Best Dressed Competitions Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race).
Taunton · Wednesday, 22 Apr · 18:53
· 2m 3f 1y
· Class 4
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
15:53
Off time
7
Runners
Good
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
KILNEW SUPREME (IRE
🥈 Second
CREST OF STARS (IRE
🥉 Third
PARCHMENT (FR
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 7 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
1.67
4/6
02 · 🥈 2nd
2.88
15/8
03 · 🥉 3rd
8
7/1
04 · —
23
22/1
05 · —
81
80/1
06 · —
126
125/1
07 · —
151
150/1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | — |
Crest Of Stars (G)
[T]
Bumper winner who stepped forward from his hurdling debut when making all in 16.5f maiden here in January. Lesser effort next time but back on track when third of 6 in handicap at Ludlow 23 days ago, despite shaping as if a return to furth…
|
31431-3 | Chad Bament | A J Honeyball | 5 | 75.3 kg |
2.88
15/8
|
| 5th | 2 | — |
Docteur Romeo (G)
Well held in a bumper in December 2024 before a 15-month absence. Down the field on completed start in maiden hurdles at Newton Abbot 18 days ago and needs another run for a handicap mark.
|
8-P8 | James Best | Nicky Martin | 5 | 72.1 kg |
81
80/1
|
| 2nd | 3 | — |
Kilnew Supreme (G)
FAV
[T]
Runner-up in an Irish point and only start in bumpers, before again finding only one too good sent hurdling after 4 months off (had a breathing operation) in maiden at Wincanton in March. Leading contender with longer trip promising to sui…
|
2-22 | Freddie Gingell | P F Nicholls | 5 | 72.1 kg |
1.67
4/6
|
| 3rd | 4 | — |
Royal Rocket (G)
Bit of promise without lasting home in a Chepstow bumper on debut last month, before racing too freely when tailed-off fifth of 7 in maiden hurdle over 23.6f at the same course 20 days ago.
|
653- | Stan Sheppard | Miss E C Lavelle | 5 | 72.1 kg |
23
22/1
|
| 6th | 5 | — |
Warfleet (G)
[H]
Standout effort when second in a Market Rasen bumper in 2024. Little promise in 2 starts over hurdles, leaving Michael Blake/off 13 months ahead of finishing well held in maiden at Newton Abbot 18 days ago.
|
27P/96-3 | James Davies | J D Frost | 6 | 72.1 kg |
151
150/1
|
| 7th | 6 | — |
Winning Paddy (G)
Tailed off in maiden hurdle at Navan on debut in 2023 (sole outing for Gordon Elliott). Mixed record in points subsequently and well held in hunter chase at Limerick only other start under Rules in December 2025. Last of 5 in a point in Ma…
|
7/857-15 | R P McLernon | Alexandra Dunn | 8 | 72.1 kg |
126
125/1
|
| 4th | 7 | — |
Parchment (G)
[T1]
Comfortably landed newcomers race at Clairefontaine last summer for N. George & A. Zetterholm, form boosted since. Disappointed when odds on for stable debut in juvenile at Kempton in November, but he could yet do better after 5 months off…
|
15 | Jack Tudor | D Pipe | 4 | 70.8 kg |
8
7/1
|
Betting forecast: Kilnew Supreme (4/6), Crest Of Stars (15/8), Parchment (7/1), Royal Rocket (22/1), Docteur Romeo (80/1), Winning Paddy (125/1), Warfleet (150/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 5446.0 GBP |
| P2 | 2509.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1254.0 GBP |
| P4 | 628.0 GBP |