15:15 Fakenham

Friday 17 October 2025

All14:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:00

Axe The Racing Tax Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: 4m 3.97s

1^st

Squeezebox

611-9

3/1

T: T LaceyJ: Brendan Powell

Led and set decent pace, came clear turning in, kept on strongly, unchallenged op 10/3 tchd 11/4

2^nd

4 ¾

Kelijoe

511-2

7/1

T: S EdmundsJ: Charlie Hammond

Keen in rear, gained a place before 6th, headway into 4th after 3 out, went 3rd before next, took 2nd before the last, no chance with unchallenged winner op 9/1 tchd 6/1

3^rd

Solanna

611-2

9/1

T: J ButlerJ: C J Todd

Held up in last pair, gained a place after 4th, outpaced and struggling after 4 out, went 3rd after next, weakened into 4th before 2 out, took remote 3rd close home op 17/2 tchd 12/1

4^th

Sixpack

511-2

1/1f

T: James OwenJ: Alex Chadwick (3)

Bit keen in 3rd inside, went 2nd before 5th, pushed along before 4 out, ridden and struggling after 2 out, weakened into 3rd before the last, lost remote 3rd close home, finished tired op 5/6 tchd 4/5 and 11/10

5^th

Currumbin

411-8

13/2

T: Michael KeadyJ: Tom Cannon

Raced wide, tracked winner until before 5th, chased leading pair, pushed along before 4 out, outpaced when pecked on landing 3 out, soon weakened and lost two places, tailed off op 11/1

6^th

Portoro

511-2

28/1

T: Martin DunneJ: Callum Pritchard (5)

Raced in 4th inside, dropped to 5th after 4th, tailed off in rear before 4 out op 25/1 tchd 22/1 and 40/1

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Non-Runners

Zafaan¹⁷

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: Charlie Clover J: Harry Bannister

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.00Pl:£1.60, £2.60EX:£16.40Trifecta:£81.40SF:£23.39Swingers:£2.40, £3.70, £5.80

Forecasts

Sixpack (1/1), Squeezebox (3/1), Zafaan (4/1), Currumbin (13/2), Kelijoe (7/1), Solanna (9/1), Portoro (28/1)

None of these can be ruled out but it could pay to side with James Owen's fair winning Flat stayer SIXPACK to make a successful debut in this sphere. Zafaan rates the pick of the weights of those with hurdling experience and is next on the list, although Squeezebox, Kelijoe and Solanna all command plenty of respect too in an intriguing novice.

SIXPACK
ZAFAAN (IRE)
SQUEEZEBOX (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Charging Thunder

Weight: 11-2 |Age: 6

J: H Cobden | T: James Owen

1/1

Prize Money

1st: £3,540.002nd: £1,631.003rd: £815.004th: £408.00