Oliver Jorg Ties Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race).
Windsor · Thursday, 1 Jan · 16:24
· 2m 6f
· Class 3
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
12:24
Off time
4
Runners
Good (Good to Soft in places)
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 5 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
1.83
5/6
02 · 🥈 2nd
2.63
13/8
03 · 🥉 3rd
5.50
9/2
04 · —
7.50
13/2
05 · —
17
16/1
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 | — |
Fountains Blenhein (G)
FAV
Bumper scorer who made a winning start over hurdles at Fontwell (19f, good to soft) in October. Performed to a similar level when third of 4 in novice at Plumpton since, but may again prove vulnerable under a penalty.
|
131P22 | G Sheehan | A J Honeyball | 7 | 72.6 kg |
1.83
5/6
|
| 3rd | 2 | — |
Ignore The Door (G)
[T]
Irish point winner at fourth attempt during the spring and overcame inexperience fitted with a tongue strap to make a successful hurdling debut in 7-runner novice at Worcester (23f, good to soft) in October. However, he took a backward ste…
|
41-1635 | Brendan Powell | Harry Derham | 6 | 72.6 kg |
17
16/1
|
| 2nd | 3 | — |
Assertive Walk (G)
Cost €85,000 and shaped well when third of 13 on debut in a 2m Chepstow bumper in November 2024. Entitled to need the run given subsequent absence, but he's clearly promising and is one to note in the betting now switched to hurdles.
|
3-2364 | Jonjo O'Neill Jr. | J & A O'Neill | 6 | 69.9 kg |
7.50
13/2
|
| — | 4 | — |
Firm But Fair (G)
£60,000 purchase after finishing third in an Irish point in April. Found wanting for know-how when it mattered behind a progressive one when second on Rules debut in a Bangor novice hurdle (23.2f, heavy) last month and claims here with tha…
|
3-233 | Non Runner | Harry Derham | 5 | 69.9 kg |
5.50
9/2
|
| 4th | 5 | — |
Pottersville (M)
Made a winning start in the manner of an above-average sort in a Clonmel bumper in April. Low-key stable/hurdle debut on return, but left that well behind when easily winning Exeter mares' novice (23f, soft) and she remains open to improve…
|
1-0148 | Jamie Brace | Miss R Curtis | 7 | 69.4 kg |
2.63
13/8
|
Betting forecast: Fountains Blenhein (5/6), Pottersville (13/8), Firm But Fair (9/2), Assertive Walk (13/2), Ignore The Door (16/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 7922.0 GBP |
| P2 | 3645.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1822.0 GBP |
| P4 | 912.0 GBP |
| P5 | 454.0 GBP |