The Hotlist

Alan Morris looks back on what was one of the busiest and most prestigious weeks in racing and finds two runners punters need to put in their trackers. EVELYN’S GARDEN (K SCOTT) Evelyn’s Garden was sent off at 200-1 in three quick maiden runs at Newcastle earlier this year and was not that competitive but obtained a handicap rating of 47. The 3yo filly showed her first semblance of form this week at 50-1 in a class 6 handicap at the same track travelling well enough for a lo

Alan Morris looks back at the most recent runners and picks out a pair you cannot ignore. MAGDALAYNA (O SANGSTER) Magdalayna slowly found her feet for Hughie Morrison and the 3yo filly won in November over a mile at Kempton before being transferred to Ollie Sangster. She is bred to get further but faded late on at Southwell over a mile this week and runs as if even 7f might be worth a try. Off a rating of only 61 she looks to have plenty of room for improvement and we can be

Alan Morris looks back at last week's action and finds two recent runners to pay close attention to in the not too distant future. WEE MARY (J GOLDIE) Wee Mary recently gained her first win and the 4yo filly should gain a lot of confidence from that after a series of seconds for previous trainer Rebecca Menzies. With a mark of 51 there is plenty scope for Jim Goldie to play with and she could end up back in classified company after another loss. By Sands Of Mali, out of a 5f

Alan Morris looks back at last week's action and pinpoints two recent runners you should keep a close eye on. NAMMOS (J OWEN) Nammos looks the type James Owen will find the key to and could give us a swift return at Wolverhampton on Monday with Luke Morris aboard. Faster Bee was well-ridden from a wide draw seven days ago to steal a march on her rivals whilst Nammos was shuffled back under a 7lb claimer and ran on late in to second. Faster Bee should be respected under a 4lb

Alan Morris picks out a duo of horses who've recently taken to the track and both produced eye-catching performances worthy of making The Hotlist. MISTER R (N RICHARDS) Mister R ran a promising race on debut behind three previous winners at Kelso over 2m on heavy. The 5yo horse was surprisingly strong in the market, halving in price to 5-1 but was competitive for a long way and weakened only late on. He is a half-brother to three winners that the yard have trained, including

Alan Morris looks back on last week's action and pinpoints two recent runners you need to be adding to your trackers. ELECTROCUTION (C BANHAM) It’s the season for finding well-handicapped 3yos improving considerably from non-competitive runs in 2yo maidens but it can be difficult in working out the solid form from weak events. Electrocution sparked into life at Wolverhampton in finishing 2nd at 33-1 in January and returned to the circuit this week to win over 7f off a mark o

Alan Morris picks two recent runners he's claiming to be "out there" but could come up good in the not too distant future. O’GRADY’S HILL (S-J DAVIES) He is not a hill I’m about to die on but he seemed to be enjoying himself at Ffos Las, jumping well at 66-1 in front until a juddering mistake at the 8th. He kept on in atrocious conditions before weakening two out. The former point-to-point winner may yet still strike over fences off a very low mark of 87 presently. He previo

Alan Morris takes his weekly look at the past seven days of action and picks out two recent runners you have to add to your trackers. SATTAM (D SAYER) Sattam travelled well on soft ground at Catterick and had most of his rivals in trouble up the home straight before understandably tiring after a 621 day absence, though he stuck on steadfastly enough for fourth. He may need a little time to get over this but can hopefully progress at 2 miles from his lowly mark of 84, which w

Alan Morris takes a look back at last week's action and picks out two recent runners you need to be tracking. RAGING AL (T VAUGHAN) Raging Al started as a 100k yearling with Ralph Beckett but after some promise on debut ended up going to Tim Vaughan’s yard for 15k, where he finished a fair 3rd off 72 on the flat. After an unfortunate hurdle debut he has slowly got the hang of hurdling and should have a workable mark after a never-nearer 5th at Hereford with two good horses w

Alan Morris gives his weekly round-up of recent runners as he nominates two to follow going forward. MR FINCH (B PAULING) Mr Finch was well-backed on UK and hurdle debut at Fontwell on the strength of one second in an Irish point-to-point maiden and he ran well against previous winners with hurdle experience. The 5yo gelding was a tad keen and overjumped a little but only weakened late on and ran a race full of promise in finishing fourth in a good novice for the course. He s

