13:15 Carlisle

Sunday 30 November 2025

All12:1512:4513:1513:4514:1514:4815:23

John Budden Memorial British EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • 4YO to 6YO  |   Class 4  |   2m 3f 61y  |   Soft  |   12 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:15  |   Winning time: 4m 57.18s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
1
Horse silk
100/1
Runner-up sole start in points in May 2024 but well held on Hexham hurdle debut 18 months later.
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2
Horse silk
Blofeld279
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-0| J: Ross Chapman| T: R Menzies
11/4
Looked useful when making a winning bumper debut at Ayr (heavy) in February. Should be up to making his presence felt in a race like this now hurdling.
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3
Horse silk
Canunclecani300
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Quinlan| T: Mrs J Stephen| OR:  107
9/1
Made frame all 3 starts in Irish points and better with each start over hurdles, culminating with a 17f course second on soft ground in February. Likely to be thereabouts if resuming in similar form.
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4
Horse silk
50/1
Better effort in bumpers when third on soft ground here in February, but that form doesn't amount to much and improvement needed now switched to hurdles.
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5
Horse silk
100/1
10/1 when 20 lengths sixth of 10 in Ayr bumper on debut in March. Blofeld looks the stable first string unless the betting hints otherwise.
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6
Horse silk
125/1
Comfortably held in 2 bumpers and unseated early on Hexham hurdle debut in April. Best watched on return.
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7
Horse silk
Milan Parkt30
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-0| J: William Maggs(5)| T: C Grant
12/1
Modest form in bumpers and probably didn't achieve much when 8 lengths second of 3 to a hard-held winner on 2½m Wetherby hurdle debut last month.
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8
Horse silk
12/1
Promise when reaching the frame in 2 bumpers and again when 13 lengths third of 9 in 2½m Newcastle novice on hurdle debut 16 days ago. May do better.
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9
Horse silk
200/1
Runner-up on second of 2 outings in points but well held in bumper/2 novice hurdle under Rules.
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10
Horse silk
50/1
Made frame sole start in points in March. Best watched on hurdle debut unless the betting strongly hints otherwise.
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11
Horse silk
Inedit D'amourp120
Age: 4|  Weight: 10-13| J: B S Hughes| T: D McCain Jnr| OR:  110
16/1
Fair form over hurdles in France for Francois Nicolle and runner-up on sole completed chase start on that side of the Channel. Ran below that level when third on 17f course stable debut 3 weeks ago but may strip fitter now. Also refitted with the cheekpieces he wore once in France.
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12
Horse silk
4/6
€180,000 purchase after finishing second in an Irish point in April. Tongue tied on Rules debut. In good hands and betting confidence likely significant.
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Forecasts

The Burren Man (4/6), Blofeld (11/4), Canunclecani (9/1), Port Station (12/1), Milan Park (12/1), Inedit D'amour (16/1), Wherearethejudges (50/1), Eagle's Cairn (50/1), Je Mr Dawson (100/1), Ballybough Nelson (100/1), King Kodiak (125/1), Reliance Kid (200/1)

Verdict

In a novice where those with hurdle experience don't set the bar that high Harry Derham point recruit THE BURREN MAN is preferred to last season's Ayr bumper winner Blofeld. Canunclecani may prove best of those who have already run over timber.

Previous Winners

2024
Gamesters Guy
Weight: 11-0  |Age: 5
15/8

Prize Money

1st: £3,812.002nd: £1,756.003rd: £878.004th: £440.00

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