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Marilyn And Millie's Retirement Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)

Newton Abbot · Thu 27th Aug 2026 · 19:12
📏 2m4f216y 🏷️ Class Class 4 🌿 GOOD, Good to firm in places (GoingStick: 6.8) 🏟️ Turf 💰 £5,809 🐎 Chase
2nd
It's A Breeze
100/30
Paddy Hanlon(5)
1st
Thickthorn Tom
5/4F
Harry Skelton
3rd
Quick Sharpener
13/2
Gavin Sheehan
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Class
Class 4
📏
Distance
2m4f216y
🌿
Going
GOOD, Good to firm in places (GoingStick: 6.8)
🏟️
Surface
Turf
💰
Prize
£5,809
🐎
Runners
5
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Type
Chase
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
🥉 3rd
Quick Sharpener Form: 5PP-10
9y
169 lbs
Gavin Sheehan
Jamie Snowden
111 13/2
4
Lady Kara Form: -3111U
5y
168 lbs
Charlie Hammond
Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole
110 5/2
🥇 1st
Thickthorn Tom Form: -21211
6y
165 lbs
Harry Skelton
Dan Skelton
107 5/4F
🥈 2nd
It's A Breeze Form: F-P411
7y
164 lbs
Paddy Hanlon(5)
Paul Nicholls
106 100/30
5
Mcgregors Charge Form: P7-542
8y
142 lbs
Ben Godfrey
Polly Gundry
81
"
RACING POST VERDICT

Quick Sharpener heads this small field of five at Newton Abbot on the strength of a rating narrowly ahead of Lady Kara, with the pair pulling clear of the remaining trio over an extended twenty-one furlongs on good ground, though the margin to Lady Kara is modest enough that a slipping of form on the day could see the advantage reversed. Lady Kara represents the principal threat, with Thickthorn Tom and It's A Breeze capable of making life uncomfortable if either runs to a career-best. Confidence is limited given the proximity of the ratings, but on the balance of the evidence available, Quick Sharpener is selected.

Racing Post Pick
Quick Sharpener
Our Expert Tip

THICKTHORN TOM gets the vote for Dan and Harry Skelton. He has already won at Newton Abbot, he was staying on at the finish last time and the yard is running at 27%. Only five runners again so it is not a massive betting race, but he looks the one with the fewest questions to answer.

VERDICT: THICKTHORN TOM 13/8