13.15
Goodracingtv.com/freetrial “National Hunt” Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)
- Prize money: £3539.9
- 2m 0f 0y
- Class 4
- 18 runners
Runners: 18 runners
Type: Hurdle Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
50/1 (Won)
- Win: £72.80
- Place: £8.60
Form: 269
Last run: 14 days
W: 11st 0lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 4 |
10th Jul 2026 Good 2m 7f 0y Class 4 |
11st 7lb |
Stamina to spare at tonight's trip, and he's representing last year's race-winning trainer and rider combination; never especially consistent, however, and last month's Hexham disappointment as favourite took his chasing strike-rate to 2-16; unclear what to expect. |
5/1 |
|
6th 4 |
6th Jun 2026 Good 3m 0f 41y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
1lb above last winning mark (3m, Southwell); knocking on the door at Taunton (3m4f; third) on penultimate start, and might have had a role to play in the Norfolk National at Fakenham (3m5f) latest but for falling three out. |
9/2 |
|
10 |
4th May 2026 Good 3m 5f 24y Class 3 |
10st 7lb |
Back in good nick for his two runs last month, latterly when close third to Wicked Thoughts at Taunton (3m4f, good); still unexposed over marathon trips and still on a workable mark; could have a say. |
7/1 |
7/2
- Place: £1.30
Form: —
Last run: —
W: 11st 0lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 6 |
2nd May 2025 Good 4m 0f 97y Class 4 |
11st 12lb |
Fairly useful under rules for Nicky Henderson in 2023 and was evidently suited by the thorough stamina test when winning open point at Kingston Blount (4m, soft) in February; slightly disappointing when only third behind Norton Hill and Assassins Lullaby on good ground in March, though. |
14/1 |
|
5th 6 |
2nd May 2025 Good 4m 0f 97y Class 4 |
11st 12lb |
Fairly useful under rules for Nicky Henderson in 2023 and was evidently suited by the thorough stamina test when winning open point at Kingston Blount (4m, soft) in February; slightly disappointing when only third behind Norton Hill and Assassins Lullaby on good ground in March, though. |
14/1 |
|
7th 6 |
13th Jun 2024 Good 2m 7f 0y Class 3 |
11st 6lb |
Low-mileage 7yo; ran big race in defeat on chasing debut at Exeter (2m3f, good to soft) in November but two very disappointing performances have followed; needs to get career back on track. |
6/1 |
8/1
- Place: £2.60
Form: 32
Last run: 32 days
W: 11st 0lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
3rd Jun 2026 Good 2m 0f 167y Class 3 |
11st 6lb |
Prolific between November 2024 and June 2025, with his four wins in that spell including two here; his progress seemed to stall subsequently but he ran well when second of five to a progressive winner at Chepstow (2m, good) last time and could be in the mix; effective on good to soft. |
4/1 |
|
2nd 4 |
24th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 2m 0f 16y Class 3 |
11st 3lb |
Taunton win this time last year was the first leg of an eventual hat-trick (2m1f-2m3f) all recorded on good or quicker surfaces, so drying forecast is all to the good; chance, assuming he's not goaded into making the same sorts of errors as on his recent return here. |
6/1 |
|
4th 2 |
2nd Apr 2026 Good To Soft 2m 3f 100y Class 4 |
12st 0lb |
Has won five of his last seven races and he might be high in the weights now having come up well short (beaten 13l) on final sighting at Newton Abbot in October (2m1f); on the plus side, he's back at Class 4 level and has won over this far; others are preferred. |
10/1 |
8/11
Form: 1-1 D
Last run: 20 days
W: 11st 7lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
6th May 2024 Good 2m 0f 54y Class 4 |
11st 6lb |
Sole hurdles win was in a Stratford novice (2m, good) in October 2022 and he's been beaten around 16l in his two chase runs; mark continues to fall and is still early days in this sphere but he needs improvement back from a break; cheekpieces added. |
13/2 |
|
3 |
6th May 2024 Good 2m 0f 54y Class 4 |
11st 6lb |
Sole hurdles win was in a Stratford novice (2m, good) in October 2022 and he's been beaten around 16l in his two chase runs; mark continues to fall and is still early days in this sphere but he needs improvement back from a break; cheekpieces added. |
13/2 |
|
3rd 7 |
16th Dec 2023 Good To Soft 2m 0f 78y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
midfield, mistake 1st, hit 4th |
11/2 |
25/1
Form: 4-7
Last run: 20 days
W: 11st 0lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 2 |
26th Oct 2023 Good To Soft 3m 2f 34y Class 4 |
11st 7lb |
Pulled up on two of his final three starts last season but nevertheless showed some good hurdle form last term and his useful half-brothers Isleofhopendreams and Mighty Thunder both showed their best form over fences; finished placed in points and he's respected on this chase debut. |
