14:38 Southwell
Friday 9 January 2026
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Free Race Replays On attheraces.com Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
- 4YO plus  |  Class 4  |  1m 7f 182y  |  12 Runners  |  Turf
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Useful dual bumper winner. Shaped well when second at Carlisle on his hurdling bow but only seventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Newbury (16.3f, good to soft) 42 days ago. Worth another chance for good yard.
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Fairly useful handicapper on Flat (stays 1¾m), not lacking for stamina when winning at Haydock in September. Run best excused next time but pulled up on his hurdling bow at Fakenham recently. Not written off yet though.
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£80,000 point winner who landed bumper at Kelso in March. Has shaped with promise both runs over hurdles, bad mistake last when fourth of 14 in novice at Taunton (16.5f, good) 29 days ago. Open to improvement.
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66/1, encouraging fifth of 14 in novice hurdle over C&D (good to soft) on hurdles bow 38 days ago. Can build on it here.
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Impressive bumper winner on debut in March and has made a promising start over hurdles, edged out only late on when runner-up in novice hurdle over C&D (good to soft) 26 days ago. Solid form claims.
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Fair three-time 1m4f winner on the Flat in 2025. Showed an aptitude for hurdling when debut seventh in 2m Sedgefield maiden last month and can take a step forward now.
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Fair 10f Flat winner who showed some promise when fourth of 10 in novice hurdle at Huntingdon (15.8f, soft) on NH debut 33 days ago. Capable of better.
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Shirocco gelding who was well supported when making a winning start in bumper at Haydock in May for Don Cantillon. Since changed hands for £100,000 and he rates an interesting prospect on his hurdles debut.
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Lightly-raced sort who took a step forward when seventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Ludlow (15.8f, soft) 23 days ago. Sort to do better in the longer term.
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Fair form in bumpers last season. Well held in a useful Cheltenham conditions race and Haydock Grade 2 since switching to hurdles but he must enter calculations now his sights are lowered.
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Has shown ability in maiden hurdles at Taunton and Huntingdon 8 months apart. Sort to be seen in a better light in handicaps in due course.
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Modest maiden on Flat (stays 1¼m) for Andrew Balding but down the field both starts for his current yard. Goes hurdling now with more required.
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Forecasts
Harbour Island (3/1), The Egyptian Ginge (7/2), So Proud (4/1), Is This For Real (5/1), Liam Mera Kai (6/1), Sense Of Reason (10/1), High Point (25/1), Made All (33/1), Paragon (33/1), Supreme Shot (33/1), Le Fabuleux Buck's (33/1), Glancing Back (50/1)
SO PROUD looked a good prospect when making a winning bumper debut for Don Cantillon at Haydock in May and can go in at the first time of asking over hurdles for new connections who went to £100,000 to buy this son of Shirocco. Both Liam Mera Kai and The Egyptian Ginge have the form to play a big part, while Is This For Real and Harbour Island also need factoring into this intriguing maiden.
Prize Money
1st: £5,446.002nd: £2,509.003rd: £1,254.004th: £628.00
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