St Simon and Horris Hill Stakes 2026: The Newbury Races Rerun at Newmarket

Newbury had taken more than 50mm of rain in about four days, clerk of the course George Hill said, and parts of the track were waterlogged. Friday 23 October's card was called off first. Another 13mm fell overnight, the forecast for Saturday got worse, and Saturday's eight-race card went as well.

Saturday held three of the meeting's best races: the St Simon Stakes over a mile and a half, the Horris Hill Stakes over seven furlongs, and the Listed Radley Stakes for two-year-old fillies over the same seven furlongs.

On Friday 23 October the BHA announced the rescue:

• St Simon Stakes: Newmarket, Friday 30 October, a £75,000 race.
• Horris Hill Stakes: Newmarket, Saturday 31 October, a £50,000 race, and no longer restricted to colts and geldings.

The Radley Stakes could not be found a new home, so the BHA opened the Horris Hill to fillies instead. The Jockey Club agreed to add both races to its Rowley Mile cards, and the Horserace Betting Levy Board put money into both.

It has happened before. In 2023 the St Simon was also moved from Newbury to Newmarket, and HamishAdd Hamish to the Horse Tracker, trained by William HaggasAdd William Haggas to the Horse Tracker, won it, with Al QareemAdd Al Qareem to the Horse Tracker second. Al Qareem is entered again this week. Our storm weekend review covers everything else the weather took that weekend.

The trips stay the same. The St Simon is still a mile and a half and the Horris Hill still seven furlongs, now on the Rowley Mile. The Rowley Mile's straight runs for ten furlongs, so the Horris Hill is a straight seven, with the Dip about a furlong out and a climb to the line. Both races finish up that same straight.

The times. The St Simon is the fifth race on Friday, at 2.20pm. The Horris Hill is the fourth on Saturday, at 1.40pm.

The ground should be better than Newbury's. Saturday's Newbury card had the going as Soft, Heavy in places, with a GoingStick reading of 3.9, before the meeting was lost. Newmarket last raced on Thursday 22 October, the day before the storm, and our racecard feed had it as Soft (GoingStick 6.4), after Good to Soft (6.5) the day before.

On Tuesday 27 October the Racing Post card gives the going for both days as Good to Soft, and the At The Races card as Good to Soft, Soft in places. That is the going at the entry stage. It can change before declarations and again before racing, so check the Newmarket racecard on the day.

Who has come back. All 18 horses declared for the two races at Newbury have been entered again. They are joined by 11 new names, one in the St Simon and ten in the Horris Hill, so the fields at the entry stage are 10 and 19.

The St Simon is a Group 3 for three-year-olds and up over a mile and a half, at 2.20pm on Friday. Ten horses were entered, for a maximum field of 25. Nine of them are the nine declared at Newbury. The new name is Old HarrovianAdd Old Harrovian to the Horse Tracker for Andrew BaldingAdd Andrew Balding to the Horse Tracker, whose only run in our results files since June was sixth of 11 in a handicap at Newbury in September.

The entries

Horse	Trainer	Age	Official rating	Declared at Newbury?
White Birch	Jamie Osborne	6	118	Yes
Al Qareem	Karl Burke	7	113	Yes
Al Aasy	William Haggas	9	112	Yes
Aegean Prince	Charlie Appleby	4	110	Yes
Grey Cuban	Hugo Palmer	5	110	Yes
By The Book	Charlie Appleby	5	106	Yes
Royal Playwright	Andrew Balding	4	106	Yes
Evanesco	Charlie Johnston	3	106	Yes
Rebel Rocker	Faye Bramley	3	103	Yes
Old Harrovian	Andrew Balding	7	97	No

Entries as at Tuesday 27 October, from the Racing Post card, checked against the At The Races card. Ratings are the official ratings on the card. Newbury's declared field is from our racecard feed.

The form

The Ascot form. Al AasyAdd Al Aasy to the Horse Tracker won the Group 3 Cumberland Lodge Stakes at Ascot on 3 October, at 7/1. Two of this week's rivals were behind him: Royal PlaywrightAdd Royal Playwright to the Horse Tracker was second and By The BookAdd By The Book to the Horse Tracker fourth. Al Aasy is nine now, but he has won a Listed race at Beverley and the Cumberland Lodge since the start of July, and he was third in the Group 3 Glorious Stakes at Goodwood in between. William HaggasAdd William Haggas to the Horse Tracker trains him.

