13:55 Newbury

Friday 21 March 2025

All13:5514:3015:0015:3016:0216:3717:10

Watch Weekend Winners Powered By BetVictor Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 3  |   2m 4f 118y  |   Good to Soft (Good in places)  |   5 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:55  |   Winning time: 4m 58.62s
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Star rating
Horse A-Z
£130,000 purchase after Irish point win. Showed smart form in bumpers, winning on Rules debut at Chepstow before an excellent second in a much deeper field at Punchestown last spring. Made a successful hurdling bow with plenty in hand at Doncaster recently and seems sure to go to better things.
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In top hands but has shown nothing in a bumper/Ascot maiden hurdle. Tongue tie goes on.
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Point winner who also landed a bumper last season. Only a remote second on Exeter hurdle debut in November but much improved when first past the post in a C&D novice in December (later disqualified after rider Lorcan Williams found guilty of overusing the whip). Obvious player on form.
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5
Horse silk
Forlano15
Age: 8|  Weight: 11-2| J: S Bowen| T: J & S Best
250/1
Placed just once from 4 starts in bumpers and well held in a pair of maiden hurdles.
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6
Horse silk
11/1
Confirmed debut promise when winning 12-runner bumper at Huntingdon in January, finishing off strongly. Beat all bar a 4-y-o newcomer to whom he was conceding lots of weight at Southwell subsequently and he's an interesting hurdling debutant.
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Non-Runners

2
Horse silk
Ski Lodge107
Weight: 11-8|  Age: 6
T: A King  J: Thomas Bellamy
NR

Forecasts

Queensbury Boy (2/5), Captain Bellamy (5/2), Ski Lodge (9/2), Nazare (11/1), Broxy Music (80/1), Forlano (250/1)

Verdict

QUEENSBURY BOY created a good impression when landing the odds on his recent hurdling debut at Doncaster and, with his smart bumper form suggesting he'll go on to much better things, he could prove hard to beat under a penalty. Nazare has shown plenty in 3 bumpers and is an interesting recruit to this sphere, while Ski Lodge and Captain Bellamy are others capable of having a say.

  1. Nazare11/1

Previous Winners

2024
Huffin An A Puffin
Weight: 11-2  |Age: 5
10/1

Prize Money

1st: £5,446.002nd: £2,509.003rd: £1,254.004th: £628.00

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