Tarrag Naegel Novices' Hurdle

Off time: 13:02 | Winning time: 3m 56.8s

Odds by:

Live Odds

Odds

Lord Yeats

8/13, 4/7

8/13

Encore Champs

13/8, 7/4, 13/8

6/4

Mint Gold

16/1

14/1

Skiddaw Valleys

16/1

Rollerruler

22/1

20/1

Near Kettering

33/1, 40/1

33/1

Bullion

40/1

Southeast Rose

100/1

Little Bavington

100/1

Battle Hard

100/1

SP Book Percentage 127.57

Forecasts

Lord Yeats (8/13), Encore Champs (6/4), Mint Gold (14/1), Skiddaw Valleys (16/1), Rollerruler (20/1), Near Kettering (33/1), Bullion (40/1), Southeast Rose (100/1), Little Bavington (100/1), Battle Hard (100/1)

Realistically there are only two horses in the equation, those being the Wetherby foes ENCORE CHAMPS and Lord Yeats. The selection was a fortuitous winner on that occasion, although he did have the clear measure of his rival who was admittedly making his first start over hurdles. Lord Yeats didn't exactly need to show further improvement when landing a weak race in emphatic style at Sedgefield since, but Encore Champs was tackling a completely different level of opponent in the Grade 2 Kennel Gate at Ascot (and predictably struggled).