Wincanton 31/01/2008 Good to Soft (Soft in places) 3.40 Clydesdale Bank 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (Class 2) £14000 added, 5yo plus, 2m 6f, penalty £8768, 7 ran. 1st   Cryptic   R Johnson 6-4 11 8 P J Hobbs Made all, stayed on strongly to draw clear from 2 out, comfortably Opened 13/8, touched 7/4 2nd 11l Earth Planet (IRE)   L Heard 5-1 11 0 P F Nicholls Held up, hit 7th, headway 3 out, ridden to chase winner approaching 2 out, soon held Opened 6/1 3rd 19l Sharajan (IRE) 8 R Thornton 17-2 11 5 A King Tracked leaders, effort after 3 out, weakened after 2 out, mistake last Opened 7/1, touched 9/1 4th 1¼  l Rudivale (IRE)   J Tizzard 100-1 11 0 C L Tizzard Took keen hold, held up, headway from 3 out, 4th and held when mistake 2 out, weakened 5th 7l Ocean du Moulin (FR)   S Thomas 6-1 11 5 P F Nicholls Chased leaders, ridden after 3 out, weakened next Opened 11/2, touched 7/1 £2800-£400 6th dist Quarry Town (IRE)   T J Murphy 3-1 11 8 Miss H C Knight Chased leaders until dropped rear after 7th, weakened after 3 out, tailed off Opened 7/2 Pulled Up   Or Sing About (FR)   M A Fitzgerald 16-1 11 8 J W Mullins Prominent, ridden after 8th, hit 3 out, soon weakened, pulled up before next Winning time: 05:46.700 Wincanton results 1.40   2.10   2.40   3.10   3.40   4.10   4.40