12:53 Market Rasen

Friday 16 January 2026

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Book Our Caravan Park in 2026 Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 4  |   2m 2f 140y  |   Good to Soft (Soft in places)  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 12:54  |   Winning time: 4m 44.50s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
1
Horse silk
2/5
Won sole point last winter. Well held on Cheltenham hurdle debut in November but different proposition with a tongue tie added when landing 2½m Wincanton novice in December. Useful prospect.
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Timeform
2
Horse silk
Constantiniant74
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-5| J: James Davies| T: O Signy| C
11/2
Course bumper winner last March. Ran to a barely modest level when beaten 14 lengths into second on Hereford hurdle debut (2m, good) in November but should be able to better that form.
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Timeform
3
Horse silk
Inca599
Age: 8|  Weight: 11-5| J: Benjamin Poste| T: C Hobson
250/1
£20,000 purchase after finishing runner-up on his completed start in Irish points but no show in 2 hurdle runs for new yard in May 2024 and absent since.
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Timeform
Picked up for £155,000 after winning Irish point last spring. Had wind op before a promising second of 8 in maiden at Leicester (20.5f heavy) on his debut last month. Open to progress with tongue tie added.
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Timeform
5
Horse silk
12/1
Showed promise when fourth in both bumper starts and his pedigree suggests this longer trip should suit now hurdling for top stable.
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Timeform
6
Horse silk
Yummy30
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-5| J: Liam Harrison| T: D Skelton
125/1
Never dangerous in bumper and 2 maiden hurdles. Typhoon Warrior looks the Skelton first string here.
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Timeform
Promising second in first of 2 bumper starts last winter but her 2 efforts over hurdles this time round suggest she won't be of interest in this sphere until handicapping.
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Timeform
8
Horse silk
66/1
£78,000 purchase after finishing third in an Irish point but hasn't shown any short-term promise in an Ayr bumper and Wetherby novice hurdle for new connections.
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Timeform

Forecasts

Hold The Serve (2/5), Shotgun Rider (7/2), Constantinian (11/2), Typhoon Warrior (12/1), Dilly's Gunner (40/1), Redeeming Love (66/1), Yummy (125/1), Inca (250/1)

Verdict

HOLD THE SERVE might be up to defying a penalty for last month's Wincanton success, with Leicester runner-up Shotgun Rider the obvious danger. Course bumper winner Constantinian looks best of the remainder.

Previous Winners

2025
Fingle Bridge
Weight: 11-12  |Age: 7
J: S Bowen  |  T: O Murphy
2/5

Prize Money

1st: £5,281.002nd: £2,430.003rd: £1,215.004th: £608.005th: £303.00

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