13/2 |
|
2 |
8th Apr 2023 Soft 3m 1f 0y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
Relatively lightly raced 7yo; off the mark in a Leicester handicap (2m4f, soft) in December and bounced back from a major blip when runner-up at Market Rasen (2m7f, soft) last month; had the run of things in front that day but unexposed as a stayer and is open to more progress; in the mix. |
11/2 |
16/1
Form: 44-F4
Last run: 16 days
W: 11st 0lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 |
23rd Apr 2025 Good 2m 4f 20y Class 3 |
10st 13lb |
Respectable strike-rate over hurdles; record of 0-6 since switched to fences but has place possibilities on most of that form. |
11/2 |
|
6 |
23rd Apr 2025 Good 2m 4f 20y Class 3 |
10st 13lb |
Respectable strike-rate over hurdles; record of 0-6 since switched to fences but has place possibilities on most of that form. |
11/2 |
|
3rd 10 |
15th Mar 2025 Good 2m 4f 110y Class 2 |
10st 2lb |
Record of 0-5 since switched to fences but turn looks near, having finished second at Wetherby and Newbury the last twice; however, needs some improvement to go one better in this stronger grade. |
8/1 |
14/1
Form: 7/6
Last run: 18 days
W: 11st 0lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 |
5th Jul 2026 Good 2m 4f 139y Class 5 |
11st 8lb |
Regressive 10yo who ran no race last time at Southwell when behind Gone In Sixty; hard to trust these days. |
14/1 |
|
3 |
9th Jun 2026 Good 2m 4f 88y Class 5 |
11st 7lb |
Regressive 10yo who has poor completion rate over fences since returning from layoff in November; stopped the rot with fairly respectable hurdle run last month but needs to build on that performance here; swaps visor for refitted cheekpieces. |
16/1 |
|
6th 3 |
24th May 2026 Good 2m 4f 189y Class 5 |
11st 11lb |
Has won three times over hurdles and three times over fences, but was disappointing back over hurdles with a visor (retained) instead of cheekpieces at Hexham last time (2m7f, good; 40-1). |
50/1 |
12/1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9 |
17th Feb 2024 Soft 3m 0f 150y Class 4 |
10st 12lb |
There's stamina in his pedigree and he showed marked improvement when upped to 3m for second of 15 on handicap debut at Ffos Las (soft); that was last January and he's unraced since; needed some riding, including as he wandered under pressure and was awkward at the penultimate flight, and cheekpieces go on today; off an unchanged mark, he's on the shortlist. |
6/1 |
|
2nd 10 |
23rd Jan 2023 Soft 2m 7f 191y Class 5 |
11st 2lb |
No better than mid-division in three 2m novices but there's stamina in his pedigree and this trip should be more suitable for his handicap debut; respected, especially if strong in the betting. |
5/1 |
|
13th 12 |
27th Dec 2022 Good To Soft 2m 0f 0y Class 4 |
11st 0lb |
prominent |
33/1 |
25/1
Form: 3032-6
Last run: 20 days
W: 11st 0lb
6 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 |
10th Jul 2023 Good 2m 7f 0y Class 5 |
11st 2lb |
held up in rear, pushed along after 4 out |
20/1 |
|
13th 7 |
6th May 2023 Good 2m 7f 70y Class 5 |
11st 5lb |
Placed in three of his four bumpers in 2021-22 season but cut little ice over hurdles last term, most recently when well down the field on handicap debut in January (2m); tries a much longer trip today. |
25/1 |
|
14th 7 |
27th Jan 2023 Good 2m 0f 128y Class 5 |
11st 6lb |
Placed in three of his four bumpers last season (all on good to soft); soundly beaten in three soft-ground maiden hurdles this term (2m-2m4f) but is back on a less testing surface for today's handicap debut and has plenty of scope for improvement. |
10/1 |
100/1
Form: 66F-0
Last run: 22 days
W: 11st 0lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11 |
23rd Jan 2023 Soft 2m 7f 191y Class 5 |
11st 1lb |
First significant hurdling promise when tenth of 17 at Warwick (2m, soft; beaten 22l) in November and handicaps should see him in a better light; one to check in the betting over this longer trip. |
16/1 |
25/1
Form: 3
Last run: 49 days
W: 11st 0lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
30th Oct 2025 Good To Soft 2m 2f 148y Class 5 |
11st 4lb |
Sole success came in a Huntingdon handicap in March 2024 when trained by Stuart Edmunds; pulled up on chase/stable debut in May and tailed off when last of eight back over hurdles over C&D (good to firm) in July; drop in grade will help but he has questions to answer. |
12/1 |
|
3 |
30th Oct 2025 Good To Soft 2m 2f 148y Class 5 |
11st 4lb |
Sole success came in a Huntingdon handicap in March 2024 when trained by Stuart Edmunds; pulled up on chase/stable debut in May and tailed off when last of eight back over hurdles over C&D (good to firm) in July; drop in grade will help but he has questions to answer. |
12/1 |