The highest-rated. White BirchAdd White Birch to the Horse Tracker, for Jamie OsborneAdd Jamie Osborne to the Horse Tracker, is rated 118, five pounds clear of the next best on the card. His one run in our results files since June was third in the Listed August Stakes at Windsor, on soft ground.

Charlie Appleby's pair. Charlie ApplebyAdd Charlie Appleby to the Horse Tracker has two entries. Aegean PrinceAdd Aegean Prince to the Horse Tracker won the Old Borough Cup, a big handicap at Haydock on 5 September, on Soft, Heavy in places, as the 7/4 favourite. By The Book has finished second in two Listed races this year and was fourth at Ascot.

The 2023 runner-up. Al QareemAdd Al Qareem to the Horse Tracker, for Karl BurkeAdd K R Burke to the Horse Tracker, was second when this race was last run at Newmarket, in 2023. His only run in our results files since June was fourth in a Listed race at York in June.

The rest. Grey CubanAdd Grey Cuban to the Horse Tracker, trained by Hugo PalmerAdd Hugo Palmer to the Horse Tracker, won an 18-runner handicap at York on 10 October at 28/1. The three-year-old EvanescoAdd Evanesco to the Horse Tracker, trained by Charlie JohnstonAdd Charlie Johnston to the Horse Tracker, was second in a mile-and-a-half handicap on this course on 3 October. Rebel RockerAdd Rebel Rocker to the Horse Tracker, for Faye BramleyAdd Faye Bramley to the Horse Tracker, ran in the Derby and the St Leger this year, finishing sixth and eighth.

That form is a guide to the entries, not a forecast. Some of these may not be declared on Wednesday.

The Horris Hill is a Group 3 for two-year-olds over seven furlongs, at 1.40pm on Saturday. Nineteen were entered, for a maximum of 25. Colts and geldings carry 9st 3lb and fillies 9st, with penalties for horses who have already won a Group race.

All nine declared at Newbury are back, and ten more have joined them. They include two fillies, entered under this year's new conditions, and three colts from Ireland.

The newcomers

Aidan O'Brien's three. Aidan O'BrienAdd A P O'Brien to the Horse Tracker has entered three colts. Bengal TigerAdd Bengal Tiger to the Horse Tracker was meant to run in the Horris Hill at Newbury. When it was lost, O'Brien sent him to the Listed Prospect Stakes at Doncaster on the same Saturday instead, where he won by three and a half lengths at 10/11 on heavy ground. O'Brien said afterwards they had chosen the Horris Hill because they thought he would love seven furlongs. City Of GoldAdd City Of Gold to the Horse Tracker won a nursery at Leopardstown on 17 October and AccumulationAdd Accumulation to the Horse Tracker won a maiden on the same card on his first start.

The fillies. Lex VictoriaAdd Lex Victoria to the Horse Tracker, for Simon and Ed CrisfordAdd Simon & Ed Crisford to the Horse Tracker, is rated 102, the second highest in the race. She was fourth in the Group 1 Fillies' Mile on this course on 9 October at 25/1, after winning at Newmarket in August and at Kempton in September. Trapped GoddessAdd Trapped Goddess to the Horse Tracker, for Hugo PalmerAdd Hugo Palmer to the Horse Tracker, won a novice race at Redcar on 16 October.

None of the three Radley fillies we named in our storm review, DiplomataAdd Diplomata to the Horse Tracker, Spirited GestureAdd Spirited Gesture to the Horse Tracker and Sizzling AffairAdd Sizzling Affair to the Horse Tracker, has been entered.

