Weatherbys Design & Print Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race).
Huntingdon · Wednesday, 18 Mar · 19:45
· 1m 7f 171y
· Class 4
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
15:45
Off time
12
Runners
Good
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
WANDERING EGO (IRE
🥈 Second
MARIOLE (FR
🥉 Third
DREAM DIAMOND (IRE
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 12 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
1.44
4/9
02 · 🥈 2nd
5.50
9/2
03 · 🥉 3rd
6
5/1
04 · —
10
9/1
05 · —
19
18/1
06 · —
23
22/1
07 · —
51
50/1
08 · —
101
100/1
09 · —
151
150/1
10 · —
251
250/1
11 · —
251
250/1
12 · —
301
300/1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 1 | — |
Dream Diamond (G)
Made a winning start for the James Owen stable in 2m Worcester maiden last August. Has performed well below that level in 2 handicaps over longer trips since and now drops back in trip in a bid to return to form.
|
Alex Chadwick | James Owen | 6 | 75.3 kg |
5.50
9/2
|
| 1st | 2 | — |
Wandering Ego (G)
FAV
Bumper winner who struck at the second time of asking over hurdles in 2m Stratford novice (good to soft) at the end of October. Creditable second in 19f Taunton novice latest and he should make a bold to defy his penalty here.
|
S Bowen | O Murphy | 6 | 75.3 kg |
1.44
4/9
|
| 11th | 3 | — |
Bargain Hunter (G)
Placed on completed start in points but well beaten in 2 bumpers/hurdles under Rules.
|
Kielan Woods | D J Jeffreys | 5 | 72.1 kg |
251
250/1
|
| 4th | 4 | — |
Calvert (G)
Fairly useful handicapper on Flat (should stay at least 2m), going down by only a nose on recent Wolverhampton reappearance. Should be up to making his presence felt in a race like this if taking to hurdling.
|
James Davies | R A Teal | 5 | 72.1 kg |
19
18/1
|
| 8th | 5 | — |
Man Of Riddles (G)
Fairly useful staying handicapper on Flat earlier in his career but nowhere near that level these days. Well held back over hurdles here last week and looks booked for another struggle.
|
Charlie Hammond | M Young | 8 | 72.1 kg |
301
300/1
|
| 10th | 6 | — |
Saxon Cross (G)
Runner-up on his completed starts in points and showed a fair level of ability in 3 bumpers last summer. Off 6 months ahead of hurdle debut for a new stable. Each-way shout in a race lacking depth.
|
Lee Edwards | S Edmunds | 6 | 72.1 kg |
23
22/1
|
| 2nd | 7 | — |
Secret Sniper (G)
Brother to connections' useful performer Secret Squirrel and showed fair form in bumpers. Needed experience when seventh of 18 on Wincanton hurdle debut 3 weeks ago. May do better.
|
J J Burke | H Morrison | 5 | 72.1 kg |
10
9/1
|
| — | 8 | — |
Bold Spirit (G)
Well held both starts on the Flat in Ireland ahead of this switch to hurdles for a new stable. Best watched unless the betting suggests otherwise.
|
Toby Wynne | S Allwood | 4 | 67.6 kg |
101
100/1
|
| 5th | 9 | — |
Louie The Legend (G)
Dual 7f/1m winner on the Flat but well held in a pair of juvenile hurdles in recent weeks.
|
Tabitha Worsley | Dylan Cunha | 4 | 67.6 kg |
51
50/1
|
| 6th | 10 | — |
Mariole (G)
Second in French bumper over 1½m for Mathieu Pitart last spring. Well held in a listed bumper at Cheltenham for new yard but shaped better when third on 19f Taunton hurdle debut 6 weeks later. In the right hands to build on that.
|
James Bowen | N J Henderson | 4 | 67.6 kg |
6
5/1
|
| 7th | 11 | — |
Wise Counsellor (G)
Fairly useful maiden at best on Flat (stays 1¾m) for Andrew Balding but lost his way in that sphere at the end of last summer and showed nothing on his Kempton hurdle debut for new stable.
|
Caoilin Quinn | D Steele | 4 | 67.6 kg |
251
250/1
|
| 9th | 12 | — |
Argentum (F)
Modest maiden on the Flat. Fit from the all-weather but she hardly has the profile of one likely to make a winning start over hurdles.
|
J M Quinlan | M Crawley | 4 | 64.4 kg |
151
150/1
|
Betting forecast: Wandering Ego (4/9), Dream Diamond (9/2), Mariole (5/1), Secret Sniper (9/1), Calvert (18/1), Saxon Cross (22/1), Louie The Legend (50/1), Bold Spirit (100/1), Argentum (150/1), Wise Counsellor (250/1), Bargain Hunter (250/1), Man Of Riddles (300/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 5281.0 GBP |
| P2 | 2430.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1215.0 GBP |
| P4 | 608.0 GBP |
| P5 | 303.0 GBP |