Alan Morris hopes to kick off the new year with more runners to keep a close eye on. See who he’s added to the hotlist over the past seven days. BLUES SINGER (A KING) The well-named Blues Singer was a 2m NH flat winner and has shown potential in some good novice hurdles, fading after taking a keen hold behind two very promising novices at Newbury. His dam was a Listed 3m winner and the 5yo gelding is a half-sister to a winner with 2m 4f+ form but the trainer reported he wasn’

Alan Morris takes a look back at the Christmas week and pinpoints two recent runners who could provide even more festive cheer in the weeks and months to come. GNOMON (T LAWES) Following a NH flat winning debut for Ralph Beckett Gnomon had a promising flat season as he stepped up in trip, ending with a 1m 6f Haydock handicap victory. After a transfer to the Wates / Lawes combo he has had two quick promising seconds in novice hurdles over two sharp 2m tracks but never seriousl

Alan Morris takes a look back at the weeks action and pinpoints two recent runners you simply cannot ignore. ALL IN YOU (W GREATREX) All In You caught many eyes I’m sure, running on from exaggerated hold-up tactics on seasonal debut at Ascot on Friday to finish second. It was a yard debut too after the Maxwell dispersal sale and there looks to be scope to improve over further and / or softer ground despite the flat speed in his pedigree. There is still potential over the fla

Alan Morris gives his weekly lowdown on last week's action as he pinpoints a pair of runners you have to put into your trackers. PASSING PLEASURE (O GREENALL & J GUERRIERO) Passing Pleasure was well-backed on seasonal and stable debut to win comfortably over hurdles at Musselburgh from a mark of 100. The 5yo is entered in a novice chase on Tuesday and has a point background to give confidence if turned out quickly. There are hurdles entries later in the week as they try to w

Alan Morris takes a look back at last week’s action and pinpoints two recent runners you should be following. COCONUT SPLASH (N ALEXANDER) I was never truly sure what Coconut Splash achieved in a long succession of placed efforts in small-field chases and he seemed badly-handicapped as a result. After a long lay-off and a switch of yards the 10y.o has run two respectable races over hurdles and has shown just enough to suggest Nick Alexander can find an opportunity from a much

Alan Morris looks back on the last seven days of racing and pinpoints two recent runners you cannot ignore moving forward. See who else is on our Hotlist! ROAD TO HOME (W MULLINS) Road To Home’s journey has not been entirely smooth and still looked a difficult ride on his chase handicap debut in another foray to the UK at Doncaster this week. However there still looks to be scope from his Irish and British handicap marks to improve and he is in good hands after only eight s

Alan Morris' weekly roundup of runners you need to pay close attention to. See who he's added to the hotlist this week! DOUBLE MEASURE (D SKELTON) Double Measure ran on well on his bumper debut to win over 2m at Uttoxeter last season and is probably in a few notebooks after staying on twice now in 2m novice hurdles under what looked like some considerate optics. He may well be able to tot up a 2m novice before stepping up in trip on handicap debut. SIZABLE SAM (J SCOTT) Siza

Alan Morris gives his weekly hotlist roundup as he picks out two recent runners who you should keep a close eye on in the coming weeks and months. NEO KING (E WILLIAMS) Neo King looks to be another dour stayer for Evan Williams to target regional Nationals with at least as a lightly-raced 7yo with point-to-point wins behind him. He hit a flat spot in Fontwell’s Southern National before finishing strongly in to second on Sunday. Adam Wedge excels in staying handicaps and shou

Alan Morris looks back at last weeks racing and finds two recent runners you simply cannot ignore going forward. Here's who's made our hotlist. IMPERIAL RULE (L QUINLAN) Imperial Rule made a pleasing comeback for new connections at Sedgefield after nearly a year off this week and the lightly-raced 8yo gelding has scope for improving further from a mark of 98 despite being a triple winner. Imperial Rule had every chance coming to the last despite a huge drift in the market an

Alan Morris gives his weekly pointers as he steers us in the right direction of two recent runners we have to follow. FAR TOO FIZZY (D LOUGHNANE) Far Too Fizzy did Racing-Daily.com followers a favour on Thursday being backed in from 13-2 to 10-3 for a comfortable victory off a lowly mark of 51 on handicap debut. A pleasing debut had been followed by 2 7f defeats but the son of the admirable multiple all-weather winner Fizzy Feet looked more at home here over 6f and could run