It’s the Cambridgeshire meeting at Newmarket this week (Thursday to Saturday) and I wanted to use this article to provide GG readers with a few pointers for some of the supporting handicaps over the three days…
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THURSDAY
2.25 – Federation Of Bloodstock Agents Nursery Handicap (1m)
Charlie Appleby has saddled the two previous winners of this Class 4 nursery and Dubawi colt MONOCEROS is likely to take the beating. His trainer’s full record with colts in Newmarket nurseries looks like this…
…11 winners from 19 bets for a profit of £18.08 to a £1 level stake at SP (expected winners = 5.68, A/E = 1.95). In September only the score was five from five for a profit of £13.44.
FRIDAY
4.45 – Boylesports Handicap (Newmarket – Friday, September 26th)
Overview
This 1m1f Class 3 used to be for amateur riders (it was known as the amateurs’ Cambridgeshire) but has been a professional jockeys’ race since 2020.
Stats and trends
Age
Three-year-olds have a poor record in the past five years, winning just once from 17 runners.
Finishing position last time out
Last time out winners are 0-4. All five winners placed between second and sixth on their latest start.
Previous autumn form
Four of the five winners had won between September and November previously. This year’s qualifiers are…
BOYFRIEND
BRASIL POWER
BUBBLES WONKY
CARNIVAL DAY
DESPERATE DAN
ETERNAL FORCE (3yo)
IMMEDIATE EFFECT (3yo)
MR BALOO
URBAN SPRAWL
…of these the most interesting is the Richard Hanon-trained BOYFRIEND, whose latest Glorious Goodwood fifth of 16 to Gladius has received a few boosts.
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SATURDAY
4.10 – British Stallion Studs EBF “Jersey Lily” Fillies’ Nursery Handicap (7f)
Stats and trends
The foaling date of the runners has been a good guide to this race – the last ten winners were foaled in January, February or March, while the April/May foals had a combined record of 0-40…
Previous handicap form
Seven of the last ten winners were making their nursery debut and backing all 53 qualifiers returned a profit of £9.25 to a £1 level stake at SP (+£25.57 at Betfair SP after 2% commission)…
Local runners
Seven of the last ten winners were trained in Newmarket…
…and backing all 45 qualifiers returned a profit.
System
Nursery debutantes, trained in Newmarket, that were foaled between January and March won five of their 19 starts for a profit of £25.00…
…NEW VEGA, SECRET ECHO and LIKENESS are the three qualifiers in the 14-runner line-up.
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