Hestina makes all at Market Rasen


The news from day's big Jumps racing meeting at Market Rasen, where the flying Skelton team struck again in the opener.

Hestina will keep switching codes after showing her versatility when making all to win the Betfred Super League Novices' Hurdle at Market Rasen.

Trainer Dan Skelton will put the dual Flat winner back on the level at Newmarket next month, after she ran her rivals into the ground over jumps, but she will return to the Lincolnshire venue in September for the Prelude Hurdle.

Harry Skelton took no prisoners from the outset on Hestina (2/1) and though she had Mcgroarty for company for most of the two-mile heat, she easily brushed the 10-11 favourite aside to score by 12 lengths.

"I think the favourite probably wanted further, so what the form will end up being like, I don't know, but she did it nicely," said the winning handler.

"She would have been out of the handicap in the Summer Hurdle, so I didn't run her in that. She'll go to Newmarket for a fillies' race in three weeks then she'll come back here for the Prelude Hurdle."

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