January 02 / 14.00 Huntingdon

14.00

Good To Soft

Annual Badges On Sale Now Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £4356.8
  • 2m 4f 145y
  • Class 4
  • 4 runners
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Annual Badges On Sale Now Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)

Runners: 4 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Cloudy

OUR TIP

8/13 (Won)

  • Win: £1.40

Form: 10-21 D

Last run: 28 days

W: 11st 7lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 123

Form & Verdict
Won a Sandown bumper (good to soft) on rules debut, before tailed off at Cheltenham in March (33-1); moved from Ben Pauling before second on hurdle debut at Stratford (2m) and easily going one better in a maiden at Leicester (2m4f, heavy); he was admittedly 1-2 in the latter but the fifth won next time and the form probably gives him a fine chance today.
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Verdict Starting price

5th

7

5th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 4f 0y

17:00 Fairyhouse

Sixmilebridge

11st 10lb

J: Kielan Woods

T: Fergal O’Brien

Front-runner who has finished first past the post in all six attempts over 2m4f (disqualified on one occasion due to a banned substance); beat Kala Conto with plenty to spare in the Grade 1 Scilly Isles at Sandown (soft), task simplified by the exit of the Mullins-trained Kitzbuhel.

5/2

1st

3

31st Jan 2026

Soft

2m 4f 15y

Class 1

14:40 Sandown

Sixmilebridge

11st 7lb

J: Kielan Woods

T: Fergal O’Brien

Acts on heavy ground; well beaten at the Cheltenham Festival in both Grade 1 attempts (bumper/hurdle) but faces a more realistic task in this field and remains unexposed over fences; easily beat two rivals at Cheltenham (2m4f, good to soft) last time, taking chase record to 2-2 and looking better than ever; possibilities.

9/2

Form: 4/2-21

Last run: 29 days

W: 11st 7lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 122

Form & Verdict
Irish bumper winner who missed 2023 but is now improving over hurdles, with seconds here (2m4f) and at Uttoxeter before he won easily at 10-11 in a claimer four weeks ago at Ludlow (2m, good to soft); probably needs better if he's to beat Sixmilebridge.
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1

29th Jun 2025

Good

2m 3f 207y

Class 4

15:40 Uttoxeter

Land Afar

12st 2lb

J: Conor Ring

T: Daniel Bourne

Wins have come in a bumper and a claiming hurdle; 40-1 when tailed off in a Ffos Las handicap most recently on yard debut.

66/1

1

5th Jun 2025

Good To Soft

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

21:00 Ffos Las

Land Afar

11st 11lb

J: Conor Ring

T: Daniel Bourne

Won a claimer at Ludlow (2m, good to soft) in December, then finished a respectable second of four in a novice the following month; however, form eventually tailed off and he was last seen suffering a heavy odds-on defeat in an Exeter seller in April; has since joined Daniel Bourne and change of scenery needs to spark a revival.

12/1

1

5th Jun 2025

Good To Soft

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

21:00 Ffos Las

Land Afar

11st 11lb

J: Conor Ring

T: Daniel Bourne

Won a claimer at Ludlow (2m, good to soft) in December, then finished a respectable second of four in a novice the following month; however, form eventually tailed off and he was last seen suffering a heavy odds-on defeat in an Exeter seller in April; has since joined Daniel Bourne and change of scenery needs to spark a revival.

12/1

Form: 44-U

Last run: 45 days

W: 11st 0lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Irish maiden point winner in May 2023; came up short in his bumpers and it would have been the same story in 2m4f maiden hurdle at Leicester in November when he unseated at the final flight.
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Verdict Starting price

4

18th Mar 2026

Good

2m 3f 137y

Class 5

16:15 Huntingdon

Western Harmony

11st 4lb

J: Ben Sutton

T: Tom Lacey

Irish point winner in 2023; has yet to fulfil initial bumper promise and was pulled up a year ago on handicap debut (3m, soft; first-time cheekpieces) on final start for Nicky Henderson; interesting to see what the new stable can do with him; market can guide.

13/2

3rd

3

26th Jan 2025

Soft

2m 3f 29y

Class 4

13:50 Fontwell

Western Harmony

11st 3lb

J: Mr Ben Sutton

T: Nicky Henderson

Irish maiden point winner in May 2023; with a top yard but came up short under Ben Sutton in his two bumpers and two hurdle races (both over an extended 2m4f) so he looks one of their lesser lights; unraced on soft.

5/1

Form: 42-97

Last run: 13 days

W: 11st 0lb

7 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Second in a Taunton bumper and showed comparable form when seventh of 14 at Uttoxeter (2m, soft) recently on his second start over hurdles; however, others in this have done much more.
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2

24th Jan 2026

Soft

2m 3f 207y

Class 5

16:18 Uttoxeter

Tarbuck

11st 13lb

J: Jack Quinlan

T: Claire Dyson

Sole success came over C&D on soft ground; beaten a long way both starts this season but he's now back to his winning mark and a return to Uttoxeter could spark a revival.

12/1

Non-runners

Silver Thorn

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta £1.60
Straight Forecast £1.88
Trifecta £2.20

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Sixmilebridge

POSTDATA:

Silver Thorn

LAMBOURN:

Western Harmony

RP RATINGS:

Sixmilebridge

TOPSPEED:

Sixmilebridge

WEST COUNTRY:

Sixmilebridge

The Times:

Sixmilebridge

Telegraph:

Sixmilebridge

The Guardian:

Sixmilebridge

Daily Mail:

Sixmilebridge

D Express:

Sixmilebridge

Daily Mirror:

Sixmilebridge

The Sun:

Sixmilebridge

The Star:

Sixmilebridge

Daily Record:

Sixmilebridge