12:05 Cheltenham

Friday 12 December 2025

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British EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 12:05 | Winning time: 4m 0.15s

1^st

Old Park Star

511-6

5/2

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Disputed lead, led narrowly 3rd, shaken up on run to last and forged clear, ran on strongly, not extended, impressive op 9/4 tchd 2/1

2^nd

Glance At Midnight

511-6

11/1

T: Andrew MartinJ: Shane Quinlan

Raced keenly, handy, lost position 4 out, pushed along after 2 out, stayed on on run to last, went second run-in, no chance with easy winner op 16/1

3^rd

3 ¼

Kingston Queen

510-13

2/1f

T: D PipeJ: Jack Tudor

Disputed lead, headed narrowly 3rd, remained close up, pushed along after 2 out, outpaced by winner on run to last, no extra run-in op 15/8 tchd 11/5

4^th

3 ¼

Lisbane Park

411-6

15/2

T: J TizzardJ: Brendan Powell

Mid-division, closed after 3 out, pushed along after 2 out, kept on one pace op 17/2 tchd 7/1

5^th

Can't Resist It

611-0

125/1

T: F O'BrienJ: Jack Hogan

Towards rear, not fluent 1st, awkward 3 out, hampered by faller 2 out and lost touch op 200/1

6^th

2 ¼

Our Boy Stan

411-6

6/1

T: B PaulingJ: Ben Jones

Mid-division, not fluent 5th, headway on outer after 3 out, pushed along and weakened after 2 out op 11/2

7^th

Minella Marathon

411-6

14/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Mid-division, chased leaders 5th, pushed along on run to last, no impression and weakened op 12/1

8^th

Mullaghgloss

411-6

14/1

T: A SlatteryJ: Cian Quirke

Tracked leaders, pushed along after 2 out, soon dropped away op 12/1

9^th

Delta Blues Belle

510-7

300/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Kielan Woods

In rear, tailed off 2 out op 250/1

Also Ran

Sherminator

411-0

14/1

T: H FryJ: Bryan Carver

Mid-division, pecked 3 out, fell 2 out op 28/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.50Pl:£1.50, £2.90, £1.40EX:£28.30Trifecta:£86.20SF:£30.52Swingers:£6.10, £2.20, £5.00

Forecasts

Kingston Queen (2/1), Old Park Star (5/2), Our Boy Stan (6/1), Lisbane Park (15/2), Glance At Midnight (11/1), Minella Marathon (14/1), Mullaghgloss (14/1), Sherminator (14/1), Can't Resist It (125/1), Delta Blues Belle (300/1)

An interesting novice hurdle to kick off the card. KINGSTON QUEEN looked a useful prospect when scoring comfortably on her Chepstow hurdling debut last month and while her future probably lies back over further, it's hard ignore how well that form is working out, so she looks worth siding with to make it 2 from 2 in this sphere. Old Park Star bettered his bumper form when making a winning start over hurdles with a bit up his sleeve at Kempton and seems sure to improve, as does Lisbane Park.

KINGSTON QUEEN (IRE)
OLD PARK STAR (IRE)
LISBANE PARK (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Country Mile

Weight: 11-6 |Age: 5

J: Harry Skelton | T: D Skelton

5/1

Prize Money

1st: £10,892.002nd: £5,018.003rd: £2,508.004th: £1,256.00