16:00

Newbury

Great Britain

Pump Technology Jonathan And Natalie Handicap

Monday, 1 June 2026

5f·Flat·Class 5·Good To Firm·7 runners·£5,757

Result

Race report

AI top pick placed 3rd

1st
Aces Wild (IRE)
Finley Marsh·Adrian Wintle
11/4·3.75
SP
2nd
Merrimack (GB)
Chloe Lyons·Stuart Williams·beaten 0.3 lengths
8/1·9.00
SP
3rd
Spring Bloom (GB)AI top pick · 57.7
Jack Callan·John Butler·beaten 1 length
6/4F·2.50
SP

Race time

1m 0.57s+0.97s vs std

Slightly slow — minor pace variance, nothing to read into.

In-running (Aces Wild (IRE))

“Held up in rear - ridden and headway over 1f out - ran on inside final furlong - led final strides”

Settled · 1pt level stake = 1.50 pt return on the winnerTipping P&L →

Furlong's verdict

Reading the form…

AI-written, grounded in our data on this race. May be wrong. Verify before staking. Opinion, not advice.

Selections by model

Head-to-head dashboard →

v1.057.7/100 rating

Spring Bloom

2.70Betfair Exchange· informational only

Top-rated, but filter rejects this race

v1.1

No pick

Race outside the segment-edge filter

Each-way54.2/100 rating

Aces Wild

4.90Betfair Exchange

Top-half AI rating in the EW price sweet spot. Each-way splits stake: half on the win, half on the place portion.

Racing Alpha pick

Spring Bloom

Jack Callan(3) · John Butler · 9yo

57.7/100

+3.5 vs next best (54.2)

The Racing Alpha rating combines four signals. Below is the breakdown — components driving this pick first.

Freshness10% weight
85very strong
30d since last run (fresh)
Trainer20% weight
68strong
John Butler: 4/15 winners last 14d (27%)
Form20% weight
53average
Last 6: 3-7-2-6-2
Ratings50% weight
50average
OR 70 · RPR 82 · TS 74 — highest combined rating in the field

MarketBest price 2.70 (Betfair Exchange) — market favourite. AI agrees with the market.

v1.3 rating · weights and method explained on /about. Tips are opinions, not advice.

Runners

Pos	#	Dr	Horse	Jockey / Trainer	Form	Wt	OR	RPR	TS	AI	SP
1	1	2	Aces Wild 7yo · G · b	Finley Marsh Adrian Wintle	27361	9-13	74	80	63	54.2	11/4·3.75 SP
3	2	5	Spring Bloom 9yo · G · ch	Jack Callan(3) John Butler	37262	9-09	70	82	74	57.7	6/4F·2.50 SP
5	3	8	Hint Of Humour 4yo · F · b	Clifford Lee Tony Carroll	32722	9-09	70	80	52	53.8	13/2·7.50 SP
2	4	1	Merrimack 5yo · G · btv	Chloe Lyons(7) Stuart Williams	31373	9-08	69	81	69	50.5	8/1·9.00 SP
6	5	6	The Feminine Urge 4yo · F · grp	Ashley Lewis(5) Grace Harris	48357	9-01	62	81	69	43.9	28/1·29.00 SP
7	6	7	Faustus 8yo · G · b	Ryan Kavanagh(5) Rachel Cook & John Bridger	56737	8-13	60	77	61	34.7	15/2·8.50 SP
4	8	4	Harry Brown 6yo · G · b	Rob Hornby Peter Crate	439691	8-09	56	80	31	37.1	12/1·13.00 SP
—	—	3	Unico 5yo · M · gr	NON-RUNNER Chris Gordon	14388	8-10	57	81	78	52.6	—

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 16:00 Newbury on 1 June 2026?

Aces Wild (IRE) won the 16:00 Newbury at SP 3.75. Ridden by Finley Marsh. Trained by Adrian Wintle.

Did the Racing Alpha AI tip win the 16:00 Newbury?

No — the AI top pick (Spring Bloom) finished 3.

What were the placings in the 16:00 Newbury?

Top finishers: 1. Aces Wild (IRE) (3.75), 2. Merrimack (GB) (9.00), 3. Spring Bloom (GB) (2.50).

What was the winning time for the 16:00 Newbury?

The winning time was 1m 0.57s, 0.97s slower than standard.

Racing Post verdict

Third-party

Aces Wild and FAUSTUS fought out the finish to a similar race here last summer and may do so again.

Racing Post pick: Faustus

Editorial verdict from Racing Post via the Racing API — not generated by Racing Alpha.

Betting forecast

Formbook

3/1 Spring Bloom, 7/2 Aces Wild, 9/2 Hint Of Humour, 6/1 Harry Brown, 7/1 Merrimack, 8/1 Faustus, 12/1 The Feminine Urge, 16/1 Unico

Formbook's pre-race odds estimate — not market prices.

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