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Happy 50th Birthday Victoria Melling Handicap Stakes

Catterick · Wed 26th Aug 2026 · 15:15
📏 0m5f212y 🏷️ Class Class 6 🌿 GOOD, Good to firm in places (GoingStick: 7.2) 🏟️ Turf 💰 £3,664 🐎 Flat
2nd
Barmyblade
7/2
David Allan
1st
Battenburg Belle
5/2J
Jason Hart
3rd
Run This Way
5/2J
David Nolan
🏷️
Class
Class 6
📏
Distance
0m5f212y
🌿
Going
GOOD, Good to firm in places (GoingStick: 7.2)
🏟️
Surface
Turf
💰
Prize
£3,664
🐎
Runners
6
🔖
Type
Flat
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥉 3rd
Run This Way Form: -71143
8y
135 lbs
David Nolan
Paul Midgley
58 5/2J
4
Miss Willows Form: 1-0028
7y
134 lbs
Joanna Mason
Simon Whitaker
57 4/1
🥈 2nd
Barmyblade Form: 210147
4y
134 lbs
David Allan
Tim Easterby
57 7/2
4
Overbudget Form: 283769
3y
134 lbs
Andrew Mullen
Michael Appleby
60
5
Powernap Form: 052218
3y
130 lbs
Dougie Costello
Jessica Bedi
56 7/1
🥇 1st
Battenburg Belle Form: 221533
3y
124 lbs
Jason Hart
Rebecca Menzies
50 5/2J
"
RACING POST VERDICT

Run This Way holds a clear edge over the field on these ratings, sitting narrowly ahead of a trio of rivals — Overbudget, Powernap and Barmyblade — who are closely matched with one another and will likely take chunks out of each other's chances over the six furlongs at Catterick. The concern is that a nine-point gap to the chasing pack does not always translate on the day, particularly in a Class 6 contest where exposed form can be turned over, and any one of those three dangers is capable of running into the frame if Run This Way fails to fire. On balance, the ratings edge and the lack of a standout rival to focus the threat make a reasonable case for the selection, though confidence is tempered by the competitive nature of the cluster beneath. Run This Way is the selection.

Racing Post Pick
Run This Way