13:45 Doncaster

Friday 23 January 2026

All12:4513:1513:4514:1514:5015:2516:00

Virgin Bet A Good Bet Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:45 | Winning time: 4m 7.60s

1^st

Minstrel Knight

511-8

7/2

T: E BethellJ: B S Hughes

Made all, not fluent 2nd, went four lengths clear before halfway, reduced lead after 3 out, rallied and asserted to go clear after before last, ridden out op 3/1

2^nd

Division Day

410-3

40/1

T: B EllisonJ: Danny McMenamin

Towards rear, steady headway from 3 out, in fifth and still plenty to do approaching last, ran on strongly run-in, took second final strides tchd 50/1

3^rd

Minella Jury

611-8

13/8j

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

Soon raced in second, pushed along and lost one position 2 out, rallied and regained second before last, outpaced run-in, lost second again final strides op 6/4 tchd 6/5 and tchd 7/4

4^th

1 ½

Legal Weapon

611-2

13/8j

T: B PaulingJ: Ben Jones

Soon race in third, took second 2 out, ridden when outpaced leading pair approaching last, weakened and lost third towards finish op 9/4 tchd 6/4 and tchd 5/2

5^th

Chillingham

711-2

28/1

T: Micky HammondJ: Callum Bewley

Wore hood to start, prominent, outpaced before 2 out, weakened to fifth before last, soon faded op 18/1

6^th

Liberty Coach

511-2

13/2

T: J & S QuinnJ: Craig Nichol

Midfield, hung right when outpaced from 3 out, soon weakened tchd 11/2

7^th

Neeps And Tatties

710-9

125/1

T: R T PhillipsJ: Finn Lambert (3)

In rear, outpaced and struggling 3 out, tailed off from 2 out tchd 100/1

Also Ran

Hobnail

611-2

400/1

T: Miss C DysonJ: Lee Edwards

Always in rear, tailed off from 3 out, pulled up before 2 out op 250/1 tchd 500/1

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Non-Runners

Final Escape⁵²⁰

Weight: 10-9| Age: 7

T: O Greenall & J Guerriero J: C J Todd

Prince Of Clova⁸⁵

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: P D Niven J: Aaron Anderson

Lasko Des Obeaux³⁶

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: Harry Derham J: Paul O'Brien

Desertmore News⁶²

Weight: 11-2| Age: 6

T: T Ellis J: Jack Andrews

Irandando Has⁴⁰

Weight: 11-8| Age: 7

T: S Allwood J: Toby Wynne

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£5.40Pl:£1.50, £5.10, £1.10EX:£110.40Trifecta:£425.10SF:£91.68Swingers:£12.20, £1.70, £10.40

Forecasts

Minella Jury (13/8), Legal Weapon (13/8), Lasko Des Obeaux (5/2), Minstrel Knight (7/2), Liberty Coach (13/2), Irandando Has (7/1), Chillingham (28/1), Prince Of Clova (33/1), Division Day (40/1), Final Escape (50/1), Desertmore News (50/1), Neeps And Tatties (125/1), Hobnail (400/1)

This can go the way of LIBERTY COACH who has some fairly-useful winning Flat form to his name and shaped well when a never-nearer third at Wetherby last time. He can improve sufficiently to thwart Ben Pauling's progressive Legal Weapon, while Minella Jury, Minstrel Knight and Lasko Des Obeaux also need factoring into this intriguing maiden.

LIBERTY COACH
LEGAL WEAPON (GER)
MINELLA JURY (IRE)

Previous Winners

2025

Meetmebythesea

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 5

J: Callum Pritchard | T: B Pauling

1/2

Prize Money

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