Cheltenham Gold Cup Lunch at WesternHouseHotel Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race).
Ayr · Friday, 2 Jan · 17:00
· 2m
· Class 4
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
13:00
Off time
13
Runners
Soft (Good to Soft in places)
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
WILSTAR (IRE
🥈 Second
LOCQUIREC (FR
🥉 Third
LIKE MINDED (IRE
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 13 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
1.83
5/6
02 · 🥈 2nd
3.75
11/4
03 · 🥉 3rd
4.50
7/2
04 · —
13
12/1
05 · —
21
20/1
06 · —
34
33/1
07 · —
34
33/1
08 · —
41
40/1
09 · —
67
66/1
10 · —
201
200/1
11 · —
201
200/1
12 · —
301
300/1
13 · —
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | 1 | — |
Abbey Scope (G)
Overcame inexperience to make a winning debut in a Kelso bumper in April and, following a 7-month break, he shaped well when third of 8 in novice at Market Rasen on hurdles bow. However, he took a backward step next time at Musselburgh whe…
|
Sean Quinlan | N G Richards | 6 | 73.5 kg |
34
33/1
|
| — | 2 | — |
Giveitsomewellie (G)
Out of a 2½m hurdle winner but he doesn't have the look of a probable first-time-out scorer on paper.
|
Alan Doyle | A B Hamilton | 6 | 73.5 kg |
301
300/1
|
| 4th | 3 | — |
Johnny Moonshine (G)
Runner-up sole start in an Irish point in March but, judged on his Rules debut fourth at Carlisle last month, he will probably need more time and distance before coming into his own.
|
Theo Gillard | D McCain Jnr | 5 | 73.5 kg |
21
20/1
|
| 11th | 4 | — |
Johnny Two Jets (G)
Beat just one rival home starting out in a bumper here last month and he's hard to warm to now switched to hurdles. Yard saddles a more appealing candidate in Largy Meadow.
|
Toby Wynne | R M Smith | 5 | 73.5 kg |
201
200/1
|
| 9th | 5 | — |
L'arme De Bonheur (G)
Made an encouraging start to his career when second in a Uttoxeter bumper for Tom George in May. However, that now feels like an awful long time ago in light of his poor subsequent efforts in novice events over this C&D for new connections.
|
Jamie Hamilton | N W Alexander | 5 | 73.5 kg |
201
200/1
|
| 8th | 6 | — |
Largy Meadow (G)
[T]
Out of a 2m-3m hurdle winner and didn't shape at all badly when chasing home a useful-looking type on debut/sole start for Stuart Crawford in a Ballinrobe bumper during the summer. Possibilities if able to build on that now sent hurdling f…
|
Ben Smith | R M Smith | 6 | 73.5 kg |
34
33/1
|
| 3rd | 7 | — |
Like Minded (G)
Shaped well when fourth of 11 on debut over this C&D last month and, though already in need of a stiffer test judged on that display, he is a live each-way candidate for last year's winning yard.
|
P W Wadge | L Russell & M Scudamore | 5 | 73.5 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
| 6th | 8 | — |
Locquirec (G)
[T1]
Made the frame all 3 starts over hurdles in France for Francois Nicolle. Tongue strap enlisted for this British debut and confidence behind him in the betting would look significant.
|
Craig Nichol | O Greenall & J Guerriero | 5 | 73.5 kg |
13
12/1
|
| — | 9 | — |
Plane Sailing (G)
Backed into 11/4 but folded quickly on Hexham bumper debut in April. Again went with little promise on return/hurdles bow at Kelso and it's easy enough to look elsewhere.
|
Callum Bewley | D Bourke | 6 | 73.5 kg |
301
300/1
|
| 1st | 10 | — |
Sanilam (G)
Ayr bumper winner for Claire O'Connell in March and promise both starts in 2m maiden hurdles at Kelso, latterly finishing third in a 9-runner contest on his first run following a wind op. He's another that will benefit from a stiffer test …
|
B S Hughes | A M Thomson | 6 | 73.5 kg |
3.75
11/4
|
| 5th | 11 | — |
Whathaveyou (G)
[T]
Remote fourth in a Perth bumper in spring 2024 and never dangerous back from an 18-month absence in a novice here in November.
|
Bruce Lynn | N W Alexander | 7 | 73.5 kg |
41
40/1
|
| 2nd | 12 | — |
Wilstar (G)
FAV
[T1]
Successful at Perth on second start in bumpers during the spring and clearly wasn't right on hurdles debut at Newbury in November (since undergone a wind op). Fitted with a first-time tongue strap and he's well worth another chance given h…
|
S Bowen | O Murphy | 6 | 73.5 kg |
1.83
5/6
|
| 10th | 13 | — |
Zhanma Enki (M)
Fetched €100,000 as a 3-y-o but this well-bred filly failed to justify favouritism on debut in a Perth bumper in May. Little spark switched to hurdles the last twice and while her yard won this in 2023 and 2024, she needs to raise her game…
|
Sam Ewing | S R B Crawford | 5 | 70.3 kg |
67
66/1
|
Betting forecast: Wilstar (5/6), Sanilam (11/4), Like Minded (7/2), Locquirec (12/1), Johnny Moonshine (20/1), Abbey Scope (33/1), Largy Meadow (33/1), Whathaveyou (40/1), Zhanma Enki (66/1), L'arme De Bonheur (200/1), Johnny Two Jets (200/1), Giveitsomewellie (300/1), Plane Sailing (300/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 5446.0 GBP |
| P2 | 2509.0 GBP |
| P3 | 1254.0 GBP |
| P4 | 628.0 GBP |