18:12 Fontwell
Wednesday 6 May 2026
All17:4218:1218:4219:1219:4220:12
Mercedes-Benz Of Chichester Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
- 4YO plus  |  Class 4  |  2m 1f 162y  |  Good (Good to Soft in Places)  |  14 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 18:12Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 27.28s
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Dual winner at around 1½m on the Flat in France and going the right way over hurdles, winning 2m Plumpton maiden (good to soft) last month. Should be very competitive under a penalty.
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Easily best effort in maiden/novice hurdles in recent months when third of 12 in 2m Ffos Las novice (soft) 24 days ago. Should be on the premises again.
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Modest handicapper at best on Flat and well held both starts over hurdles.
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Fair maiden on the Flat. Tongue strap added and left hurdle debut well behind when winning 15f Wincanton maiden (good) 24 days ago. It was a weak race but she did it readily and looks capable of better again.
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Unplaced both starts in Irish points and more one for handicaps based on his efforts in a pair of Plumpton maidens last month.
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Only minor promise in 2 bumpers/hurdles.
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Fair maiden on the Flat but below par on all-weather when last seen in November. Switches to hurdles after 5 months off. Worth a second look in the betting.
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Modest maiden on all-weather Flat, although latest 11f Southwell handicap second was a creditable effort. Well beaten in 3 juvenile hurdles towards the end of 2025.
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Fair form in 3 bumpers this year ahead of this switch to hurdles.
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Farr Flat winner for Ed Walker but no real encouragement when 21½ lengths fourth of 7 to reopposing La Cadalora on Wincanton hurdle debut (15f, good) 24 days ago.
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Fair maiden on the Flat. Promise when fourth on Kempton hurdle debut over Christmas but looked held in third when unseating turning for home in the Plumpton maiden won by Flash Man last month. Cheekpieces are reached for after that. Claims if back to the Kempton form.
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Fair fifth in a Clonmel maiden hurdle on her final start in Ireland but pulled up in 19f course maiden on last month's yard first outing for this yard. Can only watch after that.
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200/1 and tongue tied, showed nothing when distant sixth of 7 in novice hurdle at Chepstow (2m, good) on debut 41 days ago.
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No impact first 3 starts but showed she has ability when fourth of 13 in 2m Stratford maiden (good to soft) 17 days ago.
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Forecasts
La Cadalora (11/8), Flash Man (11/8), Tetsworth (9/1), Mega Etoile (12/1), Chambers (12/1), Bahati Bahati (22/1), Moscow Star (25/1), Dodging The Bullet (66/1), Oblemenko (66/1), Cockney Cleopatra (66/1), Pivotal Days (100/1), Regal Icon (150/1), Hawa Jumeirah (200/1), Hollysaway (300/1)
LA CADALORA did it easily at Wincanton and is taken to defy a penalty, perhaps at the main expense of fellow hurdle winner Flash Man. Tetsworth and Bahati Bahati are others likely to have a say.
- La Cadalora11/8
- Flash Man11/8
- Tetsworth9/1
Prize Money
1st: £5,446.002nd: £2,509.003rd: £1,254.004th: £628.00
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