The others. A Bear AffairAdd A Bear Affair to the Horse Tracker (Richard HannonAdd Richard Hannon to the Horse Tracker) won a conditions race at Salisbury on 1 October. Kicking BearAdd Kicking Bear to the Horse Tracker (Ed WalkerAdd Ed Walker to the Horse Tracker) won a maiden on this course on 3 October. San JoseAdd San Jose to the Horse Tracker (Brian MeehanAdd Brian Meehan to the Horse Tracker) and Marhaba AthmaniAdd Marhaba Athmani to the Horse Tracker (James TateAdd James Tate to the Horse Tracker) are maiden winners, and TheheatisonAdd Theheatison to the Horse Tracker (Nick ScholfieldAdd Nick Scholfield to the Horse Tracker) was third in the British EBF 100,000 Final for two-year-old colts and geldings at York on 9 October.

The Newbury horses

JassasAdd Jassas to the Horse Tracker is the top-rated horse in the race on 106. He won novice races at Doncaster and Haydock for Charlie Appleby before finishing fifth of five in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes here on 10 October, at 25/1.

Nakila SunAdd Nakila Sun to the Horse Tracker, for Andrew Balding, won that York race on 9 October at 5/1, with Theheatison third. Mezzo ForteAdd Mezzo Forte to the Horse Tracker, for William Haggas, was third in the Tattersalls Stakes on this course in September. Midgham ManAdd Midgham Man to the Horse Tracker, for Rod MillmanAdd Rod Millman to the Horse Tracker, won a nursery here on 10 October. Green SovereignAdd Green Sovereign to the Horse Tracker (Harry EustaceAdd Harry Eustace to the Horse Tracker) was fourth in the Group 3 Solario Stakes at Sandown. Flying PirateAdd Flying Pirate to the Horse Tracker (Eve Johnson HoughtonAdd Eve Johnson Houghton to the Horse Tracker), Ghost RaiderAdd Ghost Raider to the Horse Tracker (Ralph BeckettAdd Ralph Beckett to the Horse Tracker), Golden SoukAdd Golden Souk to the Horse Tracker (Karl Burke) and Twelve BarsAdd Twelve Bars to the Horse Tracker (Hugo Palmer) complete the entries.

Horse	Trainer	Sex	Official rating	Declared at Newbury?
Jassas	Charlie Appleby	Colt	106	Yes
Lex Victoria	Simon Crisford	Filly	102	No
Mezzo Forte	William Haggas	Colt	97	Yes
Green Sovereign	Harry Eustace	Colt	95	Yes
A Bear Affair	Richard Hannon	Colt	93	No
Midgham Man	Rod Millman	Gelding	93	Yes
Flying Pirate	Eve Johnson Houghton	Gelding	91	Yes
Nakila Sun	Andrew Balding	Colt	90	Yes
Theheatison	Nick Scholfield	Colt	90	No
Ghost Raider	Ralph Beckett	Colt	88	Yes
Twelve Bars	Hugo Palmer	Colt	87	Yes
Trapped Goddess	Hugo Palmer	Filly	81	No
Accumulation	Aidan O'Brien	Colt	none yet	No
Bengal Tiger	Aidan O'Brien	Colt	none yet	No
City Of Gold	Aidan O'Brien	Colt	none yet	No
Golden Souk	Karl Burke	Colt	none yet	Yes
Kicking Bear	Ed Walker	Colt	none yet	No
Marhaba Athmani	James Tate	Colt	none yet	No
San Jose	Brian Meehan	Colt	none yet	No

Entries as at Tuesday 27 October, from the Racing Post card, checked against the At The Races card. "None yet" means the card shows no official rating. Form lines are from our results files.

Our results files hold nine Newmarket race days this autumn, from 19 September to 22 October: 66 races and 624 runners, about nine and a half a race. Here is how the trainers in these two races have done on those days. These are records, not a guide to who will win, and most of the samples are small.

Trainer	Runners	Winners	2nd or 3rd
Andrew Balding	41	7	14
Charlie Appleby	24	6	10
William Haggas	24	4	5
Ralph Beckett	19	2	6
Ed Walker	16	3	2
Karl Burke	14	2	4
Aidan O'Brien	14	4	3
Charlie Johnston	13	0	4
Richard Hannon	11	0	1
Hugo Palmer	11	1	3

Newmarket staged 14 Group races on those nine days. Aidan O'Brien won four of them, the Royal Lodge, Cheveley Park, Zetland and Dewhurst, from his 14 runners at the course. Andrew Balding won three, including the Sun Chariot, and Charlie Appleby two, including the Fillies' Mile.