|
8th 5 |
1st Jul 2025 Good To Firm 2m 2f 148y Class 5 |
11st 4lb |
Consistent in handicap hurdles for Stuart Edmunds but was pulled up on stable/chase debut last month; reverts to hurdles on a competitive mark with the step back up in trip a positive; handles most ground. |
12/1 |
25/1
Form: 665-0
Last run: 16 days
W: 11st 0lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8 |
19th Jul 2025 Good 2m 7f 191y Class 4 |
11st 7lb |
Has returned from a break in good order and gave an in-form rival a right fright at Worcester (2m7f, good); won't mind rain. |
11/2 |
|
8 |
2nd Jul 2025 Good 2m 7f 0y Class 4 |
10st 9lb |
Encouraging third after a three-month break at Stratford (2m7f, good) last month; looks the type to be at his best in the summer and holds sound claims. |
5/1 |
|
6 |
17th Jun 2025 Good 2m 6f 125y Class 4 |
11st 2lb |
Won modest chase at Fontwell (2m5f, heavy) in January and is also suited by much faster ground but has become very inconsistent in recent years; others in this line-up have much more appealing profiles. |
12/1 |
50/1
Form: 8
Last run: 22 days
W: 11st 0lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 |
20th Mar 2024 Soft 2m 2f 140y Class 5 |
10st 10lb |
soon in rear, hit 4th |
14/1 |
|
10th 5 |
11th Feb 2023 Good 2m 5f 0y Class 5 |
11st 4lb |
always towards rear |
15/2 |
|
5 |
31st Jan 2023 Good To Soft 2m 3f 110y Class 5 |
11st 4lb |
Hard to work up enthusiasm for what he achieved in novice hurdles but he won his only point completion last winter and this modest event could be a ripe plum for picking now he goes handicapping up in trip. |
100/30 |
40/1
Form: 2033-0
Last run: 14 days
W: 10st 7lb
4 yo Filly
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 |
14th Feb 2024 Good To Soft 2m 5f 163y Class 5 |
11st 0lb |
Reportedly treated for ulcers before displaying much-improved form to win a 3m Ludlow handicap by 11l (soft; 7lb lower); perhaps heavy ground didn't suit when tailed off at Exeter; better expected this time, for all that further suits her well. |
6/1 |
|
7th 8 |
1st Jan 2024 Soft 2m 5f 137y Class 4 |
10st 5lb |
Placed twice in the autumn (2m7f/3m) and took form to whole new level when scoring by 11l from 7lb out of the handicap at Ludlow (3m, soft) last month, having reportedly been treated for ulcers; effectively 8lb higher here; interesting to see whether she can build on that performance. |
5/1 |
100/1
Form: 00-P
Last run: 28 days
W: 10st 7lb
5 yo Mare
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 11 |
21st Feb 2023 Good 2m 7f 198y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Well beaten all starts, in handicap latest; cheekpieces join recent tongue-tie but she can only be watched; 7lb out of the weights. |
66/1 |
|
5th 11 |
5th Feb 2023 Good 2m 3f 147y Class 5 |
10st 2lb |
Well beaten at triple-digit odds in three 2m novice/maiden hurdles towards end of 2022 and is 8lb out of the weights for today's handicap debut but, nevertheless, is still worth a glance in the betting. |
12/1 |
|
12th 16 |
22nd Dec 2022 Good To Soft 1m 7f 182y Class 4 |
10st 12lb |
Well beaten at triple-digit odds on first two hurdling starts; needs the first-time tongue-tie to make a massive difference. |
100/1 |
100/1
Form: 76
Last run: 165 days
W: 11st 0lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
16th 16 |
16th Nov 2022 Good 2m 0f 0y Class 4 |
11st 0lb |
Minor form in two early-season bumpers for Harriet Dickin; hard to recommend. |
100/1 |
50/1
Form: 9
Last run: 60 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 10 |
21st Jun 2026 Good 2m 7f 63y Class 5 |
10st 10lb |
Gained all four hurdle wins on good ground during purple patch in spring 2025 (2m4f-3m; wore cheekpieces); out of form during the winter and again well beaten this month, after a break; revival needed. |
50/1 |
|
10th 8 |
7th Jun 2026 Good To Soft 2m 7f 207y Class 5 |
11st 0lb |
Tried chasing last autumn and did not show much back over hurdles in the winter on last two outings; 4-20 overall as a hurdler, with all four wins in March-May 2025, but there have to be questions at the moment. |
25/1 |
66/1
Form: 4-4
Last run: 32 days
W: 11st 0lb
4 yo Gelding
OR: —
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
16 |
7th Jan 2023 Soft 1m 7f 50y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
Soundly beaten when fourth of five on both appearances last year (bumper/hurdle); makes no significant appeal. |
100/1 |
|
12 |
16th Nov 2022 Good 2m 0f 0y Class 4 |
11st 0lb |
Modest fourth in bumper and maiden hurdle; holds weak claims on the bare figures. |
66/1 |
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| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £306.50 |
| Straight Forecast | £211.66 |
| Trifecta | £2973.20 |
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