1m at Newcastle last month, but he nearly always sticks to that track now and this is a rare turf run for him.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
22/03/25	Newcastle / Unknown / F	6	6 / 12	4/1	48
07/03/25	Newcastle / Unknown / F	6	5 / 8	4/1	44
01/03/25	Newcastle / Handicap / F	6	1 / 8	11/1	46
20/02/25	Newcastle / Handicap / F	6	4 / 11	14/1	46
14/02/25	Newcastle / Unknown / F	6	5 / 10	7/1	46
23/01/25	Newcastle / Unknown / F	6	3 / 11	10/1	46

Queens Road Revue

Jockey: D Allan Trainer: Tim Easterby Age/Wt: 4/9-7 F: 6186-6 OR: 58

2 tips

11/2

Comment: Suited by about 7f on stiff tracks, getting off the mark at Leicester (good to soft) last July and another win soon followed, at Beverley (good to firm) in August; just 1lb higher for the latter win and should come on for her recent comeback; can run well.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
04/04/25	Leicester / Handicap / F	5	6 / 7	20/1	59
13/09/24	Chester / Handicap / F	5	6 / 8	11/2	60
27/08/24	Musselburgh / Handicap / F	6	8 / 9	6/1	61
14/08/24	Beverley / Handicap / F	6	1 / 8	5/2	57
03/08/24	Doncaster / Handicap / F	6	6 / 12	9/2	57
18/07/24	Leicester / Handicap / F	6	1 / 12	13/2	55

B Associates

Jockey: Aiden Brookes Trainer: Micky Hammond Age/Wt: 5/9-9 F: 90080- OR: 60

10/1

Comment: Four 7f wins earlier in career but latest three successes over 6f in 2024; little to show for a handful of starts for this yard but he's taken a healthy drop in the weights and is one to watch for signs of a revival.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
17/12/24	Newcastle / Handicap / F	6	12 / 12	125/1	63
12/11/24	Southwell / Handicap / F	5	8 / 10	125/1	65
24/10/24	Southwell / Handicap / F	5	12 / 12	125/1	69
14/10/24	Musselburgh / Handicap / F	5	10 / 11	100/1	69
01/10/24	Newcastle / Handicap / F	5	9 / 10	66/1	70
13/09/24	Chester / Handicap / F	5	4 / 11	15/2	71

Going Underground

Jockey: Connor Beasley Trainer: Wilf Storey Age/Wt: 8/8-12 F: 02-9 OR: 49

11/1

Comment: Landed a 7f classified event at Ayr (good to firm) last June; mixed since and he didn't run well enough on his reappearance at Newcastle, where he's won in the past, to think he's going to play a part today.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
10/04/25	Newcastle / Handicap / F	6	9 / 9	7/1	50
26/08/24	Ripon / Unknown / F	6	2 / 10	14/1	50
11/08/24	Ripon / Handicap / F	6	10 / 12	22/1	52
15/07/24	Ayr / Handicap / F	6	6 / 9	17/2	53
03/07/24	Musselburgh / Handicap / F	6	4 / 10	9/1	53
22/06/24	Ayr / Unknown / F	6	1 / 11	14/1	46

Curious Mrs Fox

Jockey: A Mullen Trainer: David Thompson Age/Wt: 4/8-9 F: 509-89 OR: 45

11/1

Comment: Close up over 1m on turf last year for previous yard; has been racing on the AW since last July, not very fruitfully, but might see better from her back on turf if 7f doesn't prove on the sharp side.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
27/02/25	Newcastle / Handicap / F	6	9 / 12	125/1	46
25/01/25	Newcastle / Unknown / F	6	8 / 9	66/1	42
15/10/24	Newcastle / Handicap / F	6	9 / 10	33/1	46
04/10/24	Newcastle / Handicap / F	6	10 / 10	16/1	47
17/09/24	Newcastle / Handicap / F	6	5 / 9	14/1	49
20/07/24	Doncaster / Handicap / F	6	6 / 9	13/2	50

Bibendum

Jockey: Lewis Edmunds Trainer: Jessica Macey Age/Wt: 4/9-1 F: 606540 OR: 52

14/1

Comment: Some respectable efforts over sprint trips on AW of late without looking as though he was about to break his duck; soundly beaten on turf at Thirsk recently (tongue-tie left off, now refitted); big query about the new trip.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
12/04/25	Thirsk / Handicap / F	6	11 / 17	14/1	55
12/03/25	Newcastle / Handicap / F	6	4 / 5	9/2	57
22/02/25	Chelmsford / Handicap / F	5	5 / 9	14/1	59
03/02/25	Wolverhampton / Handicap / F	6	6 / 9	12/1	62
27/01/25	Wolverhampton / Handicap / F	5	11 / 11	25/1	62
15/01/25	Southwell / Handicap / F	6	6 / 8	7/1	64

Havana Touch

Jockey: D Egan Trainer: John Butler Age/Wt: 4/9-9 F: 480-05 OR: 60

2 tips

Comment: Sole win at 7f on AW as 2yo; just two runs on turf, running respectably in a 6f Newmarket handicap on reappearance in 2024; had some serious down days around Christmas but back in better form at Wolverhampton in February; hooded last three starts but not today; unconvincing overall.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
01/02/25	Wolverhampton / Handicap / F	6	5 / 8	20/1	61
18/01/25	Lingfield / Handicap / F	5	10 / 11	28/1	63
14/12/24	Wolverhampton / Handicap / F	6	11 / 11	16/1	65
23/11/24	Wolverhampton / Handicap / F	6	8 / 9	16/5	65
11/10/24	Kempton / Handicap / F	5	4 / 14	10/3	65
20/09/24	Kempton / Handicap / F	5	2 / 10	7/2	65

Naval Academy

Jockey: William Pyle Trainer: Mark Walford Age/Wt: 5/9-9 F: 0798-6 OR: 60

4 tips

Comment: Not much in it as to whether he's better at 7f or 1m but he won quite readily over this trip at Haydock (good) last July; went off the boil later but he's 8lb below that winning mark and his 6f return was mildly encouraging; more interesting than most.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
12/04/25	Thirsk / Handicap / F	5	6 / 10	25/1	62
19/10/24	Catterick / Handicap / F	4	8 / 9	25/1	65
07/10/24	Pontefract / Handicap / F	5	9 / 9	40/1	68
16/09/24	Thirsk / Handicap / F	5	7 / 12	40/1	70
18/08/24	Pontefract / Handicap / F	5	13 / 13	18/1	71
13/07/24	Hamilton / Handicap / F	4	7 / 9	10/1	71

Miss Willows

Jockey: Jason Hart Trainer: Simon Whitaker Age/Wt: 6/9-8 F: 406-1 OR: 59

1 tip

Comment: Turf runs mainly at Catterick and all her best handicap form is on that track, gaining her second 7f win there when making all (good) this month; needs to show she can repeat it elsewhere off 10lb higher.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
09/04/25	Catterick / Handicap / F	6	1 / 14	12/1	49
02/10/24	Catterick / Handicap / F	6	6 / 10	11/2	51
24/09/24	Newcastle / Handicap / F	6	13 / 13	11/1	51
10/09/24	Catterick / Handicap / F	6	4 / 8	9/2	52
24/07/24	Catterick / Handicap / F	6	10 / 11	6/1	52
10/07/24	Catterick / Handicap / F	6	1 / 12	9/1	46

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