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Betfred "The Classic Bookmaker" Handicap

Newmarket · Fri 1st May 2026 · 14:55

📏 1m 🏷️ Class Class 3 🌿 Good 🏟️ Turf 💰 £18,039 🐎 Flat

2nd

Comic Hero

7/1

Oisin Murphy

1st

St Anton

4/1

Joe Leavy

3rd

Fort Rock

9/2

Connor Planas

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Class

Class 3

📏

Distance

🌿

Going

Good

🏟️

Surface

Turf

💰

Prize

£18,039

🐎

Runners

🔖

Type

Flat

📊 Betting Forecast

7/2 Fort Rock, 4/1 Lake Como, 9/2 St Anton, Comic Hero, 6/1 Zennor Storm, 8/1 Vincenzo Peruggia, 14/1 Objector, Elan d'Or, 33/1 Royal Bodyguard

Pos	Horse / Form	Age/Wgt	Jockey / Trainer	OR	Odds
1	Evanesco Form: 2617-4	3y 137 lbs	David Egan Charlie Johnston	92	–
7	Vincenzo Peruggia Form: 310-2	3y 137 lbs	David Egan Charlie Johnston	92	9/1
10	Barefoot Beach Form: 1-22	3y 129 lbs	Richard Hannon	84	–
11	We're Goosers Form: 221-6	3y 129 lbs	Hugo Palmer	84	–
13	Peel Park Form: 3106-6	3y 125 lbs	Roger Varian	80	–
14	Law Court Form: 43-2	3y 124 lbs	Richard Hannon	79	–
9	Zennor Storm Form: 11-	3y 136 lbs	Tom Marquand William Haggas	91	10/1
6	Objector Form: 1-1	3y 135 lbs	Hector Crouch George Scott	90	15/2
🥉 3rd	Fort Rock Form: 11-	3y 135 lbs	Connor Planas Charlie Appleby	90	9/2
4	Moonfall Form: 2317-	3y 135 lbs	George Boughey	90	–
5	Elan d'Or Form: 02211-	3y 134 lbs	Clifford Lee Stuart Williams	89	22/1
4	Lake Como Form: 8211-3	3y 134 lbs	Billy Loughnane George Boughey	89	7/2F
🥇 1st	St Anton Form: 322-3	3y 127 lbs	Joe Leavy Richard Hannon	82	4/1
🥈 2nd	Comic Hero Form: 732-15	3y 123 lbs	Oisin Murphy Andrew Balding	78	7/1
9	McMurray Form: 62111-	3y 134 lbs	George Boughey	89	–
8	Royal Bodyguard Form: 33132-	3y 116 lbs	Silvestre De Sousa Michael Bell	71	10/1

Having run very creditably in third in a conditions race at Kempton in March, LAKE COMO appeals as being well treated back in a handicap

Racing Post Pick

Lake Como

Today's NAP of The Day

17:00 Newton AbbotPU

Racecard ›

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 ›

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.