March 08 / 14.40 Warwick

14.40

Good To Soft

Oddschecker Free Bets Novices’ Hurdle (Novices’ Championship Hurdle Series Qualifier) (GBB) (Div II)

  • Prize money: £5446
  • 2m 0f 0y
  • Class 4
  • 10 runners
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Oddschecker Free Bets Novices’ Hurdle (Novices’ Championship Hurdle Series Qualifier) (GBB) (Div II)

Runners: 10 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

13/2

  • Place: £2.10

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Colt

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Form & Verdict
Four-time AW winner at up to 2m on Flat for Richard Hughes, reaching an RPR of 85 (has shown a similar level of form on turf); remains with same owner; has the potential to become a fairly useful hurdler.
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1st

1

15th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 209y

Class 4

16:35 Aintree

Road To Wembley

11st 9lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Four-time winner on the Flat for Richard Hughes and it's been a promising start over hurdles, winning a Southwell maiden last time without too much fuss (good); penalised accordingly but sets the standard.

Evs

1st

5

1st Apr 2026

Good

1m 7f 182y

Class 4

16:00 Southwell

Road To Wembley

11st 5lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Fairly useful four-time AW Flat winner in these silks for Richard Hughes and promising second of ten on his Warwick hurdle debut (2m, good to soft) for Olly Murphy 24 days ago; entitled to improve and the one to beat.

Evs

2nd

7

8th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

14:40 Warwick

Road To Wembley

11st 5lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Four-time AW winner at up to 2m on Flat for Richard Hughes, reaching an RPR of 85 (has shown a similar level of form on turf); remains with same owner; has the potential to become a fairly useful hurdler.

13/2

7/2

Form: 521 D

Last run: 32 days

W: 11st 2lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 123

Form & Verdict
Acts on any ground; dual Flat winner who has shown steady progress in juvenile hurdles, most recently making all at Ludlow (2m) where held on by a neck from Talakan (declared 2:10); one of the main players.
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8th

15

(12)

18th Apr 2026

Good

1m 2f 0y

Class 4

16:55 Newbury

King Al

9st 0lb

J: Rossa Ryan

T: Alan King

2-6 on Flat, with the second win registered over C&D (good) last August; two wins among his five hurdle races this season, including latest start, so he should be primed to run well again today.

6/1

1st

4

29th Mar 2026

Good

1m 7f 157y

Class 2

15:05 Ascot

King Al

11st 7lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: Alan King

Dual Flat winner who progressed again to edge out Talakan at Ludlow in February and, although it was a rather sobering defeat at Warwick, that was against older opposition; good ground won't bother him but others might be on kinder marks.

16/1

5th

8

8th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

14:40 Warwick

King Al

11st 2lb

J: Tom Bellamy

T: Alan King

Acts on any ground; dual Flat winner who has shown steady progress in juvenile hurdles, most recently making all at Ludlow (2m) where held on by a neck from Talakan (declared 2:10); one of the main players.

7/2

Form: 51-321 D

Last run: 48 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 117

Form & Verdict
Drew 5l clear of his closest pursuer in big-field maiden at Lingfield (2m, soft) last time, adding to his good-ground bumper success and taking hurdles record to 321; steadily progressive and warrants respect.
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1st

4

4th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

17:00 Warwick

Wondering Why

11st 9lb

J: Ben Jones

T: Ben Pauling

Comfortably beat a big field in a Lingfield maiden (2m, soft) and following run here was too bad to be true; consistent prior to that and should be up to winning races off this sort of mark.

4/1

6th

1

8th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

14:40 Warwick

Wondering Why

11st 12lb

J: Ben Jones

T: Ben Pauling

Drew 5l clear of his closest pursuer in big-field maiden at Lingfield (2m, soft) last time, adding to his good-ground bumper success and taking hurdles record to 321; steadily progressive and warrants respect.

7/2

1st

13

19th Jan 2026

Soft

2m 0f 0y

Class 4

13:20 Lingfield

Wondering Why

11st 8lb

J: Ben Jones

T: Ben Pauling

Joined Ben Pauling for £54,000 after winning a bumper for Richard Bandey; held in two hurdle runs for current yard but he made a bold bid at Huntingdon (2m, soft) last month and was only narrowly denied by his main market rival; that form puts him firmly in the picture and he's open to more progress.

3/1

Form: PP

Last run: 80 days

W: 10st 2lb

4 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
Runner-up in seller in sole Flat start; pulled up in both attempts over hurdles; first-time hood needs to make a big difference.
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5th

8

20th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 0y

Class 5

16:30 Warwick

Babychino

10st 7lb

J: Ms Sophie Carter

T: Alexander Gibbons

Has shown modest form (best penultimate start) and needs improvement.

25/1

8

6th May 2026

Good To Soft

2m 0f 167y

Class 5

15:50 Newton Abbot

Babychino

10st 2lb

J: Brendan Powell

T: Alexander Gibbons

Lightly raced 4yo; came from long way back to finish third on handicap debut at Uttoxeter (2m, good to soft; 50-1) in March but she was beaten 11l and this is tougher from 5lb out of the weights; has work to do.

16/1

3rd

8

28th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

1m 7f 168y

Class 5

13:30 Uttoxeter

Babychino

10st 3lb

J: James Turner

T: Alexander Gibbons

Runner-up in seller for Adrian Keatley in sole Flat start; pulled up in her first two hurdles runs late last year and she's finished a well-held seventh in last two starts; now goes handicapping off a lowly mark but she still needs plenty of progress.

33/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Gelding

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OUR TIP

Form: 624 BF

Last run: 23 days

W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 115

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Form: 4-30

Last run: 11 days

W: 11st 5lb

6 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Ex-Irish maiden who has weak claims on his two hurdles efforts for new yard (modest third then duck egg); may be more interesting in handicaps shortly.
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5th

2

20th May 2026

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

14:50 Ffos Las

Lemon Leaf

11st 6lb

J: Tom Hutsby

T: Olly Murphy

They only jumped four hurdles when this lightly raced 6yo made a successful handicap debut over C&D, winning by just under 4l; took a 10lb hit for that but he looks progressive.

11/4

1st

3

21st Apr 2026

Soft

2m 4f 0y

Class 5

19:12 Ffos Las

Lemon Leaf

11st 9lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: Olly Murphy

Shaped well on his hurdling debut when second in 2m Aintree novice last May; well held after an absence both runs since at Wincanton and Warwick, but could still do better for leading yard now going into handicaps.

7/2

Form: 3-4

Last run: 18 days

W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form: P0PP

Last run: 85 days

W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form:

Last run:

W: 10st 9lb

4 yo Gelding

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Payout
Exacta £165.90
Straight Forecast £100.06
Trifecta £758.40

Selections

RP RATINGS:

Ionian

The Times:

King Al

SPOTLIGHT:

Leo Wood

Telegraph:

Wondering Why

The Sun:

Road To Wembley

TOPSPEED:

Ionian

POSTDATA:

Ionian

LAMBOURN:

Ionian

D Express:

Ionian

Daily Mirror:

King Al

The Star:

King Al

Daily Record:

King Al