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