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Thursday 23 October 2025

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Bet Clever BetGoodwin Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2)

Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 4m 57.1s

Ben Cruachan

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Jones| T: P Hobbs & J White

28/1

Lauro gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner Merchant House. Dam unraced half-sister to useful chaser (stayed 19f) Bambi de L'orme. Worth monitoring in market on debut.

Form:

Doctor On Call³¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Dylan Johnston⁽³⁾| T: P F Nicholls

7/2

Made winning NH debut in 11-runner bumper (3/1) at Hereford (16.2f, good to soft) last December, pushed out. Open to improvement on hurdles bow and looks one for shortlist.

Form: 1-

Fortune Timmy²⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Freddie Gordon⁽³⁾| T: C Gordon

8/1

€28,000 3-y-o, £40,000 5-y-o, Soldier of Fortune gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful chaser (stayed 23f) Patricks Park. Runner-up sole start in points earlier this year and hails from a yard in fine form. Must enter calculations on NH debut.

Form: 2-

Kool Kid²⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Brendan Powell| T: J Tizzard

6/1

Off the mark at first time of asking when landing 8-runner bumper at Hereford (16.2f, good to soft) in February. Must be respected on hurdles debut although yard not fully firing at present.

Form: 4221-

Name Me Nicely¹⁸⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Thomas Bellamy| T: K Bailey & M Nicholls

25/1

Shaped as if in need of experience when sixth of 10 in bumper at Ffos Las (15.8f, good to soft) on NH debut in April. Ought to have learnt plenty from that though and can't be ruled out on switch to hurdling.

Form: 3/6-

Nazare²¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: S Bowen| T: James Owen

3/1

Posted fairly-useful form in bumpers, including when scoring at Huntingdon in January. Below that level when third of 5 in novice at Newbury (20.5f, good, 11/1) on hurdles bow in March but likely has more to offer in this sphere.

Form: 2123-

Silver Hill²⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: G Sheehan| T: Jamie Snowden

7/4

Made a winning start in Market Rasen bumper in December and ran to similar level when fourth of 7 at Sandown (16f, heavy) 8 months ago. Sent hurdling on return and must be taken seriously with yard amongst the winners.

Form: 14-

Ted The Thief²⁰⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Harry Kimber| T: R Walford

80/1

A winning pointer but offered little in a couple of starts in this sphere last term and can only be watched starting out for new connections here.

Form: 322194-

Non-Runners

Klimt Madrik⁵⁷¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: T Lawes J: K Brogan

Suzy Wood²⁷⁷

Weight: 10-11| Age: 6

T: A Irvine J: Caoilin Quinn

Forecasts

Silver Hill (7/4), Nazare (3/1), Doctor On Call (7/2), Kool Kid (6/1), Fortune Timmy (8/1), Klimt Madrik (14/1), Name Me Nicely (25/1), Ben Cruachan (28/1), Ted The Thief (80/1), Suzy Wood (100/1)

With his yard going well, narrow preference is for SILVER HILL, who scored first time up in bumpers last term and ought to appreciate this longer trip on hurdles debut. Doctor On Call and Nazare may provide the chief threat in a race where the market should provide plenty of clues.