Free Raceday 9 March Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) — Taunton

🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3

Sporting Life pick

🏆 Top pick

FIVE BAR GATE (IRE

🥈 Second

LEADER CRIK (FR

🥉 Third

MARIOLE (FR

Betting forecast

Market prediction · 9 runners · sorted by price

01 · 🏆 FAV

Five Bar Gate

1.83

5/6

02 · 🥈 2nd

Mariole

4.33

10/3

03 · 🥉 3rd

Sailing By

4.33

10/3

04 · —

Innamorato

6.50

11/2

05 · —

Leader Crik

13

12/1

06 · —

Georges Street

126

125/1

07 · —

Paradise Park

126

125/1

08 · —

Fane Court

126

125/1

09 · —

Eric Gorcombe

201

200/1

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
8th	1	—	Eric Gorcombe (G) No show in points/trio of hurdle starts.	PPP-084	Harry Kimber	R Walford	7	72.6 kg	201 200/1
7th	2	—	Fane Court (G) Bought for 5,000 gns after winning an Irish point in November but has been tailed off in a pair of novice hurdles.	6874P-4	Shane Quinlan	B Lund	8	72.6 kg	126 125/1
2nd	3	—	Five Bar Gate (G) FAV Point bumper winner who improved on Rules debut form to land 7-runner bumper at Plumpton (17.8f, soft) in December. Showed an aptitude for hurdling when fifth of 13 in a C&D maiden last month and likely to improve.	5/1-6152	C O'Farrell	N P Mulholland	6	72.6 kg	1.83 5/6
5th	4	—	Georges Street (G) €38,000 3-y-o, £7,000 4-y-o, Order of St George gelding. Dam, maiden on Flat, half-sister to high-class hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 3m) Sharjah. Unpromising in points and sold cheaply.	PP559-6	Ben Godfrey	Claire Hitch	5	72.6 kg	126 125/1
—	5	—	Leader Crik (G) Very tall gelding who finished runner-up sole start in Irish points (May 2025). Shaped as if in need of the experience when sixth of 7 in novice hurdle at Cheltenham (19.9f, good) on hurdles bow in October. Had had a breathing operation su…	261	Sam Twiston-Davies	N & W Twiston-Davies	5	72.6 kg	13 12/1
4th	6	—	Sailing By (G) Produced a promising first effort behind a couple of useful prospects when third of 13 in Chepstow bumper (2m, soft) on debut in November. Went backwards in a similar event at Exeter prior to being given a considerate introduction to hurdl…	37744	Brendan Powell	J Tizzard	5	72.6 kg	4.33 10/3
6th	7	—	Paradise Park (M) Shaped with some encouragement when fourth of 10 in a bumper at Uttoxeter in April 2024 but made a low-key hurdles debut 8 months later and off a further 12 months.	4/9-697	Tabitha Worsley	T Faulkner	8	69.4 kg	126 125/1
1st	8	—	Innamorato (G) [P] Showed fairly useful form when hitting the frame in pair of juvenile hurdles in France last summer but well below that level both starts in Britain. Step up in trip needs to trigger a better showing.	438413	H Cobden	P F Nicholls	4	66.2 kg	6.50 11/2
3rd	9	—	Mariole (G) Made a promising start to career when second of 9 in French bumper over 1½m for Mathieu Pitart in April. Well held in a listed event at Cheltenham on New Year's Day on first start for Nicky Henderson but shouldn't be written off now switch…	036	N de Boinville	N J Henderson	4	66.2 kg	4.33 10/3

Betting forecast: Five Bar Gate (5/6), Mariole (10/3), Sailing By (10/3), Innamorato (11/2), Leader Crik (12/1), Georges Street (125/1), Paradise Park (125/1), Fane Court (125/1), Eric Gorcombe (200/1)

Prize money

Position	Prize
P1	5446.0 GBP
P2	2509.0 GBP
P3	1254.0 GBP
P4	628.0 GBP

Free Raceday 9 March Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race).

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