Sky Sports Racing Virgin 519 Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race).
Lingfield · Monday, 19 Jan · 17:20
· 2m
· Class 4
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
13:20
Off time
18
Runners
Soft (Good to Soft in places)
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 18 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
3.25
9/4
02 · 🥈 2nd
3.50
5/2
03 · 🥉 3rd
5
4/1
04 · —
5
4/1
05 · —
11
10/1
06 · —
13
12/1
07 · —
26
25/1
08 · —
29
28/1
09 · —
29
28/1
10 · —
67
66/1
11 · —
67
66/1
12 · —
101
100/1
13 · —
201
200/1
14 · —
201
200/1
15 · —
201
200/1
16 · —
251
250/1
17 · —
401
400/1
18 · —
401
400/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17th | 1 | — |
Blazing Gaden (G)
Cityscape gelding who was pulled up in novice hurdle at Wincanton (15.2f, soft, 125/1) on NH debut 34 days ago.
|
— | Finn Lambert | D J Jeffreys | 5 | 73.5 kg |
401
400/1
|
| 13th | 2 | — |
Bluey Bay (G)
Twice-raced maiden. 66/1, fifth of 9 in bumper at Southwell (15.8f, good to soft) 48 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.
|
550 | James Best | M Keighley | 6 | 73.5 kg |
101
100/1
|
| 7th | 3 | — |
Fravanco (G)
Fair AW Flat winner and showed more than he had first time over hurdles when fifth at Lingfield, albeit just modest form.
|
96/5752- | M Goldstein | M Madgwick | 7 | 73.5 kg |
201
200/1
|
| 14th | 4 | — |
Gone Country (G)
Twice-raced maiden. 100/1, eleventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Newbury (16.3f, good to soft) 52 days ago.
|
2/40096- | Tabitha Worsley | N J Gifford | 6 | 73.5 kg |
201
200/1
|
| 9th | 5 | — |
Hello Fortune (G)
Soldier of Fortune gelding who landed an Irish point in October. 11/1, second of 5 in novice hurdle at Lingfield (19.5f, good) on his NH debut 37 days ago. Flattered by proximity to winner there so needs to step forward.
|
231-294 | James Davies | N J Gifford | 6 | 73.5 kg |
26
25/1
|
| 12th | 6 | — |
Holeheartedly (G)
Sea Moon gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners on Flat, including useful 11f/1½m winner in Germany Nania. Dam maiden on Flat in Germany. Sixth of 12 in bumper (10/1) at Warwick (16f, soft) on NH debut 39 days ago, not knocked about. Makes hur…
|
608 | Harry Skelton | D Skelton | 5 | 73.5 kg |
29
28/1
|
| 2nd | 7 | — |
Jamada (G)
Much improved when making third bumper start a winning one at Naas in April, travelling well and edging ahead in the final 100 yards. Failed to land the odds sent hurdling having transferred to a powerful yard at Sedgefield on return and s…
|
1/25231- | James Bowen | O Murphy | 6 | 73.5 kg |
11
10/1
|
| 15th | 8 | — |
Knight Templar (G)
[H1]
Authorized gelding. Brother to fairly useful 2m hurdle winner Implicit, and half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Full Back. Placed on first of 2 starts in Irish points, third when fell last on second one (Feb 2025).
|
3/F-08 | Harry Bannister | R Bandey | 6 | 73.5 kg |
13
12/1
|
| 4th | 9 | — |
Sense Of Reason (G)
Fair 10f Flat winner who showed some promise when fourth of 10 in novice hurdle at Huntingdon (15.8f, soft) on NH debut 43 days ago. Can build on that but needs to.
|
4472- | Tom Cannon | C Fellowes | 5 | 73.5 kg |
67
66/1
|
| — | 10 | — |
Somkiyr (G)
[H1]
Fair on the Flat (at up to 13f) in France but he has offered little after 12 months off in a pair of novice hurdle this winter. Hooded.
|
532/88D | Freddie Mitchell | A Irvine | 5 | 73.5 kg |
401
400/1
|
| 11th | 11 | — |
Trapper John (G)
Fair maiden on the Flat and did enough to think he'll reach a similar level as a hurdler at some point when fifth of 18 in at Wincanton (15.2f, soft, 25/1) on NH debut 34 days ago.
|
50 | J M Quinlan | Harry Eustace | 5 | 73.5 kg |
67
66/1
|
| 8th | 12 | — |
Unjeu Royal (G)
Bumper winner who posted a very good second of 11 in novice hurdle at Huntingdon (15.8f, soft) 58 days ago. Not taken lightly.
|
1P/9281- | Stan Sheppard | T Lacey | 5 | 73.5 kg |
5
4/1
|
| 1st | 13 | — |
Wondering Why (G)
Built on debut when making all in Huntingdon bumper in April. Left Richard Bandey after and promising start over hurdles when placed at Southwell/Huntingdon this season. More to come and needs considering.
|
51/3216- | Ben Jones | B Pauling | 5 | 73.5 kg |
3.50
5/2
|
| 3rd | 14 | — |
Zamek (G)
FAV
Promising third in a bumper for Paul Nicholls last season and shaped well again when runner-up on hurdle/stable debut over 2m at Lingfield on reappearance. Failed to build on that at Kempton next time but that was a stronger race.
|
3-243 | S Bowen | O Murphy | 6 | 73.5 kg |
3.25
9/4
|
| 6th | 15 | — |
Connies Hill (M)
[T]
Off mark in Irish points at second attempt (May 2025) but showed little in bumper/novice hurdle.
|
199606 | Harry Reed | Nick Scholfield | 6 | 70.3 kg |
201
200/1
|
| 5th | 16 | — |
Cayman Dancer (C)
A fair 1m4f winner on the Flat in October for Charlie Johnston. Made a promising start in this sphere when second of 10 in juvenile at Newbury (16.3f, good to soft, 11/2) 33 days ago, taking second late on. Sure to improve and rates a big …
|
252 | Caoilin Quinn | G & J Moore | 4 | 67.6 kg |
5
4/1
|
| 10th | 17 | — |
Kentucky River (G)
Fairly useful handicapper on Flat (stays 17f) for Ollie Sangster but low-key start for this yard on hurdles bow at Wetherby.
|
50871-9 | R T Dunne | O Murphy | 4 | 67.6 kg |
29
28/1
|
| 16th | 18 | — |
Shifra (F)
No form in varied events on Flat.
|
7/809-8 | Sean Houlihan | P Phelan | 4 | 64.4 kg |
251
250/1
|
Betting forecast: Zamek (9/4), Wondering Why (5/2), Cayman Dancer (4/1), Unjeu Royal (4/1), Jamada (10/1), Knight Templar (12/1), Hello Fortune (25/1), Kentucky River (28/1), Holeheartedly (28/1), Sense Of Reason (66/1), Trapper John (66/1), Bluey Bay (100/1), Connies Hill (200/1), Fravanco (200/1), Gone Country (200/1), Shifra (250/1), Blazing Gaden (400/1), Somkiyr (400/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 5446.0 GBP |
| P2 | 2509.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1254.0 GBP |
| P4 | 628.0 GBP |