14.50
SoftVirgin Bet Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)
- Prize money: £4629.1
- 2m 0f 0y
- Class 4
- 8 runners
Runners: 8 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Light rain
8/1 (Won)
- Win: £5.00
- Place: £2.00
Form: 314/ C
Last run: 606 days
W: 11st 0lb
7 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 2 |
5th Feb 2024 Soft 1m 7f 207y Class 3 |
11st 9lb |
in touch with leaders, bad mistake 1st |
8/1 |
|
4th 3 |
30th Dec 2023 Heavy 2m 2f 191y Class 3 |
11st 5lb |
towards rear, headway and in touch with leaders 7th |
4/1 |
|
1st 4 |
27th Feb 2023 Good To Soft 2m 0f 0y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
took keen hold, prominent, led 2nd, clear 4th, reduced lead 4 out, went well clear from 2 out, easily |
5/1 |
9/4
- Place: £1.40
Form: 1- C
Last run: 345 days
W: 11st 0lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
6th Mar 2026 Soft 2m 4f 100y Class 4 |
11st 9lb |
Just 1-8 over hurdles but was placed on seasonal debut at Haydock (3m, good to soft) and his subsequent Uttoxeter fifth (2m4f, soft) was perfectly respectable; probably won't be far away |
7/1 |
|
5th 6 |
24th Jan 2026 Soft 2m 3f 207y Class 4 |
11st 5lb |
A very lightly raced 10yo who has been competitive in all his handicap hurdles from 2m3f to 3m and Haydock last time was a higher-grade race; dropping back to 2m4f is probably a good thing. |
8/1 |
|
2nd 6 |
24th Feb 2025 Soft 2m 4f 100y Class 4 |
11st 2lb |
Very lightly raced 9yo who won a bumper here on debut in 2021 and returned from a long absence to score on his handicap debut at Haydock (2m3f, heavy) 65 days ago; up 5lb but could have plenty more to offer. |
11/4 |
2/1
Form: 861 D
Last run: 87 days
W: 11st 7lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
10th Aug 2025 Good 2m 5f 180y |
12st 0lb |
Weak Tramore maiden hurdle winner in 2022 (2m, good); some reasonable efforts following that, particularly a nose second behind the decent Meetingofthewaters at Cork later that year (2m4f, yielding to soft); generally poor form since then but some of his best recent runs have been here, 6l fourth of 13 over C&D last time (behind Georgia Celena); others preferred. |
12/1 |
|
3 |
15th Jul 2025 Good 2m 5f 185y |
11st 12lb |
Lost his form last summer and fell on return at Down Royal; others make more appeal. |
22/1 |
5/2
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 0lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
25th Mar 2023 Good To Soft 2m 0f 145y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
Irish point winner; fairly consistent over hurdles and did well to finish third on his handicap debut at Ludlow given that he hung left-handed; should improve on that form. |
3/1 |
|
3rd 2 |
2nd Mar 2023 Good 1m 7f 169y Class 5 |
12st 0lb |
Irish point winner who has made the frame on all three hurdling starts, most recently when remote second behind an exciting prospect at Southwell (2m, good) in January; open to improvement in handicaps and one to consider. |
9/4 |
|
2nd 2 |
29th Jan 2023 Good 1m 7f 182y Class 4 |
11st 2lb |
Irish maiden point winner, beaten 14l and 21 in his two runs over hurdles; this looks no easier; has had a wind op and is now tongue tied. |
8/1 |
50/1
Form: 475-0
Last run: 193 days
W: 11st 0lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7th 9 |
11th Feb 2025 Soft 2m 4f 100y Class 5 |
10st 5lb |
in touch with leaders |
7/1 |
|
7th 9 |
11th Feb 2025 Soft 2m 4f 100y Class 5 |
10st 5lb |
Sole win came at Kelso (2m5f, soft) in November 2023 off 3lb lower mark; pulled up when last seen in March last year but wind surgery and the subsequent break may have helped. |
7/1 |
66/1
Form: 06-
Last run: 201 days
W: 11st 0lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6th 4 |
23rd Mar 2023 Soft 2m 0f 178y Class 5 |
11st 4lb |
Failed to improve for the switch to handicap level at Newcastle last month having been friendless in the betting; this six-race maiden holds weak claims on overall form and needs a big step forward. |
16/1 |
|
7th 4 |
25th Feb 2023 Good To Soft 2m 0f 190y Class 5 |
11st 10lb |
Showed very little on first four starts but was making some encouraging late headway when a final-flight faller at Wetherby (2m, soft) last month; could be in the mix if building on that now handicapping. |
12/1 |
|
3 |
26th Jan 2023 Soft 2m 0f 0y Class 4 |
11st 2lb |
held up in rear |
100/1 |
50/1
Form: 7-
Last run: 262 days
W: 10st 7lb
5 yo Mare
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1st 12 |
10th May 2023 Good 2m 4f 189y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
in rear |
12/1 |
|
5th 11 |
15th Apr 2023 Soft 2m 4f 62y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
took keen hold, prominent on outer |
11/1 |
|
2nd 6 |
29th Mar 2023 Heavy 2m 4f 62y Class 5 |
10st 5lb |
Down the field at big odds in both handicaps, more recently over C&D (heavy) 11 days ago when 66-1, and she's hard to fancy. |
25/1 |
10/1
Form: 6/4-
Last run: 553 days
W: 11st 0lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7 |
9th Nov 2022 Soft 2m 0f 0y Class 4 |
11st 0lb |
Improved from his debut run at Wetherby to put up a more promising effort when last seen in a Kelso bumper (good) in May 2021; has since left Micky Hammond; makes his hurdles and stable debut and is perhaps one to watch, given a lengthy absence. |
10/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £12.70 |
| Straight Forecast | £12.03 |
| Trifecta | £48.40 |