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Close Brothers Handicap

Newmarket-July · Sat 9th Aug 2025 · 15:17

📏 1m 🏷️ Class Class 3 🌿 Good To Firm 🏟️ Turf 🐎 Flat

2nd

Transparent (IRE)

11/4

Sean Levey

1st

Mister Winston

11/8F

Jason Watson

3rd

The Fingal Raven (IRE)

100/30

Saffie Osborne

🏷️

Class

Class 3

📏

Distance

🌿

Going

Good To Firm

🏟️

Surface

Turf

🐎

Runners

🔖

Type

Flat

Pos	Horse / Form	Age/Wgt	Jockey / Trainer	OR	Odds
🥉 3rd	The Fingal Raven (IRE) Form: –	3y lbs	Saffie Osborne Jamie Osborne	–	100/30
4	Royalty Bay Form: –	3y lbs	Dale Swift Seb Spencer	–	16/1
5	Abundance (GB) Form: –	3y lbs	Rob Hornby Jonathan Portman	–	13/2
🥈 2nd	Transparent (IRE) Form: –	3y lbs	Sean Levey Tom Ward	–	11/4
🥇 1st	Mister Winston Form: –	3y lbs	Jason Watson Andrew Balding	–	11/8F
6	Victory Sound Form: –	3y lbs	Pierre-Louis Jamin Mark Usher	–	80/1

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.