Race cards · Sat 1 Jan
Saturday 1 January · Exeter, England
13:50 Watch On Racing TV Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
- Distance
- 2m 0f 161y
- Going
- Heavy (Soft in places)
- Class
- 4
- Prize
- GBP 7500
- Runners
- 9
Race preview
Those with previous hurdling experience do not set a high standard and so clear preference is for GAMARET, who made a winning debut in a bumper at Ffos Las in October. Judicial Law won an Irish bumper in May and has shown some promising signs in two two starts for these connections. The rest do not inspire a lot of confidence but Sweet Nightingale is arguably the pick of them.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judicial Law | 4-155 | Jonjo O'Neill Jr. | J & A O'Neill | 11 0 | 3-1 | |
| 2 | Gamaret | 1 | Lorcan Williams | Miss V Williams | 11 0 | 8-15 | |
| 3 | Sweet Nightingale | 465-78 | Stan Sheppard | P Gundry | 10 7 | 7-1 | |
| 4 | Advantura | 80 | M G Nolan | P Hobbs & J White | 11 0 | 20-1 | |
| 5 | Imperial Joe | 2-05 | Sean Houlihan | T Dennis | 11 0 | 66-1 | |
| 6 | Liimari | 09/0 | Kevin Jones | A G Newcombe | 10 7 | 200-1 | |
| 7 | Christopher Clive | 7 | Rex Dingle | J Scott | 10 1 | 25-1 | |
| - | The Generous Joker | 9-9 | Lucy Gardner | Mrs S Gardner | 11 0 | 18-1 | |
| - | Time Bandit | 2-600 | Lorcan Murtagh | Ben Clarke | 11 0 | 50-1 |