Towcester 28/04/2008 Good (Good to Firm in places) 3.10 Tca Engineering Ltd Novices' Hurdle (Class 4) £4500 added, 4yo plus, 2m, penalty £2927, 7 ran. 1st   Thistle 7 M Roe(7) 6-4 10 12 G A Ham Always prominent, shaken up to lead last, ran on well Opened 2/1 2nd 1¾  l No Supper (IRE)   J E Moore 8-1 10 7 M G Quinlan Led, raced keenly, hit 2 out, soon ridden, headed last, unable to quicken flat Opened 6/1, touched 8/1 3rd 6l Tootsie Too   Michael Murphy(7) 28-1 10 5 Mike Hammond Held up, headway 4th, went 2nd 3 out until ridden approaching 2 out, weakened last Opened 20/1, touched 28/1 4th 6l Mon Chevalier (IRE)   B Wharfe(5) 2-1 11 5 C J Gray Held up, headway 4th, hit 3 out, soon ridden, weakened after 2 out Opened 2/1 £12500-£6670 5th 6l Roseville (IRE) 8 S Walsh(5) 50-1 10 5 S T Lewis Prominent until ridden and weakened 2 out Opened 40/1, touched 50/1 6th 9l Good Effect (USA)   J A McCarthy 8-1 10 7 C P Morlock Chased leader, until not fluent 1st, lost place after 3rd, reminder after next, ridden, weakened 3 out Opened 12/1 7th 7l Chan Bahlum (IRE)   P J Brennan 7-1 10 12 N A Twiston-Davies Held up, behind, not fluent 5th, ridden, weakened 3 out Opened 6/1, touched 7/1 Non Runner First Point(GER) Non Runner Silver Bay Non Runner War Footing Non Runner Weather Permitting(IRE) Non Runner Bormo(FR) Non Runner Quillygham(FR) Winning time: 04:00.400 Towcester results 2.10   2.40   3.10   3.40   4.10   4.40   5.10