12:35 Wincanton

Saturday 8 November 2025

All12:3513:1013:4514:2314:5515:3016:05

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Off time: 12:38 | Winning time: 3m 32.59s

1^st

Fasol

611-6

4/6f

T: P F NichollsJ: Miss Olive Nicholls (7)

Prominent, ridden and headway to dispute lead approaching last, soon led outright, kept on well op 8/11 tchd 8/13

2^nd

Miss Altea Blue

410-13

15/8

T: P F NichollsJ: Harry Cobden

Led, pushed along before last where joined, soon headed, no match for winner near finish tchd 2/1

3^rd

Fight My Fire

411-6

8/1

T: J TizzardJ: Brendan Powell

Midfield, not fluent 4th, pushed along before 2 out, soon outpaced op 9/1 tchd 15/2

4^th

Marhaba The Champ

611-0

20/1

T: Mrs S LeechJ: James Bowen

Not always fluent, always in rear, hampered by loose horse with a circuit to go, tailed off before 2 out op 14/1

Also Ran

Hopjes

611-0

200/1

T: H DickinJ: Bradley Harris (3)

Held up in rear, hampered and unseated rider 1st op 80/1

Western Ginny

410-7

125/1

T: H DickinJ: J M Quinlan

Unruly down to start, held up in rear, jumped right and unseated rider 1st op 66/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£1.67Pl:£1.20, £1.10EX:£2.10Trifecta:£4.40SF:£2.27Swingers:£1.10, £1.30, £1.30

Forecasts

Fasol (4/6), Miss Altea Blue (15/8), Fight My Fire (8/1), Marhaba The Champ (20/1), Western Ginny (125/1), Hopjes (200/1)

MISS ALTEA BLUE is yet to reproduce her French form, but she wasn't disgraced from a stiff-looking mark at Cheltenham in April and gets the nod to notch a second win back in novice company. Fasol, a stablemate of the selection, is considered the main threat.

MISS ALTEA BLUE (FR)
FASOL
FIGHT MY FIRE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Swingin Safari

Weight: 11-2 |Age: 4

J: Harry Cobden | T: P F Nicholls

11/8

Prize Money

1st: £9,530.002nd: £4,391.003rd: £2,194.004th: £1,099.00