Plumpton

16:50 - RESULT

Runners: 5 Distance: 2m 4f 114y Handicap Going: Good

Form
EW Places: 1/4 ODDS - 2 PLACES

Verdict: Rip Wheeler is open to improvement over the new trip but battle-hardened MACARI gets the vote.

1st	1. Macari Fav	1/1
2nd	5. Vorderman	9/2
3rd	8. Gorcombe Moonshine 2nd Fav	5/2

Favourite

1/1

Macari

Jockey: M Goldstein Trainer: Miss S West Age/Wt: 5/12-0 F: 7-P4254 OR: 96

1 tip

1/1

Comment: Broke his Flat duck over 1m4f in October; also a course winner over hurdles who might have won over C&D (good) in November had it not been for losing momentum at the last two flights; solid claims if primed after a break.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
16/12/24	Plumpton / Handicap / H	5	4 / 11	15/2	97
02/12/24	Plumpton / Handicap / H	4	5 / 11	9/2	98
04/11/24	Plumpton / Handicap / H	4	2 / 7	5/2	95
26/10/24	Newbury / Handicap / F	5	1 / 13	6/1	69
07/10/24	Yarmouth / Handicap / F	5	2 / 16	5/1	69
26/09/24	Newmarket / Handicap / F	4	2 / 8	18/1	69

2nd Favourite

5/2

Gorcombe Moonshine

Jockey: Harry Kimber Trainer: R Walford Age/Wt: 8/10-8 F: 38237 OR: 76

5/2

Comment: Sole win came over fences in late 2023; he's often thereabouts over hurdles but his best form is at up to 2m2f and this trip is a new and perhaps unwelcome venture.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
06/03/25	Wincanton / Handicap / H	5	7 / 11	6/1	77
27/01/25	Plumpton / Handicap / H	5	3 / 7	10/3	78
26/12/24	Fontwell / Handicap / C	5	2 / 6	5/2	79
25/06/24	Newton Abbot / Handicap / H	5	8 / 12	7/2	78
19/06/24	Worcester / Handicap / H	5	3 / 10	10/1	78
05/06/24	Newton Abbot / Handicap / H	5	4 / 11	9/1	78

Vorderman

Jockey: Ben Ffrench-Davis Trainer: R A Teal Age/Wt: 4/11-5 F: 87166 OR: 97

9/2

Comment: Minor form in bumpers and he was found a weak race when winning on hurdle debut at Fontwell (2m1f, soft) in December; had much stiffer tasks under a penalty since but this handicap debut is more to the point.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
10/03/25	Stratford / Unknown / H	3	6 / 8	50/1	-
15/01/25	Newbury / Unknown / H	3	6 / 7	20/1	-
10/12/24	Fontwell / Unknown / H	4	1 / 5	25/1	-
07/11/24	Ludlow / Unknown / HF	5	7 / 7	25/1	-
22/10/24	Exeter / Unknown / HF	5	8 / 12	50/1	-

Steel Dancer

Jockey: Ben Godfrey Trainer: A J Honeyball Age/Wt: 6/11-3 F: 6-09P OR: 85

11/1

Comment: Very little to latch on to so far, in a bumper and three qualifying events; handicaps should offer more scope, especially if fitting a tongue-tie helps.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
08/01/25	Taunton / Unknown / H	4	P / 13	250/1	-
30/12/24	Taunton / Unknown / H	4	9 / 10	200/1	-
12/12/24	Taunton / Unknown / H	4	10 / 13	150/1	-
21/04/24	Wincanton / Unknown / HF	5	6 / 10	12/1	-

Smith

Jockey: Rex Dingle Trainer: Mrs L Richards Age/Wt: 9/10-13 F: PP/48 OR: 81

12/1

Comment: Eight Flat wins, seven on AW and the latest over 2m in December but he hasn't had much truck with hurdling so far, including on handicap debut at Fontwell (2m1f, good) in the autumn; best watched for now.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
22/12/24	Lingfield / Handicap / F	6	1 / 7	8/1	49
08/11/24	Fontwell / Handicap / H	5	8 / 14	33/1	83
21/10/24	Plumpton / Unknown / H	4	4 / 7	22/1	-
14/09/24	Lingfield / Handicap / F	6	6 / 10	40/1	51
27/07/24	Lingfield / Handicap / F	6	5 / 8	25/1	49
16/07/24	Kempton / Handicap / F	5	9 / 11	50/1	56

Rip Wheeler

Jockey: N F Houlihan Trainer: G & J Moore Age/Wt: 5/11-13 F: 6644 OR: 95

2 tips

Comment: Dead-heated for a maiden point (soft) last March; all hurdle runs on soft; no serious impact on handicap debut behind an impressive stablemate at Sandown (2m) in February, but he did plug on into fourth and should appreciate the step up in trip; improvement likely.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
13/02/25	Sandown / Handicap / H	4	4 / 7	11/2	98
24/01/25	Sandown / Unknown / H	3	4 / 10	50/1	-
18/12/24	Lingfield / Unknown / H	4	6 / 12	22/1	-
29/11/24	Newbury / Unknown / H	3	6 / 10	50/1	-
28/04/24	Stafford Cross / / P	-	4 / 13	5/2	-
03/03/24	Charlton Horethorne / / P	-	1 / 5	4/7	-

Leave Her To Me

Jockey: Non Runner Trainer: D Killahena & G McPherson Age/Wt: 7/11-12 F: 694F1 OR: 94

1 tip

Comment: Bumper and maiden hurdle winner; finding her feet in handicaps now, bang there when coming down two out at Huntingdon in February and then winning narrowly but a shade cosily at Hereford (2m3f, good) last week; sound chance going unpenalised (due 4lb rise in future).

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
26/03/25	Hereford / Handicap / H	5	1 / 8	6/1	94
20/02/25	Huntingdon / Handicap / H	5	F / 12	11/1	94
27/11/24	Hereford / Handicap / H	5	4 / 9	14/1	96
05/11/24	Sedgefield / Handicap / H	5	9 / 12	20/1	98
14/10/24	Hereford / Handicap / H	5	6 / 9	14/1	100
07/09/24	Stratford / Unknown / H	4	3 / 5	8/1	-

Jorebel

Jockey: Freddie Gordon Trainer: C Gordon Age/Wt: 6/11-7 F: 74043 OR: 89

8 tips

Comment: Close up in latest two Irish points; has some potential in handicaps and he ran well for a long way at Uttoxeter (2m, good) on Saturday in his second attempt at this level; has possibilities now upped in trip.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
29/03/25	Uttoxeter / Handicap / H	5	3 / 8	17/2	89
10/03/25	Plumpton / Handicap / H	5	4 / 5	9/4	92
15/01/25	Newbury / Unknown / H	3	11 / 13	80/1	-
18/12/24	Newbury / Unknown / H	3	4 / 11	50/1	-
29/11/24	Newbury / Unknown / H	3	7 / 10	100/1	-
27/04/24	Loughanmore / / P	-	3 / 10	5/2	-