The favourite won 22 of the 66 races, a third of them.

From the card for Newbury's abandoned Saturday, the trainers' last 14 days: Charlie Appleby had 5 winners from 21 runners, William Haggas 8 from 53, Andrew Balding 8 from 58 and Karl Burke 6 from 39. Jamie Osborne had no winner from 12 and Harry Eustace none from 18. Those figures were as at 24 October and will have moved by Friday.

Results come from our own files, which start on 1 June; non-runners are left out and joint favourites share a win. The 14-day figures are from our copy of the racecard feed.

Both days have eight races. On Friday, the Listed Bosra Sham Fillies' Stakes for two-year-olds over six furlongs comes just before the St Simon, at 1.45pm, with 21 entries.

Saturday has two more Listed races after the Horris Hill: the Montrose Fillies' Stakes for two-year-olds over a mile at 2.10pm, with 20 entries, and the James Seymour Stakes for three-year-olds and up over a mile and a quarter at 2.44pm, with 17. The rest of each card is handicaps and novice races. Every race is on our Newmarket racecards once declared.

The two Newbury Group 3s are the only races from the storm weekend we can confirm are being restaged in Britain. This is what we found on Tuesday 27 October.

• The Old Roan Chase (Aintree): no new date. Aintree's Sunday card was abandoned because of high winds from Storm Boelo, and clerk of the course Sulekha Varma told the Racing Post they would look to have conversations about rescheduling. Neither Aintree nor the BHA has announced a date or venue, and the BHA's latest press release is the one moving the two Newbury races.
• Newbury's other races: nothing else has been moved. The Radley Stakes is lost for this year, and Friday's six-race card has not been restaged.
• Galway (Ireland): Galway called off Saturday's racing in advance and moved the card instead. The jumps races were run on Monday 26 October and the Flat card was moved back a day to Tuesday 27 October. Our results files show Galway racing on both Sunday and Monday.

If the Old Roan gets a new date, we will add it here and to our storm weekend review.

These are entries, not runners. A bet struck before declarations is an ante-post bet, and if your horse is not declared you will usually lose the stake. Several of these horses ran recently, and connections may decide against another run so soon. Our guide to ante-post betting explains how those bets are settled.

Bets from the Newbury race. If you backed a horse for either race at Newbury, the bet was on a race that was abandoned. Whether your bookmaker voided it or carried it over to Newmarket is set by its own rules, so check with them rather than assume.

The ground. The going has gone from Soft at Newmarket's last meeting to Good to Soft on Tuesday's cards. Aegean Prince won on Soft, Heavy in places at Haydock and Bengal Tiger on heavy ground at Doncaster, while Al Aasy's Ascot win came on Good to Firm. Wait for the going on the day before reading too much into any of that.

Each way. The St Simon has ten entries. If it cuts up to seven or fewer runners at declarations, bookmakers usually pay only two places each way, so check the terms once the field is known. Our each-way guide explains the place terms.

The AI Lab publishes its ratings for British cards on the today page on the day of racing, as a test of the model, not a tip.

Checked on Tuesday 27 October 2026 against:

• BHA: St Simon Stakes and Horris Hill Stakes rescheduled (23 October) and the PA report of the move, with George Hill's rainfall figures
• The Racing Post cards for the St Simon Stakes and the Horris Hill Stakes, checked against the At The Races cards for the St Simon and the Horris Hill
• PA report on Bengal Tiger's Prospect Stakes win, with Aidan O'Brien's comments on the Horris Hill
• The 2023 move: Racing365's preview and Sporting Life's report
• Racing Post on the Old Roan Chase abandonment, the BHA press releases page and Galway Races: racing rescheduled

Newbury's declared fields, the going on the Newbury and Newmarket cards and the trainers' 14-day records come from our own copy of the racecard feed. Form lines, the trainers' Newmarket records and the favourites' record come from our results files, which start on 1 June 2026. They are our records rather than a second independent source. Every result is on the racing results page.