13:15 Ascot

Friday 19 December 2025

All12:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:35

Howden Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 5m 25.91s

1^st

Crystal Island

411-4

3/1f

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Midfield, ridden and headway to dispute second 2 out, soon edged right and disputed lead, ridden and led outright close home, went clear near finish op 7/4 tchd 3/1

2^nd

Off The Jury

611-4

4/1

T: M BowenJ: James Bowen

Prominent, disputed lead 5th, ridden and led outright before 2 out, soon edged left and joined, not fluent last, soon headed, outpaced near finish op 10/3

3^rd

3 ¼

West Hill Verde

511-4

10/1

T: J W MullinsJ: H Cobden

Took keen hold, midfield, ridden before last, kept on and went third final strides op 16/1

4^th

Gaelic Pride

511-4

10/3

T: W GreatrexJ: Caoilin Quinn

Midfield, in touch and not fluent 3 out, soon ridden, chased leaders approaching last, kept on same pace, lost third final strides op 4/1

5^th

4 ½

Seamoon Story

411-4

66/1

T: C E LongsdonJ: David Bass

Briefly led, prominent, disputed lead 1st, headed before 7th where not fluent, ridden and joined for second 2 out, faded into fourth approaching last, soon weakened tchd 80/1

6^th

6 ½

Dig Deep

411-4

9/2

T: B PaulingJ: Ben Jones

Midfield, ridden before 2 out, faded run-in

7^th

6 ½

Walk Tall

511-4

33/1

T: J TizzardJ: Brendan Powell

Held up in midfield, headway 7th, ridden before 2 out, soon faded tchd 28/1

8^th

Charlies Jetaway

411-4

250/1

T: S HosieJ: Harry Kimber

Always in rear op 200/1

Also Ran

Big Ticket

411-4

5/1

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

Close up in touch, disputed lead 6th, briefly led outright before 7th, not fluent and headed 3 out, soon pulled up op 13/2 tchd 11/2

Definite Call

711-4

33/1

T: Dr R Newland & J InsoleJ: Charlie Hammond

Always in rear, not fluent 4th, pulled up before 7th op 50/1

Fury Lad

611-4

250/1

T: R RoweJ: Tom Cannon

Always in rear, pulled up before 3 out op 200/1 tchd 150/1

Les's Destiny Star

611-4

33/1

T: B PaulingJ: Callum Pritchard (3)

Briefly prominent, led, slow jump 1st and joined, headed 5th, driven and weakened before 7th, pulled up before 2 out op 66/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.00Pl:£1.70, £1.70, £2.70EX:£18.60Trifecta:£123.50SF:£15.96Swingers:£3.20, £7.60, £7.60

Forecasts

Crystal Island (3/1), Gaelic Pride (10/3), Off The Jury (4/1), Dig Deep (9/2), Big Ticket (5/1), West Hill Verde (10/1), Walk Tall (33/1), Les's Destiny Star (33/1), Definite Call (33/1), Seamoon Story (66/1), Charlies Jetaway (250/1), Fury Lad (250/1)

An interesting maiden. CRYSTAL ISLAND saw off a recent Wincanton bumper runner-up when winning his Irish point in the spring and is selected to make a winning start to his hurdle career for new connections, with confidence in his chance increased should the betting vibes be strong. Big Ticket, Off The Jury and Gaelic Pride are all pretty useful and should be on the premises, while Ben Pauling's Dig Deep looks capable of better again.

CRYSTAL ISLAND (IRE)
BIG TICKET
OFF THE JURY (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Belliano

Weight: 11-4 |Age: 5

J: H Cobden | T: P F Nicholls

4/5

Prize Money

1st: £8,169.002nd: £3,764.003rd: £1,881.004th: £942.00