ITM EBF Mares' 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race).
Wincanton · Thursday, 29 Jan · 17:33
· 2m 5f 82y
· Class 4
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
13:33
Off time
11
Runners
Heavy
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 11 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
2
1/1
02 · 🥈 2nd
2.20
6/5
03 · 🥉 3rd
8
7/1
04 · —
12
11/1
05 · —
41
40/1
06 · —
67
66/1
07 · —
101
100/1
08 · —
151
150/1
09 · —
151
150/1
10 · —
201
200/1
11 · —
251
250/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | — |
Coolanna (M)
FAV
[T]
Runner-up both starts in Irish points in the spring before landing 5-runner novice hurdle at Uttoxeter (22.2f, heavy, 10/3) on NH debut 41 days ago. Tongue tie worn there is retained and she must enter calculations despite shouldering a pe…
|
C Gethings | K Bailey & M Nicholls | 6 | 73.9 kg |
2
1/1
|
| 2nd | 2 | — |
Strong Run (M)
[T]
Sister to very smart hurdler Strong Leader. Bumper winner last season and she built on debut hurdling third when landing the odds in 8-runner novice hurdle at Southwell (20.4f, good to soft) 46 days ago. Has more to offer (in retained tong…
|
J J Burke | F O'Brien | 7 | 73.9 kg |
2.20
6/5
|
| 4th | 3 | — |
Ballynorth (M)
Encouraging hurdling debut third at Fontwell (2m3f) in December but she fell heavily 7th in novice hurdle at Warwick (21f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Needs to bounce back.
|
Ben Jones | B Pauling | 6 | 71.2 kg |
12
11/1
|
| — | 4 | — |
Bunny Bee (M)
50/1 but took a big step forward when second of 9 in novice hurdle at Fontwell (17.7f, soft) on her hurdles bow 18 days ago. Not discounted now stepping up in trip.
|
Alice Stevens | Miss H C Knight | 5 | 71.2 kg |
67
66/1
|
| 5th | 5 | — |
Dalcassian Girl (M)
Offered little in bumper at Chepstow on her NH debut in November and can only be watched on switch to hurdling.
|
Bryan Carver | C Honour | 6 | 71.2 kg |
201
200/1
|
| 3rd | 6 | — |
Katie's Melody (M)
Won sole start in points and made a winning start for this yard in a Ffos Las bumper in November. Promise switched to hurdles when second at Exeter (23f) after and emphasis on speed counted against her when fifth at Warwick (21f) next time…
|
Paul O'Brien | Harry Derham | 6 | 71.2 kg |
8
7/1
|
| — | 7 | — |
Miss Jaffa Cake (M)
Failed to complete both starts in points and she made no impact in a pair of 2m novice hurdles at Newton Abbot and Worcester in early summer. Has lots to prove after a lay-off.
|
Benjamin Poste | P Gundry | 6 | 71.2 kg |
251
250/1
|
| 9th | 8 | — |
Moonlight Stride (M)
200/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Exeter (16.7f, soft) on her hurdles bow 20 days ago. In good hands but significantly more is required.
|
Sean Houlihan | P Hobbs & J White | 6 | 71.2 kg |
151
150/1
|
| 6th | 9 | — |
Poet's Muse (M)
€6,000 3-y-o, Poet's Word mare. Half-sister to fair hurdler/useful chaser Bobhopeornohope and point/bumper winner Stanners Glen. Points winner in May so she needs considering.
|
Lorcan Williams | I Chanin | 5 | 71.2 kg |
41
40/1
|
| 8th | 10 | — |
Svelte Silhouette (M)
Hooded when a debut third in bumper at Wincanton in November. Behind when unseated 7th on her hurdling bow in 2m2f Fontwell novice 18 days ago. Lots more is required.
|
Daniel Sansom | J W Mullins | 5 | 71.2 kg |
151
150/1
|
| 7th | 11 | — |
Wassailing Along (M)
Encouraging debut third in bumper at Ffos Las for Anthony Honeyball in 2024. Off 12 months and little show for her new yard in novice hurdles at Wincanton and Fontwell recently. Needs to take a big step forward.
|
Brendan Powell | J Tizzard | 6 | 71.2 kg |
101
100/1
|
Betting forecast: Coolanna (1/1), Strong Run (6/5), Katie's Melody (7/1), Ballynorth (11/1), Poet's Muse (40/1), Bunny Bee (66/1), Wassailing Along (100/1), Svelte Silhouette (150/1), Moonlight Stride (150/1), Dalcassian Girl (200/1), Miss Jaffa Cake (250/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 5991.0 GBP |
| P2 | 2760.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1379.0 GBP |
| P4 | 691.0 GBP |