October 17 / 13.50 Hereford

13.50

Good

Vickers.Bet Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • Prize money: £4356.8
  • 2m 3f 147y
  • Class 4
  • 2 runners
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Vickers.Bet Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)

Runners: 2 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

8/15 (Won)

  • Win: £1.27

Form: 4-21

Last run: 149 days

W: 11st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Runner-up on Irish point debut last December and delivered on earlier rules promise when 4l winner of good-ground Stratford bumper in May; makes hurdling debut here; looks the one to beat.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

5

16th Mar 2024

Good To Soft

2m 5f 0y

Class 4

16:30 Kempton

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11st 9lb

J: Finn Lambert

T: Nigel Twiston-Davies

Placed twice in December for Anthony Charlton; returns from an 11-week layoff and makes debut for new stable (remains with same owner); has proved largely consistent but slow ground would be a negative, having registered his wins on good/good to firm.

12/1

3rd

1

29th Dec 2023

Good To Soft

2m 3f 88y

Class 4

14:15 Doncaster

Parade Away

11st 6lb

J: Bradley Harris

T: Anthony Charlton

His hurdle win came in a match (2m3f, good to firm) and he carries a 6lb penalty against some interesting rivals; however, he was second behind an exciting winner at Hereford (2m3f, good) last time and can give another good account if the ground suits (ran well in a point on yielding to soft).

9/4

2nd

1

16th Dec 2023

Good

2m 3f 147y

Class 4

12:25 Hereford

Parade Away

11st 7lb

J: Bradley Harris

T: Anthony Charlton

Won Stratford bumper in the spring and easily followed up in C&D match race on hurdling debut in October; beaten only about 11l when last of seven finishers in Cheltenham Grade 2 (2m, good) later that month and needs to be taken very seriously in these much calmer waters.

8/13

OUR TIP

Form: 0-64

Last run: 151 days

W: 11st 0lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Well beaten in a point and two maiden hurdles in Ireland for Stuart Crawford this year; fared better when staying on to snatch modest fourth in Downpatrick bumper in May (good to yielding; sold for £12,000 soon afterwards) but needs to improve again on this return to hurdling.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

3rd

5

6th Apr 2026

Good

3m 1f 44y

Class 5

16:30 Hereford

Meranti

10st 3lb

J: Sean Houlihan

T: Sheila Lewis

Showed staying promise over fences earlier in career but he's been in moderate form since back from an absence, pulling up on last two starts.

25/1

9

15th Jan 2026

Good To Soft

2m 7f 171y

Class 5

12:32 Ludlow

Meranti

10st 2lb

J: Daire McConville

T: Sheila Lewis

Can't judge too harshly on last month's pulling up in a Uttoxeter mudbath (only two of ten finished), but two efforts before that fall well short of the required here; blinkers need to prove transformative.

40/1

5th

7

4th Nov 2025

Good

3m 1f 100y

Class 5

15:32 Warwick

Meranti

10st 4lb

J: Harry Kimber

T: Sheila Lewis

Ended string of dismal performances with creditable fourth of 15 over C&D (good) in April 2024 but finished lame that day and we haven't seen him again since.

16/1

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