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£9 Racedays At Nottingham Racecourse Handicap

Nottingham · Sat 18th Apr 2026 · 18:45
📏 1m2f50y 🏷️ Class Class 5 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 💰 £5,103 🐎 Flat
2nd
Bearwith
14/1
Aiden Brookes
1st
Caph Star
13/2
Hector Crouch
3rd
Kasgani
22/1
Zak Wheatley(3)
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Class
Class 5
📏
Distance
1m2f50y
🌿
Going
Good
🏟️
Surface
Turf
💰
Prize
£5,103
🐎
Runners
21
🔖
Type
Flat
📊 Betting Forecast
100/30 Law Supreme, 11/2 Wicklow Way, 13/2 Dream Pirate, 9/1 Joseph, 10/1 Wood Whisperer, 11/1 In The Post, 12/1 Boubyan, 14/1 Kasgani, Bearwith, Volto Di Medusa, 16/1 Caph Star, Onslow Gardens, 20/1 Show Biz Kid, 22/1 Star Start, 25/1 Bay Dream Believer
Pos Horse / Form Age/Wgt Jockey / Trainer OR Odds
4
Law Supreme Form: 741121
7y
135 lbs
Ryan Kavanagh(5)
Ian Williams
70 7/2F
11
Boubyan Form: -67159
4y
131 lbs
Mason Paetel(5)
Michael Appleby
66 10/1
8
In The Post Form: 3237-6
4y
130 lbs
Rowan Scott
Dylan Cunha
65 10/1
12
Onslow Gardens Form: 92793-
6y
127 lbs
Alec Voikhansky
Kevin Frost
62
5
Star Start Form: 2F26-9
6y
126 lbs
William Pyle
Ruth Carr
61 11/1
10 7y
126 lbs
Jonny Peate
Mark Walford
61 25/1
15
Nuptown Girl Form: -26253
4y
127 lbs

Ian Williams
62
14
Wicklow Way Form: 6860-1
4y
119 lbs
Duran Fentiman
Mark Walford
54 9/1
17
Star Cast Form: 137163
4y
127 lbs

Gemma Tutty
62
🥉 3rd
Kasgani Form: 65575-
4y
134 lbs
Zak Wheatley(3)
Declan Carroll
69 22/1
20
Eagles Whistle Form: 111624
6y
126 lbs
Alex Jary(3)
Joey Ramsden
61
9
Dream Pirate Form: 1854-1
6y
133 lbs
George Wood
T J Kent
68 14/1
🥇 1st
Caph Star Form: 1/0-85
7y
133 lbs
Hector Crouch
Mark Rimell
68 13/2
5 4y
133 lbs

Charles Hills
68
13
Joseph Form: 25-412
4y
132 lbs
Luke Morris
John Butler
67 18/1
6
Lenny's Spirit Form: 95-693
8y
133 lbs
Taryn Langley(5)
Adam Kirby
68
6
Show Biz Kid Form: 50847-
5y
132 lbs
Dylan Hogan
Julia & Shelley Birkett
67 17/2
7
Ghost Story Form: /6123-
5y
133 lbs

John Butler
68
12
Wood Whisperer Form: 657-65
4y
132 lbs
Thomas Greatrex
Charlie Pike
67 8/1
🥈 2nd
Bearwith Form: -53180
8y
132 lbs
Aiden Brookes
Harriet Bethell
67 14/1
7
Volto Di Medusa Form: 66-350
5y
131 lbs
Alice Bond(5)
Jack Jones
66 28/1
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RACING POST VERDICT

Mark Walford's WICKLOW WAY (nap) is unexposed at 1m2f and could be on a good mark having overcome trouble to win on AW last month.

Racing Post Pick
Wicklow Way

Today's NAP of The Day

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17:00 Newton AbbotPU
Racecard
Horse Silk
Westerton
J : Lewis Stones(3)
T : Jennie Candlish
17:00
Age: 6
Form: 559/82
Weight: 165 lbs
OR:
Bryan Rogers NAP of the Day

The biggest field of the day and one of the more competitive races on the card. Westerton could still be ahead of the handicapper and looks capable of defying his current mark. He is one of the stronger selections on the card and earns Free Nap status. Marhaba The Champ is respected and rates the main danger.
19:10 RiponFinished 3rd
Racecard
Horse Silk
Barley
J : David Allan
T : Tim Easterby
19:10
Age: 7
Form: 7-8062
Weight: 131 lbs
OR:
ChatGPT Nap of the Day.

Barley was once rated 89 and has now tumbled down the handicap to a mark of 66. I do think Tim Easterby\'s horse is running back into form. On his penultimate start, he was travelling well before fitness appeared to catch him out late on, but he backed that up with an excellent run at Hamilton at the end of May when beaten only a shoulder by a horse that finished like a steam train.

He runs off the same mark today and returns to Ripon, a track he clearly enjoys. At the time of writing, rain is falling at Ripon and could continue throughout the day. That may play right into Barley\'s hands, as he has proven form on good to soft ground. He ran here three times last season and finished second on all three occasions, including defeats by just a length on soft ground and short-head margins on similar going.

With conditions likely to suit, course form in the book, and signs that he\'s returning to his best, Barley looks to have a great chance in a race where several rivals may not appreciate testing ground.

Today\'s FREE Nap is Barley at 11/4.