14:50 Newbury

Saturday 27 March 2021

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BetVictor Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 14:51 | Winning time: 4m 35.12s

1^st

Good Ball

410-9

2/1f

T: P F NichollsJ: H Cobden

Mid-division, ridden after 3 out, led 2 out, stayed on well op 9/4

2^nd

Press Your Luck

611-1

14/1

T: C GordonJ: Tom Cannon

Toward rear, ridden and headway before 3 out, challenged 2 out, kept on but always held by winner op 16/1

3^rd

Hudson De Grugy

410-8

9/2

T: G & J MooreJ: Joshua Moore

Towards rear, ridden 3 out, headway approaching 2 out, challenged approaching last, kept on tchd 5/1

4^th

Sometimes Always

610-11

6/1

T: Ian WilliamsJ: C J Todd (3)

Held up in rear, ridden and headway before 3 out, weakened after last op 13/2 tchd 5/1

5^th

3 ¼

Mount Windsor

611-12

7/1

T: C GordonJ: Fergus Gillard (5)

Tracked leader, led after 3rd, ridden and headed 2 out, no extra tchd 13/2 and tchd 15/2

6^th

1 ¾

One True King

611-3

9/2

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies

Led, headed after 3rd, ridden after 3 out, soon weakened tchd 4/1

Also Ran

Minella Tara

610-4

11/1

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Prominent, ridden before 3 out, fell 2 out op 9/1

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Non-Runners

Hooper¹⁴

Weight: 10-8| Age: 5

T: N J Henderson J: N de Boinville

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.60Pl:£1.20, £5.90EX:£26.80Trifecta:£134.20Tricast:£109.68SF:£26.07Swingers:£5.60, £2.20, £9.80

Forecasts

Good Ball (2/1), Hudson De Grugy (9/2), One True King (9/2), Hooper (11/2), Sometimes Always (6/1), Mount Windsor (7/1), Minella Tara (11/1), Press Your Luck (14/1)

GOOD BALL and Hudson de Grugy are improving types both in receipt of a handy 4-y-o allowances and rate the pair to focus on. The former is narrowly preferred of the pair, with Press Your Luck and Minella Tara, at the foot of the weights, a couple of others worth considering.