16:10 Ascot

Saturday 15 February 2025

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Betfair Racing Podcasts Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 16:13 | Winning time: 4m 51.24s

1^st

First Confession

611-7

2/1

T: J TizzardJ: Brendan Powell

Made all, pushed along home turn and forged clear, ran on well, readily op 5/2

2^nd

4 ½

Crest Of Fortune

511-7

4/6f

T: A J HoneyballJ: H Cobden

Handy, outpaced and pushed along home turn, rallying when not fluent 2 out, soon chased leader, kept on but no impression tchd 8/13 and tchd 8/11

3^rd

9 ½

Groovy Blue

611-2

12/1

T: B PaulingJ: Ben Jones

Wore red hood to post, chased front pair, jumped left 3 out, went 2nd home turn, not fluent 2 out and soon beaten tchd 17/2

4^th

1 ¼

Old Cowboy

511-2

12/1

T: G & J MooreJ: David Noonan

Held up in rear, carried left jumping 3 out, soon closed up, pushed along into 3rd home turn, weakened after 2 out op 8/1

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Non-Runners

Just A Rose²⁸

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: P F Nicholls J: Non Runner

Kingston Pride⁷¹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 6

T: N J Henderson J: N de Boinville

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.00EX:£3.40Trifecta:£6.40SF:£3.90Swingers:£2.20

Forecasts

Crest Of Fortune (4/6), Kingston Pride (1/1), Just A Rose (6/4), First Confession (2/1), Groovy Blue (12/1), Old Cowboy (12/1)

With the highly promising Just A Rose ruled out, this now looks pretty open. CREST OF FORTUNE hasn't done a great deal wrong in his three starts over hurdles to date and left the strong impression that this step back up in trip would be in his favour when again finding just one too good at Exeter on New Year's Day. Anthony Honeyball's charge gets the nod ahead of First Confession and Kingston Pride, both of whom looked promising prior to low-key performances in graded company last time.

CREST OF FORTUNE
FIRST CONFESSION (IRE)
KINGSTON PRIDE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Pic Roc

Weight: 11-2 |Age: 6

J: Ben Jones | T: B Pauling

11/2

Prize Money

1st: £13,008.002nd: £5,980.003rd: £2,990.004th: £1,495.005th: £748.006th: £372.00