12:55 Newbury
Saturday 10 February 2024
All12:5513:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:25
Betfair Racing Podcasts Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
- 4YO plus  |  Class 3  |  2m 69y  |  Heavy (Soft in places)  |  13 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 13:00Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 9.15s
Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Show odds
French bumper winner who made it 2-2 over hurdles with a fair bit more in hand than the bare margin implies at Catterick (19.3f, soft) last month. Drops in trip but open to improvement.
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Easy winner only start in bumpers and looked potentially useful when winning 13-runner Kempton novice (21f) in November. Possibly found the more testing conditions against him when only fourth of 8 here (20.5f) subsequently and may yet do better.
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Successful on second of 2 starts in Irish points and created a positive impression when running out a comfortable winner of a Carlisle novice (17.2f) on his hurdling debut in October. Has shaped well both starts in stronger company since and remains unexposed.
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Sent off favourite when fading into seventh in a big-field bumper at the 2022 Punchestown Festival (only start for Willie Mullins). Almost certainly needed the run tried hooded fully 21 months on at Sandown 15 days ago and will likely be campaigned with handicaps in mind.
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Placed on 2 of 3 starts in Irish points but comfortably held both starts over hurdles. Will make more appeal in handicaps after this.
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Placed on completed start in Irish points and shaped with promise in his sole bumper but was well held sent hurdling over C&D 52 days ago.
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Steadily progressive in bumpers for Stuart Crawford but hinted at temperament (flashed tail) when third at Newcastle on final run in May. Makes hurdle debut.
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€70,000 3-y-o who has shaped with promise when placed in a pair of bumpers and rates a decent jumping prospect.
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Modest at best in bumpers and well held both starts over hurdles 9 months apart.
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Showed a bit on his debut in a Huntingdon bumper in May but well held both starts since, including on hurdling debut at Doncaster last month.
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Useful on Flat for Peter Schiergen in 2022. Shaped with promise on his hurdling/stable debut over C&D in December but was disappointing at Wincanton last week.
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Isn't badly bred but looked one for the longer term when well held in a Chepstow bumper on debut in November.
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Blue Bresil gelding. Dam (h134) bumper/19f-21f hurdle winner (stayed 3m). Looked one for the longer term when well held over C&D on last month's debut.
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Non-Runners
4
Paradias42
Weight: 11-8|Â Â Age: 5
T: A King  J: Non Runner
NR
10
Juan Bermudez239
Weight: 11-2|Â Â Age: 5
T: D Skelton  J: Non Runner
NR
11
Noble Don29
Weight: 11-2|Â Â Age: 5
T: D J Jeffreys  J: Thomas Bellamy
NR
15
Sandmartin
Weight: 11-2|Â Â Age: 6
T: Mrs M Rowley  J: Charlie Deutsch
NR
16
Selwan46
Weight: 11-2|Â Â Age: 5
T: A King  J: Tom Cannon
NR
Forecasts
Making Headway (6/4), Hasthing (9/4), East India Express (5/2), Paradias (11/2), Jack Black (17/2), Juan Bermudez (20/1), David's Well (25/1), Fourtowns (28/1), Salvatore (33/1), Sandmartin (33/1), Noble Don (50/1), Selwan (66/1), The Blueberry One (80/1), Ballybay (150/1), Chancellorstown (200/1), Platenium (250/1), The Big Man (250/1), Parsons Stone (250/1)
MAKING HEADWAY takes a drop in class and looks the pick on form with more to come. The promising Hasthing made it 2 from 2 over hurdles with a fair bit more in hand the margin suggested at Catterick and shouldn't be too inconvenienced by the drop in trip. East India Express completes the shortlist.
- Hasthing9/4
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: £8,169.002nd: £3,764.003rd: £1,881.004th: £942.00
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